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It’s nice to see the DS-Wii connectivity feature being put to good use. Nintendo revealed at the E3 2008 Nintendo Developers’ Roundtable that Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk will be compatible. Players with both games will be able to transfer their characters and possessions to the Wii version of the game, if they so desire.

Nintendo Everything reports that it may be possible for Wii owners without Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection to still send their characters to friends’ Animal Crossing: City Folk towns. Allegedly, people will be able to use DS units and Animal Crossing: Wild World to transfer Animal Crossing: City Folk data to a friend’s Wii. 

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Rare and THQ’s portable pet game, Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise made an appearance at E3. Its debut at the convention meant more screenshots and information on the portable version of a series made popular on the Xbox 360. Players are able to raise piñatas and care for them - definitely not your everyday pet sim.

In Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise, you’re able to engage in practically every activity you did in the Xbox 360 and PC versions of Viva Piñata. You raise pinatas, breed them, share piñatas and items with friends, go through training missions and attempt to have a bunch of happy, paper mache critters. There are over 60 different piñatas in the game, so it should keep people busy for a while.

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The Digimon series has always seemed to take a backseat to Pokemon, but it showed at E3 that it still manages to get fans excited. Namco Bandai revealed at E3 that Digimon World Championship for the Nintendo DS has already gone gold. The latest game will focus on Digimon breeding and battling, and will also offer local and Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection multiplayer support.

Digimon World Championship makes players Digimon Tamers. You have to hunt them down in the Digital World, capture them by force (weapons and traps are mentioned), train them, breed them and then unleash them against friends or in 50 in-game competitions. The game will feature over 200 Digimon, which should make battling interesting.

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Animal Crossing is definitely coming to the Wii, and it looks a lot like the DS incarnation, Animal Crossing: Wild World. Animal Crossing: City Folk was unveiled today (July 15, 2008) by Nintendo at E3. The game is going to be similar to previous incarnations, acting as a sort of life sim, but will have plenty of Wii-exclusive features. It will be out Holiday 2008.

The City Folk portion of the title comes from the new city area that is only in Animal Crossing: City Folk. Players will be able to take the bus to the city to shop, check out sales, watch a movie or get a makeover at Gracie’s boutique.

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Check out the gallery: Animal Crossing City Folk

Fashionably late - on the second day of E3 (July 15, 2008), Disney Interactive has officially unveiled its video game lineup for the event. The company will be showing its wares in Meeting Room 309 at the event. As expected, the titles mainly cater to the younger generation of gamers and many new incarnations in popular franchises.

The games below will all likely be billed as family friendly, all ages titles. Some of the most anticipated titles include Pure, Disney Sing It and High School Musical 3: Senior Year DANCE!. Too bad Disney Sing It‘s description doesn’t mention any classic Disney tunes - if it had songs from the original, animated movies, then I’d want it.

So in Disney Interactive’s own words, from its press release, game descriptions of all its forthcoming titles…

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Last week Publisher X announced a partnership with four international developers and will be focusing mainly on downloadable programs.

Publisher X currently has six new games already available for the Apple iPhone and the Apple iPod touch including Zen Pinball, Critter Crunch and Reel Deal Slots. Click through to find out more about each game…

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Sega has released an official press release for Yakuza 2 (PS2) in honor of E3. Once again players will step into Kazuma Kiryu’s shoes to try and prevent a gang war in Tokyo and Osaka. Once again Toshiro Nagoshi and Seishu Hase, the producer and writer behind the first Yakuza, have created a whole new adventure for Yakuza 2. It will be released September 9, 2008.

It seems like Sega has really worked to improve the failings of the original Yakuza in Yakuza 2, and create a more immersive experience. The game will feature only Japanese voice acting, with English subtitles, locations in Tokyo and Osaka to visit (based on real establishments), a better fighting engine, more Heat moves to use in battles and the ability to take down more than one opponent with attacks. There will also be new free time activities for Kazuma, like bowling and putting at the driving range.

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EA’s surprisingly popular My Sims game is being ported to the PC. Originally My Sims, a cartoonish, super-deformed Sims game, was created exclusively for the Wii and DS. Now an E3 announcement has revealed that the game is going to be appearing on PCs in Fall 2008.

My Sims for the PC will have far more options than the Wii and DS versions. There will be more NPC characters, more character creation options, the ability to create buildings and items and the ability to play online with up to eight other players.

The online aspect will have players socializing with up to eight friends in a special online game area. They will then be able to talk in a chat like atmosphere, or exchange gifts with friends in that area. Players will also be able to package items in-game and email them to other friends with the game.

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Today (July 14, 2008) is the first day of E3, and Natsume is bringing it. It had previously announced that, in honor of the Harvest Moon‘s 10th anniversary, it would be releasing Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness (DS), Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility (Wii), accessory kits, strategy guides and toys. Now, at E3, it has released more information on both games, plus character art, screenshots and a new trailer for the DS entry.

Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness is due out August 26, 2008. The character designs are similar to Animal Crossing for the DS, and the story starts out familiar. Players choose to be a boy or girl, and are then shipwrecked on an island. They, along with other shipwreck survivors, decide to stay there and make the island their home. Every action is executed with the touch screen, crops now each have specific care and weather needs and a better farm means more island inhabitants.

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The latest Japanese dating-sim (aka bishoujo or hentai) game to be released by G-Collections is Amorous Professor Cherry. Available for PC CD/DVD (Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista; $39.95), the sexy sim includes English text with Japanese voiceovers so you get to enjoy the essence of the acting while being able to understand what the heck they are saying.

What they are doing, however, is graphically clear in any language.

In the game you are a young school boy named Kouta who has a crush on his appropriately-named and uber busty teacher…

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Check out the gallery: Amorous Professor Cherry screen shots