Points of Interest – 4/25/07
- BPM Omega sends in this little slice of charm, a parody of the Lucky Star opening that stars Mega Man and friends.
Warning: “May cause cavities.”
- ScrewAttack.com, via GameTrailers, offers a look back at the “Top Ten Big Names That Fell Off”, 10 big franchises that have disappeared with little trace…
Definitely some good picks on here, especially in the higher rankings.
- GameSpot’s offering up some Mario Kart DS fun in the form of wallpapers, a screensaver, and IM icons.
- I love Balloon Fight. It is made of win and awesome, and is one oldschool game I can play damn-near endlessly.
Well, in Japan, Club Nintendo members were recently offered a choice of custom Mii battery covers for their Wii remotes, or a DS game called Tingle’s Balloon Fight.
No question what I would have picked. And it seems to have been released. And is far more than I had ever imagined.
Going strictly by the boxart, which features a picture of Tingle taped over the regular Balloon Fighter, I thought maybe it’d be a swapped-out sprite and otherwise perfect recreation of the NES game. Hoo-boy, was I ever wrong. This looks gorgeous!
And incidently, it looks like Nintendo had a similar idea here as what I did, by featuring 4-players. BUT, I still have some tricks up my sleeve, should I ever be in a position to implement them…
In the meantime, I’ll have to hunt down a copy of this to fulfill all my Balloon Fighting desires on the go… but I bet it won’t be cheap.
- FINALLY, something new for Project H.A.M.M.E.R.
Whoops, false alarm. But glad I’m not the only one who remembers…
- Mario, then and now.
No, this isn’t another look back at how far Mario’s come since his days fighting Donkey Kong, but rather, a look at games in the beta stage of production that saw changes before their final release. Check out Kamek in Mario Kart 64. Wonder if he’ll ever get his day?
–LBD “Nytetrayn”