Students told to Play Nintendo Wii and DS Before School
Primary school children will be told to play Nintendo before classes in the morning as part of a drive to improve their learning ability.
A 20-minute burst of the ‘brain training’ exercises on Nintendo’s DS console at the start of the day apparently improves performance in maths tests by as much as 10 per cent, according to a Scottish study.
The scheme, backed by Scottish education authorities, will be introduced across 16 schools following a pilot in Dundee which found that a daily session of Nintendo’s ‘More Brain Training with Dr Kawashima’ game improved students’ concentration and behaviour, as well as their maths results.
For decades, we’ve been playing as the lonely ship at the bottom of the screen firing away at the encroaching aliens. But now, Taito’s turning the tables with their new Space Invaders game, titled Space Invaders Get Even: Gyakushuu no Space Invaders (a.k.a. Space Invaders Get Even: Counterattack of the Space Invaders). As you’ve probably guessed, this Wii game will have you controlling the Space Invaders themselves this time around. Luckily though, it won’t just be you slowly moving them down at faster and faster speeds. Instead, the game looks like you’ll take control of the three different types of invaders (who I assume have different abilities) to destroy cities and fight the occasional boss battle. It looks kind of like Overlord, minus the actual Overlord. Could be fun, but unfortunately this game has been announced as Japan-only for now. But Taito’s been indicating they want to start exporting more games, so who knows?
Msxbox-world have teamed up with Activision and are hosting a Call of Duty 4 gamer night on the 22nd of March 2008. There are some prizes on offer courtesy of Activision and the event is open to gamers from the UK only.
A number of Nintendo games score very well in EGM this month including Professor Layton and Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword. Full review scores and rumors below.
Major League Baseball 2K8, has gone gold and is now ready for production for Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system, PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, PSP (PlayStation Portable) system, and Wii home video game system.
VC-Reviews write: “A mysterious poster known only as ‘thehive’ has been leaving some interesting details about the upcoming C64 Virtual 
There’s no denying this new generation of consoles has brought with it numerous groundbreaking changes to the gaming world. Sure, the graphics have improved overall, online components are almost par for the course these days, and many games require you to waggle your controller in front of the screen to the amusement of those around you. And while the latest consoles may offer a wide variety of hardware differences themselves, they all share one pivotal change in common: they each offer a service to download classic games online. The Virtual Console, Xbox Live Arcade, and the Playstation Network all offer their own unique sets of games to purchase and play without even getting up from your couch. While their efforts to resell me my childhood have not been in vain, I sometimes wonder why there aren’t even more old school games showing up at a more regular pace. So who do I have to bribe to get more classic games to show up on these networks? 
Granted, there’s probably not a single game that can match the pure fan devotion of Star Wars, but the fact that games like Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade, and Metal Slug 3 continue to dominate the XBLA’s top downloads shows that I am not alone in this sentiment. Honestly, I’m more excited about the updated versions of Bionic Commando and Duke Nukem 3D hitting the XBLA than I am about their respective next-gen counterparts. Part of the reason for this is that I already know the old games are fun, but with the brand new installments, there’s still a chance the developers could ruin those fond memories with a poor modern version.
GamesIndustry.biz reports: “THQ has announced that it will be publishing a Blue Fang Games title on the PC, Wii and DS platforms in fiscal 2010.
THQ has today announced Big Beach Sports for the Wii. The exclusive game for Wii will bring a number of exciting outdoor sports to the console including American Football, Volleyball, Soccer, Disc Golf and Bocce and Beach Cricket. Yes Sports fans, you finally get a Cricket game on the Wii. Of course each game is played on the beach and “drops players into a seaside resort setting with a wide variety of compelling outdoor sports to play and master.”
Ok, I admit that I laughed at WiiFit when it was revealed during E3 2007 and I also admit that I made fun of it when new screens were sent to us in August. While I am still on the fence about it, I have indeed warmed up to the idea of actually putting my Wii to good use because to be honest with you, the only time it has been touched since before Christmas is when I clean the house twice a week. So, instead of just looking at my pretty Wii and vacuuming the dog hair off of it I am actually going to purchase WiiFit when it hits our shores - which is rumored to be May 19th. I will let you know if it really works or not, hell, I will even give you before and after measurements if I absolutely have to but don’t expect a before and after picture to go along with it. Also, do not expect me to provide any sort of picture of me attempting to do “tree pose” like the screenshot above. I have fallen many times trying to do it - my balance is non-existent.
