What are you buying this week? (10/15)

[Destructor]

It's now the middle of October, and the releases aren't just letting up. Here's the list:

PS2:
Avatar: The Burning Earth
Backyard Football 2008
Legend of Spyro: Eternal Night
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground

PS3:
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground

PSP:
Crash of the Titans
Spider-Man 3
SWAT: Target Liberty

360:
Avatar: The Burning Earth
Beautiful Katamari
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground

Wii:
Avatar: The Burning Earth
Backyard Football 2008
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core
Legend of Spyro: Eternal Night
Mercury Meltdown: Revolution
Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
Victorious Boxers: Revolution
Gate of Thunder (VC)
Metal Marines (VC)
Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos (VC)

DS:
Avatar: The Burning Earth
Fish Tycoon
Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day
Fullmetal Alchemist: Trading Card Game
Hannah Montana: Music Jam
Legend of Spyro: Eternal Night
Power Rangers Super Legends
Prism: Light the Way
The Bee Game
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
Wild Petz: Dolphinz

PC:
Dawn of Magic
Death to Spies
Fury
Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East
Switchball
You Are Empty
Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals

As for me, my wallet ain't opening. Which (as always) is a good thing, as I'm overwhelmed with games as it is.

What are you buying this week?

[EngineNo9]

Thankfully there is nothing on my plate for this week.  I need to catch up on everything I've bought in the last month or two. 

I am interested to hear if Victorious Boxers is any good, though.  Maybe for my Christmas list or something. 

[Soulchilde]

nothing

[wonderpug]

VC titles:

This week marks the first appearance of a CD-ROM game for the TurboGrafx16 on Virtual Console™. Take control of the Hunting Dog ship and battle deadly Obbellon fighters in the classic horizontal sci-fi shooter, Gate of Thunder. If shooting's not your thing, you can go out and save the world from evil demons or a power-hungry general in this week's other offerings that bolster the Wii Shop Channel's catalog of action-adventure and real-time strategy games.

Three new classic games go live at 9 a.m. Pacific time. Nintendo adds new games to the Wii Shop Channel every Monday. Wii™ owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points™ to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week's new games are:

Ninja Gaiden II™: The Dark Sword of Chaos (NES®, 1 player, rated E for Everyone - Mild Violence, 500 Wii Points): In Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos, a new villain, Ashtar, is revealed. Take on the role of Ryu Hayabusa and rescue Irene Lew, a former CIA agent, from Ashtar. Destroy the Sword of Chaos, a weapon of great power forged from the bone of a demon. Use techniques such as the Fire Wheel or the Windmill Throwing Star and attack while holding on to walls and ladders. Use the most innovative technique of all - the ability to create Shadow Clones, orange shadow versions of Ryu that will constantly follow him, repeating previous actions (moving or attacking) in a delayed cycle. Once again defeat henchmen, creatures and bosses with new fighting techniques and even more weapons as you progress through multiple stages on your way to destroying Ashtar, Jaquio and the Realm of Chaos.

Metal Marines® (Super NES®, 1 player, rated E for Everyone - Fantasy Violence, 800 Wii Points): Set in the near future, most of Earth's land has been disintegrated in the chaos of the Anti-matter War. This real-time strategy game portrays the Colonies' Allied Force - the Metal Marines - in their epic struggle against General Zorgeuf and the Imperial Federation, who are bent on world domination. Commanding the Metal Marines across a series of battles, the player must strategically allocate resources, ready supplies, manage funds and move troops in an effort to outwit and outmove the opponent. The real-time battle system rewards split-second decisions and adaptability in the struggle for military superiority. Unlike most turn-based strategy games, Metal Marines engrosses the player in a fast-paced and frantic battle in which both sides advance simultaneously. A constant eye must be kept on enemy movements to maintain a formidable defense and not miss the perfect chance to strike. Strategic foresight and quick judgment hold the key to victory.

