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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Wii Olympics

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No, it's got nothing to do with Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, but a real tournament event for Wii players to test their skills. And Nintendo themselves are hosting it! Not that anyone else has ever wanted to, even though the console has some competition potential...

Proving that even though the E3 show has all been about gamers' games, Nintendo still isn't loosening its grip on the casual audience, since the tourney games are....brace yourself...Mario Kart Wii, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Hula Hoop from Wii Fit, and Bowling, Basketball from Wii Sports Resort.

Why would anybody want to be competitive in WSR Basketball? It's crap. Their other choices are fine though, but I really, really want to see a Smash Bros. Brawl tourney go on! Why isn't there any love for the beat-em-up? If they can do Mario Kart Wii, they can do Brawl.

Jett Rocket is released!

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One of our mod team has got his hands on it, so we'll probably see a review from him sooner or later.

And from the looks of early gameplay videos by people who have played it already, the similarities to Mario Galaxy just don't stop. The graphics are pretty much Galaxy standard, which is really, really surprising for a Wiiware game, and when you start a level you're treated to the same style of fly-by of the stage you're in with the camera zooming in to the main objective. Just like....guess what....Mario Galaxy.

Jett Rocket's a platformer, like Mario Galaxy. He has three hearts, just like Mario in Mario Galaxy. The only thing really that separates the two is the less charismatic character you control in this game, but hey, how many Mario-caliber mascots do you get in 20 years time?

Many are hyping this up to be the Wiiware game of the year. Let's see what happens when the critic scores start pouring in for Jett Rocket. One to look out for. And it's on the shop now for 1000 Wii Points.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

The State of the Videogame Industry

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I had to feature this one. I have really, really strong feelings about games like these- all realistic, all involve shooting, and all are.....derivative of one another. I don't see a single one of them that has any basic differences from each other aside from graphics and story. And yet all of them are hailed as the only games worth playing. Is this how the industry will self-destruct in the end?

Take my word for it. Look at the three pictures. Do you see three games, or just one?

Sunday, June 27, 2010

pikaby's Flipnote Feature! - June 27, 2010

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Two series of flipnotes this week. Which one will it be today?

Pokemon Black/White New Pokemon! 4

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Hot on the heels of the last update I made yesterday comes another flurry of Pokemon related news, with eight new Pokemon shown! How was this shown? Well, the previous video cut off at the middle. This is the remaining part and combines with the first one to make a whole. Watch!

Mario Kart saves boy's eyesight

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Okay, now this is nice.

A British youth overcame what is called "lazy eye syndrome" thanks to a doctor's prescription of Mario Kart DS, restoring his right eye from "near blindness" to a 250 percent improvement.

At age 5, Ben Michaels was diagnosed with ambylopia in his right eye, which results in a steady decline in vision in that eyeball. Untreated he would have gone completely blind in it. His doctor, however, told Ben to play Mario Kart DS with an eye patch, which trained the "lazy" one to work harder and thus to improve.

Ben was actually prescribed to play games to cure his eyesight? And after all those times mom tells us to stop playing games because it ruins eyesight. Rather ironic, isn't it?

Source: Kotaku

Pokemon Black/White Japanese Release Date!

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Speculation has it pinpointed at the end of the year. The most recent Pokemon Sunday video says 'not so'. Also a ton of new Black/White stuff in this blog post, so click to read all of it!