Points of Interest – 12/14/06
- The Allspark has some new prototype images up for some new transforming robot toys (not sure if they’re actual TransFormers yet): behold the mighty cellular phone, portable gaming system, and digital camera robots.
- The December edition of the Nintendo Handheld Gaming News has an interesting ad for a product I saw at the Nintendo World Store in NYC: Visteon’s Dockable Entertainment featuring Game Boy Advance, an entertainment center for your car.
- GameTrailers has some interesting videos for the upcoming Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters on the PSP, including developer walkthroughs and an in-depth featurette.
GameSpy also has a preview of the title.
- GameSpot casts a critical eye on the Virtual Console NES game Ice Hockey, feeling the game holds up as well now as it did almost 20 years ago.
Complaining about a lack of four-player on a game that existed before four-player practically even existed seems like splitting hairs to me, though. Maybe their format just doesn’t allow for a blank entry?
- Wow, I forgot they even announced this, but here we have screenshots of Jackass: The Game for the PSP.
- Behold, the Power Glove… updated for the new millenium.
I’m not sure how practical it is here, but I can see how it could be useful with some products in the future.
- If you need to back-up, transfer, or do something else with your Wii files, Trans?Mem may be the answer.
- Iwata’s still asking about Wario Ware: Smooth Moves.
- Unsure about laying down 800 Wii Points for Gunstar Heroes? Put your fears to rest.
- This could be the US box art for Wii Play.
For some reason, I find it funny that the control is considered the bonus here.
- If you’re down with MadCatz with your Wii, then I got two words for ya’… component cables!
- Via Slashdot via Joystiq via GamePro, the question is asked…
…wait, what was I saying?
- Oh, right. Is XBox Live worth the price of admission? GamePro gives their opinions.
- Regarding the whole Sony viral advertising fiasco, someone commenting at Game|Life dredged this up, something I’d all but forgotten about.
- Well, that’s one way to secure your Wii remote.
- Joystiq asks, “what funk is SEGA in?”
…and incidently, I didn’t even know that Sonic the Hedgehog for the PS3 was at the review stage. What’s so different about it that it rates higher than the 360 version?
- I really should give Bully a try sometime.
Is this time-delayed content, or does it just come up through normal play, no matter what time of year it is?
- Words cannot begin to describe this…
…though I must say, she’s keeping a far calmer composure than I would in such circumstances.
- Spartan. Doctor. Ninja. Commando. Football star. Wrestler. Ace Attorney. Chef. Robot. Rabbi?
–LBD “Nytetrayn”
December 14th, 2006 at 12:30 pm
(13) – I had the recent revelation that Xbox Live Arcade is awful. The games are generally either really really old, or shit. Like Small Arms and Roboblitz. Small Arms is a blatant Smash Bros ripoff. Except it’s Smash Bros disgustingly american-ified (xbox-ified if you will) with shitty Rare-like 3D puppet cartoon designs. The characters are either anthro, robot, or girls. WTF?? Also the graphics are grainy and the gameplay is simplistic. Roboblitz doesn’t even run at a decent framerate. The controls are super wonky. And it’s FPS controls, how creative. (you can’t swap sticks in the options, either. figures) Both games have overly dark flavor to them. So yea it’s either that shit or PAC MAN and CONTRA yaaaay.
err.. ahem. Beyond that, though, Xbox Live for what it’s intended for, online play, is really great. Online play is practically standard with all titles, generally very good connectivity, great interface. Perfect Dark has 20+ player games regularly with no problems. And so on.
And actually I really enjoyed Marble Blast from Live Arcade. I’m not sure what I would have done without it.
PS3 is so last-gen, apparently there is no standard to online or the interface, no servers. Most games won’t have online apparently. That’s so weak. In the end, you truly do get what you pay for.