The Daily ‘Shroom – 1/8/08
InFormers: Robots in the News
- Pics: Some new pics of Animated Bumblebee have surfaced, making the wait all the more difficult.
- Newsbit: On the upside, Nightwatch Optimus Prime is now available at US retail.
- Newsbit: Also good news… well, sort of… is that knock-offs of Metroplex and Metrotitan are on the way! Here’s hoping the quality is decent.
Assorted Mushrooms
- Newsbit: Some neat stuff coming out of CES, which kicked off yesterday. One of the most impressive being this 150″ TV. I’d love to try playing Wii Sports or some Pac-Man Championship Edition on there.
- Newsbit: The 5th turtle gives us a peek at a production pic for the “Cyber Foot” soldier that will be a part of Playmates’ 2008 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles line.
- Preview: If there’s one thing that Spider-man‘s “One More Day” story has left fans wondering, it’s “what the hell is the new status quo?”
Luckily, Marvel and Newsarama are here with a splash page preview of “Brand New Day” to help us try to wrap our heads around it.
- Newsbit: Good news for fans of books from Archie Comics, as they are launching 18 new Archie blogs, a blog for every title.”
It sounds pretty cool; Sonic writer Ian Flynn and artist Tracey Yardley have already been in pretty close-contact with the fans, but it sounds like this may open up yet further opportunities.
- Newsbit: GameSpite once more comes through with the week’s releases in DVD and video games.
- Newsbit: IGN checks out who’s in the GI Joe movie so far, and some discrepancies which have arisen.
- Newsbit: Wow, they’re still releasing Married… with Children DVD seasons? I figured they’d be done by now.
- Pics: Early images from the set of the Dragon Ball movie.
…I am keeping an EXTREMELY open mind about this, as I’ve realized the last thing I really want is just more of the same old story told again.
Video Power
- Newsbit: Good news! The PSP is getting a GPS!
(GPSP?)
The bad news, however, is that the interface at present seems a little awkward…
- Newsbit: Sony is also capitalizing on their forward momentum with BluRay by making it work with the PSP.
- Newsbit: Disappointing news on the Super Smash Bros. Brawl front. Seems that they’ve finally revealed the Stadium’s Multi-Man Brawl, and there doesn’t appear to be any wholesale Mii slaughtering to enjoy.
Instead, meet the Fighting Alloys!
Plus, in his first update back from the New Year break, Sakurai has presented more returning Melee stages. I’m happy for Onett.
Plus, some news has cropped up about the game’s costumes and more.
- Newsbit: Fans of Street Fighter are about to get a two-hit combo, with toy manufacturer SOTA teaming up with card maker Sabretooth Games to package figures and cards together.
- Pics: Wondering what the packaging looks like for Master Chief and the Brute Chieftain? Wonder no more.
- Newsbit: Only two Virtual Console updates this week: The King of Fighters ’94 for the NEOGEO, and one I’ve been waiting to get my hands on, Startropics, an America-only NES game.
…Mike ought to be in Brawl. We’ve gotten Japan-only characters from the Fire Emblem series, which helped break them into the American market, why not return the favor?
- Newsbit: Skype is coming to the PSP, but you can only use it if you have the slim version.
- Newsbit: Among all the other grief Xbox Live has caused lately, it seems that it’s prone to erasing Achievements, too.
- Newsbit: Interplay has re-registered the trademark on Clay Fighter, among others.
So the question then is: next-gen revival, or Virtual Console release? Or both?
- Newsbit: First came the Xbox 360 Achievements, and now Devil May Cry 4 is bringing them to PS3. It’s also bringing something else: an unoptional 5GB installation on your hard drive.
- Newsbit: Who in God’s name comes up with a title like “Wii Shaft” without it being a complete and utter joke?
- Newsbit: Wii60 lives!!
*looks at the pricetag*
*looks at Kotaku poking holes in the designers’ decisions*
…Wii60 dies!!
–LBD “Nytetrayn”