Here’s a pet peeve of mine; people with a rose-tinting deification of Ocarina of Time. For me, that game, along with Mario 64, will always symbolize a personal low-point for my feeling of connection to videogames as a whole. Of course, I understand why people love both of those games, and it’s totally understandable that [...]
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Yes, I said dance, because the game is about dancing, acting, love, and piloting transforming steam-powered psychic robots. For Chrissakes, your squad is called the New York Combat Revue! Anyway, NIS America sent us a load of screenshots for Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love. Being the resident fanboy, it was my duty to make [...]
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One of the ideal Super Nintendo games ever, Super Mario Kart, will be hitting the Virtual Console this Monday. The classic racing game will cost you 800 Wii points. Later this holiday season, we can expect a couple of more classics to hit the Virtual Console store. First up will be Pilotwings for the SNES [...]
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When I first heard that Capcom’s next Resident Evil game was going to be a sequel to the Wii-exclusive Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, I was pretty disappointed. Umbrella Chronicles actually turned out to be great — much superior than I thought it would be — but still, nothing about the game demanded a sequel. [...]
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Don’t worry, Atlus might be known for its propensity for importing Japanese cruelty (alonside Shin Megami Tensei games), but they promise that THIS time, with the February 10 release of Shiren the Wanderer for Wii, you won’t be totally broken. Atlus first official blog post reveals that despite being a self-professed roguelike (the sort of [...]
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You wouldn’t know it by looking at my credit card bills, but I have never been a member of GameFly. I’ve, however, racked up a bunch of meager transactions over the years whenever they try to pawn off their excess videogames with crazy sales. Today is another one of those days where GameFly wants the [...]
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Look, when I think of Monster Hunter, the last thing I think about is the high school education system. Apparently I must be in the minority, as Capcom seems to think that Monster Hunter and education go hand in hand, which is why, in a move to preview Monster Hunter Tri for the Wii, they [...]
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The VGAs might be looked at with cynicism and contempt by a great many among the gamer community, but there’s no denying that it’s about as mainstream an award show as we’re going to get. With that in mind, the nominations are in, and we now get to see who’s vying for the biggest accolades [...]
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Apparently EA Sports Active is so important that it deserves its own store. Throughout the run-up to Christmas, Electronic Arts will be operating two stores in San Fransisco and Boston, and EA Sports Active is the only game they’ll sell. Not that EA’s desperate to sell it or anything. The stores will only be open [...]
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