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One of the XBox 360's greatest strengths and greatest weaknesses is its strong audience in the United States. This American audience gave the 7th generation home console entrant the early lead in an industry long dominated by machines from Japanese companies. Problem with that was the it was ONLY in the United States that it had this strength, a sort of living example of the trademark American myopia many in this country suffer from. U.S.A. is not the whole world regardless of what those pro wrestling belts say. And with the XBox 360 losing the sales lead to Wii in its strongest region, it all points to this trait being a weakness.
Hammering that spike further into the board is revelations on who makes up the audience on the applauded XBox Live online service. Hint to the reader: their national flag has 50 stars in fields of red, white, and blue. Read on...
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Detective Comics, originator of golden age era comic superheroes Superman and Batman, are once again cross-pollinating with the similarly creative world of videogaming in a couple of new comic book series. Capcom franchises Resident Evil and Devil May Cry will join Gears of War, World of Warcraft, and the recently added Mirror's Edge on DC's game-to-comicbook conversions list. Like the others it will be a part of DC's Wildstorm label.
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Words like 'buzzworthy' I hate. So I'll refer to the upcoming Mirror's Edge game from Electronic Arts as 'sensational stunna'. Hmm, maybe that's too much but let's just say the game looks promising and at the very least interesting, how 'bout that? Anyway, not missing an opportunity to catch a train before it choo-choos out of the station, DC Comics (Detective Comics with the redundant aftertitle) plans on turning the game into a 6-part comic series.
Wanna hear more?
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Not trying to give any publicity to that intrusive gossip/paparazzo site TMZ but this is the story so many have been waiting for. The cultural entity that is Oprah Gail Winfrey has been eyeballed carefully as the 'mainstream' (whatever that means) media outlet that will shoot Wii ownership through the roof, through the ozone I should say. A personal endorsement of, perhaps, Wii Fit on her heavily watched talk show could send the already Thriller-like phenomenon into a whole new dimension perhaps of the kind Stephen Hawking theorizes about. Even though Ellen DeGeneres has beaten her to the punch with widespread media notice somewhat in this realm, it still takes an Oprah to make the earthquakes.
Finally, destiny has happened. Oprah Winfrey buys the Wii. Details to follow...
Read More »First of all, let me explain my on-the-fly coining of words (we all can't be Don King). We all know what a 'trilogy' is pretty much, don't we? Tricycle, triangle, trinity...all in all 'tri' = 'three', right? So what is a 'pentalogy', you ask? Same thing as a trilogy except instead of 'tri for 3' we get 'pent for 5'. Pentagon, pentagram, pentachloronitrobenzene...you get the picture.
So why does the word "Fable" representing XBox videogame series Fable precede the brand new word for '5 related but individual literary works'? Ask series creator Peter Molyneux about that one...
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Who here likes the Turnabout Trial series on DS? Ahem, excuse me, got myself lost in translation there. Who here likes the Gyakuten Saiban series on DS? Oh, once again forgive me, nobody knows what I'm talking about. Ah, who here likes the Ace Attorney series on DS? "OBJECTION!" What? Who can't like the series famous for adding Phoenix Wright to the fictional lawyer hall of fame with Perry Mason and Ben Matlock?
The series is so popular that a manga (illustrated books) series has already been developed in Japan. Now us lucky folks in North America get to flutter these vertically-read cartoon strips starting later this year. Listen further...
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The Bandwagon Chronicles continue. With the monster success of Nintendo's Wii in comparison to the competition (regional and global) companies of all shapes and sizes are eating great big blackbirds for lunch. Stuffed with this crow and facing the chronic cash injections Nintendo is receiving from its WiiDS Phenomenon, these companies concede failure in projecting the direction of the market and turn 180° to get in on the cashflow/audience appreciation.
