The Daily ‘Shroom – 1/15/08
InFormers: Robots in the News
- Blogging: Simon Furman drops us a small teaser in his blog for this week’s TransFormers: Devastation #4, with a loving reference to an old Marvel story.
- Pics: New images are up for Premium Movie Optimus Prime.
- Newsbit: To our friends across the pond, TransFormers: Animated will be hitting the UK, France, and Germany.
- Newsbit: Looks like Real Gear wave 5 is out.
- Pics: New back-of-the-box pics for Wingblade and Jetstorm, the latter of which being a Decepticon mold now.
- Newsbit: Coronation Masterpiece Starscream: the worst comedy of all.
Assorted Mushrooms
- Newsbit: This week’s DVD and game releases, courtesy of GameSpite.
- Newsbit: Good news for Boba Fett fans: He’s not only a part of the Star Wars TV show, but has been dubbed “instrumental” to it.
- Interview: IGN has a few words with actress Julie Benz about Punisher: War Zone.
- Newsbit: Word is that the final Harry Potter book could wind up split into two films.
Video Power
- Newsbit: First Ghostbusters, now Highlander?
- Newsbit: Oh god, Nintendo, why?
Smash Bros. Dojo brings this grim tiding:
Due to delays in the completion of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, we?ve had to change the release date of the game to Sunday, March 9th.
I deeply apologize to the people who have looked forward to playing the game for so long and ask that you hold on just a little longer. Thank you for your patience.
Geeze… the worst part is that it’s not a simultaneous delay/release, and so that means my blackout period is going to be greater. Yeah, that’s right… I’m cutting off a chunk of stuff I access between the Japanese and US releases so that I can hope to still see SOME surprises in the game. Which means no Game|Life, it seems. I’ll get someone to test the waters…
Japan’s delayed too, but only for five days… what the hell?
Anyway, here’s the updates for the week thus far.
First up is Challenge Mode, where many of said surprises are kept behind windows, with clues as to how to unlock them. In addition, you’re given golden hammers which can bust some open, though it’s recommended they’re saved for challenges you just can’t beat.
Which is great, as with something like that, maybe I’d have Final Destination in Melee. On the downside, it says that hammers don’t work on everything… which seems a little absurd to me. If you’re unable to unlock it, and the hammer doesn’t work, you’re pretty well screwed.
Incidently, I wonder if hammers can be earned.
Tonight’s update features the Distant Planet stage from Pikmin, and it looks quite awesome.
And apparently, there’s still more info coming out of the World Hobby Fair. Hard to say how legit it is, given some info in there (such as denial of a delay).
Plus, it seems that the CoroCoro talk of Zelda being able to change to Sheik was a falsehood. Not to say she can’t, but that it wasn’t mentioned there.
- Newsbit: …this was not something I expected to read today:
“Castle Wolfenstein Director Arrested for Manslaughter”
Among other things, you just KNOW the media will probably have a field day with this.
- Newsbit: Nintendo has hired some new people for the Bay Area offices, one of whom will be replacing Perrin Kaplan as VP of Marketing & Corporate Affairs.
- Pics: Sure, there are new LEGO Batman screens, but I’m more interested in video on this one. It’s less about how they look and more about what they do here.
- Newsbit: Hey-hey, Factor 5 is back with Nintendo! Maybe they’ll make something good this time.
- Newsbit: An ironic twist. Been wondering what’s up with the status of Xbox Live? Tough. Microsoft can’t say, thanks to that idiot lawsuit those wankers in Texas filed. Way to go, guys.
- Newsbit: Next month, Nintendo Power has exclusive info on a new RPG that’s coming, but say nothing more, except that “maybe they’ve already told us.”
If I had my issue, maybe I could speculate.
- Newsbit: Ever wanted to come up with an Achievement for an Xbox 360 title? Ninja Gaiden II could be your chance.
- Newsbit: You’ve got the guitars, the drums, and the mic. What more could your Rock Band need?
How about a stage kit?
- Videos: New to Virtual Console this week are Riot Zone for the TurboGrafx16, and Pac-Attack for the Super NES.
- Website: Street Fighter IV‘s official site has gone live.
- Newsbit: Preorder Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games for the Nintendo DS at GameStop, and you get this cool pin for the order.
Um… if someone doesn’t want theirs, can I have it?
- Newsbit: Could the new Rockman/Rockman X 20th Anniversary book be hinting at a new chapter in the Classic series?
- Newsbit: Go Nintendo has begun its Bionic Commando petition in an effort to get the new title brought to the Wii.
Spread the word!
- Video: Someone claims to have a beta (courtesy of his dad, who works for Hudson) of New Duck Hunt on the Wii, which you can see here.
Wow, I hope this is real. But it probably isn’t, all things considered.
- Newsbit: Wow, not only did Canada get royally boned on the Rock Band release date, but we’re getting extra boned on the replacement guitars, at least compared to the US, what with the free games and all.
Typical. Not like Canadians are people or anything too, right?
–LBD “Nytetrayn”