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August 6, 2010

Tales from Earthsea

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: , — Jamie Love @ 4:01 pm

Tales from Earthsea
While it won’t likely threaten to steal any of Scott Pilgrim’s thunder, Studio Ghibli’s Tales from Earthsea is finally hitting theaters next week – directed by Goro Miyazaki, or Miyazaki Jr. rather than Sr. if you prefer.

I say finally because the film released to Japan in 2006, and pretty well every other continent on Earth since. Whether the wait for Disney to bring it here has anything to do with it having some of the most negative reviews I’ve ever seen for a Ghibli film remains to be seen next Friday – I like my first viewing of a Ghibli film to be in the theater.

In the meantime, catch Disney’s half attempt at a trailer after the break.

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August 4, 2010

Who’s That Flying?!

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: , , — Jamie Love @ 1:24 pm

WTF?!
UK studio Mediatonic, also known as the first studio to produce a PlayStation Mini title I had any interest in (Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess!) have dispatched word about what might become the second PlayStation Mini title I care about, Who’s That Flying?! – or WTF?!, see what they did there?

I should be more interested in Mini releases given my deteriorating attention span for longer games. The subtle art of grabbing my attention in this case owes plenty to the pitch,

“It’s a side-scrolling shooter meets tower defense (with courtroom drama and intrigue!) doused in sheer awesomeness… AND THEN SET ON FIRE.”

Some of what that actually means remains a mystery, but the mix of side-scrolling and tower defense requires preventing a set amount of enemies from getting into the city, thus saving it from invasion.

Mediatonic says the game is finished and going through the age-rating process, with a release for early September on the radar.

Your Recommended Dose of Solatorobo

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: , , , , — Jamie Love @ 12:01 pm

Solatorobo
Whilst getting into gear here in Sugarland, I couldn’t help noticing that there’s a healthy dose of concept art from CyberConnect 2’s upcoming DS title Solatorobo floating around this morning – which of course necessitates this PSA.

Aside from the fact that I like to mention every update about this Japanese release, you should definitely investigate for yourself if you dig fresh designs, or if you just have an unhealthy interest in humanoid animals.

Meanwhile I’ll return to waiting for any word that lends hope for an North American release.

UPDATE – Ahh Snap, we get a trailer today too, catch it after the break.

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July 30, 2010

Stroll around Vigrid

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: , , , , , — 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!

Zero no Kiseki

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: , , , , — Jamie Love @ 3:35 pm

Zero no Kiseki
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: , , , — Jamie Love @ 8:59 am

Okamiden
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!

Robot Fish & Arcade Dreams

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: , , , , — 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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