New Features for Wii Pikmin and Mario Tennis
For Pikmin, the new feature mentioned in Famitsu concerns saving.
When you save, the game stores day-by-day records of your play. You're free to restart play from the day of your choice.
For Mario Power Tennis, Nintendo has made the game fully Wiimote compatible.
You can now swing the Wiimote like a tennis racket to control your swings, performing forehands, backhands, tosses and smashes by swinging the Wiimote as you would a normal racket. For spin shots, you simply change the angle of the Wiimote when swinging. To perform special shots, you press buttons during the swing.
Mario Power Tennis will support play both through the Wiimote on its own and through a Wiimote/Nunchuck combo, the latter presumably allowing you to control your characters on the court.
Famitsu lists Camelot as developer for Mario Power Tennis. It's unclear if the studio is working on the Wii update or if the Famitsu listing is just in reference to the original.
Pikmin hits Japan on December 25. Mario Power Tennis follows on January 15. Both are priced at 3,800 yen.
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