Mario Super Sluggers lets players use the Wii Remote controller to mimic motions they might experience on a real baseball diamond. Just swing the Wii Remote like a bat or make a pitching motion to throw a pitch. This wild, Mario-styled take on baseball includes more than 40 playable characters from the Nintendo universe, and players can even use their Mii™ characters in some modes.
“Mario Super Sluggers has enough depth for core gamers but also offers controls that are instantly accessible to everyone,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Mario Super Sluggers takes the fun into extra innings with cool characters, baseball-themed challenges and different control options for novice and experienced gamers.”
The single-player mode lets players visit Baseball Kingdom, where they encounter characters with different baseball skills. Players must defeat them in a variety of challenges to persuade the characters to join their team – and the characters that people choose are important. Team captains can perform special moves on the field. For example, Mario™ can pitch a wicked fireball, while Luigi™ can turn infield hits into a tornado. Just as in the real world, some players play better together than others: Different character combinations result in good chemistry for a team. In the world of Mario Super Sluggers, this could result in amazing catches in the outfield or the ability to interfere with fielders.
Multiplayer modes let up to four people compete at once. In Toy Field mode, for example, up to four players compete in a hitting and fielding extravaganza. Or just choose your players and play an exhibition game against friends.
To celebrate the launch of Mario Super Sluggers, Nintendo is giving the characters in the game the big-league treatment by creating a series of special baseball cards. These online cards can be found on a variety of Web sites and collected by users on a special album site. Pairing some players together creates a “Double Play” that unlocks bonuses like game videos and screensavers. Just as with real-life baseball cards, fans can collect multiple versions of the same card and trade them online for other cards they need. The more cards a person collects, the more bonuses and secrets they can unlock.
Murder in the Abbey, known as Abbey in Europe, is a mystery of cinematic proportions whose suspense goes far beyond that of a conventional adventure game!
“Murder in the Abbey is a fresh approach for adventure gamers,” said Brian Gladman, Product Manager at The Adventure Company. “The game offers a remarkable reproduction of a medieval abbey, with stunning architecture and works of art. Players will have 60 locations to explore in a unique cinematic presentation which combines 2D and 3D graphics.”
Monks, murder, and above all, suspense…
An old abbey is the scene of a series of mysterious murders, and only one man can put a stop to the slaughter. Former Grand Inquisitor Leonardo and his assistant Bruno are sent by the Vatican to the isolated abbey to investigate the strange goings-on surrounding a carefully guarded secret. Yet hardly have they arrived when their quest is overshadowed by an attempt on their lives…
Murder in the Abbey is now shipping in North America for a suggested retail price of $19.99 USD.
Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon (PC)
Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon, a game produced by Microids and developed by Kheops Studio, is the newest installment in the original Dracula series. Based on Bram Stoker's universe, Dracula 3 takes players to Europe on a suspenseful quest to discover the reality of vampires and come face-to-face with Dracula. As Father Arno Moriani, players must travel to Transylvania to investigate a potential candidate for sainthood. Along the way players are submerged into a gripping storyline with numerous challenging and engaging puzzles to solve that leads to a final confrontation with Dracula!
"With new game play elements and plot twists, the first two releases should create positive momentum around the entire Mystery Adventure Games line," said Cal Morrell, president of Encore. "Dracula 3 introduces fans of the series to intriguing new characters and Sinking Island delivers the fast pace, puzzle solving excitement that Sokal fans have come to expect."
Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon, rate "T" for Teen, is the newest installment in the original Dracula series and makes its North American debut with a $29.99 MSRP.
The creator of Syberia, Benoit Sokal, returns with Sinking Island, a gripping detective story that combines suspense and intrigue. As an investigator sent to a luscious tropical island to solve the murder of a multi-billionaire hotel developer, players must sort through 10 suspects to the crime as a storm rages on the island. In Sinking Island players have only three days to solve the mystery before the island and the mystery disappears into the ocean. A game by Benoit Sokal, produced by Microids and White Birds Productions, developed and designed by White Birds Productions.
"With new game play elements and plot twists, the first two releases should create positive momentum around the entire Mystery Adventure Games line," said Cal Morrell, president of Encore. "Dracula 3 introduces fans of the series to intriguing new characters and Sinking Island delivers the fast pace, puzzle solving excitement that Sokal fans have come to expect."
Sinking Island, rate "T" for Teen, brought to life by acclaimed game maker Benoit Sokal hits US shelves for $29.99 MSRP.
The Epic Edition of Two Worlds comprises the original game along with the add-ons Tainted Blood and Curse of Souls. The extended content gives players a chance to explore over 70 online quests. The game comes with eight multiplayer maps and allows for unprecedented player-versus-player challenges. Epic Edition also introduces the additional town of Tharnburg to explore, a place where warriors can train and challenge each other in the Gladiator District.
“Two Worlds was a phenomenal hit back when it was first released, and even now, the massive open-world is continually growing in popularity,” said Melanie Mroz, CEO of SouthPeak Games. “Luckily for potential new players and those excited for the release of the upcoming sequel, Two Worlds: The Temptation, the release of Two Worlds: Epic Edition gives them everything currently available in the world of Antaloor in a single, convenient package."
Two Worlds: Epic Edition, rated M for Mature, is being offered at the MSRP of $19.99.