Is It Tomorrow Yet?
Slow day yesterday, so I figured I’d let everything accumulate a bit.
- Ah, good, the first part of Chapter 10 of the Rockman X manga is up, courtesy of Dr. Neko.Oh, and it seems to introduce one of the most controversial figures in the history of Rockman X.
And if you’re interested, it appears that the good doctor is looking to expand his scanlation team, specifically to find someone to clean the scans up. Apply within if interested.
- brings up an interesting piece. In Japan, Dragon Ball Z featured all of a single actor voicing Goku. In English, however, he’s had quite a few. This video compares the many English voices by playing bits one after another.I personally have grown to like FUNi’s, Sean Schemmel. He’s grown into the role nice and comfortably, I think.
Kirby Morrow does well, too.
The unknown UK one is just HORRIBLE, though! God, it BURNS! Even Bandai’s is better.
- GameSpot reviews Star Fox Command. 7.5, even though I don’t think much of scores. That’s a bit higher than Assault, but less than Adventures and 64.Their pluses and minuses sound fine by me, though. So my interest remains.
Says the ending is anti-climactic, but it can’t be any worse than Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga‘s.
- GameSpot got to preview hands-on Super Mario Strikers Charged.Sounds pretty good, in a way. As I’ve pointed out here before, “realistic” sports games outside of wrestling(go ahead, laugh, it’s good for the soul), or maybe a little golf, don’t do a DAMN thing for me, but the Mario sports titles have been surprisingly intuitive and fun for me to get into, and the demo of Super Mario Strikers I’ve played at Best Buy for the GameCube was no different. Truth be told, I had an easier time on that than I did with Ice Hockey for the NES.
So if Charged remains par for the standards set, it ought to be fun… even if you don’t like sports.
- A Penny Arcade video game?I never play PC games, really, but hell, I might consider giving this a shot.
Oh, my mistake, it’ll follow on next-gen consoles. Wonder if it’ll still be digitally distributed there?
Lucky the developers have a solid pedigree in licensed games.
Not really enough info to say much else, though. With any luck, maybe it’ll play out like their recent “Armadeadon” story arc.
- Ok, so $600 isn’t all bad if it can cure cancer.So let’s see, PS3 has cancer covered, Wii has Exercise, DS has your brain… what’ve PSP or 360 got to offer?
- Mario would just like to say, “Thank-a you so much for-a to playing my gameses!”Here’s hoping that they decide to do a sequel, then.
- Sounds like multiplayer on Zelda: Phantom Hourglass comes up a bit short.Not that I expect to play it as much as the 1P game, though, so as long as that one is still poised to rock, I’m ALL good, baby.
- GameTrailers has a new trailer up for Sonic Rivals.Pity the voice at the end ruins it. And if someone needs to be told that PSP stands for “PlayStation Portable,” what the hell are they even doing here?
Anyway, this looks to be quite fun. After all, some of the best parts of Sonic history are the races, like Sonic vs. Metal Sonic in Sonic CD, or my personal favorite, Sonic vs. Shadow in Sonic Adventure 2: Battle.
The downside? Casino Night Zone was a favorite in Sonic 2, and they made a whole game around THAT, and… well, results were mixed, at best.
Guess we’ll have to wait and see if this one shapes up before it ships out.
- Next-Gen adds a new installment to their “A Short History of” features with Electronic Arts:Electronic Arts is known for ruthlessly guarding its market dominance through franchise purchase and protection. Curious then, that it began life with a noble mission to foster and reward ‘art’.
- GameCube by Nintendo, approved by Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends.
- Go Nintendo also links us to an episode of the Legend of Zelda cartoon, titled “Kiss N’ Tell.”
- Hmm, interesting.So while the Sony PS3 will cost you $600, the Nintendo Wii will gain you $600.
At least in Australia. Nice.
- Schweet, nFreaks has Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis art in great size and abundance.Shame that it’s all watermarked, though. Shame, shame, shame…
Can’t help but wonder what the “C” is on some of the Mini-Donkey Kong’s ties…
On a related note, however, Nintendo ought to market some Mini toys. I know I’d like one.
- Go Nintendo reports on “Wii Forgive?”, an interesting piece by GayGamer looking at general feelings on the name when it was announced 4 months ago, and how people see it today.Oh, sure, Revolution had a dynamic name, but frankly, I’ve never hated Wii.
- WiFi play for Star Fox Command sounds like it’s working pretty well, maybe I’ll give it a go sometime, provided I can actually get the game.It’s compared to Star Fox 64‘s, which wasn’t bad, but it often felt like there was more hunting than fighting going on. Hopefully this remedies that in a good way.
But it sounds quite promising, hopefully better than Mario Kart DS‘s.
- Oh, how about that. Go Nintendo linked to a forum thread regarding that whole Mega Man ZX voiceover biz I wrote about.Wish I were credited, but what are you going to do, I guess. Heh, it even mention’s my wife by name.
Still, less than favorable? Come ON, Maverick Hunter X‘s voices were great!
