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Tours: Hawthorne Heights, Nintendo Wii at Nintendo Fusion this fall

Posted by aubin on Monday, July 17, 2006 at 2:30 PM (EDT)

Details have been revealed for the upcoming 2006 edition of the Nintendo Fusion Tour. For 2006, the tour will feature Victory Records heavyweights Hawthorne Heights, Relient K, Emery, the Plain White T's and The Sleeping.

Of course, since it is the Nintendo Fusion tour, the video gaming company is planning to also bring some of their new game consoles along, including the much anticipated Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS Lite, both of which will be previewed at stops on the tour.

The Fusion tours previously took on such headliners as Evanescene, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance and others.

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Someone (July 17, 2006)

Victory Records heavyweights

hahaha good stuff Aubin.

- APK

Someone (July 17, 2006)

I'll go just to play Wii. Fuck those bands though.

kingofsuck (July 17, 2006)

WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!1

David_Arquette (July 17, 2006)

Wii is going to be so awesome.

Remember that time the Hawthorne Heights guy got on here and started posting and actually ended up being a cool guy? That was pretty sweet.

Coldwaffles (July 17, 2006)

Racket "Magazine" has an interview with Silverstein that makes them out to be cool guys.

Mind you, Racket specializes in trying to make an ass out of pretty bad bands.

Someone (July 17, 2006)

are you guys actually surprised that people can be nice guys and make shitty music? or make music you hate? or be signed to victory?

i would say the majority of bands i have met (granted, i dont meet millionaire rockstars) have been cool guys, and the dickheads transcend genres and labels

Someone (July 17, 2006)

Most of those guys are good people; I've met a handful of bands who spend all their time talking about "markets" and sales numbers, but those are definitely the exceptions. Bands like Hawthorne Heights and Silverstein are really cool people.

maverick (scott) (July 17, 2006)

Silverstein are some of the most solid dudes I've ever met. Billy and Paul have impeccable taste in music, and Shane runs a great label, too.

-Scott

KirbyPuckett (July 17, 2006)

That one dude in Silverstien has a KILLER Hot Water Music collection.

...better than any nerds on here I guarentee.

- Kirby

mcgregor107 (July 17, 2006)

really? what was his screen-name..

David_Arquette (July 17, 2006)

carboncopymedia

http://www.punknews.org/article/17193

Funn y thing is, the first thing he responded to was my comment that started, "Dear JT Woodruff..."

mcgregor107 (July 17, 2006)

hahahhh.. that's a real "lol".

i wonder how many actual (well known punknews bands) band members are regular posters..

kingofsuck (July 17, 2006)

http://www.punknews.org/article/17193

Coldwaffles (July 17, 2006)

Wow.

Just wow.

Nintendo, get better bands please. At the very least, get generic radio rock.

Someone (July 17, 2006)

nintendo wants to draw crowds, they could care less about anything else probably, well, i mean, they want to draw young crowds

TraumaSponge (July 17, 2006)

Evanescene

I found the secret joke!

Hubitcherkokov (July 17, 2006)

The Wii will be the bee's knees, if only for the first party games, but I'm sure third party developers will have some innovative ideas with that controller.

The DS Lite is amazing. I've never played a PSP, but I can't imagine it's better than the DS.

Someone (July 17, 2006)

well my friend, i suggest you pick up a PSP because it blows the DS out of the water.
and this is coming from a diehard nintendo fan, ive never owned anything by sony or microsoft(expect computer software of course).
the only major consoles i own are from nintendo, and i can still tell you that the PSP is so much better than the DS

Hubitcherkokov (July 17, 2006)

I'll have to play it at a Gamestop or something, I guess. I do admit I have a bias towards Nintendo, but I'm interested in trying the PSP.

Someone (July 17, 2006)

I think your possibly only one out of five people that believe that.

Someone (July 17, 2006)

PSP is a POS.

DS Lite is the best handheld in history. So many innovative titles already and we've just scratched the surface with what that thing can do...

Someone (July 17, 2006)

is there a big difference between the DS that originally came out and the DS Lite? because to put it how you stated the original DS is a P.O.S.

swingline (July 17, 2006)

uh, do you enjoy pennywise?

givemeamuseumandillfillit (July 18, 2006)

Ehh...maybe if you want excellent realistic graphics and deep storys.
I want to spazz out, and wario ware is fucking awesome.

sickboi (chris) (July 17, 2006)

What is everyone's addiction to Nintendo? Gamecube sucked balls, just admit it. Sure, Mariocart is fun, but come on, the PS2 knocks that shit clean out of the water.

N64, however, was so rad. I could play (and literally did) WCW/NWO Revenge for days.

Someone (July 17, 2006)

oh, as did I, as did I! That game was pretty much the shit.

Infrarecon (July 17, 2006)

Agreed.

mcgregor107 (July 17, 2006)

goldeneye was the best n64 game.

CrookedSuperhero (July 17, 2006)

I love the way that game was nothing compared to Quake and most of the other pc FPS games, but people still swooned over it.

First Person games on consoles = Suck. They should only be used for platform or racing games.

iheartagainstme (July 17, 2006)

seriously, super smash brothers.

SERIOUSLY. that's all i have to say.

Dante3000 (rich) (July 17, 2006)

Dude, I loved that game but it was messed up because all you had to do was get em out of the ring and use the chair and you owned that match.
Honestly, I own/owned none of the newer systems (X-Box, Game Cube, PS2) but we had a video game exhibit at the museum and some of my favorite games were on game cube. They did what they did really well. Fun games with solid game play that weren't too damn expensive. Sure the graphics, and music weren't as good as the other two main systems but I think Game Cube found a really good market and ran with it. It would have been foolish to try and take the PS2 or X-Box on head to head, let them battle it out for the top of the line, too expensive for what it does market and Nintendo can swoop in on the under $100 market. Fantastic business plan.
-Dante

Someone (July 17, 2006)

I'm glad everyone likes videogames as much as i do.

