Trailers: Fire Emblem for Wii Coming November 5

As I was looking into Soul Calibur Legends I came across information on Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. It comes out November 5th and now I’m wondering if I should get that too. Though there’s a lot of strategy involved, and I’ve never really played those games. It could also be a large time commitment. On the upside it does offer 16:9 aspect ratio support for a wide view of the battlefield. So it could be an excuse to finally buy an HDTV.

What do you think? And can I get into the game without having played the previous Fire Emblem installments? It looks like this game picks up where the last one left off.

Pre-order Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn on Amazon

Trailers: Soul Calibur Legends for the Wii

Soul Calibur Legends is coming out for the Wii on November 13th. It’s mostly a single player or co-op game, with some multiplayer modes added. A third-person action adventure it’s called. So I’m hoping it gives me a taste of the traditional Soul Calibur game model on the Wii, with a well-developed storyline and innovative gameplay that takes advantage of the Wii remote motion-sensing capabilities. I found some new trailers, and I think I might have to pre-order this game from Amazon soon. Check out the videos of the gameplay.

And I will still need to get an Xbox 360 so I can play Soul Calibur 4 when it comes out.

Character Switching Gameplay - Sophitia and Astaroth

Co-op Gameplay - Mitsurugi and Ivy

Sophitia Gameplay

Taki Gameplay

Seigfried Gameplay

Pre-order Soul Calibur Legends on Amazon.com

Daily Links for October 23, 2007

• FORTUNE: Tech Daily Bragging Rights: Xbox finally outsells the Wii «
  The Xbox has overtaken the Wii this month. But I doubt it’s sustainable. It was a Halo 3 pop. But the 360 can easily get a place in people’s homes with the PS3 being so unattractive, and the Wii being hard to come by.
  (tags: games nintendo microsoft wii xbox)

Daily Links for October 20, 2007

• Rumor: Yahoo Exec Joining Nintendo?
  Could Cammie Dunaway, the marketing maven who just jumped ship from Yahoo, be looking to work at Nintendo? That’s what several tipsters tell Kotaku. Yahoo’s chief marketeer may be on her way to Nintendo, where a trio of vacancies are looking to be filled.
  (tags: business games nintendo)
• Nintendo: Gamers Bored Before Wii - News at SPOnG.com
  Analyst Mike Goodman thinks that Nintendo has performed a nifty switch with Sony. “They’re capturing gaming households. … And they’ve done the best job in marketing that they’ve expanded the marketplace.”
  (tags: games nintendo)
• News: THQ signs IP deal with Nintendo - ComputerAndVideoGames.com
  A new SEC filing states that on October 12, “Nintendo of America and THQ entered into a Confidential License Agreement for the Wii Console.” It seems to be a standard renewal of an existing agreement. Still good to hear.
  (tags: games nintendo)