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When the news first starting going around about upcoming Wii RPG Xenoblade, you might remember that I was freaking out over some of the music that the Japanese webpage featured. It was so beautiful that I was dying to know who the composer was.

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My nonconformist ass imported the White Classic Controller Pro for more comfortable Wii gaming. It turns out that I could have waited a bit and got it for cheaper.

GameStop has a listing for the White version of this lovely controller, so that you might game in style when you play your Virtual Console titles and fighting games. They’ve a pre-order page up, with a ship date set for April 1st. No April Fools with the $19.99 price tag, either. The only fool was me for not waiting.

Is it just me, or is this your best controller. Analog sticks on an even level, solid hand feel, great buttons, killer d-pad. Why is this a secondary controller on a motion-based gaming system?

Of course, if you’re getting Monster Hunter Tri, the black one is bundled with it.

source Destructoid

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While Epicenter’s Rock of the Dead has only been announced for the Wii, the developer states “there’s no reason why” we couldn’t see it on other platforms.

Talking with Epicenter’s Bryan Jury for my preview, I’m told that there’s a definite possibility we could be seeing its “kill monsters with your guitar peripheral” on PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360.

“We’re also looking into other platforms as well,” he tells me. “Nothing’s finalized at this point, but we feel like there’s no reason why this kind of gameplay wouldn’t be able to work on other platforms with, you know, the obvious graphical and other enhancements. We’re definitely checking out all of our options at this point.”

When the game was first announced for the Wii, my reactions were blended. The concept certainly appealed to me, but since I do my rock gaming exclusively on another platform, I thought I’d be left out in the cold. Judging from your comments on our preview, you felt the same way. According to Jury, they’re listening.

“People listen, publishers listen, people with money actually do listen and read message boards,” he admits. “And because people were really interested in this game for the 360 and PS3, we are talking to people to actually bring it out on those platforms.”

I also wondered if there’d be any chance I could use my other peripherals — a microphone or even a drum set — to rock the dead. I advocate letting out a blood-curdling metal howl, in the style of Judas Priest’s Rob Halford, to explode a zombie’s skull. Jury laughs at my brilliant idea, and admits that it’s something the team had considered.

“These are things we’ve completely explored,” he states, “and kind of seen how it plays out. Currently we only have guitar support, but you never know what we’ll be able to announce in the next couple of months.”

In the meantime, I’ll work on my falsetto. Just in case.

Via Destructoid

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The headline basically says it all. Enterbrain has released the Japanese lifetime sales numbers for the current generation of home consoles,

and here’s how it all plays out as of February 28th:

Wii: 10,007,736

PS3: 4,766,408

Xbox 360: 1,235,049

The Wii took 170 weeks to break the 10 million mark, which was 39 weeks longer than the PS2 took back in the day. They’re not “winning” by any means, but it’s nice to see that the Xbox 360 passed the 1 million mark. Microsoft made a mark with their system, perhaps gaining a foothold for their next release.

Japan: Lifetime Wii, PS3, 360 Sales Revealed [EDGE], pic via Akibablog

source Destructoid

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