Points of Interest – 10/5/07
InFormers: Robots in the News
- Ben Yee goes behind the scenes of the all-encompassing Beast Wars Sourcebook by IDW.
Assorted Mushrooms
- Snap, Crackle, and Pop originally had much deeper voices than I’ve ever known in this old Rice Krispies commercial.
- He-Man.Org has announced that Babelgum has acquired the rights to show classic He-Man and She-Ra episodes online for free.
- Last year, Burger King conquered Christmas with XBox 360 games. This year, they’re out for Halloween with costumes of the King and the Subservient Chicken.
Video Power
- Among others, I’ve commented that I think that Lakitu’s appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl ought to be in modern 3D, but that was until I read Matt’s reasoning behind the retro look, and it does make sense to me.
Still, be nice if we were to get the best of both worlds, eh?
- Ah, now here’s a title I wanted to play back in the NES days, but never got the opportunity: Gremlins 2.
Hmm, I wonder who has the Sunsoft rights now, and if we’ll see this, or others (like Batman).
- I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I want this tie.
- Games Radar decides to find real-life celebrities that resemble Mario.
Um, sure. If they say so. Even Bob Hoskins looks like that role is well behind him. And why does it seem that several are balding at that? Mario has a head full of hair. It’s like they found anyone with a mustache and a little bit of gut and said “that’s him.”
- So there’s this Pokemon Fire Red Mew Event Version cartridge on eBay, currently at 55 dollars. Pretty rare little item. Wonder if it generates Mews, or what?
- Mario is known largely for two main things, I figure: jumping, and power-ups.
Go Nintendo has grabbed a neat little article of sorts that details the power-ups of Mario, at least in the 2D games, barring New Super Mario Bros.
- Wow… it’s been ten years since Gunpei Yokoi passed away. Or to be a little more blunt, if I may, was killed.
The turn of events that lead to this still saddens me to this day.
Kotaku pays fitting tribute to the man by linking to the GameTrailers video that looks over his career in some further detail, complete with awesome Game & Watch animations.
- Iwata sure loves to interview. And you’ve gotta love him for that.
Before, he interviewed the developers of the Wii, and now, he’s interviewing the developers of Super Mario Galaxy.
- WOW. Now THIS is one hell of a grenade toss in Halo 3.
- The Koopa on the beach may not last long, but at least the memories will last forever, right?
–LBD “Nytetrayn”