December 2008
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“Subarashiki Shin Sekai” by Flair,...
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Game Center CX 2 special edition includes... →
When Game Center CX: Arino no Chousenjou 2 comes out on February 26 of next year, it will come in both a regular edition and a limited special edition that includes a Bandai Namco episode of the Game Center CX show on DVD. The DVD will feature Shinya Arino’s attempts to play through Ultraman and Ultra Seven games.
As for the actual DS game, new information on the official site (and on the...
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Five game-changing hacks, patches
Reader Lord Toon sent in an interesting Pokemon D/P hack, which led me to discover a whole world of “cheats” for Nintendo DS games.
I’ll share some of the more compelling cheats with you, not the ones that just award you with infinite ammo or 999 credits, but the ones that actually change or improve the way you play a game, like that Game Genie code for the original SNES Street...
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WatchRhythm Tengoku/Final Fantasy V mashup. The Final Fantasy stuff is amusing, but for me, this footage only reinforces the fact that Rhythm Tengoku is one of the most wonderful things in the world.
See also: “Chorus Men Summer” from Rhythm Tengoku Complete Collection, Karateka Mania
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Famicom + five games for $49 →
Since we’re already talking about game sales (and since we’re in a shopping mood, what with Black Friday madness sweeping the internet), we thought it prudent to mention Rising Stuff’s Christmas Special — a Famicom system with five random games for only $49!
I’m not familiar with traditional Famicom pricing, so I consulted JC to see if this is a bargain, and he...
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AWESOME SALE ALERT →
MEAT BUN
BLACK FRIDAY SALE
TEN DOLLARS
EVERYTHING
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The Best Day Ever
Important info: I am an English major and the world’s biggest book nerd. That’s why I experienced a major squee-gasm at the news that we’re actually going to see an English-language version of DS Novel. Since I am too incredibly excited to formulate a real post on this subject, I will offer up several random factoids.
Sadly, none of the books in the Japanese version will be in...
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Zombiegiving won't stay dead! →
Though Turkey Day has now passed, Zombiegiving still wanders the site, shuffling towards the promise of brains and seeking out a commenter to attack with a free copy of Little Red Riding Hood’s Zombie BBQ.
To win the game, all you need to do is leave your thoughts in our posts before 11:59 CST Tuesday, December 2nd. Check out our contest post for the full details!
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“Fearless Flight” by Nullsleep.
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Piles of unsold DS, Wii games at Sofmap →
Akihabara’s Sofmap Main Branch has a section of DS and Wii games that it’s trying to get rid of with discount prices, just like any other video game retailer, but this store’s stock of unsold copies numbers in the thousands.
AkibaBlog counted 1,900 DS games (from about 24 titles) and 600 Wii games (from about 13 titles). Here are the numbers and prices for some of the DS...
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New Horizons for the Virtual Console →
Right after posting that My Pet Shop thing, I noticed something else interesting on the ESRB search page. New ratings have been submitted for Koei’s Nobunaga’s Ambition and Uncharted Waters: New Horizons, suggesting that two more insane Koei strategy games will be available on the Virtual Console soon.
Nobunaga’s Ambition came out on the NES, SNES, and Genesis (to name the...
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“This is a pet simulation game in which players search for wild animals...”
– ESRB summary for My Pet Shop. Looks like Square Enix/Taito picked that title rather than Pet Shop Mama for what is definitely the localization of Pet Shop Monogatari DS.
There might have been some kind of tricky rights issue with tying it into the Cooking Mama series, since Majesco has those rights...
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Meijin 2.0 →
When Hudson released Wonder Boy on the Famicom, they replaced the Wonder Boy character with a well-known PR staffer, that guy we talk about all the time. Now the tradition continues with a new mobile release of Adventure Island for Hudson’s Chaku App game subscription service.
Chaku App Girls no Bouken Jima (Chaku App Girls’ Adventure Island) replaces Takahashi Meijin/Master Higgins...
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Sega/Chunsoft's 428: The Score is Perfect Even So... →
This week’s most depressing news: Chunsoft’s 428: The World Doesn’t Change Even So, which looks and sounds completely awesome, and which we will never, ever see, has apparently received perfect scores across the board at Famitsu. If you needed a reason to crack the label on some holiday booze, this could be it.
(Uh, if you happen to be a crazy drinker who goes on a bender now,...
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FFCCi →
The second special-edition DSi bundle is also coming from Square Enix. In addition to the Kingdom Hearts: Tetsuya Nomura’s Self-Insert Disney Fanfic DS bundle, the company has now announced a special hardware package for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time. This one is coming out January 29, so technically it will be the first DSi bundle.
The bundle contains the game and a...
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Tiny Contest: Zombiegiving
Did you know that centuries ago, Pilgrims and local Ninja Americans celebrated their harvest by tearing zombies apart with machine gun fire and giant shuriken? It’s true, go ahead and ask anyone.
