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Dave Jaffe is a multi-faceted man. When he’s notopenly criticizingthe company that has written his pay checks for most of his career, feuding withgaming blogs,or actually working on theoccasional game himself,he takes the time out to make hugely controversial statements about our industry that either work gamers into a fine lather of discontent or a make them beam from ear to ear with glee. His latest statement is perhaps one of his tamest, but I’m sure it will still be enough to ruffle some feathers....

I don’t know about you, but, honestly, I’m already sold. Amazing developer? Check. 2D? Double check. On the Wii? AMAZING! Ninjas? head explodes Vanillaware, a company that is to sprite-based graphics as Pixar is to computer animation, has announced some early details on a brand new 2D side-scrolling action game for the Wii. Tentatively titledOboro Muramasa Youtouden(loose translation:Chad is so Happy), the game takes place in feudal Japan as players fight samurai warriors and celestial Gods at a variety of different locales (ancient temples, grasslands, cities, etc....

The Japanese Capcom titleTatsunoko Vs. Capcommay be one of the biggest reasons for US residents buying imported Wiis (or doing unspeakable things to their consoles to allow them to play the game, cough cough). Featuring famous Capcom faces pitted up against the characters of Japanese animation studioTatsunoko Production,gamers have been drooling over it for some time now — and hoping it would make it here for a U.S. release. A thread onNeoGAFcame to our attention by way of the sharp eye of Dtoid community memberPhoenix Gammathat showed off pictures of a Nintendo Power that confirmed the game was coming to the U....

It isn’t a surprise that actress Kristin Bell is somehow associated with Ubisoft’sAssassin’s Creed. InDecember of 2006, Bell opened her mouth and crapped all over the game’s “surprise twist” in a conversation with IGN, where she revealed that she’d be doing voice work for the game. Now Ubisoft is announcing it like our memories are too shot to remember that actually happened. The twist here is that the ex-Veronica Marsstar isn’t just voicing a character in the game, but she’s actuallyinthe game, playing an “important part of the game’s intricate storyline....

It seems that the Virtual Console version of the NES classicMetroidon 3DS (the one recently made available to “ambassadors”) doesn’t like your naughty language. It appears that entering the password “ENGAGE RIDLEY MOTHER FUCKER” will crash your Nintendo 3DS. So don’t do it and expect to actually, you know, engage Ridley. Video of the insanity was caught and put up on YouTube, but you can go ahead and try it for yourself; doing so won’t cause any real damage to your Nintendo 3DS....

No one asked Tim Burton to do a live action version ofAlice in Wonderland, but it’s happening regardless, and the previews have been met with mixed reactions. No one asked Disney Interactive to make a game tie-in for Wii and Nintendo DS, but… here it is.Alice in Wonderland The Video Gameis schedule to be released on March 2, right before Burton’s picture hits the silver screen. Mostly looks like what you’d expect from a film-to-game tie-in, and likely won’t hold us over until American McGee and Electronic Arts reveal theirAlicesequel....

Great news if you work for GameStop: starting on February 11, you’ll be able to download and play aDragon Age IIdemo on your PC! Everyone else, it seems, will have to wait until February 23. Employees of the gaming retailer will receive a promotional code to download the demo from aspecial landing page online. The reasoning behind the early demo access is so that employees can “become a key source of knowledge....

I know what you might be thinking:A marching game for the Wii?Don’t tell me – the Wii Remote is the baton, right? Kill me now! Normally my reaction would be about the same.Major Minor’s Majestic Marchmarches to its own beat, though. It’s not some poorly-made Wii crapware. This title comes from the creative team of Masaya Matsuura and Rodney Alan Greenblat, the guys who madePaRappa the Rapper. It’s polished and creative, and there’s nothing else out there quite like it....

All this week I am going to be giving ridiculously quick hands-on impressions of all the games I see on the E3 show floor. Since I think everything is a little amazing, they will be rated, from least to most favorite:1(A Little Amazing!),2(Kind of Amazing!),3(Pretty Amazing!),4(AMAZING!), and5(The Most Amazing Thing I Have Ever Seen!). I am still recovering from the unbelievably awesome Nintendo press conference this morning. As a massive Nintendo fan, the constant barrage of classic series that kept popping up one after another was too much for me to handle....

Nintendo introduced theWii Uat its E3 press conference yesterday with the hopes of expanding its audience, but if the Japanese stock market is any indication, not everyone is convinced yet. The company’s stock price plummeted 5.68% to ¥16,930 by closing time on Wednesday, June 8. Nintendo’s shares haven’t traded at that price in more than five years, since before the launch of the Wii in November 2006. Volume was particularly high today: over 2....

When it comes to flashy Japanese fighting games, it seems Europeans just cannot catch a break.BlazBlue: Calamity Triggeris this exemplified; a long delayed, a long desired fighting game that no one in Europe has been able to properly enjoy. Well, suckers, it’s going to get worse. Due to a crowded February launch calendar, publisher Zen United has decided to delay the game a few more weeks into March. Part of this decision was to make sure the game sold well in Europe, as Zen United really wants to make sure the sequels make it to the old country just as much as Aksys wants to bring them to the US....

Guitar Hero World Tourfans who only had their hopes up for today’s “Nirvana Track Pack” release are in for a little surprise. Activision has quietly sneaked outanothertrack pack today, this one entitled the “European Track Pack 01.” The pack consists of three songs by three European bands I will admit I’ve never heard of: “Mama Mae” by Negrita, “54 74 90 2010” by Sportfreunde Stiller, and “Dis Mois” by BB Brunes....

Lionhead has done that thing again where it releases a single screenshot forFable IIIbecause that is apparently a great way to generate hype. People generally love getting their game content in tiny dribs and drabs, which is why a single image that says nothing about anything is such a great thing. Yippee. The only reason I’m even bothering to post it is because it’s the week before E3 and there’s f*ck all else for me to write about....