Player’s Club: Video game releases for the week of Oct. 5
October 5, 2009 at 5:45 pm by Garrett Martin in Games & TechYou should never underestimate any Nintendo game with the word Wii in the title (well, except for that one time…) Wii Fit Plus is the biggest release of the week, but the cross-section of people who’ll buy that and, say, the punishingly difficult Japanese dungeon-crawler Demon’s Souls is probably microscopic, if not downright non-existent. Which is a shame, as Demon’s Souls deserves Wii Fit’s justified success, and also because people who love punishingly difficult Japanese dungeon-crawlers could probably stand to exercise a little bit more.
Demon’s Souls highlights a strong week for PlayStation 3 exclusives. Afrika, a gorgeous camera safari in the vein of cult classic Pokemon Snap, finally gets a U.S. release over a year after coming out in Japan. Also coming out this week for the PS3 is the adorable puzzle game Critter Crunch, which will be downloadable exclusively through the PlayStation Network.
PLAYSTATION 3
October 6 Afrika
October 6 Demon’s Souls
October 6 Disney Sing It: Pop Hits
October 6 NBA 2K10
October 6 NBA Live 10
October 6 Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
October 6 Saw: The Videogame
October 6 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Republic Heroes
October 8 Critter Crunch (PlayStation Network)
NINTENDO WII
October 4 Wii Fit Plus
October 5 Word Searcher (WiiWare)
October 6 Disney Sing It: Pop Hits
October 6 Game Party 3
October 6 The Island of Dr. Frankenstein
October 6 NBA 2K10
October 6 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
October 6 Spore Hero
October 6 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Republic Heroes
October 6 Tom Clancy’s HAWX
XBOX 360
October 6 NBA 2K10
October 6 NBA Live 10
October 6 Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
October 6 Saw: The Videogame
October 6 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Republic Heroes
October 7 Lucidity (Xbox Live Arcade)
October 7 South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play! (Xbox Live Arcade)
PLAYSTATION 2
October 6 Disney Sing It: Pop Hits
October 6 MotorStorm: Arctic Edge
October 6 NBA 2K10
October 6 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Republic
PSP
October 6 Naruto Shippuden: Legends: Akatsuki Rising
October 6 NBA 2010: The Inside
October 6 NBA 2K10
October 6 NBA Live 10
October 6 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Republic Heroes
NINTENDO DS
October 5 Thorium Wars
October 6 The Biggest Loser
October 6 Imagine: Zookeeper
October 6 Spore Hero Arena
October 6 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Republic Heroes
October 8 Animal Paradise Wild
October 8 Pet Pals: New Leash on Life 2
October 8 A Witch’s Tale
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