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Rockstar has updated the official Bully website with a new trailer for the Wii and 360 ports of Bully. In addition to the trailer, Rockstar also released tons of new screenshots. I have collected and uploaded all of them below for you to enjoy. Some are ones we have already seen but they don't have game site watermarks.
Xbox 360:
Wii:
Official Website: Bully
YouTube: Bully: Scholarship Edition Trailer
In light of the recent previews of Bully: Scholarship Edition, Rockstar has finally updated their Warehouse page to start accepting pre-orders of the game. If you wish to order Bully: Scholarship Edition from Rockstar directly, the links are below.
Pre-Order: Rockstar Warehouse (Official) - Xbox 360 & Wii
Jeronimo Barrera, Bully's producer, stopped by G4's offices and played a couple of the new mini games on the Wii version of Bully: Scholarship Edition.
Today, G4's X-Play previewed the Wii port of Bully: Scholarship Edition. G4 has yet to publish the video on it's site but lucky for you, I was watching a bad network at the right time. I managed to record this footage.
EDIT BY AJ:
Well it seems G4 sent a Cease and Desist to YouTube over the footage. This is funny because all the video features is game play footage that is a copyright of ROCKSTAR GAMES and not G4. That is, unless, G4 has acquired Rockstar and gained rights to the intellectual property in Bully. The only G4 element is the fact that X-Play idiot, Adam Sessler, is talking in the background from time to time. What's also funny is the fact that the video was singled out. If you do a search for "G4 Tv" on YouTube, there is lots of footage from the G4 TV network that has been uploaded by non G4 Tv accounts. Some have been up there for years! We'll contact YouTube to see why they have gave into G4's ridiculous demands. If need be, we'll re-upload the footage with the audio editied out.
The Office of Film and Literature Classification has given Bully: Scholarship Edition an M rating. They note that the game has moderate themes, violence, and sexual references. What's really surprising is that this is a revised build of the game. This means that Rockstar put something in that the OFLC didn't like, so Rockstar had to take it out. Let's hope it wasn't something good. This brings up the question, will the ESRB also tell Rockstar to take out this certain something or will they permit Rockstar to leave it in. Only time will tell.
Source: OFLC
Gamespot and CVG has released some new screenshots and information from Bully: Scholarship Edition. First off, the game is not running on Rockstar's Advance Game Engine. Instead, it's running on an engine by Mad Doc Software. Gamespot noted that the primary story hasn't changed at all. Sadly, they also note that there is no online play and that Rockstar hasn't planned any downloadable content. The port also features new minigames. For example, the port features a new biology minigame where you dissect things like a fish, frog, rat, or even an alien. Here is an exert from the Gamespot article describing the process.
The Wii Remote looked to work quite effectively in multiplayer. For dissection, players choose the magnifying glass using the Wii Remote to zoom into the eye, then select the scalpel to draw around the eye--in a dot-to-dot puzzle manner--to remove it and place in a Petri dish. Following this, you need to use the scalpel to cut open the skin and expose the internal organs; the more precise your surgical skills, the more points you'll earn. Once that's done, you'll need to remove the gills, liver, and stomach before the buzzer sounds. The Xbox 360 version has the same multiplayer games as the Wii but uses a combination of buttons to produce the same results.
One of the new added missions, Miracle on Bullworth St., involves a fake Santa named Rudy who wants Jimmy to take care of another fake Santa who is trying to take away his business. Once you've located the place, you'll need to beat down the elves with a baseball bat. Once you've destroyed the candles, snowmen, presents, candy cane, and castle, you've successfully completed the mission. As an added bonus, an elf costume will added to your wardrobe. Lastly, in our last article about Bully: Scholarship Edition, we said that Rockstar Vancouver was developing the port. According to CVG, this is not true. It turns out that Mad Doc Software is developing the port.
IGN has just posted some screenshots of both the Xbox 360 and Wii versions of Bully: Scholarship Edition. In addition to the screenshots, they also released some details. The Wii and Xbox 360 versions will released on March 4 in the US and March 7 in the UK. Both versions are priced $49.99 USD. The extras not included in the PS2 version of Bully are eight new missions, four new school classes (biology, music, math and geography), new unlockable items, new clothing, two-player offline minigames, new awards, and Achievements (360 only). Below are the screenshots. Enjoy.
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Wii:


Source: IGN
Today, GameStop and Game.co.uk updated their release date listings for Bully: Scholarship Edition. GameStop now lists the release date as 1/08/2008 for the US and Game.co.uk lists the release date as 1/11/2007 for the UK. Game.co.uk must have made a mistake on the year though since we are way past January 11, 2007. We still have yet to hear anymore details on the ports as Rockstar is keeping tight lipped. Table Tennis for the Wii, which was announced at the same time, is still on track for a release on the 23rd of this month.
GameStop - Bully: Scholarship Edition
Game.co.uk - Bully: Scholarship Edition
Today, Take2 released the results for the third quarter 2007. Along with the results, was a release schedule. According to the schedule, the Xbox 360 and Wii port of Bully, named Bully: Scholarship Edition, has been delayed until next year. No exact release date was given. Also according the the schedule, the episodic content for Grand Theft Auto: IV will still be released next year.
Product Pipeline
| Title | Platform |
|---|---|
| Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis | Wii |
| Elder Scrolls IV®: Oblivion™ Game of the Year Edition (GotY) |
Xbox 360, PC |
| NHL® 2K8 | Xbox 360, PS3, PS2 |
| NBA® 2K8 | Xbox 360, PS3, PS2 |
| MLB® Power Pros | Wii, PS2 |
| Manhunt 2 | Wii, PS2, PSP |
Take-Two's line up announced to date for fiscal 2008 includes the following titles:
| Title | Platform |
|---|---|
| Bully: Scholarship Edition | Xbox 360, Wii |
| College Hoops 2K8 | Xbox 360, PS3, PS2 |
| Dora the Explorer | DS and consoles |
| Go, Diego, Go! | DS and consoles |
| Midnight Club: Los Angeles | Xbox 360, PS3 |
| Major League Baseball® 2K8 | Multiple platforms |
| Top Spin Tennis | Wii |
| Sid Meier's Civilization® Revolution™ | Xbox 360, PS3, DS, Wii |
| Grand Theft Auto IV | Xbox 360, PS3 |
| Top Spin 3 | Xbox 360, PS3 |
| Grand Theft Auto IV episodic content | Xbox 360 |
| NBA® 2K9 | Multiple platforms |
| NHL® 2K9 | Multiple platforms |
| Borderlands™ | Xbox 360, PS3, PC |
Source: Take2 Interactive.
It seems Midnight Club Los Angeles and the Wii port of Table Tennis are not the only games from Rockstar at Leipzig. Gamespot has posted an article stating that there is in fact a trailer for Bully: Scholarship Edition at Leipzig. They stated that the trailer was very short and the trailer looked like it was from the Wii version. Currently, we can't seem to find any sources that have this trailer but we will be on the look out for one.
Source: Gamespot.
