A page from Media-Create’s 2010 report also sheds light on Wii games like Zangeki no Reginleiv and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles.

We also check up on Spirit Tracks, whose dramatic price drop seems to be allowing it to hang onto the charts, and both portable Kingdom Hearts games. We also now have a fairly good idea of why Namco saw fit to re-release Taiko no Tatsujin.

Meanwhile, we check up on Love Plus to see how everyone’s favourite girlfriend-sim is holding up.

Simply explained, Zangeki no Reginleiv is Dynasty Warriors meets Dragon Quest Swords with giants and online play.

Nintendo started packaging Wii games rated CERO C (15+) and up in black boxes. Zangeki no Reginleiv being rated CERO D (17+) got the black box treatment.

In an Iwata Asks interview, Hitoshi Yamagami explains Zangeki no Reginleiv was in development for over three years.

Starting this year, all Nintendo games rated CERO C and up (that’s 15+) will be packaged with black boxes.

The small giants in Zangeki no Reginleiv are around the size of an average giraffe at five meters. Large giants tower over Himeji Castle, one of Japan’s national treasures.

Nintendo is testing a new marketing strategy with Zangeki no Reginleiv. Their plan is to get Sandlot’s game in the hands of Wii owners before it launches, but the Wii doesn’t support downloadable demos.

Norse deities Freyr and Freyja face an army of giant gods In Zangeki no Reginleiv. New screenshots from Nintendo give us a closer look at them.

Nintendo opened an official site for Zangeki no Reginleiv with a glimpse of the game’s online mode.

Nintendo’s first Wii game for Japan in 2010, Zangeki no Reginleiv, is also their first CERO D game, ever. And Zangeki no Reginleiv got that rating since it’s heavy on gore.

More details about Zangeki no Reginleiv (previously called Dynamic Zan) are trickling in thanks to online retailer Neowing.

Nintendo either has a slew of first party releases coming to the Wii later this year or they’re going to delay a bunch of games. Since Nintendo typically releases one first party games on the Wii in a month I’m leaning towards a massive rescheduling.