The Daily ‘Shroom – 11/13/07
InFormers: Robots in the News
- Furman’s blog has updates regarding a couple of Movie-based UK items, one a comic and the other a sort of souveneir magazine with details surrounding the film’s characters, sort of like trading cards but more in-depth.
Assorted Mushrooms
- Looks like Marvel is helping move comics into the new millenium by offering up thousands of their back-issues online for a fee.
- GameSpite, as if on cue, presents this week’s new releases in DVD, anime, and games.
Video Power
- The DOJO!! has added Ike’s Final Smash and three different taunts to its listings. I think a lot of bets have just been won by those who called the box as one of Snake’s.
Frankly, I think that delaying Super Smash Bros. Brawl was the right thing for Nintendo right now… it seems like the attention for Super Mario Galaxy just went right through the roof after that, and no doubt for good reason.
- Speaking of which, Nintendo offers the following statement for the release of Super Mario Galaxy:
REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 12, 2007 – The amazing new Super Mario Galaxy? game launches for Wii? in T-minus 3 ? 2 ? 1. The hottest game for the hottest system fills players and observers with an otherworldly sense of wonder, and demonstrates the skill and imagination of legendary Nintendo video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto.
Video game icon Mario? launches into space and encounters a multitude of crazy creatures on unbelievable planets. Players master the changing gravities they encounter while exploring each planet and collecting Power Stars. For the first time, Super Mario Galaxy lets a second player lend a hand in “co-star” mode. Using the revolutionary motion-sensitive Wii Remote?, the co-star can point at the screen to collect starbits to shoot at enemies, deflect incoming attacks or stall enemies to help Mario. It’s a way for the newcomers that Nintendo has brought into the world of video games to play right alongside their more experienced peers.
“Super Mario Galaxy is a game that everybody can play, whether you’ve been a Mario fan for 25 years or you just started playing Wii Sports,” says George Harrison, Nintendo of America’s senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. “It’s an easy favorite for game of the year and should stand as one of the best – and most beautiful – games of all time.”
In the game, Bowser? crashes the star festival and carries Princess Peach’s castle into space. On a curious new planet, Mario learns a powerful spin move that players pull off by shaking the Wii Remote. Mario also has an arsenal of new transformations at his disposal, including the Boo Mario, which causes him to float and fly through walls, and Bee Mario, which turns him into a beyond-adorable flying bee.
Super Mario Galaxy is Rated E for Everyone. Once you pick up a copy and you’re in the mood to throw a party to show it off to all your friends, you should check out the new Mario-themed Evite at Evite.com. It shows how Mario’s look has changed through the years, and it’s a great way to rally your friends for a Wii party.
Remember that Wii features parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other Wii features, visit Wii.com.
Plus the typical company info and such. As for me, I’m officially on blackout until I get my hands on a copy of the game, probably (hopefully) this week; I may report some stuff about it, but that doesn’t mean I’ll have seen/read/watched it.
- Word is that we could possibly see a 3D remake of Zelda: A Link To The Past…
Might be alright… I think I’d rather they just kept the gameplay the same, and updated the graphics, though. Maybe if it looked like TP from a top-down perspective, and panned around for cutscenes…?
- Banjo for Xbox is still on track…
- John Davison, formerly of Ziff-Davis, has formed a new site called What They Play, designed to help better educate parents about the games that are coming out.
- Are you ready to Check Mii Out?
- Holy interlocking bricks, Batman! It’s the new LEGO Batman trailer!
Wow, Fall 2008 feels SO far away…
- New on Virtual Console this week are Volleyball for the NES, Blue’s Journey for the NeoGeo, and Axelay for the Super NES.
But are any of them worth getting? For THAT, we turn to the Retro Roundup…
- Want to take on Mr. Kennedy in WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008?
No, not just the character in the game, but the real deal playing the game? IGN tells you how.
- Companion Cubes: Now available in plush.
- Seems that Guitar Hero III for the Wii has a slight problem.
- And for Canada, Rock Band has a problem of its own.
–LBD “Nytetrayn”