More details will be revealed in the next issue of Game Informer magazine, but apparantly it will be longer than it’s predecessor, and there possibly will be a Mac version.

Very little is known about this game, so in preperation of the planned trailer (March 18th!), this single screen shot is very welcome. Unfortunately though, it doesn’t tell us much.

If you liked the style of Castle Crashers, you will absolutely love this.

Since that post, they updated the web site and added some clues in the form of even more  news paper clippings, pictures and notes. Apparently, more girls aged 5 to 7 were abducted along the Atlantic coast of Europe, again by a ‘skinny monster’ wearing a ‘red light’. The new content also mentions reports of strange red lights beneath the sea surface.

I’m very interested in how all these events and facts will fit in the story arc of Bioshock.

Very little is known about the story of Bioshock 2. The short teasing trailer released in October 2008 revealed virtually nothing but successfully generated a lot of buzz, speculation and anticipation.

Recently, Take-Two launched a teaser site which like the October trailer doesn’t tell us much.

The site’s background shows a map of the world with a marking ’2/20/67′ on the coast of Ireland. Besides this the site contains some newspaper clippings, notes and pictures. These seem to describe two main events which occurred at Lahinch Beach, Ireland :

• Mysterious footprints found on the beach on February 17, 1967
• The abduction of a 7 year old local girl

Apparently the girl was abducted “very quick”, “thin”, “above average height attacker” wearing some “red light”. Furthermore the newspaper clipping of February 17 describes “mysterious crimson (red) lights under the surface of Liscannor Bay”. Could these red lights share the same source?

Also, a picture of a Big Daddy doll which was found a week before the abduction on the same beach is shown on the site. One of the notes speculates that the attacker of the girl could be a Big Daddy though they aren’t very quick or thin. Perhaps in Bioshock 2 we can expect a new Big Daddy variant?

The pictures with the footprints show very strange footprints. It’s safe to say that these footprints are from (the same being as) the attacker of the little girl. Also note the strange object (a ribbon?) in the top left corner of the picture.

Furthermore the site mentions a certain Jeremiah Lynch (aged 71) who seems to be the person who discovered the footprints.

The Bioshock 2: Sea Of Dreams teaser site can be found at:
http://www.somethinginthesea.com/

The list of launch titles for the WiiWare service is as follows :

• Dr. Mario & Virus Buster
• Star Soldier R.
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
• Tenshi no Solitaire
• Okiraku Ping Pong
• Kotoba no Puzzle Mojipittan Wii
• Saku Saku Animal Panic
• Pokemon Farm
• LONPOS

Before you can use the WiiWare service, you first need to update the Wii system to the latest version, which will add the WiiWare service (when it’s live in your region) to the Wii Shop channel. Also, judging by the screenshots and information available, buying WiiWare games will be like buying Virtual Console games, using the same familiar interface.

At the moment, the prices will range from 500 Wii points to 1500 Wii points. One thing that raised concern is the fact that judging by the filesize of the games and the limited internal memory of the Nintendo Wii, it’s very possible you’ll soon run out of available space, especially if you also have some Virtual Console games installed.

Probably the coolest thing of WiiWare games (compared to Virtual Console games) is that they offer online functionality like online multi-player gaming, leaderboards etc (if supported by the game).

Some games can also be extended with additional downloadable content through the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Pay & Play service. At the moment, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King, Kotoba no Puzzle Mojipittan Wii and LONGPOS are the only games which support this functionality.

Some notable Wii-menu changes :

• Digital clock added to the Wii-menu
• Forecast channel box now displays current weather condition
• News channel box displays scrolling headlines
• Address book entries can now be shifted (A+B key)
• The ‘accomplished today’ messages are now coloured white to differentiate them from other messages
• The area around the Wii Message Board button will now flash when a message arrives

Some notable shopping channel changes :

• It is now possible to search for titles by partially typing in the name
• Added a search by category option
• Genres and Publisher views added
• The welcome screen now shows you 4 recommended titles

Apparently to this source, Nintendo also added basic USB keyboard support to the Wii with this update. Right now the keyboard can only be used in the shopping channel, settings menu and message board, but not (yet) in the internet channel. I haven’t been able to confirm this yet.

Be careful though if you are using Freeloader because after the update it won’t work anymore.

Fortunately there are quite a few Wii-optimized websites. For instance there’s Viewii which is a front end for Youtube videos (Flickr pictures coming soon) and Finetune, a radio station. Even Google made Google Reader Wii-friendly.

If you are interested in making your website Wii-friendly too, check out the Making Wii-friendly pages artice at Dev.Opera. It describes what web standards the Opera browser on the Wii supports, how it displays a website and lot’s of tips and considerations on creating Wii-compatible webpages.

• Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
• Super Nintendo (SNES)
• Nintendo 64 (N64)
• Sega Megadrive
• TurboGrafx-16 (PC Engine)

At the moment there are about 60 or 70 games available and they can be bought for 500-1000 Wii points (about 5-10 bucks) through the Virtual Console channel.

Before buying a game, I would recommend checking out vc-reviews.com , a site where you can find the latest news, reviews and other useful information on these Virtual Console games.