Just no pleasing some people.
- Wow, they’re doing Lode Runner for the DS?I remember that game, but by name only. Cool to see it resurface again.
- Nnn.Sounds like WiFi for Wii third parties won’t be available at launch.
That’s no good. What’s with that, Nintendo?
- Wow, Nintendo totally ought to find a way to capitalize on this.Maybe.
- Wow, this is kinda hot….
*coughs*
Er, I mean, interesting. Yes, quite interesting indeed…
- I actually read a little of this yesterday, and I have to say, Bully sounds more interesting than I’d initially thought.
- Seems IGN has some new videos of Sonic the Hedgehog. Oh, and more over here.Speaking of which, Game Informer or Play or one of those magazines says that Shadow is playable exclusively on the PS3 version.
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
- Club Skill shows love for the Wii as it tries out “Wii Shooting”.I still want a new Duck Hunt, for real. Oh, and Hogan’s Alley.
LBD “Nytetrayn”
August 26th, 2006 at 7:21 pm
It’s so easy to make fun of the voiceover in the trailer and the fact that it spells out what PSP stands for. At this point I don’t see why you’d bother. Anyway, Rivals looks ok. Although, I’m kinda disappointed that they still haven’t improved the character models, looks like that’s what the final version will look like. But at this point it doesn’t matter that much anymore because by now they look okay. But I’m not in a hurry to get this game so I’ll take my time with getting a PSP. (that’s Playstation Portable)
It seems like there hasn’t been new footage of Sonic Next ever since the Shadow scenes. We have just been seeing the same Kingdom Valley with Sonic and Crisis City with Silver over and over.
Shadow can’t be PS3 exclusive. That’s just… NO.
So, LBD, aren’t you gonna cover any of Command & Conquer 3? Or propose a Wii port of the upcoming all-american climactic battle between childrood rivals GDI and Nod?
August 26th, 2006 at 11:57 pm
“It’s so easy to make fun of the voiceover in the trailer and the fact
that it spells out what PSP stands for. At this point I don’t see why
you’d bother.”
Boredom, I guess.
“It seems like there hasn?t been new footage of Sonic Next ever since the Shadow scenes. We have just been seeing the same Kingdom Valley with Sonic and Crisis City with Silver over and over.”
Yeah, that one’s a real downer. Guess they’re trying to keep it fresh or something, but…
“Shadow can?t be PS3 exclusive. That?s just? NO.”
Indeed.
“So, LBD, aren?t you gonna cover any of Command & Conquer 3? Or propose a Wii port of the upcoming all-american climactic battle between childrood rivals GDI and Nod?”
Not unless something really interesting happens that draws my interest, because C&C isn’t really even on my radar, and I’m not even sure what GDI and Nod are(I might know if you told me, more as a recollection than really anything I’d normally think about).
LBD “Nytetrayn”
August 27th, 2006 at 5:28 am
GDI = General Defense Initiative. The UN-backed, official, big nation funded, all encompassing good guy army of the main C&C universe. Yellow.
Nod = Brotherhood of Nod. Ambiguous, third-world friendly, army/terrorist/cult bad guys led by an intimidating dude called Kane. Red.
Anyway, C&C3 is coming out, and only just this week as I’ve been watching the gameplay footage it made me think that if there is any justice in the industry, this game MUST be made available on the Wii, instead of just PC and Xbox 360 (pfft, what good does that do). Wii quite possibly has the superior console controller for FPS, but perhaps more significantly, it’s the PERFECT controller for RTS games. C&C3 deserves to be on Wii, and Wii deserves C&C3. (+online plz) Unless Wii is doomed to being considered a kiddy non-system and will end up being Gamecube 2.
And not only that, it made me think of Virtual Console. Before I was only thinking of console stuff and irrelevent arcade classics like Pac-Man. But wait, what about PC titles? See where I’m getting at? All four traditional C&C games (C&C, C&C2, Red Alert, Red Alert 2) and their expansion packs deserve to be available on Wii through virtual console. All good RTS games, really, but particularly C&C because it has the best appeal and accesibility. It’s the Mario of RTS damnit.
August 27th, 2006 at 11:25 am
While I don’t care one way or the other for C&C, I think it’d be a a great addition to the Wii library.
As you say, really, why not? I mean, the Virtual Console even has Genesis and TG16 games, why not some PC games?
I imagine that lies with the developers in part, too, of course. But hey, some think that Wii is perfect for FPS, long held to be considered a “PC” genre, so why not RTS?
LBD “Nytetrayn”
August 29th, 2006 at 3:33 pm
I just realized though, that old games would have to be rehauled to make use of the Wiimote, which is far more work than most companies would be willing to do. Virtual console games, unless I’m mistaken, are generally going to be ported straight from their originals versions and are generally intended to be played with the classic-style controller for the Wii. Sooo…. PC ports using the Wiimote is a bit too optimistic. :[
But Command & Conquer 3 should still be on Wii!
And EA is supporting Wii to begin with, so it’s a no brainer. Come on EA…