The Examiner/MMN Revue for Monday, October 4th
From the Toronto Video Game Examiner:
Games shipping the week of October 3rd, 2010 – A few goodies this week. Personally, I’d love to put in some more time with Wii Party after trying it out a few months ago, but instead, we’re going out to pick up Castlevania: Lords of Shadow tomorrow for a work-related project of the wife’s. Not that I’m complaining, mind.
From the Canada Nintendo Examiner:
The Nintendo Download – 10/04/10 – What the–? A Virtual Console release, and something big on DSiWare? Granted, I’m indifferent to Fatal Fury, but anything to see the service kept afloat. For now, Shantae: Risky’s Revenge looks cool; I’ve heard nothing but good things about the original.
Nintendo confirms Wii Remote Plus – The rumors are true! And… that’s really all we know. So in lieu of a two-sentence story, I go over why (at the moment) there’s little need to feel forced to buy into this new Wii Remote, as well as the benefits of getting it.
From The Mega Man Network:
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Detailed Rockman Online Blog Info – On Friday, I mentioned getting back to this stuff later, and here we are.
I am absolutely loving this, and why? For a stupid reason, really.
When I was a teenager, around 16 or so, a friend and I put together a table-top role playing game set in the Mega Man X universe, and part of the premise led to my creation of the first character, who was a clone of X based on the transparent orange Bandai model kit I’d seen advertised in the back of some issues of Diehard Gamefan magazine. While I won’t argue that it was pretty lame in retrospect (cut me some slack, it was my first real fancharacter; I’ve gotten a little better since), I’m actually a little giddy at the fact that it is essentially now supported in an official capacity, even if it may not be in continuity with the rest of the franchise.
If this thing ever leaves Korea, Sunfire will live again. He is also 100% more likely to hit on Alia than back in the day, as she didn’t exist yet at the time (this was around the time of X3 and X4).
First Kotobukiya Colored Blues Pic… Kinda Sucks (Update: Much Less Sucky) – The family grows to include the number-one son.
Mega Man Legends 3 Project Director Introduces the Staff – Who are his friends? Who are his enemies? Danger lurks around every corner! Don’t call a plumber!
16-Bit Gems Looks at Mega Man: The Wily Wars – Mega Man: The Wily Wars is one of the most-requested games for the Virtual Console, at least according to Nintendo Power polls. But with Nintendo’s upcoming Japanese release of Super Mario Collection (All-Stars), we are left to wonder if this new precedent might shake things up for this Genesis collection of updated Mega Man classics.
–LBD “Nytetrayn”
Tags: Mega Man, Nintendo, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360