This next one is rather short but the implications are quite sweet. We just learned that Japanese video game development studio Mitchell Corporation will be coming up with a Wii game this year as well as two new DS titles.

Best known for the Buster Bros. series of games, Mitchell Corporation is one of the older development studio that still exists today. It was founded back in 1960 and started making games for arcades; its later titles appeared on Nintendo DS and PlayStation 1 (PSOne)

Mitchell even made a title on Nuon - a technology that allows DVD players be compatible with 3D video games. Anyway, since their stint on the DS with Magnetica and Polarium, nothing was heard about Mitchell Corporation.

While we're hoping that the new titles would involve Buster Bros., we're not leaning towards it because Nibris is already making a new version known as Double Pang.

Nibris has announced yet another title they're working on for Nintendo. It isn't a shooter though, so much as it is a blob smasher.

Called Double Bloob, the game is reminiscent of Capcom's Buster Bros. title. You're tasked with destroying all the bloobs in your way as you attempt to rescue your friend from the clutches of The Great Nasty Bloob. To do that, you'll be using a harpoon to blow the bloobs into smaller pieces until you eradicate each one completely across 100 levels.

The game gives you numerous powerups, including a freezing powerup that stops the enemies from dropping off the top of the screen for a few seconds and a shield that gives you temporary invincibility. Of course, that doesn't stop the enemies from getting stronger too, with some blobs taking more hits to break or a blob type that combines to make a giant blob.

Nibris is perhaps most known for their ongoing development Raid Over the River for the DS and Sadness for the Wii. Expect Double Bloob to head to Nintendo's little handheld in the second quarter of this year.

The Nintendo Wii is being packaged with a squeaky clean image, in the sense that it's family-friendly and its games would cater to the wants of every member. But video gaming, just like real life, isn't all bright and sunshiny or nice and sweet - and that's where the game Sadness enters the picture.

Too bad that its developer, Nibris, has not been divulging more details about it. But to compensate for the lack of info to this hauntingly mysterious title for the Wii, the Polish game developer opened up about another game that they're brewing for the Nintendo DS and the Wii.

The new game they're developing is called Double Pang. From the title itself, you may already have an idea that this is not as dark and disturbing as Sadness. What is it all about? Well, the game is actually a new version of Pang (or Buster Bros. in the U.S.A), it is a one or two player arcade game which is the brainchild of Mitchell Corporations. It first saw the light of mass production in 1989 and was produced for various home systems such as ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Atari ST among many others.

Basically, the goal of the game is for you to go through 16 countries with each of 'em having three levels. What you do is destroy a series of balloons using a harpoon gun. When you have eliminated the Helium-filled thingamajigs, they will progressively divide into two wherein the smallest bubbles will go kaput when shot. Power-ups such as vulcan missile, free time clock, and double harpoon are present in the game.

Nibris is planning on unveiling the DS version on April 2007, while the Wii version is planned to come out on September. And basing from our last report, this game would be released earlier than Sadness (Q4 2007 or Q1 2008) and Raid Over the River (Wii release Q3 2008, DS release Q2-Q3 2007). Let's hope that Nibris keeps their word this time around and for goodness sake, talk about how Sadness is shaping up!

Classic games rock. And classic games that are ported homebrew-style onto a new platform rock even harder. And if that certain classic game that was "ported" got an update... Now that rocks like whoa. What more could a sentimental gamer ask for, right?

Ergon's homebrew SuperPang DS is now on version 0.1b. It's his homebrew that's based on the arcade game Pang, Pomping World, and Buster Bros. And if you're not familiar with the game, it's rather simple: just bust the bouncing balls. You use a grappling gun to shoot up and pop these balls all around the stage. Once a ball pops, it splits into two smaller ones. Each ball will split into smaller balls every time you pop it, until finally, they're too small and just pop into oblivion.

What's new:

• Revised bounce of balloons
• Tighter collisions
• All three weapons
• Mini game style with score and high-score

Controls:

• Press start to begin playing
• Press left & right to move
• Press A to shoot arrow weapon
• Press Y to shoot sticky arrow weapon
• Press X to shoot bullet weapon

Download: [SuperPang DS v0.1b]

Ergon has just released his first DS homebrew game which he calls SuperPang DS. Based on the original arcade game known as Pang, Pomping World and Buster Bros, the gameplay involves shooting balloons with a harpoon gun. However, the balloons divide into two each time they are shot until they reach their smallest size. Shooting them then makes them burst into nothingness. The goal is to harpoon your way through 16 countries and for this reason, Pang has been described as highly addictive and frustratingly hard.

SuperPang DS v0.1a is currently in alpha stage but Ergon says that it's playable and he is working on porting the complete game. In the meantime, he has included instructons on how to play the game:

• Press L to make a big ball on appear
• Press A to shoot double arrow
• Press B to break all balloons (in case of emergency)

When playing SuperPang, DS expect to run into the these glitches:

• The collision is not as precise as it should
• The player is not invincible "just after died, so it could enter in a die-loop if plenty of balloons (press B in that case)"
• The balls are a bit on the speedy side

Download: [SuperPang DS v0.1a]