The Daily ‘Shroom – 6/19/07
- Happy 29th Birthday, Garfield!!!
- Attention! Attention! All artist types! Incoming message from Dr. Light!
Winterman Defeated! YOU GET: Hot bathing-suit action, if you hit Maq’s Hunter Hideout and partake in her seventh annual Mega Man Bathing Suit Contest, “a summer contest for artists of all makes and ages.”
It has already begun, and runs through the 31st of August, so there is still time to enter! Get equipped with the rules alongside some pen and paper, and you could win a specially-commissioned piece of art from Maq herself! For a sampling of her fare and what you could get, jack-in to this link (yes, I’m mixing series, shut up) and behold the wonders within!
Oh yeah, and no nudity. Sorry, folks! Them’s the breaks.
- The Smash Bros. Dojo once more enlightens us in the ways of all things Smash, this time educating us about the mysterious Final Smash, specifically that of Link…
“It is said that the one who touches the Triforce shall have their heart’s deepest desire granted.” Well, if that’s true, then it looks like Link has only one real desire here: to kick some ass!
And just posted earlier, Pikachu is ready to get some as well, with his new Volt Tackle technique.
- Super Robot Lifeform!
A peek at game-exclusive “Movie” character Dropkick is available; Stan Bush is attending BotCon; Four new articles about the movie are on Entertainment News International; more videos about the film from IESB.net; an Allspark-exclusive interview with Flint Dille, who wrote the original movie and the upcoming game; Frank Welker talks about voicing Megatron; the opening cinematic for The Game is available; more images of the Burger King toys; coupons for concessions at Best Buy; MORE interviews and behind-the-scenes; and new game footage featuring Ironhide and Blackout.
Wow, what a weekend. All that, and Kotaku has discovered the 360 version’s Achievement Points, too.
- This is sort of interesting:
JLA Trophy Room: Multi-Colored Kryptonite Replica Display
Now, having replicas of Kryptonite in different colors, that sounds pretty cool. I dig the lights and cases and the crystal-candy look.
But what gets me is the name. “JLA Trophy Room.” Seems kind of dangerous to keep all this junk around Superman, you know?
- Toy fans and Indiana Jones fans, rejoice! Your passions have come together, thanks to Lego and Hasbro!
- New commercials, new wallpaper, and new tidbits surrounding Rockman ZX Advent await over at Atomic Fire.
- Slow week for the Virtual Console…
NES Open Tournament Golf, and World Sports Competition and Bloody Wolf for the TurboGrafx-16. Whoopee.
Once upon a time, I really, really wanted to play NES Open Tournament Golf. Partly because of the presence of Mario. Now, in this day and age of Wii Sports and Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour? Not so much, and certainly not for five bucks. But it is sort of noteworthy for the earliest pairing of Daisy and Luigi, as well as a rare NES appearance by her.
I still remember the Nintendo Power Player’s Poll contest for this game; I wanted that golf cart grand prize SO bad…
Anyway, are any really worth it? Turns out, yes, in a most ironic way.
- Blockbuster backs Blu-Ray.
Guess that carrying both would’ve been a little unfeasible, maybe.
- Batpod?! What the hell’s a Batpod?!
Oh. This is a Batpod.
…why the hell’s it called the “Batpod,” tho?
- Coming this week: Resident Evil 4 for Wii.
I’d like to get my hands on that. But first, bills, bills, bills…
In the meantime, GameDaily has a compelling list of five reasons to play it again.
I still need to play it a first time.
- Hmm, so Microsoft paid $50 million dollars to get exclusive Grand Theft Auto IV content.
What do you think they’d pay if they just wanted Metal Gear Solid 4 over there?
- New Halo action figures!
Wait, McFarlane? Hmm, might look at removing the “action” part…
- Microsoft sez, “we don’t have a high defect rate on the 360.”
Guess it’s just the people who talk about it online.
- Dead? Or Alive?
Dead. Definitely dead, on arrival.
- Looks like I’ll need to keep my camera handy when I go out, just in case I see one of Nintendo’s Wii Smart Cars.
Be great if they gave out t-shirts or something.
- Video games help in diagnosing depression?
Sounds like just what I need come the wintertime…
–LBD “Nytetrayn”