-r3venge therapy

SalsaShark (July 17, 2006)

The original Nintendo is one of the very few games systems I play anymore. I've got the original Mario series, Metroid, GI Joe, Ghostbusters II, Tetris, Batman, Double Dragon II, and Ninja Gaiden I and II, among others. I really need to buy Punch-Out!! and Zelda.

I wish this piece of shit GameTap thing I got online would function properly. I really want to play Hydro Thunder and Crazy Taxi.

Hubitcherkokov (July 17, 2006)

Nintendo's first party games are better than PS2's and (especially) XBox's. PS2 is certainly in second, but with XBox, if it weren't for Halo/Halo 2 that system would have sunk. Although I'm sure others will beg to differ, games like Super Mario Sunshine, The Legend of Zelda: Windwaker, the Mario sports titles (Kart, Golf, Baseball, Tennis, Soccer), Metroid Prime 1 and 2, and so on, are all amazing. Add to that the exclusive Resident Evil remake and Resident Evil 0. Heck, even Resident Evil 4 was supposed to be a Gamecube exclusive before it was released on PS2 (and the title won Game of the Year for most major video game publications).

Also, the graphics are better on Gamecube than PS2.

swingline (July 17, 2006)

the graphics are not better.

Someone (July 17, 2006)

Gamecube is more powerful than PS2.. This generation it goes PS2 - Gamecube - Xbox. Next gen Wii will be the least powerful, however.

Hubitcherkokov (July 18, 2006)

Play any of the games that are out on both systems. It's pretty evident.

KirbyPuckett (July 17, 2006)

I thought the G.C. sucked, then I got one. Great fucking system.

- Kirby

Someone (July 18, 2006)

i own a N64 and a GC and i think they are both great systems and im getting a wii when it is relesed ps3 looks like crap and is to expensive and the xbox 360 is underpowered new games on pc like UT2007 wont even work on the 360 and run on the ps3 on low settings so im just gona upgrade my pc and get a wii its all u need

Dante3000 (rich) (July 17, 2006)

So...they're fusing shitty with crappy this year, eh? Should be an interesting combo.
-Dante

sceneupdates (July 17, 2006)

Good console, shit tour. I emailed Nintendo yesterday to find out when South Africa will get it and it looks like the same time as everyone else. Hooray! *Swings wiimote*

Someone (July 17, 2006)

i love it when a post is so ridiculous it's pointless to even comment.

Warzin (July 17, 2006)

I love my ds lite.

David_Arquette (July 17, 2006)

Me too. Nothing is cooler than having handheld Tony Hawk and Mario 64, and it's a really well-designed device.

MattRamone (July 17, 2006)

I think Jason Tate just splooged in his pants.

awkward (July 17, 2006)

oh noooooess nintendo & hawthorne heights... that's some unwelcomed synergy right there

Someone (July 17, 2006)

the wii will be number 1

Someone (July 17, 2006)

they couldn't at least get some good bands...?

swingline (July 17, 2006)

we are japan toy company are in awe of your large penis.

Someone (July 17, 2006)

NINTENDO WII IS AWESOME, AS IS DS. Idk wtf u guys r talking about. Hawthorne Heights and emery are awesome bands but i haven't heard any of the other ones that will show there.

Someone (July 17, 2006)

the Wii dust the PS2+1 and Xbox 350+10 because improved graphics is about as interesting as talking your dog for a walk...

as regards the DS i got one of the original clumbsy piece o piss and still love but want a DS Lite..

PSP pfff its no good!!

Someone (July 17, 2006)

edit:

the Wii will dust the PS2+1 and Xbox 350+10 because improved graphics is about as interesting as taking your dog for a walk...

as regards the DS i got one of the original clumbsy pieces o piss and still love but want a DS Lite..

PSP pfff its no good!!

Someone (July 18, 2006)

..I own Hawthorne Height's cd. And I like two songs off it. The rest is crap, but come on now... "Niki FM" and "Ohio Is For Lovers" are bloody catchy as long as you don't listen to the lyrics too closely, because they're just too irritating even for me.

Someone (July 18, 2006)

Actually, I find all of those bands to be amazing. For those who have never heard of them, here's some good songs from Relient K and Plain White T's that'll get you snapping your fingers.
Relient K- Who I Am Hates Who I've Been, Be My Escape, Mood Rings
Plain White T's- Hey There Delilah, Fireworks

Try them out, you just might like the songs ( Nothing really emo in there, no wrist cutting or blood singing, Relient K is a christian rock band and Plain White T's are just happy in general)

Someone (July 18, 2006)

yeah, the bands aren't too bad

i like lots of relient k songs

and i like some songs of the other bands either

Someone (July 18, 2006)

The Wii is going to destroy in the next console cycle. PS3's already declared their demise with that rediculous 599 price tag, and the XBox just doesn't have the brand name recognizablity as Nintendo. This is going to be a huge turning point in the history of video gaming. Be prepared for some of the most creative games ever.

Also, Hawthorne Heights sucks.

Someone (July 21, 2006)

Sweet. I love HH!

ArentWeAll (August 7, 2006)

For fans of Emery, I highly recommend the new Gatsbys American Dream album. It hits stores tomorrow, but check it: for $13 on their online store they'll throw in a shirt.

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