ruff ruff, get your downward dog on w/ YOGA WII™ FEATURING TOP MODEL ANJA RUBIK
Still looking for that perfect Xmas present? “Yoga”, the world’s first true Yoga game for the Nintendo Wii, helps you focus on your spiritual and physical wellbeing, balance and serenity, right in your living room. A wonderful gift for young and old – and perfect for people who want to stay fit and healthy, and relax at the same time. Yoga practitioner Anja Rubik, one of the world’s top models, will guide you through the game.
In late November, Austrian software publisher JoWooD Entertainment will release the first true-bred, 100% Yoga game. This unique game offers interactive Yoga training sessions in seven huge levels showing authentic Asian locations and buildings. No matter if you’re an experienced Yoga practitioner or new to this fascination topic, Yoga for Wii will help you understand each Asana in detail and help you create your individually customized training plan. An interactive Yoga Guru will support you throughout your training efforts, and famous Yoga practitioner Anja Rubik – ranked #3 is the world’s top model list – will guide you through the central parts of the game and tell you some of her personal Yoga secrets. Using the Balance Board, players also receive important feedback on how well they’re doing in Balance and Breathing exercises. (Of course, Yoga Wii can also be played without a Wii Balance Board.)
MARIO is back for more…
NINTENDO BRINGS MULTIPLAYER EXCITEMENT TO THE MUSHROOM KINGDOM WITH NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. Wii
Mario’s Newest Adventure Offers Simultaneous Four-Player Mode, In-Game Guides
From fans who grew up playing the NES™ console to gamers with a passion for the Wii™ console, generations of Canadians have enjoyed the imaginative fun of Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros.™ video game series. Now the launch of New Super Mario Bros. Wii heralds the first time in the history of the series that up to four players can compete at the same time, either cooperatively or competitively.
Packed with beloved characters and remarkable new features, New Super Mario Bros. Wii takes the classic side-scrolling adventure of the Super Mario Bros. series and gives it a manic multiplayer boost. Featuring free-form multiplayer action, players can save their companions from danger or literally toss them right into it. While controlling Mario™, Luigi™ or one of two playable Toad™ characters, players can jump in and join a friend’s Story Mode game at the start of any level. The game also features two dedicated multiplayer modes, Coin Battle mode and Free For All mode, that let players easily select their favourite stages and compete across a variety of objectives. Each copy of New Super Mario Bros. Wii comes in a red case with a foil-stamped cover.
Among the new features in New Super Mario Bros. Wii is Mario’s ability to transform into Penguin Mario, which allows him to toss snowballs and slide on his belly at breakneck speed. Players also can hop onto a Yoshi™ character and use his tongue to eat enemies, items and fireballs. The game also makes use of the Wii console’s unique motion controls, allowing players to tilt the Wii Remote™ controller to control seesaw platforms or shake it to send Mario skyward in his new Propeller Suit.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii introduces a new feature called Super Guide that offers players optional game-play tips if they are having trouble getting past particular parts of the game. Super Guide lets players watch as a computer-controlled Luigi character makes his way through any stage that the player finds difficult. At any time in the video, the player can take control of Luigi and complete the stage at his or her own pace.
The Grouch and Eligh “Fight The Good Fight” (Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Mixtape)
Capcom is releasing a free companion album/Mixtape for Marvel vs. Capcom 2 inspired by the game and featuring some of the hottest hip hop artists around. Here’s the first music video from the album. The Grouch and Eligh’s track “Fight the Good Fight”
ALEXISONFIRE FEATURED ON GUITAR HERO® WORLD TOUR OUT JULY 23
(Toronto, ON) – ALEXISONFIRE is featured on a three-song Track Pack available for Guitar Hero® World Tour on July 23. The Track Pack includes the Guitar Hero® downloadable content debut from the band. Featured is “Young Cardinals”, the first single from their fourth full-length album Old Crows / Young Cardinals, which debuted at #2 in Canada on the Top 200 Soundscan Chart. Old Crows / Young Cardinals was released on June 23 on Dine Alone in Canada, Australia, South Africa, and South East Asia, Vagrant in the US and RoadRunner in the rest of the world. The three-song Track Pack also includes a track from Thrice and Senses Fail, who are Alexisonfire label mates in the U.S. via Vagrant Records.
The Vagrant Records Track Pack will be available on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and on the PlayStation®Store for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. All three songs will be released as downloadable singles for Xbox 360®, the PLAYSTATION®3 system and Wii™.
Alexisonfire is appearing this summer on the Vans Warped Tour that runs from June 26 to August 23.
For more on Alexisonfire, visit www.theonlybandever.com and www.myspace.com/alexisonfire
Academy of Champions (Wii)
Ubisoft’s Academy of Champions is a stylish arcade-soccer game featuring legendary soccer icons Pele and Mia Hamm. It’s Exclusive to the Wii and is slated for a Sept. 2nd release.
Dan from Ontario Wins NHL 2K9 Tournament
On Saturday November 8th Toronto hockey fans strapped up their Wii Remotes and took centre ice to show off their skills on the virtual rink during Nintendo and Future Shop’s Wii NHL 2K9 Tournament.
At stake? A hockey fan’s ultimate prize: a chance to win a trip for two to the 2009 NHL All-Star Game in Montreal!
Above, please find a photo of the winner of the tournament from the Yonge St. and Dundas St. Future Shop location.
His name is Dan.
Note that he is not the grand prize winner – that is still being decided and the winner of the trip to the 2009 All-Star Game will be announced on December 1, 2008.
Stay tuned for more people…