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Oh? What’s that? You want more versions of the Psycho Soldier theme song? Why, of course! Here’s an arranged version from a cassette that was packed in with the Famicom version of Athena:

Athena is a sort-of spinoff to Psycho Soldier: while Psycho Soldier starred the psychic teen Athena Asamiya, who would go on to be featured in the King of Fighters series, Athena’s heroine is a different Athena, some kind of celestial princess or something. While I have an irrational affection for that terrible game, the focus of today’s post is still Psycho Soldier and its rad fully-voiced theme song — the first vocal theme to be used in a video game.

Here’s the version from King of Fighters ‘96:

And an arranged vocal version from a KOF ‘96 soundtrack:

From KOF 2002:

And a cover by Keith Burgun:

This is by no means exhaustive. We can listen to the Psycho Soldier theme some more if you want. And for more info about Psycho Soldier and Athena, check out Nicola Nomali’s wonderful writeup from GameSpite Quarterly #3.

tags / snk / psycho soldier / athena / music / king of fighters

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Eric's tiny vacation

I just wanted to give you guys a heads-up that I’ll be out of the country for the next two weeks, vacationing in the Philippines and completely ignoring the internet.

Though I won’t be around to put up the latest DSiWare news and video game fanart, I made sure to prepare a lot of posts to go up while I’m out, so expect a bunch of Shiren junk, Golgo 13 scans, and pantsu during my absence!

Also, we have a few friends scheduled to stop by and help JC get up a some interesting items while I’m out, so you won’t have to worry about the site no longer receiving regular updates. Enjoy an Eric-less Tiny Cartridge!

tags / vacation / philippines / ec / meta

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“Final Fight” by Inyan. I know what you’re thinking: that this is the most amazing Final Fight fanart of all time that didn’t involve piledriving sharks or Poison. Yes, I know you were thinking of exactly those qualifiers.

Anyway, you’re only thinking that because you haven’t seen this yet:

“Bill Bull” by zppp.

tags / final fight / fanart / bill bull / capcom / jc

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“Psycho Soldier” by Akira Yamaoka, from the No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle soundtrack. I’m digging this song a lot, but it has the unfortunate side effect of reminding me of the song from SNK’s game Psycho Soldier, which you’re going to have to listen to now, in both English:

and Japanese:

We all have to listen to them now! It’s out of my hands!

Buy: No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle ($46.99)

tags / no more heroes 2 / no more heroes / akira yamaoka / jc / grasshopper manufacture

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Anonymous Notes From the Abyss

Alongside several other forgettable downloadable games (though Bangai-O clone Assault Buster looks interesting), Sonic Powered will put out From the Abyss: Anonymous Notes next week via Japan’s DSiWare service. It’s essentially an excerpt of a 2008 action RPG with randomly generated dungeons that no one bought.

Even priced cheaply at 200 points, the game itself doesn’t interest me; it’s the title. I would love to play a game called Anonymous Notes that had nothing to do with From the Abyss. Imagine this scenario: You can write little messages on the touchscreen, send them to a random user online, and in return receive unsigned notes like this one:

“Dear other DS owner on the internet, here is a freehand sketch of what my balls look like.”

lt’s bewildering why more developers don’t approach us to dream up game ideas. This is gold right here.

In other DS news, Fight With Photos: Photo Fighter X might be coming to the West as Photo Dojo. Yay!

Import: Japanese Nintendo DSi XL/LL (Natural White, Dark Brown, Wine Red) & Standard DSi (White, Black, Pink, Red, Lime Green, Metallic Blue)

Buy: U.S. Nintendo DSi (White, Pink, Black and Blue)

[Via Siliconera]

tags / anonymous notes / from the abyss / sonic powered / dsiware / imports / aksys / ec

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Image used in Cyber Gadget’s page for its Wii Code Freak cheat device. This Mario -inspired image features a giant, superpowered — and inexplicably pixelated — Code Freak mascot busting up a Mario stage like the giant Mario in New Super Mario Bros. on DS.

I think there was a … green teddy bear monster in the pipe? I think the player character has … a sparkling meat item?

Cyber Gadget is a weird company.

tags / code freak / cyber gadget / jc

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Trailer for GhostSlayer, a first-person, MotionPlus-enhanced swordfighting game coming to WiiWare. It looks a lot like the swordplay game in Wii Sports Resort, except instead of cutting down Miis, you’re slashing away at the undead. I found the sword game in Wii Sports Resort really fun, so much so that I’m surprised more developers haven’t created a knock off like this.

Gevo Entertainment, the same Singaporean studio that recently released the Metal-Gear-meets-Pac-Man DSiWare game Escapee Go!, is working on this. It’s great that they get to work on another interesting project.

Buy: Wii Sports Resort

[Via Joystiq]

tags / wiiware / ghostslayer / gevo / motionplus / ec

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Screen Guard DSi+. I didn’t expect innovation in DS screen covers, but Keys Factory’s DSi cover has the smartest design I’ve ever seen. The applicator thing features a cutout of the DS D-pad, so you can easily line up the screen cover!

Having just experienced the horror of screen covers again with my PSP, I really appreciate this. Although I don’t actually know where to buy one.

See also: More Nintendo DS accessories

tags / jc / keys factory / screen protector / accessories

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Rockman Series Dodeka! E-Tank cushion. It’s a giant stuffed E-Tank. For the home. E-Capcom is taking preorders for this item (in Japan) at a price of ¥2,625 ($29.46), to ship on March 31.

Should your desires lie in more practical, audible things, Capcom is also releasing a Mega Man 10 soundtrack the same day. E-Capcom orders include an “Inti Bonus Disc #1.” Good luck propping your feet up on that.

tags / mega man / capcom / e-tank / mega man 10 / soundtrack / jc / e-capcom

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“Final Fantasy Main Theme” by Hyadain. I don’t hear anything gross in what I can comprehend of the lyrics, but when a fansubbed version appears online I’m sure we’ll discover that it’s totally juvenile. In the meantime, we can enjoy a nice vocal arrangement!

See also: More Hyadain

tags / final fantasy / hyadain / jc

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Sonic the Hedgehog 4, announced as a new and episodic 2D adventure for the blue mascot releasing on XBLA, PSN, and Wii (motion controls on the latter two versions) this summer. Sega hasn’t yet revealed how it plans to mess this up, but I suspect the company will discuss those details as the game’s release approaches. Look forward to it!

Let’s turn to UK: Resistance for a quick comment:

“We will be spending all of today making a video in which Hitler expresses his anger that Cream The Rabbit is not a playable character in Sonic 4.”

Brilliant.

tags / sonic the hedgehog / sonic the hedgehog 4 / sega / uk resistance / wiiware / project needlemouse / ec

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“Twilight” from the No More Heroes 2 soundtrack. This is identified as one of the tracks composed for the game by Akira Yamaoka (who just left the Silent Hill team to join Grasshopper Manufacture), and it actually sounds pretty distinctive from most of No More Heroes’ music, even to the point of sounding identifiably Yamaoka — if faster paced than usual.

I finally got to play No More Heroes 2, by the way, and it is my jam. Even (especially) if I got killed by one of the first bosses.

Buy: No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle ($46.99)

tags / akira yamaoka / jc / twilight / no more heroes 2 / no more heroes / grasshopper manufacture / marvelous

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