Gate of Thunder (TurboGrafx16, 1 player, rated E for Everyone - Fantasy Violence, 800 Wii Points): The legendary sci-fi shooter is back! Gate of Thunder is a horizontal side-scrolling shooter that places you in control of special undercover agent Hawk, whose mission is to stop the deadly army of Obbellon fighters. Jump into the action as Hawk gets aboard his ship, the Hunting Dog, and heads out toward the enemy. Blast through stages while effectively using all three of the weapons at your disposal and receiving support from ally Wild Cat ships. Switch through equippable power-up options on the fly to change the direction of your attack. You'll have to blast in front of and behind you to survive all seven stages. Hard-core shooting-game fans looking for a challenge can select HARD or DEVIL mode to experience even more intense action!

[Jarrodhk]

Probably nothing for me this week.

[wonderpug]

Not planning to buy something unless I hear that the Wiimake of Rockstar Table Tennis has really good waggle controls.

[denoginizer]

Not planning to buy something unless I hear that the Wiimake of Rockstar Table Tennis has really good waggle controls.

Me too.  Anyone going to be a guinea pig on that one?

[EngineNo9]

Not planning to buy something unless I hear that the Wiimake of Rockstar Table Tennis has really good waggle controls.

Me too.  Anyone going to be a guinea pig on that one?

I'm sure Bullwinkle is more than willing to take one for the team.  Again. 

[Bullwinkle]

360:
Beautiful Katamari
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground

Wii:
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core*
Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis**
Victorious Boxers: Revolution**
Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night* is supposedly coming this week, too
Mercury Meltdown: Revolution is once again supposedly coming out.  We'll see.  I'll get it when it does come, though.

DS:
Touch Detective 2 1/2 Eventually, when I get around to finishing the first one.

*Waiting on reviews
**Waiting on waggle reviews

Victorious Boxers was looking good, but I heard mixed things about the Japanese Release

[The Grue]

Nothing. Which I think I said last week and yet I bought The Orange Box yesterday.  This week I mean it, though.

[Bullwinkle]

Not planning to buy something unless I hear that the Wiimake of Rockstar Table Tennis has really good waggle controls.

Me too.  Anyone going to be a guinea pig on that one?

I'm sure Bullwinkle is more than willing to take one for the team.  Again. 

No no, this one had some production values and is from a known publisher.

[fyedaddy]

Possibly the Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East expansion (eventually) pending the reviews. Otherwise... nothing!

Picked up FFT PSP for this past week and that's enough to keep any fan busy for several months or more. Still playing catch up to other recent titles too, finishing up NWN2 so I can buy the expansion, and there's a big stack of games on my rental queue that will require my attention (Halo 3, Bioschok, etc).

GH3 in two weeks! 

[CeeKay]

nothing for me but I have the NWN2 expansion and TF2 to tide me over.

[Chaz]

Possibly Katamari and Prism.  I really liked the demo for Prism, but haven't decided if I'm going to play it enough to justify, especially since I suspect I'll be playing a lot of TF2.

[ATB]

Thankfully there is nothing on my plate for this week.  I need to catch up on everything I've bought in the last month or two. 

+ Bob Marley

[leo8877]

Nothing for me this week.

[KePoW]

nothing

this week is definitely the red-headed stepchild

[JCC]

Gothic Universe comes out this week which contains Gothic 1-3 for $30. Pretty cool. I've always wanted to try out the first one, so when this drops down some I may pick it up.

[kronovan]

I'll be picking up Mercury Meltdown Revolution just as long as this isn't another false start from it's publisher; not holding my breath.

I had no idea this many titles were releasing on the Wii this week.
Guilty Gear, Victorious Boxers, TH:Proving Ground and Table Tennis all interest me, but probably not enough that they're week 1 purchases. And I'd possibly get TH:PG and GG for other consoles since their ports or multiplatform which all too often = bad Wii control scheme.

