The Daily ‘Shroom – 12/7/07
InFormers: Robots in the News
- Looks like IDW is running a contest that gives the winner a chance to do some TransFormers cover art.
Assorted Mushrooms
- Totally NSFW, but who can resist a trailer for Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay?
- Jamie Chung to play Chi Chi in the Dragon Ball movie. Sure, why the hell not?
Video Power
- Following yesterday’s reveal of the first screenshot of Street Fighter IV, Capcom offers the following press release:
CAPCOM? KICKS OFF THE NEXT GENERATION OF FIGHTING GAMES WITH STREET FIGHTERTM IV
The Next Round of the Definitive Fighting Game Experience Combines 3D Graphics with Classic Street Fighter Feel
Capcom?, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today officially announced development of Street Fighter? IV, the next iteration of the genre-establishing fighting game series. This marks the first new entry announced in nearly eight years, following the acclaimed Street Fighter III Third Strike.
In its amazing twenty year history, Street Fighter has revolutionized the fighting genre and created a global legacy like no other. Few details have been released on the new game, outside of a heart-pounding preview trailer that set the gaming community on fire when it was released in October on the official website, StreetFighterWorld.com.
Capcom is proud to announce the return of four classic ?World Warriors? in Street Fighter IV: returning favorites Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, and Dhalsim. The characters and environments are rendered in stylized 3D computer graphics (CG), while the game is played in the classic Street Fighter 2D perspective with additional 3D camera flourishes. The traditional six-button controls for the game will return, with a host of new special moves and features integrated into the input system. Mixing tried-and-true classic moves and techniques with all-new, never-before-seen gameplay systems, Street Fighter 4 brings a brand new fighting game to fans the world over.
Everything that made the legendary Street Fighter II a hit in arcades, living rooms and dormitories all over the world has been brought to bear here, with even more surprises. With the inclusion of Capcom’s latest advancements in new generation technology, Street Fighter IV promises to deliver an extraordinary experience that will re-introduce the world to the time-honored art of virtual martial arts.
Features:
? 2D/3D fighting environments
? Classic Street Fighter characters re-imagined for a new generation of gamers
? New special moves that go beyond any Street Fighter fan’s wildest imagination
? Amazing locations never seen before in a Street Fighter game
? New gameplay elements provide new challenges for both newcomers and the most seasoned Street Fighter pro.And Ryu couldn’t be more excited.
You can follow the new announcements here at 1up.com’s Street Fighter IV hub, but interestingly enough, it seems that 1up may have been one-upped by a Brazilian gaming blog known as Blogeek, which introduces two new screenshots that I’m willing to bet aren’t fake, along with some new info.
- Good news for Dead Or Alive and Xbox-era Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonobu Itagaki, as he’s been found not guilty of sexual harassment against a coworker.
- So, yesterday Rockstar released the new trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV, and I have to say, it is truly the crispest, sharpest PS2 game I’ve ever seen.
- Rumor has it that a new Mega Man game called Mega Man Scramble Battle is on its way to the Wii in the last quarter of 2008, or first of 2009. Follow the link to see some thoughts on the plausibility of this one, among other considerations.
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl: bad news for Europe, not-so-bad news for the US.
Plus, Smash Bros. DOJO!! seems to really be letting on through its updates that the game was supposed to be out already. Today’s talks about “With Anyone/Basic Brawl” on WiFi.
One neat part is that if someone disconnects/is disconnected from the match, then the computer takes over for the duration. That’s a feature I can appreciate, as I hate being in a heated online match and having the whole thing just suddenly stop. Pity it doesn’t count for when you’re facing Friends, only strangers.
Sakurai also brings up his thoughts on the issue of hidden characters being spoiled by playing against strangers, and confirms that most hidden characters will be unlocked by playing The Subspace Emissary.
As for the lackluster state of updates these days, I have a theory, something to consider:
I heard these updates were done weeks, if not months, ahead of time. So maybe these were meant to be updates for when the game came out, meaning that when these dry up, perhaps we’ll get something a little more substantial.
But as pointed out to me, the wording of tonight’s update doesn’t really mesh with that, but then, it could have been edited as well. Just some things to consider.
- SEGA has updated the trademark on Dreamcast, but why?
- I was wondering how long it’d be before someone figured to release a wireless nunchuck for the Wii controller. Granted, removing the wire pretty much eliminates the “nunchuck” parallel for which the accessory was named, but all the same…
- Guess that patching those Wii Guitar Hero III games wasn’t an option, as Activision is going to offer free replacement discs to those with the faulty wares.
- Nintendogs, get ready for SEGAcats! Or something.
- It’s a rather crummy move that publishers are taking lately to release games that heavily emphasize accessories, feature multiplayer, but then leave you with the game bundle as the only means of obtaining any further accessories.
And it turns out that Time Crisis 4 is no different. Can’t they just sell these things directly online to willing customers?
–LBD “Nytetrayn”