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November 18, 2010

Return of the WiiWare Demo

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: , , , , , — Jamie Love @ 12:17 pm

WiiWare Demos
While other companies are offering discounts on digital software during the month of November, Nintendo has opted to treat us to the return of Demos for a selection of WiiWare titles. Starting November 22nd, gamers can sample Bit.Trip Fate, And Yet it Moves, ThruSpace and Jett Rocket, with additional demos being added each Monday and remaining available for “a limited time.”

Admittedly the title selection is nod worthy, but sometimes Nintendo reminds me of that relative that always gets me socks for Christmas. Sure socks are useful, but come on Big N, where’s the love?

Anyway, I’ll be optimistic today and hope that this demo idea catches on, I really believe it has potential.

November 16, 2010

Gamesugar Contest – Ys: The Oath in Felghana

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: , , , , , , , , , — Jamie Love @ 7:52 pm

Contest Ys The Oath in Felghana
I’m confident that no other title on the PSP this year, or perhaps ever, has offered up the endurance run that is Xseed’s latest dose of Falcom’s Ys series to hit North America. I’m also certain that the Falcom faithful wasted no time in devouring the release. But while I’m grinding away on some form of a review for the game, it seemed a noble cause to try and spread the Ys agenda with a giveaway in the meantime.

Courtesy of Xseed Games, we have a chance to give five of you a digital download copy of Ys: The Oath in Felghana, pretty sweet right?

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this post telling us why you need a copy by 11:59 pm est on Sunday November 21, 2010.

Curious about the game after hearing some talk on the street? Did you happen to run out of blood to sell right when it released? All reasons are welcome here, because we’ll draw five names at random the following Monday afternoon and a winner could be you.

This Happened – The Asskickers!

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: , , — Jamie Love @ 5:12 pm

The Asskickers!
On the list of game titles that grab for my attention, The Asskickers seems to work. As for the game itself, it very much digs at 2D beat’em up memories, but apparently offers the opportunity to beat the snot out of yuppie jerks rather than the traditional inner city punks of my gaming youth – citing the corrupted asses of white-collar villains as the more insidious poison of today.

The game is aiming for an early 2011 digital release on Mac and PC, and you can catch some video after the break – entirely worth watching for the soon to be classic line, “I’m going to kick your ass so hard that you will regret someone invented the chair.”

Sidenote – This kind of makes me want a videogame based on John Carpenter’s They Live, damn that was a great and still potentially factual movie.

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Birthday Wishes – Miyamoto Edition

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: , , — Jamie Love @ 3:44 pm

Miyamoto
Nintendo’s weapon of choice turns 58 today, and considering how many games he’s given us over the years it didn’t seem right to let the day slip away without shouting out a Happy Birthday to Shigeru Miyamoto.

November 15, 2010

Your Recommended Dose of Import Nostalgia

PSN Imports
MonkeyPaw Games grants two flashback import wishes on PlayStation Network this week, with Money Idol Exchanger and Sonic Wings Special, both of which release tomorrow for $5.99 a piece – under the Import tab in the PSone Classic section.

This seemed significant for two reasons –

1 – Money Idol Exchanger’s economic puzzle challenge stands out in my mind most because someone gave me hell for not mentioning it when reviewing Critter Crunch last year.
2 – Sonic Wings deserves a mention entirely because one can never have too many military based 2D shooters – it’s a fact.

Catch some hurriedly grabbed YouTube footage after the break.

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Your Monday Dose of Zen

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: , , , , , — Jamie Love @ 9:57 am

Derby Dogs
Aksys Games brings the dog track to WiiWare with Derby Dogs this week, entirely important because it reminded me of the greatest sport ever imagined within a videogame – of course I’m speaking of poison chihuahua racing.

If you’re unfamiliar with the sport, you can catch some video after the break, or consult the nearest available copy of God Hand.

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November 10, 2010

It’s On Like Donkey Kong

It's On Like Donkey Kong
But only if Nintendo says so.

The company filed a request with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in order to trademark the phrase, which they word as “in honor” of the approaching release of Donkey Kong Country Returns. At no additional charge the same PR spiel cites the pop-culture nature of the phrase’s use in music, television and film, which I would naively think reason enough toward why Nintendo shouldn’t be able to trademark the phrase.

Keep in mind I ain’t no lawyer or anything, just a dude walking the wasteland of gaming.

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