The Daily ‘Shroom – 12/19/06
- Sad news today as Joe Barbera, creator of Yogi Bear and one half of the famed Hanna-Barbera animation team, died yesterday at the age of 95.
Rest well, Mr. Barbera. Your contributions to animation are appreciated, and you’ll be missed. Thanks for the memories, which will always live on.
- On a lighter note, all I can say here is that it’s about time.
My contributions have been overlooked for far too long, and I graciously accept this award that I so clearly deserve.
Thank you, thank you all who have supported me.
- Oh, and I guess congratulations to all of you, too.
- Oopsie.
Seems that two days ago, Rockman/Mega Man celebrated 20 years of Japanese robot-blasting fun.
Various other celebrations of related note are right around now as well.
Happy Birthday, Mega Man. May things get better for you.
- So it’s finally come to this: Class-action lawsuit for the Wii problem Nintendo’s already fixing.
Dandy.
And in fairness, I hear that the coffee was hot enough for severe burns to be inflicted. Even if she didn’t spill it, if she tried to drink that, her tongue would have dissolved.
Anyway, see? It’s not so bad. Just don’t overdo it.
- Retro Gaming reports the latest additions to the Virtual Console, those being Space Harrier 2, Military Madness, and Tennis.
…if it makes you feel any better, Mario makes a cameo as the ref in Tennis.
Speaking of VC, N-Philes has a look at upcoming downloads for the Australian folk.
Give me Super Castlevania IV and Contra III: The Alien Wars (Super Contra was the second title, people!), then I’ll be good as gold going into the New Year.
- Where Nintendo is blind, Datel sees a market, as they work on a new FreeLoader to allow gamers to play import titles on their Wii without the need for modification.
- And so the rumor spreads…
Evil Avatar seems to found some word from Konami on the matter.
- In Florida, word is that a rabbit and a duck made a wrong turn at Albuquerque and wound up in GameStop.
Clearly, the duck liked what he saw and made off with a bunch of XBox 360′s. The rabbit was pretty indifferent.
Meanwhile, the FBI has brought in an expert to tackle the case, Mr. E. J. Fudd, millionaire. He says he owns a mansion and a yacht. He believes he can catch the perps, but only if everyone is “vewy, vewy quiet.”
More as it develops.
- Oh, yay. Friend codes on Wii games.
Well, the dream was nice…
–LBD “Nytetrayn”
December 19th, 2006 at 10:20 am
5. It’s true, there are many sides to a story, even that hot coffee incident. It’s kind of like the stories about how JFK claimed he was a jelly donut or Al Gore said he invented the Internet. They may not be 100% accurate, but the story is more fun to believe than the truth sometimes.
10. Here’s a comment from that thread:
“Long story short, this isn’t true. Elebits doesn’t do it. It’s suspected that this is because Pokemon Battle Revolution also employs the DS.”
This is interesting. So, if nothing else, it seems the friend code per each game is at least optional? I’m not too sure how valid that point is about PBR using the DS, but it is true that it is the first Wii game to feature compatibility with the DS. I’m not sure if there’s some technical issue involved or if Nintendo just felt, “Let’s be EXTRA safe with this one.”