Points of Interest – 9/27/07
Assorted Mushrooms
- The Official TMNT Web Site has added an extended synopsis for one of my favorite Fast Forward episodes, “Timing Is Everything.”
If you preferred the Turtles before they went to the future, but don’t care for FF, give it a look anyway. You might just be pleasantly surprised.
Video Power
- We all know that Sonic the Hedgehog was effectively created to be SEGA’s answer to Mario. But in a bit of irony, it seems more like his games form a more effective parallel to Rare’s Donkey Kong Country.
- By now, we’ve all probably seen the various Halo-themed XBox 360′s that people have made, including the official one from Microsoft itself.
Now, it’s Nintendo’s turn with a little modified Wii-lovin’ as QJ.net has found this Metroid mod which sports Samus’ trademark red, orange, and green, and better still, you can own it with 15% of your money going to Penny Arcade’s Child’s Play charity.
Does it get any better?
- GameSpite has gone Final Fantasy fanatical lately, first looking at the mixed-feelings one might experience with the beautiful but broken Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles, and moving on to my earliest FF memory outside of a magazine, Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest.
Unfortunately, while tearing the multiplayer mode a new one, the Crystal Chronicles review does little to say anything about the single-player mode, which seems to be an implied strength due to the ability to use a GameCube controller instead of a GBA with link cable, and what would be assumed to be the lack of tandem movement by multiple players.
- Skors of catz are playun Geometry Wars Galaxies, bustin ur h1gh skors.
- IGN gets a little rabbid with Ubisoft as they go behind the scenes of the next Rayman title, including some Q&A, new footage, and sketches.
Seeing these FPS videos make me sad that the Rabbids did absolutely NOTHING for Halo 3‘s release. And speaking of which, with apologies to the Chief, this is definitely one fight I look forward to finishing.
- A love story? Well, I guess that Halo 3 really IS full of surprises.
One of the coolest is the ties to another Bungie trilogy known as Marathon, and you can read about those ties right here.
Hmm. Once I have a computer that I think can handle it, *coughs and points to the Marios’ box on the left* maybe I can try out that freeware version.
- Woohoo, an Itagaki interview about Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword over on GameSpy!
Not to be outdone, Kotaku challenges the man to justify his game. They may have gotten the last laugh, but he definitely got the best one.
- With Halo 3‘s launch in Japan, people weren’t filling the streets or doing the Dew, but they did seem keen on turning things Wii60.
- Too bad that this is just a rumor, I’d sort of like to see an Animal Crossing player-character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Axe, fishing rod… I could see it working, believe it or not.
Of course… there may yet be some truth to it, as some comments imply.
- In a GamesIndustry interview, Dave Perry has some interesting things to say about Nintendo, the PSP, and other things.
- Meanwhile, the crew at Retro talk to MTV again about various things, including the “accidental” reference to “Dread.”
- @#$% MTV…
They have a new video interview with Eiji Aonuma, recent producer of Zelda games, but of course I can’t see it, and have no idea what all is said within.
- Gamasutra takes a nice, long look at “Game Design Essentials,” looking at 20 open world games, and how the choices that went into their design helped influence other games as well.
Huh, I never knew that Fester’s Quest was a license slapped on a Blaster Master game, but it makes perfect sense. Pity he didn’t get to trick out a Festermobile or something.
–LBD “Nytetrayn”