Points of Interest – 12/04/06
- Meant to mention this last week: Penny Arcade has a new batch of shirts coming out, including this neat DS pride design.
- Sony’s taking things easy, not worried about Wii’s head start (of sorts), nor PS3 delays.
Applause for Nic Foster, who doesn’t sound like some kind of arrogant prick when he speaks. At least this time.
…though as IGN points out, he may still want to be careful how he phrases things. Still, with the way everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, is jumping on this, it’s no wonder they talk like assholes all the time. I probably would, too, after something like this, just to be safe.
- Psst… wanna win a DS?
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past running on Virtual Console.
Nothing spectacular to watch in itself, but you get to see the download process and the Japanese title screen here. I haven’t seen the PS3 or 360 download screens, but I bet they aren’t half as amusing as Wii’s.
- …some people will do anything just to get potential bidders to look at their auctions.
- Godfather of Gaming, Nolan Bushnell, talks about Wii again.
- Iwata Asks… Wario Ware edition.
- Looks like Europe is getting a nift promo poster for Zelda: Twilight Princess, and… wait… is Link using his sword in his left hand?
- I’ve been passing on a ton of Wii reviews from various sources. Does anyone care any more? You’ve no doubt made up your mind as much as it’s going to be right now, haven’t you?
- Poor Luigi… no respect, no respect at all…
- Ah, those wacky Japanese and their safety guides… they’ve done it again!
Some have suggested maybe Japanese folk are just brighter than others, hence why they can have realistic toy guns and watch violence on kids’ TV. But maybe it’s just that they have all these signs to keep them flying straight and true.
- Slater loves him some Viva Pinata.
- Analyst thinks that Wii could prove harmful to PS3 and 360′s strategies in the long-term.
- The answer is “no.”
- Sort of sad that the first thing that pops into everyone’s mind upon seeing this is Dead Or Alive.
- Behold, the 23 girls of the NES.
I question the inclusion of licensed characters, though.
- What would you do for a PS3?
Would you… EAT THIS KITTEN?!
Or would you simply turn over your child to a complete stranger?
- Toastyfrog has gone to the trouble of importing a Japanese Wii, getting some Japanese Virtual Console games, getting Wario Ware: Smooth Moves, and bothering to tell us about it.
Come on, Nintendo, Konami. Super Castlevania IV. NOW.
–LBD “Nytetrayn”