The Wii’s Virtual Console is a mysterious, sexy beast. Like that older woman who would always walk in front of her open blinds wearing only a sheer slip and a smile, you don’t quite know if it’s trying to seduce you or if it’s merely there as a supplement to an already enjoyable video game system. Today, Nintendoannouncedthat it will be releasing new games for the VC every Monday at 9am PST....
Somehow I can’t imagine this going down in my head and working.Bruce WillisinKane & Lynchas Kane? Yeah, I could easily see that. But the sly singer/songwriter/comedian/actor in this game adaptation doesn’t compute yet. And get this: he’s playing James Lynch. This is really happening. Movie screenwriterKyle Warddropped the news onTwitter:“Done deal… Jamie Foxx is in.” Whatever. I don’t know. The dudeistalented. I just can’t shake the crazy-faced homeless cello player image that easily....
Oh, you’re here. You’re not playingSuper Mario Galaxy 2, even afterDaleandChad’srecommendations? Well, uhhh, maybe there’s a reason for that. Not a good reason, but maybe you’re just wishing to watch a lot of videos of the game before you buy it to get a taste.V.Toidhas you covered like a blanket. you’re able to check out some Yoshi action above, or if you head over to V.Toid you can watch some Bowser do his thing or some more other gameplay....
[Update: I swapped the video with a better one of the same event provided bydeityofanime. Thanks!] I’m pretty sure that this is footage taken from Masahiro Sakurai’s Nintendo full presentation onKid Icarus: Uprising(all of which can be seen here), but his show was over a half hour long. I figured you might have missed some of the gamplay footage that was hidden in there. There was no sound to the video, so I uploaded some classicKid Icarusmusic for you you to play along with....
[Weekend Destructainment is a collection of funny videos brought together from all across the Internet to bring you entertainment on these slow and boring weekends.] AsDueling Analogsshows us, some characters just won’t work inSuper Mario Crossover. A nice effort, though. Check outSuper Mario Crossoverif you haven’t already! Travel back in time with the first video after the break as 20/20 looks at the Nintendo craze from 1988. Then it’s Mega64 doingMirror’s Edge....
Interpretive dance to Metal Gear Solid. There’s not much else to say. The Luigi story. An E! True Hollywood Story style documentary on the Luigi and how he turned evil. Thanks Chris!
What would videogames be like with a super-easy mode? Very boring. Well, most of them anyway. Some games look like they would be even better likeMortal Kombat. It’s a good thing we haven’t gotten to the point where the game just takes away control from you cause you’re sucking so hard.
We’ve got just over a month before the biggest gaming show of the year, the Tokyo Game Show, rears its almighty head and the time for more corporate pissing contests is upon us. If you want to embark on petty console point scoring, we have plenty of stat projections to show which platform has more on offer. Thesefiguresalso break down which genres will be getting the most exposure. Action games are going to be all over the floor this year with ninety titles, while the PC hogs the platform spotlight with ninety eight titles on show, beating out the DS by twenty....
Gaming’s resident journo-badass N’Gai Croal gets the scoop on how the pack-in of the 1992 John Woo movieHard Boiledcame to be, as well as why it will only be playable in the PS3. Level Up was told by Midway’s Steve Allison that they simply had the idea to include the movie, asStrangleholdcontinues the story of the character Inspector Tequila fromHard Boiled. Little did they know that rights owner of the movie already had plans to re-release it at the end of July....
[Update: S’all done, folks. The winners have been contacted by way of private message on Destructoid.] Razer was kind enough to throw some awesome-lookingTransformers 3 DeathAddermice our way. Sadly, we don’t get to keep them — they’re for you guys! We’ve got one of each type (Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, and Shockwave) plus one Transformers 3Vespular mouse matto give away. To enter this contest, simply reply with a comment telling us who your favorite Transformer is and why....
A long time ago I decided to tie anything internet or online to a janky $100 free checking account that was separate from my main money, just to be safe. I wasn’t happy that my info got out in the Sony hack debacle, but I didn’t feel too threatened by any of it. All this time I’ve been more worried about how much this would cost Sony, and how it might impact the immediate future for gamers....
Ubisoft has announced today that a new single player and multiplayer add-on, “The Da Vinci Disappearance” will be available forAssassin’s Creed: Brotherhoodthis March. The content features a new storyline that finds Da Vinci being kidnapped by an underground cult called the Hermeticists. For some reason, Ezio must recover stolen paintings which will lead him to the location of Da Vinci. The content adds two new locations, along with “two new gameplay features,” whatever they may be....
So excite. Today, as you read this, I’ll probably be receiving my Japanese Nintendo 3DS. Much of the excitement I have for this system is not for the launch titles, but for what’s coming up after, when the developers really get cooking. Well, that and cool ports. One of the titles I’m looking forward to is Atlus’Devil Survivor Overclocked. That’s mostly because I enjoyed the original DS title so much. Now it’ll be bigger and sexier and will dangle fancy 3D things before my eyes....
