Oh wow.

Sky Crawlers, Namco Bandai’s anime-based flight title, has a pretty sweet trailer.  You should most definitely check this title out, when it gets released to the US.  It’s out right now in Japan; if there are any WeKnowWii readers in Japan (こんにちは、よい友人) let us know how it is to play!

Thanks to Jeremy over at WiiSPin, I ran across this great trailer for Fatal Frame 4:

All of the articles I can find say that Fatal Frame 4 is being released in Japan (well, July 31, 2008), but I can’t find a US release.  This game looks great!

Check out the Wikipedia entry on Fatal Frame 4.

We’re putting together a huge list of all of the releases that are up and coming, and one that really caught my eye was a game called Disaster: Day of Crisis by Monolith Software.  On first look, for some reason I assumed it would be some great crisis management game or something like Trauma Center: New Blood. It’s not really anything like that at all – it’s a first person shooter with a pretty interesting story line.

From IGN’s review of the title:

Survive nature’s most devastating catastrophes in Disaster: Day of Crisis, a panic-inducing survival game for Wii. When a wave of natural disasters pummels the United States, a rogue special forces unit takes advantage of the chaos and seizes a nuclear weapon. Players race a car down a mountain to escape a roaring pyroclastic flow, dodge toppling buildings during a devastating earthquake and swim for their lives in a raging flood. No matter what happens, fight to survive.

Nintendic, in their always-great-articles fashion, also posted some info on the game:

As we’ve previously discussed, Disaster: Day of Crisis’ protagonist is Raymond Bryce, a retired US marine who is called back into action to deal with SURGE, an ex-military terrorist with plans to seize a big-ass wad of nuclear weapons. And things get personal when he realises that said group have also kidnapped Lisa, the sister of a best friend lost in combat during his time in the marines.

Not only will Ray have to deal with the threat of SURGE, but also of a variety of life-threatening natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunami, volcanic eruptions, floods) – and all in 24 hours across D: DoC’s 23 different stages. Much of the time you’ll be rescuing hapless citizens in order to build up Ray’s survival expertise, which gives him the strength to take on the game’s toughest of areas, but developer Monolith Soft also promises on-rails driving and shooting, as well as intense quick time events that make plentiful use of the Wii Remote and Nunchuck’s motion-sensitive controls.

Looks pretty interesting to us!  Unfortunately it’s going to be a little while before we see it – US release isn’t until December 31, 2009.  However, make sure to check out the screenshots, as it looks like a thriller.

I have, as of late, found myself very much addicted to Wii Sports‘ Golf.  I have driven my score well above “pro” status, and it’s a ton of fun every time I start playing.  The basic gist of Wii Sports Golf is nothing terribly fancy – either a 3-tier, 3-hole challenge that places you on 3 holes of the course based on their difficulty level (beginner, intermediate, or advanced), or a 9-hole game.  Controls for Wii Sports Golf are pretty basic, and I have found that they actually work more efficiently and consistently if you swing the remote like you would a golf club.  I have had some difficulties with putting, which seems to be the most complicated bit of Wii Sports Golf – the velocity and angle in which you swing the putter seem to be a bit of a challenge from time to time.  However, this gets better with each game, and I’ve been hitting in lots of 30 to 50 foot puts lately!

There is an accessory if you so choose to purchase it – a little golf club head extension for your remote.  It’s cute.  The best value seems to be to purchase Intec’s Wii Ultimate Action Pack – it comes with a baseball bat extension, a tennis racket extension, a little sword extension, and the golf club – all for under 20 bucks.  Check it out.