Points of Interest – 12/06/06
- The Allspark has added a gallery of test-shots of the toys from the upcoming TransFormers movie, giving a good idea of the form some characters like Brawl, Barricade, and Bumblebee will take.
You can also see Scorponok on eBay.
- GameTrailers has a rather nice new video for Halo 3, as well as a trailer for the just-released Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin. Good stuff.
- Speaking of Castlevania, GameSpot has a review up, giving it an 8.3, with minimal gripes.
- Kirby Squeak Squad has also been reviewed, garnering a 7.7.
- GameSpot has also added some new videos of Wii Play.
- Gutter ball.
On a related note, I received this same e-mail earlier today.
- …I’m pretty sure this isn’t real, but it’s kind of an amusing way of working with the Wiimote.
- Go Nintendo reports that there are evidently some missing pages to the Japanese Wii safety manual, but fear not, for they have been found.
Love the next-to-last one.
- Reggie encourages the idea of third-party rechargable Wiimote batteries, citing “that?s something a third-party licensee can do a lot more efficiently than we can.”
He also expresses disappointment and hope for Elite Beat Agents.
- GN also has some more videos of Twilight Princess for the Cube.
- Camping out: Insanity, community, or a little bit of both?
- Will this be the box art for Sonic and the Secret Rings?
I like it.
- Over at Game|Life, Chris Kohler has begun inducting games into the The Wii 4:3 Hall Of Shame.
- I scream, you scream, we all scream for Wii scream.
- Wired checks out The BK Three for the XBox 360.
…Grimace had six arms?
- Aww, how can you not like a live-action hamster video game?
- Penny Arcade is Wired for Wii.
- Game|Life comes out in (partial) defense of Red Steel.
- Wow, Joystiq really likes the Wii Shopping tune…
- Finally, “next-gen” is gone.
Sadly, I’m not sure how to refer to the past era. Last-gen? That’s good for now, but what about the generation after this? It was so much easier in the 16-bit days…
- I’m so glad there’s some semblence of save states on the Virtual Console…
- The match of the century: Mega Man vs… Donkey Kong?!
…I guess that way IS pretty effective…
- And here we have Will Wright’s appearance on The Colbert Report.
- It begins again…
- The playable intro for Blue Dragon.
- Press The Buttons gives SEGA Genesis Collection for the PS2 the ol’ college try.
- N-Europe says good-bye to an old friend.
So long, GameCube. You’ll always live on in our hearts and in our Wii.
- And finally, Newsarama has a preview of Spider-man: Reign #1 (of 4), an upcoming mini-series which takes a not-so-pleasant look into the future of the web-slinger.
–LBD “Nytetrayn”