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July 30, 2010

Stroll around Vigrid

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: Amaterasu, art, Bayonetta, Capcom, Okami, Stroll around Vigrid — Jamie Love @ 4:52 pm

Stroll around Vigrid
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by Fenryk

“Hideki, don’t abandon Amaterasu! :< Anyway, this was inspired by 101 Dalmatians believe it or not D: The beginning when Pongo was looking at the dogs pass by.. and then the part at the park :'D aww I love that movie hahah... ANYWAY.. Wanted to do something with Bayonetta in it.. but I didn't want to abandon Amaterasu..."

I don’t think I ever really grasped what made a great image of the day post when I was writing at 4cr, but even with this piece, a day doesn’t do justice to how uniquely cool and fresh the mash up comes across – even Capcom couldn’t resist posting about it today.

Thanks to Ujn Hunter for the tip!

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Zero no Kiseki

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: Falcom, PSP, Sora no Kiseki, The Legend of Heroes, Zero no Kiseki — Jamie Love @ 3:35 pm

Falcom’s website / video for the latest entry to The Legend of Heroes franchise, Zero No Kiseki, has done a good job of slapping me upside the face today.

Aside from it belonging to the Sora no Kiseki line of titles, there’s plenty I don’t know about both the franchise and that particular series – but I know what I like, and it isn’t very often that I like a trailer for an RPG these days.

The game hits Japanese PSP’s on September 30, 2010, and you can catch the video after the break, and/or visit the game’s site here.

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Waiting For Okamiden

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: Capcom, DS, Okami, Okamiden — Jamie Love @ 8:59 am

Sometimes I think about the long wait for Okamiden in North America, and I fret about all the accidents that could befall me during such a long expanse of time – it’s a dangerous world out there after all.

But in an attempt to ease my mind, I noticed that Okamiden screenshots practically beg to be comic panels with custom dialogue. I won’t suggest my first attempt is very creative, but you should totally give it a try, if only to eat up some of the wait.

In fact, I insist you give it a try, and send me the results!

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Robot Fish & Arcade Dreams

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: Arcade, Darius, Darius Burst Another Chronicle, Japan, Taito — Jamie Love @ 8:20 am

Darius Burst Arcade
Taito’s latest cabinet for the continuing saga of blasting the life robotic aquatic reminds me why it’s miserable living in a place where you’ve got better odds of being struck by lightening than finding an arcade.

Darius Burst Another Chronicle goes uber-wide for four players later this year in Japan according to the official site.

Add this to the list of reasons it may finally be time to organize a very long Gamesugar super-shmup-friends trip overseas.

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July 29, 2010

The [Sign]al

Filed under: Editorial Rants — Tags: 360, Alan Wake, Microsoft, Remedy, Review, The Signal — Jamie Love @ 2:13 pm

Alan Wake The Signal
As far as DLC doses go, The Signal strengthens my belief that Alan Wake is skirting the edge of something blissfully chaotic and overdue, exciting for the danger it represents to the active player versus the passive consumer of media as a simple plastic by-product of corporate sustainability.

Admittedly I’m six times sucker sweet for words. From Calvino to Canetti, from poetics to the loving lure of the way words connect and flow, of simply crafting sentences that linger and expose pleasure in the cellar door that tingles on the edge of the tongue.

If you’re into that sort of thing, well then read on my fellow fluoroscopic opal rubes.

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Explodemon! Lives

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: ceoncept art, curve studios, explodemon!, PSN — Jamie Love @ 12:34 pm

Explodemon!
There was never any reason to believe otherwise, but to give you an idea of how long I’ve been waiting to hear more about this title from Curve Studios, well it was slightly before I’d heard of ‘Splosion Man, and over two writing gigs ago according to this long lost post.

At long last Curve says we can expect a PSN release before the end of 2010, whilst still boasting that their 2.5D action will return SNES flavored sensations within the agenda of self-destruction – so fingers crossed kids!

Catch some fresh art from the game after the break.

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Every Dog Has Its Day

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: CyberConnect 2, DS, Solarobo, Solatorobo — Jamie Love @ 8:51 am

Solarobo picked up a name adjustment along with a Japanese DS release date of October 28, 2010, under the name Solatorobo. CyberConnect2’s answer to my forgotten love of Tail Concerto also has a hefty collector’s edition box that brings together the always appreciated artbook and soundtrack cd.

Add to to this a bonus disc with either edition of the game and it seems a safe bet that the only way we’ll ever see these goodies in North America is if XSEED picks the title up.

Check out the game’s site for more details / images / dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria.

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