One such company is Electronic Arts and its Chief Executive Officer John Riccitello sounds the alphorn to reverberate throughout the industrial mountains. He says that it's time for developers to shift focus to the Wii platform. Read on, bruh... Read More »
Even with all the soothing laundry detergent colored aesthetics of the Wii, don't think Nintendo has gone tender when it comes to safeguarding their intellectual properties. The red wrath of Yamauchi still rages within the now gentle lamb of the gaming industry. And to show the truth of what I'm saying, Nintendo's suing the pants off of some Japanese companies who enable piracy products to exist on the market.
Wanna know more? Keep on reading...
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MMORPG. Initials to outsiders that incite confusion, mystery, and all around befuddlement. Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game. Understanding the meaning spelled out and you know why people use the abbreviation. It's a genre mostly represented by the computer gaming world with its most known title World of Warcraft. But a threat to that most known status could be interrupted by MMORPG-in-development Star Trek Online currently crafted at Cryptic Studios.
Now the much-anticipated title will after 4 long years will finally see its official unveiling next month! There's more...
Read More »Any sci-fi fans out here? Of course there are. Are you ready for the first gameplay shots of Stargate Worlds, the MMORPG based off of the Sci-Fi Network hit Stargate SG-1. You know it's not my style to bias you to the content of the clip so click it on and see what you like. From developer Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment and publisher FireSky, the first action scenes of Stargate Worlds!
Not long after Afro Samurai's head-cutting trailer hit E3 we get disappointing news from developer Namco-Bandai. The previously destined (sort of) for Fall 2008 release of the gaming interpretation of the anime/manga series has been pushed back to 2009...January 27th to be exact. So you'll have to live out the adventures of Samuel L.'s anime counterpart only AFTER the ball drops in Madison Square Garden. Remember, extra wait often means extra quality. It'll be worth it, guys!
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Red Steel, one of the launch games for the Nintendo Wii, has long been announced to have a sequel in the works. But the new entry of first person sword-slasher/shooter set in the atmosphere of a Yakuza underworld plans on taking better advantage of the Wiimote's motion-sensing capabilities this time around.
Did some say Wii MotionPlus?
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If I mention the word "Karateka" to people, a select few will say "Karate practicioner." Even fewer will say "an old video game." And most will say "Huh?" Some have seen a surreal interpretation of this game as the ninja who dances like MC Hammer to Daft Punk in YTMND's "Ninja Works It", which has since made itself a part of random avatars in various net forums.
But Jordan Mechner, the creator of the 1984 fighting action game which set the animation stage for his more famous work 1989's Prince of Persia, mentions that Karateka will be making a return. Keep reading... Read More »
Director Brett Ratner of Rush Hour fame (along with a host of other big budget movies) has been eyed by grapevine gardeners as being selected for directing a long-announced God of War movie based off the so-named PlayStation franchise. The purple fruit from these vines have been chewed upon since May and more fertilizer has been spread upon the ground based on a curious excerpt from an MGM press release.
I know you're dying to see what it is so read on...
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Didn't get enough of the original Marvel Ultimate Alliance, cross-platform launch game and holiday season XBox 360 system seller? Well here's your inevitable sequel called Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 so check out the trailer and let me know what you really like. I won't tell you what's inside because I love the element of surprise.
Basketball season is a distant memory for 2008 (until fall time that is) but players can reimagine the NBA Playoff Finals outcome between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers with the clockwork delivery of NBA Live 09 from Electronic Arts. Of course you know this is the version the PlayStation 3 and XBox 360 will see. Wii's version is the one of EA's vision of Nintendo's simpler aesthetics (and audience friendy market impact) called NBA Live 09 All-Play. Be the judge of EA's NBA perennial and tell me what you think.
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E3 2008's instrumental superstar, Wii Music, has a verified rumor. Rumor had it that Nintendo's new musical masterpiece would be released October 16th for ¥5,800 ($53.77 U.S.) and now you can go to the bank on that. No specific date for us in North America yet outside of "the holidays" but maybe Japanese Nintendo-minded blog Rambling Man can get the lowdown on that information for us too.
