October 2009
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Umihara Kawase DS reels in pirates
Umihara Kawase DS released in Japan last week, and while the series hasn’t ever left the country, it maintains a small following in the States, so some of you might appreciate news about the grapple-based platformer.
As mentioned before, this release includes the original Super Famicom game and its PlayStation sequel, as well as extra levels. The Umihara Kawase PSP title that shipped last...
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Back from the grave: Zombie BBQ's DSiWare (EU)...
More than a year after Little Red Riding Hood’s Zombie BBQ released in the U.S., the fairy tale-based shoot’em up finally made it to Europe today, and on DSiWare no less. For their patience, PAL gamers need only pay 800 Nintendo Points for the full game.
It’s unlikely that North America’s DSiWare shop will receive Zombie BBQ, as it’s already seen a cart edition,...
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Kojima, Suda51 talk Love Plus
Ridiculing Japanese dudes with Love Plus girlfriends seems passé now that mega-blog BoingBoing joined in, but this Famitsu excerpt merits mentioning because it brings Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima, No More Heroes director Goichi Suda, and Love Plus together in one story.
This is Kojima relaying the tale (translated by 1UP):
“I was talking with Goichi Suda earlier, and [he] told...
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Hatsune Miku cover of “Vampire Killer,” presented here in honor of Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth. A remixed song to go with a remixed game! Here’s a big-ass medley of Castlevania II music:
My favorite thing about listening to a bunch of Miku music is that eventually I’ll stop hearing it as a fake voice, and it’ll just sound like synthesizer noise. Then...
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NSFW: The logo for the North American release of Cho Aniki Zero.
The very existence of a localized version of this game, a PSP remake of the original PC Engine Cho Aniki, can be attributed to digital distribution — and, indirectly, to the PSP Go, which provides publishers with an impetus to offer digitally distributed content. Without the need to produce a disc and try to get it on store...
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“This is obviously a computer program, but this makes us really feel like...”
– “Koh,” discussing his brief dalliance with Love Plus in a Boing Boing interview. The appearance of Konami’s DS dating sim on a mainstream blog means Love Plus is a Big Deal now, right?
The interview covers his brief time with the game, which he purchased while on a trip in Japan,...
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Reasons to not wait for Nintendo's rumored...
The scuttlebuttt out of Japan today is Nintendo’s rumored plans for a new DSi model with larger screens — 4” screens compared to the standard DSi’s 3.25” and the DS Lite/Phat’s 3” screens — before the end of the year.
The revised hardware targets older users with deteriorating vision, while also setting up the system to better display movies and...
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“Don’t Stop Believin’ (Kkrusty...
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Black Nintendo DSi for $129 from Dell →
That’s the price of a DS Lite! Shipping is free, but you might have to pay taxes. It’s unlikely Nintendo will drop the system’s price this low for a very long time.
See also: My Nintendo DSi preview
[Via CAG]
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The ideal TMNT game
Picking out what fans want from a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game seems like a simple task, but that isn’t the case! Let’s first go over what they don’t want.
The TMNT faithful aren’t looking for eight-way directional attacks, achievements, or a new soundtrack to pollute their well-remembered brawler, as Ubisoft Singapore added with the recent Teenage Mutant Ninja...
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“It’s So Hard (OxygenStar chiptune...
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Sakura Note: playing cats and dogs
After seeing the Sakura Note trailer, I guessed that the nostalgic adventure game would allow you to play as the hero’s puppy (Reinhold) and the female lead’s cat (Traumerei). I’m happy to report I was right!
From what I’ve seen in Game Crash’s playthrough videos, you can replay chapters (well, it looks like you spend most of the time watching the story unfold) from the...
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“Kaze no Allegory,” from King of Fighters ‘97 Arrange Sound Trax. Thinking about Takenobu Mitsuyoshi’s Street Fighter tribute set my mind to another of my favorite slightly goofy fighting-game related tracks, one that, to me, is synonymous with KOF.
I love that it’s a meditative, sort of melancholy acoustic number … sung in character (with appropriately...
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Drop 1410's rare Game Boy Carts →
Even with just three posts so far, Game Boy Carts is one of the most enthralling sites I’ve come across in a while.
Keeping with the domain name’s promise, site owner and Barcelona-based chiptune artist Drop1410 examines Game Boy cartridge rarities and curiosities, like this extra long Tamagotchi V3. Osuchi & Metsuchi cart:
I suspect Bandai used a taller cart to fit in an extra...
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“Catfish Lagoon” by The J Arthur Keenes Band. Chip...