We aren’t responsible in any way for the work that went into this awesome video but I did stumble across it while browsing the internet today and if you didn’t know already: This site is all about sharing.
Just ignore the dipshit in the second half.
Jesus, I'm starting to rhyme my post titles just like Matt.
The Mega Man Anniversary Collection for the GC is one of those games that I bought purely out of impulse because it was a compilation and then let it fade away in the background. I threw it on once or twice in the ten years that I’ve had it of course but that was mostly only ever done out of those 3am drunken rage-needs to rock out to the Password screen in Mega Man 2. I mean we’ve all been there, right? So out of sheer boredom, last week I decided to take Mega Man 8 for a whirl for the first time. The fact that this is the one and only entry in the proper series to not originally appear on a Nintendo system (Playstation/Sega Saturn) obviously meant that I never played it back when it came out and that I was definitely going into this thing with completely blind prejudice against it. Ready and willing to hate every detail with unbridled and furious anger.
I should really work on how much I let stuff like this get to me.
READ MORE
There was this video game character I grew up with. I sorta looked up to him, you know. We did our first work together, worked our way through several titles. Things were good, we made the most of it. During the N64 era, we collected lums in 3D for the first time… made a fortune, your father, too. As much as anyone, I loved him and trusted him. Later on there was an idea to make a game for him that would be in true 3D for Nintendo’s new portable system. That character’s name was Rayman, and the new game that he intended to star in was Rayman: Origins for the 3DS. This was a great mascot, and the game promised to be one full of vision and guts. And then when it was time for the game to hit store shelves it was nowhere to be seen! Someone delayed it for several extra months. No one knows who gave the order. When I heard it, I wasn’t angry; I knew Ubisoft and the game’s lead designer Michel Ancel, I knew they were head-strong, talking loud, saying stupid things. So when I realized I had to wait even longer for a portable version of this game that I loved on Wii, I let it go. And I said to myself, this is the hobby I’ve chosen; I didn’t ask who gave the order, because it was probably a smart business decision!
Here Wii go again.
Welp.
My Wii is giving me the good old “System files are corrupted” song and dance yet again. And not even a month after I finally forced myself to muscle my way through that boring ass Subspace Emissary shit in Brawl to re-unlock all of the characters. Y’see this actually happened once before and I learned the hard way that any data that isn’t saved to an SD card goes bye-bye when those knuckleheads fix your system. Fine, whatever. The only problem is that both SSB: Brawl and Animal Crossing are delightful enough to not even allow saving to an SD card as an option.
GOD.DAMN.IT.
The really terrible part about this is that I’m going to have to re-download all of my hundred plus VC games again.That is both a brag and complaint.
Who doesn't love a little revisionist history.
Both Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS) and City Life (Wii) were decent if not overly familiar sequels to the incredibly addictive GameCube original, sure. But aside from the lack of including full on playable NES games as in the first, they really blew it in the soundtrack department too. I’d say that the theme to the original game’s menu screen alone is better than any one track from those follow ups. Most of the tracks (that change hourly) are so good that back when I was knee deep in that shit I’d find myself waiting until certain times of day before I’d play just to catch my favorites. Well, I just came across this this website which is apparently hosting each track in accordance with the actual time of day that it appears in during the game.
I know what tab will be open every night at 1:00am from now on.
When I started this website over two years ago now, my primary inspiration was Nintendorks.com so I guess it makes sense that the updates haven’t been um…shall we say, frequent recently. But if any of you follow my Tumblr you know that I’ve been online and writing stuff so where are the damn Slist posts? Well, I can answer that for you kids real quick:
I dunno.
READ MORE
As of 5pm this evening, the folks over at www.themade.org (Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment) have kicked off a potentially weekend long video game playing session in the name of charity and body odor. Their plan is to beat one title for every $1,000 dollars donated and the initial list they’ve come up with should be pretty entertaining. At the moment players are knee deep in Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest for the SNES. But then after that, sights will be set on Super Metroid (SNES), Paper Mario (N64), Streets of Rage 1, 2, and 3 (Dreamcast) and then they’ll finally wash it all down with some Ocarina of Time and Resident Evil 2 for the N64. All of which will be played on the original hardware which personally I feel is a nice touch.
So how about it? Do you have a weekend to kill and some spare cash lying around? Then grab a cold beer (or 12), click right here and watch these guys do what they would normally be doing anyway!
