The Daily ‘Shroom – 10/31/07
InFormers: Robots in the News
- For those who don’t care for the white color scheme on Music Label Convoy, good news is that there should be a new version released in G1 colors, due in March of 2008.
- Yippee, more Star Wars TransFormers, as the “future looks bright” for them.
I dunno, I still wish they’d gone a more crossover-styled route.
- And it seems Tformers has a new look at new Movie Legends figures.
Assorted Mushrooms
- The blog of the 5th turtle has given us a peek at an idea of where the animation style may go for the 2K8 series. Not too bad; I still like the 2K3 version better, but this seems like a decent blend of that aesthetic with the TMNT movie style, and some unique quirks of its own.
- In an unexpected turn, Bandai of America and Dragon Ball Z are together again.
Fortunately, this doesn’t seem to count the video games.
Video Power
- Well, so much for that.
Went to my nearest EB Games, hoping to score some time with the Super Mario Galaxy demo and put a preorder down, so that I could at least secure my coin, even if I can’t pick up the game on launch day (I could just cry).
Turns out that one guy there said they didn’t have the demo, didn’t know when they’d be getting the demo, and it could be three weeks. What. The. Hell. The game will be OUT by that time…
…or so I thought. The cashier told me that “for weeks” now, the release had been pushed back to February. It only now occurs to me that she is probably thinking of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, as I did debate the fact with, as memory serves, NO ONE ELSE having that kind of date, much less for weeks now.
It also occurs to me that, from what I remember, this EB Games seems to have a REALLY bad association going with the local Nintendo distributor, so maybe in their case, it’s the truth. At any rate, between all this and the Mega Man ZX fiasco I’d dealt with before, I chose not to leave my five dollars.
Sigh. All this trouble for one stupid coin.
- Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition has reportedly sold 1 million copies worldwide, and Capcom expects it to be a strong seller into the holiday season, along with Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles on November 13th.
- Smash Bros. DOJO!! updates once more with a brand spankin’ new stage, The Summit of Icicle Mountain, though this one looks– and acts– much different than their Melee turf, based on the original title. But not so different that they forgot the good ol’ polar bear!
Say, speaking of which, I wonder what they might be able to do for an Ice Climbers title today?
- On a related note, Krystal unconfirmed? Or just hidden away?
- If you’ve been a good little Spartan this year, then Bungie Claus has a special Halloween surprise just for you.
- Virtual Console gift channel launch date: December.
Ok, not so much a date as a vague idea, but it’s better than we had.
- Portal for Wii? Not yet…
–LBD “Nytetrayn”