Read More »There's some upcoming Wii title for Japan called Captain Rainbow from the producers of the Chibi-Robo series, skip Ltd. The Nintendo-friendly developer is known for making some very original titles and the idea of yo-yo wielding superhero trying to recapture his lost popularity on a wish-granting island is certainly...unique. Even more unusual are the cameos of Nintendo characters like Birdo who's on the island to look for boys. But who was expecting the appearance of Mike Tyson Punch-Out!!'s Little Mac in a game like this?!?
Watch the video, get out your Japanese-to-English dictionary, and prepare to be stupefied!
John Lucas
Ask Mr. Universal about his dedication to Wii's Virtual Console and you'll get a dose of glee and gloom at the same time. So happy that he gets to capture all of these lost games on one console; so sad that he has no room to store them all. Wii's infamous storage issues possibly trumps all of the complaints about the system (even beating the friend codes/online issues) with its 512 MB storage. Such a giant size in, say, 1986 but not now.
Nintendo of America President and Chief Operating Officer, Reginald Fils-Aime, has heard your cries. Listen further...
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The elusive Wii. 4 months shy of 2 years on the market and it is STILL incredibly difficult to find one in the shopping aisles...at least here in North America it is. The problem is so severe that conspiracy theorists have concluded that the shortage is done on purpose despite the system being the fastest selling (and therefore most produced) home console in history.
To counter this notion Nintendo is prepared to address this rampant shortage...
Read More »Are you excited about Mirror's Edge, the game about the totalitarian dystopia with the cleanest cityscape this side of Singapore? Watch this escape demonstration from one of the game's scenes. Have Faith. This 1st person perspective action-adventure promises to be interesting. Let me know what you think about this one.
John Lucas
Electronic Arts is following a path the former Square now Square-Enix went down. EA is getting into the movie business. Signing a deal with Hollywood area United Talent Agency, EA prepares to bring many of its games to the theaters (and television). No mention on any specific titles yet but potential choices could be Mirror's Edge and Dead Space.
Here's Patrick O'Brien, EA Entertainment;'s Vice President with the company line:
"UTA is an ideal partner for us to bring the richness and storytelling nuance of our popular games into other forms of media that give consumers more ways to experience these creative concepts."
Could we possibly be seeing Madden: The Motion Picture? EA Movies: It's In The Box Office.
Thanks to Wired.com.
John Lucas
Wipeout HD, the new entry into the 13 year old futuristic racing franchise on the PlayStation Network, is running into more problems than Sideshow Bob in a yard full of rakes. At last week's 2008 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, people expected to see a display of Wipeout HD and possibly a release date announcement. Instead they were told that mysterious technical snags kept the game from showing up at the event.
Well it turns out those technical problems are due to the game failing epilespy tests. Keep your eyes open and read on... Read More »
To some videogames are art; to others videogames are entertainment. But an exhibit in Japan entertains you by making canvases out of old Nintendo Famicom cartridges.
Famicase uses the Japanese equivalent of our NES cartridges to make artistic statements. Artists are asked to imagine a videogame and then design the cart art for the game of their imagination. A particularly funny one is Breath-kun, a piece that perfectly captures the Famicom/NES ambience with the ritual blowing into the cartridges to make them work.
There are a lot more which you can check out HERE (enter and search through site). But either know your Japanese or get a translator because it's not in English.
Thanks to Kotaku.com.
John Lucas
Those of you reading with a '3' in the tens column place of your age (or maybe with a '2' if following number is above '5') remember a game called Mega Man and its hand-breaking hardness, its mind-destroying difficulty. Especially the 1st one. It got slightly easier over time during that great NES run but the Mega Man series in the Nintendo days was always an example of the common skill demands game designers put on their players back in the day.
Now with the downloadable new sequel of the old style Mega Man series, Mega Man 9, your hands will be glad to know that that rewarding "challenge" is back. Do you dare to read the rest?
