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No Face draw-string pouch, perfect for a Nintendo DS or DSi, though craftster Ashley Cooper points out it’s “quite spacious and would make a fantastic case for [almost] anything from iPods and phones to sunglasses and nick-knacks.” She’s currently selling this one-of-a-kind item for $25 through her Etsy shop.
Ashley crocheted this Spirited Away-inspired case with cotton yarn, creating No Face’s mask out of fleece and felt detailing. The dangling items on the drawstring — bath tokens! — are made of polymer clay.
[Update: That sold quick! Perhaps you can commission Ashley to crochet another one for you?]
See also: More Nintendo DS accessories
tags / accessories / ashley cooper / crafts / ec / hayao miyazaki / no face / spirited away / crochet
Bomberman as a Laputa: Castle in the Sky robot, by Sakkan (click the image for a larger version).
This tribute to Miyazaki and Hudson introduces the first story in a busy list of Japanese DSiWare news — Itsudemo Bomberman, or Bomberman Anytime, will hit Japan’s DSiWare service this October for 500 Nintendo points, according to Famitsu. Hudson hinted this new edition a month ago, so everyone saw it coming. The real mystery is will it have dinosaurs and/or kangaroos?
Just two weeks after Ketsui DS developer Arika released a new bullet hell game for DSiWare, Genterprise has revealed two shoot’em ups for its budget (200 points) G.G. series: Z.ONE, a horizontal-scrolling SHMUP featuring a Pod that fires in eight directions; and Wonder Land, a vertical-scroller themed after Alice in Wonderland.
Those two will hit Japan next week, as will Saikyoo Silver Star Go from Silver Star Japan (essentially Go), and a very strange card/board game from Nintendo titled Asoberu Ehon Mind Ten, both priced at 500 points.
Finally, Dragon Quest Wars appeared on the ESRB site, indicating a U.S. release for the simple strategy game.
See also: Future Boy Conan, the Miyazaki anime that inspired Lost in Shadow’s art direction
[Via Sakkan, Fort90, NintendoLife, GoNintendo, Andriasang]
tags / intelligent system / hudson / bomberman / laputa / hayao miyazaki / saikyoo silver star go / silver star japan / asoberu ehon mind ten / z one / genterprise / wonderland / bomberman anytime / imports / dsiware / ecFuture Boy Conan opening. In case you haven’t read the latest Nintendo Power (or the GSW article I wrote on this), Tower of Shadow’s chief designer Osamu Tsuchihashi’s cited this Hayao Miyazaki anime from the 1970s as the inspiration behind the shadow-based platformer’s look.
I can kind of see it in this intro at least — the blighted buildings, the boy running toward adventure, and, of course, the silhouetted scene in the last five seconds. It would be a dream if the soundtrack was anything like the song in this extended Italian version of the opening:
Apparently, the Hudson team working on Tower of Shadow is the same group behind the Kororinpa series, and they’re using the same level design tool employed with those marble games. I never played any of the Kororinpas, but the discussions I’ve read about them are positive.
Back to Miyazaki, my wife and I finally watched Ponyo over the weekend, and it was really fun! I would like to play a game in which I explored a flooded city in a toy boat with a magical girl/fish, sandwiches in our backpacks.
See also: Tower of Shadow trailer
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