TGS: New games

There's a stream of new game announcements coming out of Tokyo, so we'll try to the compress the smaller ones. 1UP mentions that SNK Playmore is bringing Metal Slug 1 to the Xbox Live Arcade. No date is set, so it's unlikely to be ready before December. On the Nintendo front, Harvest Moon creators Marvelous Interactive have announced five new games: three for the DS, two for the Wii. Rune Factory: Shin Bokujou Monogatari (DS) is an RPG based on Harvest Moon; Luminous Arc (DS) is a real-time tactical RPG with competitive WiFi play; Bokujou Monogatari: Kimi To Sodatsu Shima should be the DS' first 3D Harvest Moon game, and will allow players to build their own islands. Marvelous' big Wii title at TGS is (surprise) Harvest Moon Heroes, which will make use of the Wiimote for actions like sowing seeds or plowing dirt. The second Wii title, on the other hand, is a mystery. Simply dubbed Heroes, all we can say is that it's in shop at Grasshopper Manufacture, the same team that produced Killer 7 (pictured).

by MacNN Staff