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Remember when I talked about Nintendo losing in that patent infringement case against Anascape Ltd.? That case in which the small (barely existant) east Texas company accused Nintendo of stealing their ideas with Nintendo's Wii Classic Controller, Gamecube controller and its wireless Wavebird variant? That case which was filed in 2006—over 10 years after Nintendo introduced the technologies to the market with the Nintendo 64 controller? Yeah that one.
It looks like that May verdict may have negative repercussions after all. If Nintendo doesn't succeed in its appeal, it looks like the Classic Controller, Gamecube controller and its Wavebird counterpart will be banned from the market. Read on...
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Microsoft's flagship fantasy adventure is about to familiarize itself again with the gaming world with the planned October release of Fable II. But the series' first appearance on the XBox 360 is not totally where creator Peter Molyneux's head is at per se.
He's been thinking about the complexly named genre known as Massively Multiplayer Online Role Play Game or MMORPG for "short". Interest peaked? Then read some more...
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It's not just any first-person shooter, it's Left 4 Dead and here's the just released box art for both the XBox 360 and PC versions. Hey is that Bruce Banner hulking out on the cover? Don't leave him angry. You wouldn't like him when he's angry.
Thanks to Wired.com.
John Lucas
Where Marvel Universe Online failed DC Universe Online will succeed. You hopefuls of comic book role playing adventures need not worry. Or should you? Does this title have the ammo for an MMO? Judge for yourself with the new trailer for DC Universe Online.
John Lucas
Here's a new first in game development. You know that curious platformer/online community game for the PlayStation 3 called Little Big Planet, don'cha? Well, it seems the developers have been listening to kids' dreams from the past 30 years or so.
Did you know that in Little Big Planet not only do you get to design your own playing levels but that you can ALSO get paid for designing them? Whoa! Paid to play games...it's a dream come true!
See how this works by reading on...
Read More »The fallout from E3 2008 is not over yet. Check out what Sony's Little Big Planet has in store for you in this trailer. This could be an unexpected gem come this October. Keep in mind this is the game that Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime praised even if expressing doubt in the game's ability to fit into the system's demographics.
Let's see what you think about the latest vid from Little Big Planet.
John Lucas
A puzzle game about a UFO beaming up farm animals, moving objects around and making crop circles? I'm in. Capcom, you made this? Nice. You say it's for the XBox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network? Okay. You say there's a trailer for it? Alright! Can I watch? I can? Dig it, brother!
John Lucas
De Blob is a very fresh and interesting concept. A walking ball of clear water mixes himself in various paints to add a little living color to shades of gray city of Chroma. A black and white world of dullness is one that the evil I.N.K.T. Corporation likes and de Blob, the restorer of color, is the thorn in their side. Keeping de Blob from saving Chroma and its citizens are I.N.K.T.'s private police force. In the quest to turn monochrome into multi-chrome, de Blob can perform tricks and techniques to better spread the color.
What? THQ is publishing this??? An original interesting title produced by wrestlegame maker and cheap cash-in company THQ? Ah, university students from the Netherlands came up with the concept and THQ saw its promise. It had to be that way. Too original for the likes of THQ on their own. Looks fun! I might get this one.
With The Dark Knight ripping it up at the box office here's just a friendly neighborhood reminder about Lego Batman for you. Remember friends, it comes out LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Indiana Jones, LEGO Batman. Gaming gold. Can't wait to see what other movies LEGO will re-envision next. LEGO Wizard of Oz, LEGO Terminator, LEGO Planet of the Apes. LEGO Soul Plane. Aww yeah!
Watch this E3 trailer, chief!
John Lucas
Those born in the 1950s and earlier most likely look down on the cherished items of their offspring. Their music, their fashions, their attitudes. The never-ending generational story where egocentrism make each generation think their generation was the best generation there ever was (if ya smell-l-l, ah excuse me). At one time videogames were scornful for most people outside of the ones who played them but today it has become more and more acceptable for all things videogame related to be culturally practiced in open air as the gaming kids became gaming adults.
