The Daily ‘Shroom – 11/21/07
American Thanksgiving… things are going a little slow at this point this week, and of course, it’s bound to get worse. Me? I’ll probably take a break from reporting, but may glance around and do something if there’s enough to warrant it.
In the meantime, I anticipate my Thanksgiving Dinner may look something like this (minus the 7up), assuming we can even afford that. Feel free to donate to my Thanksgiving TV Dinner Fund for the wife and I on the left there with Mario and Luigi.
Assorted Mushrooms
- Looks like things have gotten ugly for Mattel and other toy manufacturers in California.
- Official casting news for the Justice League movie could be imminent…
- …while Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine flick might be delayed.
- David Hasselhoff might be returning to his old role in the upcoming Knight Rider TV-movie.
Video Power
- In a press release from Nintendo to boast of Super Mario Galaxy and its (well-deserved) praise from reviewers, they also make mention of a mall tour that will be going on that will allow gamers to try it themselves. The Nintendo Mall Experience runs across 25 malls across the country, and you can see if there’s one near you by checking this link.
I tried for something similar for them up here last year. Didn’t get the job. Can you believe it? That’s like a punch to the gut, or at least a slap in the face, to be a Nintendo fan but not good enough to extoll the virtues of the platform of choice.
Oh well. At least I got to go to Nintendo World for the launch instead, thanks to travelling pal Shinkuu.
- Think I mentioned this before, but just to be sure: Microsoft’s free Halo 3 deal isn’t such a good deal after all.
- It’s been mentioned plenty of times before, but now it’s official: Nintendo has two new DS Lite bundles hitting stores for the holidays.
- Now thanks to Manhunt 2, Senators are calling for Wii games to be rated differnetly.
- That new Halo novel, “Contact Harvest?” Now a New York Times Bestseller.
- If you’re into Guitar Hero and don’t yet have a 360 (and the above Halo 3 deal doesn’t exactly meet your requirements), maybe Best Buy’s deal is more your speed.
- And GameDaily is kind enough to list some other deals.
- Ah, goodie, a new reason to own a PSP: you can shop the PS Store without the need of owning a PlayStation 3 to act as middleman.
- Smash Bros. DOJO!! has added an update I’ve been eagerly awaiting: Color Changes!
I’m glad Fire Mario’s color scheme is finally selectable. But I’d rather see Wario in Wario’s colors than Mario…
Link’s new alternate is pretty awesome, and I like the “fusion” of a couple of Samus’ suits there. All in all, these are cool… and I hope there are more yet unseen for these characters (for some, there must be)!
- Go Nintendo has found some new tidbits about the upcoming Ghostbusters game.
I wonder if “cartoon-style graphics” alludes to the old TV show?
- Buy Metroid Prime 3? Beat it? Nintendo wants to know what you think.
- First the Wii, then Wii Play… now add the Wii Zapper to the hard to find list.
I guess this one’s a little more understandable, since reviews of Link’s Crossbow Training have been all over the board… who’d know how it would do?
- Ok, this isn’t so bad. That Nintendo update that would nix the MP3s? Well…
I can appreciate your concerns regarding the coming changes to the Wii Photo Channel. However, it?s important to note that this is an optional download and is not planned as part of any system updates to Wii. If your Photo Channel currently supports music files in the MP3 format, you can retain this compatibility by electing to not update your Photo Channel to version 1.1.
Additionally, this update will not have an impact on Wii games which use MP3 music files. These Wii games will not be compatible with AAC files and will continue to use the MP3 file format.
Works for me!
- The original SEGA Saturn game NiGHTS Into Dreams is coming to the… PS2? Um, that’s sort of cool, I guess. Seems like it’d kind of divide the audience a little… maybe it’s included on the Wii title?
–LBD “Nytetrayn”