It will be mine. Oh yes...
I’ve been watching these limited to 500 Samus Aran action figures come and go on Ebay for about 10 years now. Sure, the sculpting isn’t really all that hot but it comes with a pretty sweet interchangeable head and what can I say? I’ve just always wanted one. There’s an auction currently going with the lowest price I’ve ever seen: A Buy it Now option for $114.99. So uh, if any of you dear readers are feeling…you know, uh…generous or somethin’. Just sayin’.
Outside of my post about running out to Best Buy the morning The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword launched without a pre-order like some kind of psycho, you may have noticed that this site has been relatively quiet about the game. No impressions, no full review, nothing. Sort of odd for a title that received so much critical praise across the board that these nerds aren’t yapping about it you may have asked yourself. Well I hate to say it because the Zelda franchise has been my favorite outside of Mario since I was 6 years old but Skyward Sword really left me underwhelmed. I don’t want to get into too much detail about what I don’t like about it (maybe I’ll save that for another day) but in general next to nothing really clicked for me. Anyway, today I came across this video and it made me smile. I haven’t touched the game in months but I feel oddly compelled to maybe throw it on and give it another shot after watching this. We’ll see how that shakes out.
Plenty of words have already been written on this site about Kid Icarus: Uprising and the majority of them have admittedly been negative. But in continuing our grand tradition of professional journalistic integrity, I decided to actually pick up a copy and play it for myself. Using the game notes function of the 3DS, I wrote out bits here and there as I muscled my way through the game. So how did the experience turn out? Read on and find out via Bullet Point structure because I’m really tired of writing and thinking about this thing!
READ MORE
Nintendo just announced via their Twitter account that to celebrate Kirby’s 20th anniversary, a special Wii compilation of the pink puffball’s classic games is on the way! Also, have a look at the first screenshot from that new 2D Mario game they mentioned was in the works a while back:
…
…
Oh, here you go:
READ MORE
Aaaahh! My Eyyyyes!
Want to play a fancy, 3D version of the original Kid Icarus on your 3DS? No? Well too bad because the 1986 cult favorite platfomer was just made available on the eShop today and you’re going to download it and you will like it (probably)! The 3D enhanced visuals are the obvious selling point for anyone who may already own a physical copy of the NES cart or have it downloaded from the Wii’s Virtual Console *raises hand on both counts.* But that isn’t the only visual flourish exclusive to this new port! Beautiful new backgrounds have been added to each stage creating a more detailed world than ever before:
READ MORE
And I mean love as in love this dude. All hail the Mushroom King.
I first gave tumblr a shot a couple of years ago with What Did I Eat Last Night? A site that was devoted to morning after photographs of those magical meals only possible during the wee drunken hours of the morning. It only lasted for a few entries before I decided I wanted to live past the age of 30. After that (and not too long ago) came Sex Trek: The Next Generation, which I intended to make a haven for every dirty or innuendo fueled image/gif I could find from from Star Trek: The Next Generation. This page was slightly more prolific but scouring the internet for hours upon hours trying to find homoerotic meaning in the relationship between Commanding officers and ensigns started to feel even less healthy than knocking out a couple of cheeseburger sticks at 4am.
Anyway, now I’m giving it another shot only this time without a theme. Under The Raydar will be my own private corner of the internet where I’ll yap about everything from comics to movies and yes, probably even Nintendo now and then. Feel free to follow and here’s hoping the third time’s the charm.
No you’re not reading your calendar wrong. Earlier today Nintendo unveiled its new online “home” for their famous mascot cleverly dubbed www.Mario.Nintendo.Com. A webpage filled with lazily written summaries for every retail and downloadable 3DS and Wii title featuring the fat plumber (isn’t this already IGN’s thing?). They’ve even added a little scroll at the bottom of each page suggesting other games you might be interested in based on the one you’re currently browsing. What’s that, guys? If I really like Super Mario Bros. 2 then I might also dig Samurai Showdown IV? Um, ok. There are actually a couple of cool little bits to be found on the site including a fun take on “Memory,” featuring familiar faces from the mushroom kingdom and also a quiz to test your Mario knowledge which you should have no trouble burning through if you’re above 6 years old and have ever played a Nintendo game in your life.
Check out the card game by clicking this and have a go at some Mario trivia right here. I’m positive you have nothing better to do.
