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Spooky iPhone 'sound action': Chunsoft's Kowa-Oto
If you’re looking for a hella scary Halloween-style game for your iPhone today, I may have found just the thing. With pretty much no fanfare, Chunsoft put three games on the US App Store, including Kowa-Oto, which I think translates to “scary sounds.” The “sound action game” is a first-person maze in which sounds alert you to the distance from both the exit and a...
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'3-for-2' sale on DS, Wii games →
Amazon is holding a huge sale for Nintendo DS, Wii, PSP, PS3, PS2, Xbox 360, and PC/Mac games, in which you can buy three games for the price of two until November 6th.
The selection includes a ton of new titles, too, like Super Scribblenauts, Etrian Odyssey III, Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, Metroid: Other M, Monster Hunter Tri, New Super Mario...
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'3-for-2' sale on DS, Wii games →
Amazon is holding a huge sale for Nintendo DS, Wii, PSP, PS3, PS2, Xbox 360, and PC/Mac games, in which you can buy three games for the price of two until November 6th.
The selection includes a ton of new titles, too, like Super Scribblenauts, Etrian Odyssey III, Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, Metroid: Other M, Monster Hunter Tri, New Super Mario...
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Watch“Go West, Young Meowth”, my favorite episode from the Pokémon anime — not that I’ve seen many of these.
Takeshi Shudo, the man who penned this episode’s screenplay and once served as chief writer for the animated series, passed away yesterday at the age of 61 after suffering a subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Shudo also created classic anime Magical Princess Minky Momo and...
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All-new, all-different Flipper coming to DSiWare...
I’m always worried that the indie developers (and even bigger studios) releasing games on DSiWare aren’t making back even half their money on sales, considering the lack of attention the digital download platform receives from both gamers and the lamestream media.
Goodbye Galaxy Games’ charming puzzle-action title Flipper must have sold a deecnt number of copies, though, as it...
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Grasshopper Manufacture shop to offer rad stuff,... →
Grasshopper Manufacture PR provided a status update regarding the currently unavailable webstore. It’s on hold indefinitely, while the company makes video games or whatever, but it sounds like it’s going to be the business (also, a business) when it is operational once again.
In addition to a small amount of old stock, GHM is looking to sell the shirts currently offered through Tee...
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Watch10+ minutes of Retro City Rampage video, music. Cot damn at the chiptune talent working on this WiiWare game’s soundtrack: Virt, Freaky DNA, and Norrin Radd!
You can download a “Soundtrack Demo Mix Tape” with songs composed by that trio for Retro City Rampage. Those ten tracks and this extended video should tide you over until this releases some time this December (if all goes...
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Preorder: Super Mario All-Stars for $30 →
We still haven’t seen if the U.S. packaging for Super Mario All-Stars will match the Japanese edition’s gorgeous box, but if that doesn’t affect your plans to pick this up, you can preorder this collection of four classic Super Mario Bros. games at Amazon right now for $29.99 (free shipping).
Apparently this is a limited edition release — I wonder how many copies...
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Super Mario Bros. All-Stars hits the U.S. on...
Weeks after announcing the anthology for Japan and Europe, Nintendo finally revealed its plans to bring Super Mario All-Stars for Wii to the U.S. on December 12.
This $29.99 limited edition package includes Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, Super Mario Bros. 2, and Super Mario Bros. 3, each game revamped with the updated graphics and audio from the original Super Mario...
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Cave Story WiiWare's holiday outfits
If you downloaded Cave Story’s recent WiiWare update, you should see a special Halloween sprite for Quote! Sorry for the crappy TV photos — in case you can’t tell from our blurry images, the game’s hero has a new goth look. I hear there’s a jack-o-lantern Mimiga mask somewhere, too?
This isn’t the only holiday outfit Nicalis added to the update. Someone...
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Nintendo 3DS videos for Ocarina of Time, Resident...
It’s impossible to experience the stereoscopic 3D effect of these games in these videos, but Japan’s MX TV aired a lot of shakycam footage for half-a-dozen Nintendo 3DS games from Nintendo’s Tokyo conference last month.
After the break, I’ve embedded clips for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (OMG, portablez), Resident Evil: Revelations (OMG, the graphicz), Samurai...
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MAME4ALL arcade emulator released →
French coder Alekmaul has released v1.0 of MAME4ALL, an arcade emulator ported from the Dingoo platform to Nintendo DS. As covered earlier (with plenty of videos), this requires a Supercard DSTwo device, as that particular flashcart features an onboard CPU designed to handle more complex applications like this.
Even with that extra horsepower, though, you’ll notice that the emulator...
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Fangamer's Earthbound Fanfest begins →
Ness nerds, Lucas lovers, and Ninten-thusiasts: The awesome merch company Fangamer is hosting a two-month-long “Earthbound Fanfest,” during which fans are invited to play Earthbound on SNES along with live video footage of Fangamer staff playing. Meanwhile, themed fanart/fanfic contests are being held, with Fangamer EB swag as prizes.
Maybe this is just the push you need to start...
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Capcom deals, Miles Edgeworth for $20 →
Amazon has a bunch of Capcom titles for sale today (deals end at midnight or when their stock runs out), including two recent Nintendo DS releases:
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth (DS) for $19.99
Mega Man Zero Collection (DS) for $19.99
Super Street Fighter IV (PS3) for $25
Dead Rising (Xbox 360) for $11.64
Lost Planet 2 (PS3, Xbox 360) $19.99
I was hoping for another Monster...
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MAME4ALL arcade emulator for DS
French coder Alekmaul, who’s released a ton of emulators for various handheld platforms, is bringing his Dingoo MAME4ALL arcade emulator to the Nintendo DS — you can see the port in action above with the arcade version of Bubble Bobble playing on a fine dual screen system.
Obviously, the game and music aren’t playing at full speed yet, but I believe the project is still...
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“I remember Dragon Quest selling so well that the owner of a toy shop in my...”
– Naoyuki, a product manager for an unnamed Japanese game company, remembering his Dragon Quest youth for GamesTM’s “Famicom Memories” feature (issue #100). Imagine if you couldn’t buy Dragon Quest IX without first purchasing a copy of Petz Fantasy: Moonlight Magic!
Also...
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Nintendo's Reggie on competing with Apple, Zynga,... →
Forbes has an interesting article on what Nintendo views as its competition — not other platforms like the Xbox 360 or PS3 but anything that takes time away from gaming:
Content. Ask Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime what gives Nintendo an edge and he’ll talk about content. And Nintendo needs all the edge it can get. Competitors are everywhere.
“It’s all about time,”...
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Laserlife: Gaijin Games' concept project
Speaking at Indiecade two weeks ago, Gaijin Games’ Alex Neuse talked about what kind of project the studio might tackle next after finishing the Bit.Trip series, sharing this mock-up of a concept called Laserlife.
He described it as a “rhythm music racing adventure kind of game” — though Neuse didn’t say what platform the idea would work best on, he mentioned that...
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Preorder Special Edition DSi XL Red →
Again, this Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary special edition bundle comes with a red Nintendo DSi XL, Mario Kart DS, and preinstalled software (Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters, Brain Age Express: Math, and Photo Clock). Amazon is selling all that for $179, just $10 more than a DSi XL by itself (free shipping).
And for $20 more, you can preorder the limited edition Wii Hardware bundle,...
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