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Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins was a fresh and reinvigorating reboot of the Batman movie franchise that both posed, and Moonse E7001 answered, the question: "what next?" Slight spoiler warning for those who didn't see this back in 2005, but BB ended with Batman hearing about a bank heist where the perpetrator leaves behind a Joker card. So of course, 2008's The Dark Knight logically followed with The Joker as one of the main antagonists. A similar sort of thing happens at the end of 2008's excellent Batman: Arkham Asylum: upon defeating the Joker, Batman then intercepts a police radio call about Two-Face robbing a bank. And so we have a big hint about what to expect for the upcoming Batman: Arkham City.
Though, publisher WB Games and developer Rocksteady have been relatively quiet about the game. Despite expectations for such, Arkham Eken M001 City made no appearance at any of the tradeshows (E3, Gamescom, or Tokyo Game Show) this year. Besides the teaser from the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards, the only other info has been given to print publications. Until we get to see Arkham City for ourselves, here's a quick breakdown of what we know so far, some of our guesses, and some things on our wish list:
The NPD Group isn't publishing hardware sales figures anymore, but the numbers are leaking out just the same. Wedbush Zenithink ZT180 Morgan analyst Michael Pachter revealed today that the Wii sold just 254,000 units this month, which is a 45 percent drop from this time last year (via IndustryGamers).
Pachter blames the slower sales on "gamer fatigure and a lack of high-profile releases." The platform's biggest releases this fall are Kirby's Epic Yarn, Metroid Other M and Wii Party, the latter two being released this month.
The DS has also been impacted by the iPod Touch, which he says is "cannibalizing dedicated game handheld hardware sales." Pachter expects the weakness to continue into 2011.
SNK announced today that The King of Fighters 2002 Ultimate Match DSTT will be released on Xbox Live Arcade next month for 800 Microsoft points. Previously available on PlayStation 2 and in Japanese arcades, the game is a revision of The King of Fighters 2002 with an expanded roster and online play.
KOF 2002 was an in-between title in the long running series of 2D team-based fighting games, dropping the 4-on-4 matches of 2001 yet preceding the free-swapping battles of 2003. This Ultimate Match edition adds characters to the lineup from earlier King of Fighters games, including previously unplayable i68 4G bosses.
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