The Daily ‘Shroom – 10/20/07
InFormers: Robots in the News
- CNN spoiled it, and don’t click if you don’t want to know how TransFormers: The Movie did at SpikeTV’s Scream Awards.
Assorted Mushrooms
- IGN has many trailers for many anime that are coming soon.
Hmm, redone Dragon Ball Z? The movie would be neat if I had HD… and a Blu-Ray player. The season box sets with the original Japanese audio, though? That’s cool. Unless they just mean subs.
Video Power
- So, good news for Canadian Mario fans! Looks like, if no one else, EB Games is offering the special coin with preorders.
Now I just need to find the money to preorder…
- Mr. Miyamoto is a winner again, as The Economist recognizes his achievements.
- As mentioned recently in this very column, Canadian hardware prices are dropping, and of course one who lives in Canada is likely to appreciate that.
The news could be getting better, as Canadian retailer Zeller’s is cutting prices to match the American dollar as well, and Wal-Mart is reportedly selling video games at those US prices as well. Hopefully they don’t just mean the consoles that we already knew about.
But, a positive sign is that at Toys R Us, I did see Garfield’s Nightmare, a recent release, for $19.99, the same price as in America, though other titles kept their Canadian inflation. Now I just need 20 dollars…
- I normally shy away from rumors, but when you’re scraping the bottom of the barrel for something to post, sometimes you can’t be choosey. And sometimes, like this, it’s sort of interesting.
Rumor has it that Microsoft and Sony’s Cell buddy Toshiba are getting together to make a new sort of Xbox 360 unit to blow the PS3 and its Blu-Ray out of the water.
- Speaking of rumors, another one has it that Sony is begging developers to stay and develop on the PS3.
- Two new videos from Super Smash Bros. Brawl have surfaced, showing off the opening to Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary. You can see them at GameTrailers in Worlds Collide part 1 and Worlds Collide part 2.
- Wee, two more Bionic Commando movies! Enjoy ‘em, they might be the last we see for a little while.
There’s some new info, too. Sounds like it’ll keep continuity with the first game after all.
- They also have a couple of new movies of a much closer release, Mega Man ZX Advent. They got a little hands-on time, too.
And for perhaps the first time, that I know of at any rate, the second video listed has samples of the English voices for the game. Not as bad as Mega Man 8, X4, or X7, but not as good as Command Mission, X8, Powered Up, or Maverick Hunter X. Which is odd, I thought I’d heard they were using the same group.
Man, Model A sounds NOTHING like Axl.
- GameSpot also got a chance to sit down with Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Commando 3, and Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney and give their thoughts on each.
- Speaking of ol’ Apollo, here’s a taste from his upcoming game, but be careful, as you might get spoiled.
- Looks like Luigi is going galactic! Yep, definitely appears that way.
- Wow, poor Sonic.
Even if the quality of his games have been all over the spectrum as of late (and that seems to be the very reason), I still like the guy, and to see that he’s moved only 1,500 Sonic Rush Adventure units in Japan? That’s just sad.
- In an interview (see Points of Interest below), Koji Igarashi revealed that Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles will be released in the US first, and that the preorder bonus isn’t the same pixel-Simon as we saw from Comic-Con, but rather a Simon’s Quest version. Awesome! That’s the one I want; it remains my favorite of the older Castlevania games, and the first I ever beat.
Also, the next DS game is under way, but won’t be announced until the PSP game has been out awhile.
- More Contra 4 hands-on, this time from Game|Life.
I’m going to be SO damn sad when this comes out and I can’t get it. I really need to find good paying work. (Please Digg my AMN stories, maybe then I’ll have SOMEthing when this hits!)
–LBD “Nytetrayn”