Oy, what a weekend. And I don’t even know if I’ll still have a job after tomorrow, which I find out after a doctor’s appointment.

Red took a bit of time on the computer, and I’m tired. We just got back in from seeing TransFormers: The Movie. Not going to leave you guys empty-handed, though. Here’s a sort of mish-mash of updates of stuff from over the weekend. I’ll comb the blogs later, because frankly, that stuff’s a bitch. Except for Joystiq and Game|Life, those two are good to catch up on quick.

1. TransFormers to start.

   Hasbro has bios of the Target-exclusive Energon recolors for the movie. They also have some podcasts from BotCon, with reveals, interviews, and more.

   Speaking of reveals, much was revealed at BotCon this weekend, and you can find out all about it here and here. Animated, Classics 2.0, dead lines, and more, plus Animated cast news. Oh, and who doesn’t love pictures?

   WizardUniverse.com is holding a TransFormers week, while the site TransFormers Phillipines is holding an interview with Floro Dery, considered a father of the TransFormers brand.

   Sam’s Club has a nice 3-pack of figures from The Movie, featuring Jazz, Bonecrusher, and Brawl.

   Newsarama also has interviews with some of the movie cast, and GameTrailers goes behind the scenes of the game. GT also has videos of Optimus vs. Megatron, and a trailer for the DS games.

   Ben Yee has his own BotCon gallery, report, and movie review available.

   And finally, keeping the brand popular? All about momentum.

2. Smash Bros. Dojo brings something new… really new into the world of Smash in the form of assist trophies.

   Things just got wilder.

   And now, with Bowser officially on the scene, even moreso. This time looks like a hybrid of his Melee form and his more traditional, cartoony form. I can dig it, though I do argue that he seems to have given up just a smidgen of his menace that he had before. But just a little.? The wife should be happy, at least.

   Sadly, though, the game won’t be playable at E3. Why that’s sad for you and I is anyone’s guess, come to think of it. Validation of fears/anxiety?

3. Virtual Console has updated with the NES classic Super Mario Bros. 2, Ecco: The Tides of Time from the SEGA Genesis, and Dragon Spirit of the TurboGrafx-16.

   See what’s worth buying here.

4. Matt of Press The Buttons has some neat ideas of what WiiWare could provide. I’m totally on board for Star Fox 2.
5. Racketboy has a review of one of my favorite Dreamcast games in Capcom’s Cannon Spike, as well as a nice look at a list of SEGA Genesis games that pushed the limits of graphics and sound.
6. Zelda: Phantom Hourglass? October 1st.

   Metroid Prime 3? Delayed (but only by about a week).

7. GameTrailers fun: The 10 worst movie games, a Video Game Vault for The Punisher, and last Friday’s Game Head, with the voice of Mario, Charles Martinet.
8. Capcom, making a new 2D fighting game? Curious…
9. Looks like the Devil May Cry anime has found a DVD home in America after all.
10. Edge magazine has come out with their list of the Top 100 games of all time, and Next-Gen tells you what they are.
11. GameDaily has a piece looking at the use of game length; “Just what constitutes a proper game length? Are today’s titles too brief? Too long? And what’s the effect on sales? We chat with a couple developers and a couple analysts to hear the long and short of it…”
12. This looks fun. Games Radar has the top 7 rivalries in gaming.

–LBD “Nytetrayn”

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