I Am 8-Bit practices the celebration of videogaming culture with their annual art exhibit dedicated to the world of 1970's/1980's era gaming. And the celebration continues with the arrival of the 4th Annual I Am 8-Bit art show in Los Angeles, California.
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Roogoo is a well-received puzzle game from SouthPeak Games downloadable from XBox Live Arcade since this past June (as well as PC). Players have remarked about the simpler colorful aesthetics yet surprisingly deep gameplay not to mention its entertaining qualities. Hmm, that sounds like this familiar company I know. This company known for its pocket monsters, heroic plumbers, and Hyrulian warriors.
Well, it didn't take long for the simple colorful game with deep yet fun gameplay to join up with the company who practically owns that very concept: Nintendo. With the Roogoo meeting the 'Tendoo we end up with 2 new games!
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Stealth chokeouts and gunplay galore is the hallmark of the Metal Gear Solid franchise especially in the case of Metal Gear Solid 4's companion piece Metal Gear Online. For those advanced players who dominate the online world of Metal Gear, Konami has a plan for you: A world championship tournament to see who's the smoothest and stealhiest Snake of all!
Read on, young secret agent...
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Kazuo Hirai, the man who made sure Namco's Ridge Racer legacy would live on through the end of time, updated the market gawking gamefans on the status of PlayStation 3 profitability in an interview with Japan's Jiji Press. Are you ready? You sure? Take a seat just in case.
He declares that the PS3 will be profitable by the end of Sony's 2008 fiscal year which ends March 31, 2009. Rather, that means the videogaming division of Sony allocated to the functions of the PS3 also known as Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.
You know Kaz has a little more info for you than that...
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Egg is on my face after my failed Metal Gear Solid 4 prediction from 2006. Don't remember it? Good. I hope that remains the case...for my sake! But the game is out in a big way and it ain't over yet. Metal Gear Online, the online multiplayer companion piece to Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, has just announced an expansion pack called "Gene Expansion" (no, not a reference to the Gong Show's Gene Gene the Dancing Machine bulging waistline).
When is it due? NOW! July 17th! NOW! Quick announcement. Quick release. Now THAT'S service.
John Lucas
Jade Raymond, lead producer of Assassin's Creed, has been brewing up some new stew for the players. Introducing I Am Alive, a new survival game from the vivacious Ubisoft representative. To prepare you for the tone of the clip here's the framework: "players will be challenged to think, react and take risks that will directly affect themselves and those around them." Sounds cool to you? Well check out this clip of the expected spring 2009 release by pressing the play button.
The neverending saga over PlayStation 3's PlayStation Home service has a few more chapters to tell but we got a few choice pages about the long-developed service at the E3 Media and Business Summit in Los Angeles. The console's version of Second Life has a surprise for you. It will be region-locked.
Let me explain...
Read More »While Duke Nukem Forever's name turned out to be quite appropriate, you won't have to wait 11 years for some top-rate Duke Nukem action. Click the play module...but don't get too mad at the end results. Hey, I'm just the messenger. Send your hells to the chief, baby. I didn't do it.
John Lucas
What the Gargamel?! Rampant violence on the Wii?? We know it's been done before (Manhunt 2) but what's the deal with family-friendly Wii's back curtain secrets? Sega with developer Platinum Games brings you MadWorld, a dreadfully violent game starring Jack, a brutish hulk of a man with a chainsaw where his arm should be. If you're not eating pizza or any other food at the moment, play the video to see if you can stomach it. Maybe it helps that the art style is black and white and red all over.
John Lucas
22 year old company Majesco Entertainment has come a long way from a reissuer label for games who have long lost their original publishing labels to successful publisher of unique, popular, and budget-minded titles. Striking the iron while it's still flaming orange, Majesco is set to publish another original title called Major Minor's Majestic March. I repeat and reiterate the 'original' because the developer is NaNaOn-Sha, the creator of 1996's Parappa the Rapper on the 1st PlayStation. And like Parappa the Rapper we got game designer Masays Matsuura and artist Rodney Alan Greenblat on board to create this musical marching game with Wiimote as your baton, dear drum major.