To celebrate this week’s holiday and honor those settlers’ decision, we’re giving away a free copy of Gammick Entertainment’s excellent shoot’em-up Little Red Riding...
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CycloDS update adds useful in-game text reading...
Along with game compatibility fixes that should help kids play pirated ROMs like Chrono Trigger, the latest CycloDS flashcart update includes a new in-game text reader.
It’s a small addition, but for people like me who can’t play RPGs without a GameFAQs window open nearby, something like this would be tremendously useful.
Here’s how it works:
When you’re stuck in a game,...
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Space Invaders Get a Release Date →
I’ve been waiting for a long time to play the episodic Space Invaders Get Even, a shooter about directing piles of blocky Invaders to destroy cities. Square Enix has finally announced a North American release date — not that I ever expect advance notice of WiiWare releases (or expect said notice to be accurate). Next week!
Between this and Space Invaders Extreme, this is the best...
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Space-age technology lets you try new Puzzle... →
TGS attendees reported mostly disappointment in Taito’s Space Puzzle Bobble, due to the lack of new content (and also crummy touchscreen controls). However, the full game features online play and paddle controller support, neither of which were on display at TGS, and both of which make for a more than sufficient upgrade.
This demo doesn’t include any of that new stuff either, but...
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The badness, it is bad (but there's worse out... →
There aren’t many things that stand out as well in the crowded space of my RSS as a title like “Bad Writing About Games.” That one basically has my name on it. Not because I write badly (though, of course, sometimes I do, and more often than I’d like), but because I passionately hate bad writing. I hate the “meh, good enough” attitude that so many people who are...
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Sexy Videogame Developerland →
Gamasutra news director and SVGL blogger Leigh Alexander has just started Sexy Videogame Developerland, a site featuring submitted profiles for a variety of people involved in creating games, from programmers to artists.
An excerpt from the site’s manifesto:
“This is intended to be a place where gamers can see the real, live people behind the games they love. It’s populated...
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Nintendo's Ping Pong →
Smash Ping Pong, coming to the Japanese Virtual Console next week, is actually a Nintendo-published version of a Konami arcade game, Konami’s Ping Pong.
Rather than directly port the arcade game to the Famicom Disk System, Nintendo made sure to put their own stamp on the game. An early version of Konami’s mascot Pentarou the penguin has been replaced in the audience by Donkey Kong...
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“At first, it was eight and 15 shots per second — and I made a conscious...”
– Hudson PR executive and gaming celebrity Takahashi Meijin talking about the Sansui Joycard Famicom controller’s autofire function, in an interview with 1UP’s Ray Barnholt.
I actually got to speak with the Meijin as well during the same Deca Sports promotional trip, but a) it was in a...
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Random and awesome screenshots from fighting games →
Maj has been posting interesting and improbable screenshots from fighting games for a month now on forums like Shoryuken and NeoGAF, but I somehow kept passing over them until today.
You can see more of his work in the impressive Guile Exhibition video. He was also one of the primary contributors to the famous Ode to the 2-Hit Combo.
The screen below comes from Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street...
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Nintendo of America may not be jerks about your... →
Apparently, at least one Nintendo of America representative is willing to accept foreign DS systems for repair, free of charge. The Consumerist reports that one exchange student returned to the US from Japan and got free repairs on his busted Japanese DS Lite. Neat!
I hope Eric never has to use this information.
[Via OMGNintendo]
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'Second Hand Memories' →
Every day, I wake up and wish that I could write about video games (or about anything) as poignantly as Simon Parkin. Here’s an excerpt from his latest Chewing Pixels column at GameSetWatch:
“All gamers of my generation knew a video game store like that, a dealership they visited in youth with wide eyes and a fistful of pocket money. These were the places where dreams were met, the...
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“QJ: When a Prinny explodes, where does it go? Prinny: To the hospital, dood!
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– In which Chris Coker at QJ sits down with a Prinny for a little interview and promotion for the PSP’s hilariously-titled Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?
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A bunch of iPhone junk
If it seems like there are fewer updates here than usual, it’s because I’m temporarily maintaining Finger Gaming, a somewhat suggestively named iPhone gaming blog from the Gamasutra network.
It’s a fun gig! Hopefully, Jeremy Parish won’t put my coverage to shame when 1UP launches its own iPhone site.
On a related note, I’ve read a couple articles lately arguing...
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Can a small game be Game of the Year? →
I’m not sure why it even needs to be asked, but MTV Multiplayer’s Stephen Totilo posed the following question: “Can a small game be Game of the Year?”
He describes small games as titles for the Nintendo DS, web browsers, iPhones, and XBLA games. Presumably, he also includes games for WiiWare, PSN, mobiles, PSP, Tiger Handhelds, and other portable devices in that...
