Rumour Roundup – 07.16.06

There has been a lot of reliable information released this past week, but that’s all it is, information. It’s not that facts aren’t interesting or anything, it’s just that they really don’t get you thinking. That’s where rumours come in. Rumours get your mind going, they make you wonder and imagine. I’m sure Dr. Kawashima would agree that it’s a pretty good way of keeping your brain in shape.

So, without further ado, from the depths of the internet, here is your 4 color rebellion Rumour Roundup!

New DS Demos?

Rumours began circulating this week of the possibility of new demos in the DS Demo Kiosks stationed at stores around the US. The rumoured list follows:
-Big Brain Academy (playable)
-Metroid Prime: Hunters (playable)
-Magnetica (playable)
-Brain Age (playable)
-Tetris – Push (playable)
-Tetris – Standard (playable)
-X-Men 3: The Official Movie Game (Exclusive Movie)
-Over The Hedge (Exclusive Movie)
I decided I would check this out myself and went to the local EB Games. Sure enough, when I went over to the DS area, the sign had been changed and showed pictures of Magentica and Big Brain Academy. However, when I started up my DS and tried out the software, I ended up seeing the Version 1 demos show up. Perhaps they are in the process of changing demos?

Mother compilation for DS?

Mother (Famicom), Mother 2 (AKA Earthbound in the US – SNES), and the recent Mother 3 (GBA) all on one DS card? Yes please!

Fans of the series have been begging for Nintendo to release the games here in the US, and with the success of the DS, having all three on one game card seems like a no-brainer. Although only Mother 2 has been officially released in the US, both 1 and 3 have been the subject of many fan translating projects. Come on Nintendo, you can see how many people want this. If you can allow games like Elf Bowling to be released on the DS, why not something we have all been craving for years? On the plus side, even if this doesn’t happen, we can at least count on Earthbound being released for the Wii Virtual Console.

Dragon Quest IX Wii Exclusive?

SquareEnix is reportedly in the process of deciding if the next game in the Dragon Quest series will be released exclusively for Wii, the rumour stating that the destiny of a Dragon Quest IX Wii exclusive lies on the shoulders of Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker for DS and Dragon Quest Swords for Wii. The Dragon Quest series is huge in Japan, even bigger than Final Fantasy is, so if Nintendo gets IX as an exclusive, they are destined to sell a multitude of consoles.

“Mana” MMO for Wii?

Another rumour without much to back it up. SquareEnix is supposedly working on an MMORPG set in the Mana universe, for Wii. With the strength of the Mana name (especially in recent times) and the success of many MMORPGs, I wouldn’t quite count this one out right away.

New button on Wiimote?

This next rumour comes from the latest issue of Nintendo Power itself. One of the included pictures shows a black Wiimote with what looks to be an indigo button, possibly a ‘Z’ button on the Wiimote itself. Curiously, none of the other pictures in the magazine show this. New button? Light reflection? Mind control device? Who knows! Nintendo did state that the controller shown at E3 still wasn’t completely finalized. One thing can be for sure though, the moment any information is released, you will find it here.

Krystal in Super Smash Bros: Brawl?

And what’s a rumour roundup without at least one obviously false one? A rumour hit the internet recently of Krystal (of Star Fox Adventures fame) being yet another new character in Super Smash Bros: Brawl for Wii. While it is entirely possible that she may make it into the game, the video that got people talking is most definitely fake.

That’s it for this week! A lot of these came from the EGM rumour section. Sometimes EGM is right on the money, sometimes it isn’t. If any further information on these rumours becomes available, you can be sure that 4cr will be on the case!