Get your eyes full. The button to press is the one with the little black triangle in it.
John Lucas
Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi, the rock 'n' roll, cigarette-blazing, roughneck mastermind known as IGA, had big plans to bring a main series Castlevania adventure to Nintendo's Wii. It had been 9 years since a Nintendo home system has seen a whip crack from a slender Dracula hunting warrior. Nintendo fans had to get their Belmont fix by playing one of the numerous games on the Game Boy Advance and DS...or buy one of the competitors. But somewhere along the way he changed his mind preferring to develop a Castlevania fighting game instead.
What's behind IGA's reasoning on the making of Castlevania Judgment? Turn the page and find out...
Read More »The Castlevania series makes its 3rd appearance on the flip-topped Nintendo handheld, the DS, with Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. We just can't get enough of this classic 2D Castlevania platforming action and I bet you won't be able to either once you see this latest clip. Just press play.
John Lucas
Castlevania and Nintendo sort of fell out after the Nintendo 64. Well, that's not entirely true if you consider the medieval franchise's many appearances on Nintendo handhelds Game Boy Advance and DS but it's been a long time since we've seen a whip-crackin' vampire-bustin' adventure on a Nintendo home console.
Actually, we still don't quite have an official Castlevania adventure on a Nintendo console but we DO have the series finally making an appearance with the fighting game Castlevania Adventures for the Wii. Check out this trailer and get a taste of the action.
John Lucas
The favorite of the PlayStation 3 faithful, Killzone 2, just unleashed a sampling of their multiplayer efforts. Take a look and maybe you'll like what you see.
Everybody's favorite underdog, Atari, seeks to try out increasing their fortunes with a new cooking game for the DS. It's called What's Cooking? with Jamie Oliver and the name attached belongs to 33-year old British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver also known as The Naked Chef (not for his lack of clothing but his simplicity of his recipes, you dirty minded gutter folk).
Unclothe the rest of this article below...
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No doubting that Nintendo's on a roll. Big bank made under the era of the WiiDS Phenomenon—their twin terrors of videogame commerce on a serious world domination tip. But too much is simply not enough for some people. Take one Reggie Fils-Aime affectionately known as The Regginator. Even with the company's dynamic duo pulling in a life-to-date combined total of over 5 Oprahs or $5 billion in revenues (enough money for the gross domestic product of some countries), the American branch president and chief operating officer looked beyond the record figures for higher ground for the future.
You know you wanna see what The Reggulator says next...
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Understatement of the year was uttered by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata today at the E3 Media and Business Summit in Los Angeles today. Backed by 4 years of market savvy proven right, Iwata talked about what he called the "evergreen" nature of titles like Nintendogs, Brain Age, Mario Kart DS and the like forever changing the way the market operates.
Wanna hear the bespectaled brainiac speak on it? Then look below...
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Wait a minute. Didn't a DS version of Guitar Hero just come out? So why are we hearing about this new upcoming selection called Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades? I suppose it's because according to the N-team this June's Guitar Hero: On Tour sold 300,000 copies in its 1st week.
The ukulele-gripped version of the guitar go-getter has an enhancement that allows songs from Decades to be transferable to another player even if they have a different version of the game. And you won't have to wait long for it, either, because it's coming out this fall.
You know with all these Guitar Heroes ready to strum I could build me a KISS Army. They could function like the National Guard for Detroit Rock City. Ha! I got puns for decades.
John Lucas
Cryptic Nintendo chief Satoru Iwata teased the bystanders mercilessly with the announcement that new titles from the hard-working Mario and Zelda teams are in development and will be coming to the Wii. Does this mean Mario games like Mario Party 8 and Zelda games like Link's Crossbow Training or does it mean a full-fledged series title like Super Mario Galaxy and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess? Or something else altogether?
