The Daily ‘Shroom – 2/3/08
InFormers: Robots in the News
- Pics: New images are available of Trans-Scanning Bumblebee.
- Newsbit: Classics Cliffjumper got a really cool add-on kit… could Classics Ultra Magnus be next? I’d love to see that.
- Newsbit: James Marsden, aka “Lord Piccolo” in the Dragon Ball movie, spills the beans about the film.
Assorted Mushrooms
- Newsbit: Garfield’s 45th book, Large and in Charge is nearing release, and Amazon is taking preorders. Not sure if this one will have where Jon and Liz get together or not, which really added a much-needed spark to the goings-on.
- Newsbit: Check out the info on the upcoming Speed Racer Battle Morph Mach 5 Vehicle & Figure.
- Newsbit: This just in, courtesy of Magic: Churches not allowed to host Super Bowl parties. Because apparently putting a bunch of people in front of free TV is somehow worse than fewer people gathering to watch free TV on multiple TVs in their homes. Or something.
Video Power
- Newsbit: Oooh, goody! The Super Mario Galaxy Platinum Official Soundtrack is now on sale…
…for about $40. Yikes.
- Newsbit: This week, it was announced that Rock Band was coming to Wii, and it wasn’t a surprise to some, given the stand-alone mic that showed up in stores earlier in the week citing Wii compatibility.
The irony is, that part was a mistake. And the mic isn’t Wii compatible, either.
- Newsbit: Turns out that David Jaffe’s zing on Miyamoto was a joke that no one got. Better luck next time.
Guess maybe 1up hasn’t gotten the memo yet…
But seriously, how do the Mario Kart racers do that?
Seriously? An age-old technique passed down from generation to generation, from father to son.
It’s called throwing.
Sorry, just had to say it…
- Newsbit: Good news for PC gamers, I suppose, as EA is going to unbox the Orange at retail.
- Newsbit: Don’t often look at sales numbers, but it’s good to see that Devil May Cry 4 did pretty well on its first day…
…but still got its ass kicked by Super Smash Bros. Brawl in terms of sheer numbers.
- Newsbit: Coming 2/10/08: the Cobalt/Black Nintendo DS Lite.
- Videos: GameTrailers has plenty more new videos from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
- Newsbit: $500,000. What would a game developer use that for? Creating a new game engine, perhaps? Forming a vast city or world with graphics you can’t even tell from reality? Maybe music, or state-of-the-art cutscenes.
…well, the last one is close. Try a mystery actor’s voiceover.
- Newsbit: Good news? No More Heroes is out of stock on Amazon.com.
- Newsbit: Some new screens and character art have surfaced for International Track & Field by Konami. Simon is back! And you can read up on him and Pentarou here.
- Newsbit: Ok, it’s cool that the Metal Gear Solid: Essential Collection is coming to EB/GameStop, but is it really region-free or whatever?
–LBD “Nytetrayn”