The Daily ‘Shroom – 1/24/08
InFormers: Robots in the News
- Pics: Trans-Scanning Optimus Prime looks alright
, I guess. A little more “ShellFormer” than I’d like, though. - Comic Preview: The Official TransFormers Collector’s Club has a preview of the upcoming TransTech-themed comic for you to partake in.
For those who’ve forgotten, TransTech is what would have been the successor to Beast Machines, except that one bombed, and so we got the anime era instead. Whether this new “TransTech universe” adheres to that same background or not, though…
- Newsbit: Also, the Club has revealed the first wave of Classics 2.0, coming this fall.
Deluxe sized figures are Sunstreaker, Prowl, and Tankor (better known as Octane). Joining them in the Ultra price range is Onslaught and Powerglide. They also showed an image of the upcoming Sunstreaker figure (the picture is for Club Members Only).
Wow, sounds like Powerglide got an upgrade. And with Prowl in the mix, can BlueSilverstreak and Smokescreen be far behind?
In addition, there are plans for a new Nightbeat and the long-awaited Seacon set.
Assorted Mushrooms
- Newsbit: Looks like the maker of the Thomas the Tank Engine wooden railway toys has agreed to a $30 million settlement over the whole lead-paint deal. In addition, there’s the promise of refunds/replacements, free toys, and new quality controls.
- Newsbit: The WGA has taken animation and reality TV off the table in their ongoing negotiations. Too bad for those writers…
- Newsbit: Just cannot wait to see Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 3… D?
Plus 3-D re-releases of the original two movies… sort of makes me glad that I held off on buying them before, if this pans out to be worth it.
- Interview: Shia LaBeouf talks a little about Indiana Jones IV… and a little TransFormers 2 on the side.
- Newsbit: With Heath Ledger dead, how will this affect his future movies?
Video Power
- Newsbit: Solicitations for Sonic the Hedgehog #187, Sonic X #31, and Sonic Select vol. 1 can be seen now on Archie’s blog. If you can get in, that is.
If you’re like me, and only get “Problem loading page,” you can check them out here
. - Newsbit: The bonus item for Apollo Justice? Not a stylus, not a plushie, but a neat Apollo Justice keychain! What better way to “object” to someone borrowing your keys? Or conversely, if you want them to use your keys, you can just point it at them and say “take that!”
- Videos: An interesting update at Smash Bros. DOJO!!, as a 4-player test battle between Kyoto and Tokyo (ever notice the two are sort of anagrams?) has been recorded, showing the performance of a connection of about the same distance as Las Vegas is from Los Angeles.
GameTrailers, meanwhile, provides a second match
.Of course, living in Toronto with the bulk majority of my friends being Stateside (or perhaps a further distance than the cities named above), I hope the connection still holds up. Fortunately, I think it was said somewhere that Brawl is a little more deliberately paced than Melee, so hopefully that helps.
As a bonus, here’s five minutes
of more varied Brawl footage. GameTrailers shows off the Home Run Contest, with a nice day-to-night-to-day effect going. There are also two new Japanese TV spots.Still want more? Seems someone must’ve gotten ahold of the full version
of the Brawl “Angel Island” theme from Sonic 3. - Video: In case you weren’t sure about this week’s release of the Super NES version of Super Street Fighter II on Virtual Console, now you can see it in action.
- Newsbit: Bravo to EA for calling Fox’s asses out on this ridiculous Mass Effect story that’s been circulating.
So what happens? Fox blows them off.
You know, I bet if Fox isn’t willing to work with this, Warner Bros. or MSNBC might be more interested…
- Newsbit: Meanwhile, the shrink who appeared as the driving force of the segment has had her book bombed with bad reviews, conversations, and taggings.
On a related note, gotta love Game|Life’s screengrab
. I wish I’d thought of that. - Newsbit: I hate the fall that video game manuals have taken. Once upon a time, so many of them were awesome, almost an experience outside of the game itself. Then, things began to change…
Contra 4 has acted heavily in favor of classic booklet design, and it appeared No More Heroes was set to follow… but dammit all, it was only to be in Japan
.Damn you, Ubisoft, you cheap bastards!
- Newsbit: Reminder for all you Xbox Live folks out there, don’t forget your free download of Undertow.
- Offer: Joystiq has a deal where you can get one free year of EGM.
But it’s only for US readers. Nuts to that. NUTS, I say.
…I’ll just have it sent to my dad’s. He’ll read it, I’m sure.
- Newsbit: A bit of awesome that I hope we get to see is Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw’s three shorts produced to present winners at the Game Developers Conference.
–LBD “Nytetrayn”