1) Poor, poor Dragon Quest. It turned 20, and everyone forgot to celebrate the occassion. Well, everyone except Toastyfrog, that is.

Man, a LOT of stuff is turning 20… Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Mega Man, Dragon Quest… it’s like video gaming meets baby boomers.

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2) Seems that the Blue Blur is going back to doing what he was once so well known for, and that’s launching a new system, in this case the PS3. They say that Wild Fire should be out around that time(perhaps as a Wii launch title?), though Sonic the Hedgehog for PS3 and XBox 360 has been said to be “day and date” of the PS3 launch.

One can only hope that goes well.

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3) Non-news: While the DS and PSP are knockin’ ‘em out of the park in the hundreds and tens of thousands, respectively, from June 19th to the 25th, 360 sold a meager 1,169. Ouch.

As I believe storm_wolfe once said, lock up Dragon Quest, and they won’t be able to keep them in stock. I raise that by saying to lock up maybe some other titles of Japanese origin. How well is Lunar received there?

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4) A PSP-controlled French robot? Yeah, it’s cool and all, but what I REALLY want is a new ROB that works with the Wii.

(No, I still don’t have him in Mario Kart DS yet, thank you.)

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5) I wouldn’t normally mention this, but… IT’S RIDGE RACERS!!! RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDGE RACERS!!!!

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6) You just KNOW there are people who’d rather this game starred Roll and Tron and Chun Li and co.

Incidently, wasn’t there another game like this already, but with cartoons and aliens?

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7) Ah, that crazy John Woo. He seems to get attached to damn near everything in Hollywood that didn’t originate there, from Spy Hunter to Metroid to He-Man to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Well, as it happens, IGN is able to address two of those, at any rate. Seems he’s still got an eye on He-Man, more to produce than to direct, but he left Spy Hunter about a year ago.

Strangely enough, despite the buzz around the movie firmly attaching The Rock to the lead role, and even a new game casting him as such, there’s a chance that the lead may go to someone else.

I’ve got to admit, I’d be kind of pissed at Hollywood on general principle there. Do they HAVE to change everything from the games every time they do a project? Sheesh.

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8) I don’t really care, but I know some people on this list will. N-Philes has the Final Fantasy III DS box art from Japan.

“Much better than black name on white box.”

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9) …PilotWiings?

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10) Slashdot links to a Gamasutra piece about SEGA’s plan to reinvigorate the arcade market. Godspeed, SEGA, Godspeed.

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11) Games vs. Movies continues, as Joystiq links to a piece looking at why there are no famous video game critics.

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12) Kotaku says: Winners never cheat, and cheaters never win.

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13) DBZ doesn’t sell in Japan? It’s the end of the world as we know it…

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14) Lousy Aussies, always getting everything…

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15) Superman Returns: 5 days, $84.3 million.

But, will it turn a profit?

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LBD “Nytetrayn”

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