What is it with you people and your Pokemons? With this new edition ofPokemonfor the DS, you do realize you’re playing the exact same game as the old GBA version, right? But would that matter to anyone? No. They are still going to eat up this uber fad like crazy. Pokemons are unstoppable, selling more than one million copies in five days ofPokemon Diamond and Pearlin the U.S. The official word from Nintendo:...
Every once in a while, you have one of those moments where you realize that an idea was so directly in front of your face all the time, that you can’t believe you didn’t have it yourself. That happened to me today as I roamed the show floor at GDC and encounteredClones.Clonesis, as described by developer Tomkorp’s CEO, Ryan Tomko, “a multiplayer version ofLemmings.“ Of course! It wasso simple! Adding a multiplayer component to action/puzzle games seems like a great idea in and of itself, but to do it withLemmings?...
I sure do love rolling, and these roller girls really know how to jam! After playingJam City Roller Girls on the WiiI was so taken back by their graceful moves that I decide to pay a visit to a local Roller Derby Show. You know, to see if I had what it takes to be one of them. With a shriner hat in hand, Frozen Codebase vice president Norb Rozek showed me the basics....
You know, they’re calledStandardDefinition TVs for a reason. The videogame industry has been quick to jump on the Hi-Def bandwagon, regardless of the fact that SDTVs are still the, y’know, standard, and Rare has made a clear example of this with the ridiculously tiny text inBanjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. DespiteNuts & Boltsfollowing in the footsteps ofDead Risingby practically excluding SDTV owners,Rare has statedthat the barely legible text seen in theBKdemo will likely be exactly the same text seen at retail....
Oh, how I love the Land Down Under!The country itself is populated almost entirely by deadly, poisonous animals and pretty blonde girls, and apparently game journalists are the equivalent of Bono or Herve Villachaize down there. Oz is like some kind of sun-drenched paradise where you’re always a moment away from catching a stinger through the heart or a handjob from a hooker with an adorable accent; it’s a total crapshoot!...
[Here’s Discarded Couch Sandwich’s E3 09 blog for theRegarding E3 theme. Along with this promotion, DCS is going to be getting some random swag we collected at E3! — CTZ] “This isn’t a game where you just end up on the sofa using pre-set waggle commands,” says Kudo Tsunoda. Following that, a vast “ooooh” sweeps over the audience, with faint laughs heard dotted around some individuals. Is it me or is it really getting hot in here....
It would seem that Nintendo Europe’s condescending attitude that only “geeks and Otaku” care about the Wii’s low storage capacity is not a belief shared by Nintendo of America. Reggie Fils-Aime, the man with beefburger fists that can punch through walls,has admittedthat the need for an extended storage solution is important to all customers. “From an Americas-centric perspective, here is the reality we see. We have a consumer base who loves virtual console,” stated the savory executive....
Full disclosure: a Bane spinoff game isn’t going to happen anytime soon … but it sure is a fun topic to think about, right?Right!? In a discussion with VideoGamer,Batman: Arkham Asylumdirector Sefton Hill pondered what such a project would be like. “I really think there’s scope to take some of those villains, even some of the not-so-famous ones like Bane, who has a phenomenal backstory, and really work on turning that into something original and fresh....
It’s time for your daily serving ofProject Cafe rumors, folks! The mysterious Nintendo console has had another slice of gossip carved off of its inscrutable hide, with talk of a tablet-shaped controller. The simple interface will allegedly feature a six-inch touchscreen, dual analog sticks, and the ability to stream content from the console itself. Not exactly as elegant as the designwe came up with, but pretty impressive, at least conceptually....
According to an unidentified source thatCVGwas able to acquire, the nextLegomovie-to-game adaptation will be none other thanHarry Potter. That meansLegodeveloper Traveller’s Tales will have to slightly alter their character models to reflect school robes and messy hair instead of space armor and stubble. In Harry Potter’s case, they’ll also have to toss in some eyeglasses. There isn’t any word on the important stuff like publisher or platform, but this rumor has reared its head before....
Ahuge wad of rumorssurrounding Sony is here to kick off GDC week. We don’t know how much of it is true or what we’ll see at the conference, but we’re a blog, and rumors were made for the blogging. Since you just want the meat of the matter, here’s a nice fat list of Sony rumors for you to chew over: Them’s a lot of hot rumortoids, I think. I’m not going to shout at Sony again over the release of yet another PSP, but I will certainly pay close heed to what Ueda has to say at GDC....
It seems that Play Asia has been a source of game announcement leaks lately, dropping news ofStrikers 1945andCrimsongem Saga. Hopefully it’s going to be three for three, as it nowcontains a listingforSpace Invaders Extreme 2. Play Asia is givinga release dateof March 26 for Taito’s possible sequel, and it’s available for pre-order right now. There is no official announcement from Taito yet, so this remains a rumortoid. Hopefully it’s true, sinceSpace Invaders Extremeis a damn fine game and definitely a staff favorite at Destructoid....
And just like that, we’re one step closer to another Capcom franchise getting the Hollywood treatment. ThoseResident Evilmovies continue to do well commercially, so why not? Screen Gems has purchased the movie rights toDevil May Cry, reports Variety. The initial details aren’t much to go on, unfortunately: Kyle Ward is handling the script, and the plot will revolve around Dante avenging “his mother’s murder by killing off demons.” If it’s wrong to not-so-secretly hope Jared Leto gets to play Dante (as in,DmCDante) — just to witness the ensuing geek rage — I honestly don’t want to be right....
