The median age of a gamer is in his/her mid 30’s, and those statistics show that the average gamer grew up in the golden age of electronic entertainment, the 80’s. If the names like Galaga, Life Force, Dragon Warrior, and Bad Dudes causes a grin from ear to ear, then make sure and give Retro Game Challenge a try. Click on the jump for the full review!
I am sure that most people have heard the story about the kid that got a PSP from Wal-Mart in Florida recently and found out that someone had left a Memory Stick full of porn in it. Well, here’s another blow (no pun intended) to the Wal-Mart electronics department. A mother bought a Nintendo DS for her son on his birthday, from Wal-Mart (coincidentally in Florida). When they got it home, the kid opened the box and it was full of rocks wrapped in a Chinese newspaper. Of course, the minimum wage sales associate at the Wal Mart did not want to help them at all, and suggested that they contact Nintendo directly. It would be bad enough if the story ended there, but it gets better. It turns out that this same box was returned to that Wal-Mart, and somehow ended up re-sealed and put back on the shelf. Now that is just rude. After this information was revealed (it wasn’t specified how this was found out), Wal-Mart changed their tune and gave the woman a full refund plus a $20 gift card. So it seems that when we buy anything electronic from a Wal-Mart in Florida, you are gambling. You could end up with a porn stash, or you could end up with nothing but a box of rocks. Caveat emptor my friend, caveat emptor.
For anyone who is salivating with anticipation, the new DSi is available for preorder at Amazon.com. The price for is $169.99 with free shipping. Personally, I like my kid’s DS Lite. It’s a fun little machine to use while taking the kids to the pool (if you know what I mean). I am not totally sold yet that all of the new features of this machine are worth the extra money, though it would be nice to snap a “mid-strain” shot to use as my Facebook profile pic. Link is for the Matte Black version only. The blue one is not showing on Amazon yet. Enjoy!
For the past five years, “Bob” has been developing “Bob’s Game”. Now that he’s done his ‘epic RPG’ he wants to get an SDK and He has been spending all of his time making this game and went to GDC a year ago to ask for an SDK. He then incorporated (Robert Pelloni LC) and filled out the correct paperwork.
Nintendo must have an unofficial policy to not deal with lunatics because so far they’ve ignored him. As a rational business man he then decided to do a lock-in. He locked himself into his offices (mother’s basement?) for 100 days all via webcam. Obviously this must end with Nintendo giving him an SDK?
Shockingly, it didn’t. It ended with Bob faking his own death and having the police run in. Or it ended with Bob faking his own death and faking police coming in.
Anyway, here’s to you Bob! Defining Crazy on the DS.
The multi-year drought is over for all you Tecmo Bowl Fans! ‘Tecmo Bowl : Kick Off!’ begins shipping today. It’s DS only and hopefully it’s fun. I’ll miss Ronnie Lott, Bo Jackson and Thurman Thomas though. EA should buy the franchise and start including it in their yearly Madden.
Oh Nintendo, how I love and hate you at the same time. Nintendo has figured out the main ingredient to appease hardcore RPG fans, Square Enix. Although there won’t be a HD version of Final Fantasy Appearing on a Nintendo System this generation, there will be classic Squaresoft games heading to the DS. Chrono Trigger, hailed as one of the best RPGs of its time, has a solid release date of November 28. Chrono Trigger released on the Super Nintendo in 1995, straying away from traditional turn-based RPG standards. Many of those innovations are seen today in current games. Also, the Final Fantasy remakes, epsisodes III and IV, are currently on the DS. The DS, being the pick-up and play system on the go, combined with the release of classic franchises, is very appealing to old school gamers. So many women play the DS, that men can convince their significant others to purchase a DS.
HARDCORE GAMERS!!…Nintendo hasn’t forgotten about you. They just forgot to mention the new projects they have been working on. Nintendo has a long history of being secretive. According to the media, Nintendo has always been clandestine about their projects. Including the dark ages known as the Gamecube. Listen to some of the older 1up podcasts when they discuss the hardship in obtaining any type of exclusive from Nintendo. Miyamoto discusses with IGN that the Zelda team have been working hard on a new Zelda game, and there is a separate DS team that is working on a new Zelda title. They have also confirmed a new Mario title in the works. No dates have been confirmed yet, but the 2008 holiday season is around the corner. Will Nintendo bet the bank on cutesy Kirby? Doubtful. Nintendo fans, be patient. Mario and Zelda haven’t let us down before. Both of them have princesses to save!
The NPD numbers are looking more like “business as usual” for yet another month. I don’t even think New Kids on the Block lasted on top this long. But, that’s a good thing. It’s interesting because the Wii isn’t the top seller this month. It is second place by over a 100,000 units to it’s little brother the DS. The DS has definitely picked up steam, since it has been deemed as the choice console for on-the-go people. I will crown Nintendo the victor only when my parents buy a Wii or DS product. Until then, the race is still on! Click here for the numbers, courtesy of 1up.
There definitely seems to be a rebirth in the Role-Playing genre. Xbox 360 has many upcoming RPG titles, and it has never been a RPG based console. The DS receives another remake of a classic Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy IV was just released for the Nintendo DS, now making the DS light the RPG console of choice. Already hosting a cast of classic RPG’s, FFIV is considered the beginning of teenage angst and melodrama in RPG’s. Story, being the main driving point in FFIV, captures the player unexpectedly. Cecil, a Dark Knight, begins the game on a quest for his power hungry king. He is also joined by Cain, a dragoon. Cecil and Caine’s story is a great one, and many other exciting characters join (and leave) the party. This is a must have for RPG lovers and DS owners. The graphics are completely revamped and have a nice coat of 3D paint applied to it. Famed composer, Nobuo Umaetsu reworks the classic music. Also the characters are based on the original artwork of Tetsuya Nomura. Square has also ported Final Fantasy III to DS which was never released into America. Time to start saving money for a DS.
So much for the rumor that GTA IV was going to hurt movie sales. It seems that the Iron Man movie has pulled in more than 100 million in ticket sales in the US in its first weekend alone. I must admit that our 16 dollars were part of that 100 mil and I loved the movie. The movie got over 200 million in sales worldwide. It came in second in opening weekend sales for non sequels beaten only by Spider Man which had 114 million in sales its first weekend. Iron Man is 10th on the all time opening weekend sales list. This all leads to my question, have any of you played the Iron Man game? If so I would like to know because I am tempted to pick it up. I know movie based games usually suck, but this one is getting average reviews. Some people say its good while other say it sucks so I want our listeners opinions. If everyone is still playing GTA IV I will understand but I was curious if anyone had picked this up yet.
*****Update*****. …continued
Ok so the link I had up here earlier was not the one it was supposed to be. This is the correct link for where the info came from. I really don’t know where that other link came from. Sorry.
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