Excellent week for VC releases, this weeks games really make up for the poor weeks as of late! According to vc-reviews and some of my coworkers, all 3 of these titles are very good if not excellent games and well worth owning. Good thing my classic gaming plate is too full right now with Breath of Fire 2 and LoZ: LttP.   

[Jumangi]

Nothing here either. Still in "Orange Box mode". Plus there's still so many big titles to come like COD 4 and Mass Effect that pretty much anything secondary this fall will be put on the back burner for awhile. Just not a fat enough wallet nor enough time.

[Ridah]

Still waiting to pick up HL2 from last week. That's a lot of titles coming out for the Wii, I'm impressed (at the quantity, not necessarily the quality).

[Brendan]

Two XBLA titles this week:

Every Extend Extra Extreme and Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe.

The latter's a purchase for me.  I'll have to try the demo of the former...

[JuniorDan]

Nothing, due to the increase in my back log, however I am keeping and eye on SWAT: Target Liberty.

[Laner]

Hmmm... nothing immediately, but I may eventually get TH: Proving Grounds and Beautiful Katamari.  I'll be checking out EEEE as well.

[pr0ner]

Beautiful Katamari!

[Starshifter]

I definitely want to take advantage of the Toys R Us Buy 2 Get 1 Free sale.

So, I'm picking up The Orange Box, Two Worlds and Tony Hawk Proving Ground all for the X360.

[fyedaddy]

I definitely want to take advantage of the Toys R Us Buy 2 Get 1 Free sale.

So, I'm picking up The Orange Box, Two Worlds and Tony Hawk Proving Ground all for the X360.

For the love of all that is decent... stay clear of Two Worlds 360 at all costs!!! There's got to be something, anything there that would be a better third wheel in your 2-for-1 purchase.

[Farscry]

I definitely want to take advantage of the Toys R Us Buy 2 Get 1 Free sale.

So, I'm picking up The Orange Box, Two Worlds and Tony Hawk Proving Ground all for the X360.

For the love of all that is decent... stay clear of Two Worlds 360 at all costs!!! There's got to be something, anything there that would be a better third wheel in your 2-for-1 purchase.

Or if you absolutely must get Two Worlds, get it on the PC, where you can drastically improve the experience over the slipshod port that the 360 got.

[ATB]

I definitely want to take advantage of the Toys R Us Buy 2 Get 1 Free sale.

So, I'm picking up The Orange Box, Two Worlds and Tony Hawk Proving Ground all for the X360.

For the love of all that is decent... stay clear of Two Worlds 360 at all costs!!! There's got to be something, anything there that would be a better third wheel in your 2-for-1 purchase.

The game is broken on 360 Shifty.

[Larraque]

Every Extend Extra Extreme

Sweet. E3 was a fantastic, underrated game on the PSP. I look forward to taking E4 out for a spin. Might not be until next year though.

Is this going to be 800 or 1200 points? Anyone know yet?

[Bullwinkle]

Every Extend Extra Extreme

Sweet. E3 was a fantastic, underrated game on the PSP. I look forward to taking E4 out for a spin. Might not be until next year though.

Is this going to be 800 or 1200 points? Anyone know yet?

800.

[nymanium]

Might get Beatiful Katamari, but with Team Fortress 2 and Halo 3 multiplayer and Eternal Sonata still to beat, I likely won't get around to it.

[Reemul]

Definitely getting Football Manager 2008 released on Friday 19th in the UK.

[Misguided]

Katamari and Prism.
I will get Mercury when I can find it.

[DonD]

I'll add Katamari to the Gamefly queue.  Nothing else really interests me this week.

[Pyperkub]

Nothing - Puzzle Crack and Halo 3 and BioShock have my attention...

[mikeg]

No gaming for me.  Just catching up on some reading while I wait for November.  Three weeks in a row there are absolute must-have titles.  Saving every last dime for those.

[Blackjack]

Mostly buying PSP stuff of late, so hopefully:

PSP
-SWAT: Target Liberty (Gamestop says this is in their stores as of today, Oct. 17)