Can't know. That's all Iwata-san said. It could just mean the teams are working on new games that don't have anything to do with Marioworld and Zeldaland. Or it could be another of those early teasers that last throughout the life of the system only to launch at the start of the new one much like Twilight Princess for the Gamecube eventually saw life on the Wii. All we know is that they're hard at work so let's keep our fingers crossed. Usually we only get one mega Mario and Zelda title per system so it'll be surprising to see what they have in store.
John Lucas
The Wii series is really blossoming. We've already got Wii Sports, Wii Play, Wii Fit, and even Wii Chess (even though us in North America haven't yet received this one). We've just heard about the brand new Wii Sports Resort. But there's one of the Wii series that keeps getting overlooked.
Remember Wii Music? That orchestra game which lit up the imaginations of onlookers before Wii launched? Well here's some new info fresh from E3...
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It was inevitable. One of the biggest selling points of the Wii since its introduction was that 5 in 1 athletic smorgasbord called Wii Sports. The game that turned many people into players is now getting a sequel.
Nintendo calls it Wii Sports Resort and it comes packaged in with the new Wii Motion-Plus accuracy-aiding add-on (and its new form fitting protective silicone cond...I mean, jacket). Scheduled for a Spring 2009 release, this title takes it to the beach with games like frisbee, jet skiing and fencing making exceptional use of the more accurate add-on. Boy! Nintendo won't be satisfied until I'm using a Wii-styled fork and spoon with all the little peripherals they're putting together. My house will be awash in pearl white but I will be happy nevertheless. Thank God the Wii isn't vomit green!
John Lucas
Nintendo's announcing a lot of big games at E3 2008! So many I almost can't keep them straight. Here's one title that'll scramble your brains for sure. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the Nintendo DS! GTA on a Nintendo system? Surely you jest. No, no jingle-belled hat on my head.
It's set for release this Winter and has the Gotham-inspired Liberty City as its backdrop. New characters with a custom game-engine but with the "same free ranging game play," according to Nintendo of America President and Chief Operating Officer, Reggie Fils-Aime. It's actually the 2nd GTA on a Nintendo system after the Game Boy Advance's Grand Theft Auto Advance from 2004. Either way, get your stylus ready for some thug action this Christmas!
John Lucas
Not long after dropping the long-awaited bomb about the arrival of Animal Crossing: City Folk, the Wii edition of the beloved alternate life franchise, Nintendo mentions that the new game will use a curious feature called Wii Speak.
Wii Speak? What's that?
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E3 2008 is on and poppin', y'all! And Nintendo wastes no time in delivering the big news for the anxious fans. You know that franchise Nintendo has that resembles Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls playing with an assortment of stuffed animals? Animal Crossing? Sure you do. Well Nintendo breaks out with this painfully long awaited announcement for inevitable Wii edition of the series:
It's called Animal Crossing: City Folk...and it's set to be a "key holiday release"!
Ooh Yeah! Keep reading...
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In face of the latest news from Nintendo about motion-augmenting Wiimote add-ons comes this grapevine wine: IGN.com is playing the telephone game with rumors from "trusted insiders" about Nintendo releasing a newer, EVEN SLIMMER DS. And hey, wait, that ain't all, kid. The trust says that this new DS revamp will cost under $100!
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Read More »Hey Popzara fans! It's your favorite Black Luigi here, John Lucas, and I'm here to add my contributions to our new feature called Popzara Blogs. You'll see more bite sized nuggets of the madness that is my mind here as opposed to the essay-like ramblings you're used to seeing from me on the main site. But I'll do my best to keep it funny and entertaining for you (and at times maybe a little provocative too).
And it's the perfect week to get started with this week's Electronic Entertainment Expo better known to you now as the E3 Media and Business Summit. Lots of stories are popping this week in the world of videogaming so stay tuned. But also don't be surprised if non-gaming material 'popz' up in this little blogspace of mine from time to time. You know I like to keep it interesting. And feel free to share your comments 'cause I love feedback.
Ya dig it? Then keep tabs with all the coo-coo characters on the Weblogs of Popzara!
John Lucas