Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up is an abberration. It is a listless clone of the Smash Brothers series, and fails on every account upon which a video game can be judged. The game was developed by Game Arts and Toylogic inc., and released by Ubisoft. Game Arts Co. Ltd. was one of the companies that worked on the initial development for Smash Bros. Brawl, which is exactly what this game feels like: Unfinished. Ubisoft took developers who worked only on the basics of an intricate combat system, and produced something raw and rotten. As a child I was an enormous fan of the Ninja Turtles cartoon. As a young adult, I played an obscene amount of Super Smash Bros. for the N64, and played its incarnations at length as I got older. This game is an insult to the spirit of both franchises. Unless you love all things Ninja Turtles regardless of their quality, this game is so bad it makes the N64 Smash Bros. look good.

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The controls for TMNT: Smash-Up are basically the same as Smash Brothers. There is a standing attack, three directional standing attacks (hold forward, hold up, or hold down), and four directional jumping attacks (in the air, hold forward, back, down, or up). These move sets exist for both the A button (regular attack) and the B button (special). In addition, you can throw, block, roll, do a double jump, and (new to Smash-Up) do leaping attacks off the walls. Smash Bros. is mellifluousness dance of fighting and movement. Power, speed, and recovery for each character has been calculated individually, as well as in relation to one another. Everyone feels special, and all movement is purposeful. TMNT: Smash-Up is hodgepodge of moves that feel disconnected. Somewhere, in its depest recesses, perhaps the developers and testers thought about harmony. But who would go looking? The journey would be boring, painful, and lonely.

The graphics are mediocre. Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo has more thoughtful and sharp graphics than this Wii game. The only impressive graphics are in the Arcade Mode, and not part of the gameplay. The Turtles are a long standing franchise in a variety of media, but started originally as a comic book by Kevin Eastman, and Peter Laird. The Arcade Mode is told through comic pages illustrated by Peter Laird. The camera scrolls over the frames to give the illusion of movement, and the drawings of Laird are a welcome addition. Sadly Eastman is not on board for the Arcade Mode story which couldn’t be more basic. Splinter is having a tournament. Everyone is invited. If you win, you get two prizes. The End.

One of the great things about the original cartoon was the music, so I was anxious to see the music in the game, and if you listen very carefully, you might even be able to hear it. In addition to being inaudible, than it is neither fun, engaging, nor remarkable.

The game offers some bonus modes similar to Smash Bros.: Battle Royal, Survival, Tournament, Mission Mode, and a handful of Smash Bros. mini games like “Time Trials” and “Break the Targets.” Except “Break the Targets” is now “Eat the Pizza.” The collision detection for the pizzas is a little off, which is sad and frustrating. There’s even an online mode which I gave a try. Not one person in the world was playing.

The key to these fighting games is to attack your enemy without waste. That this game’s highest level computer could beat me may be evidence there is skill to the game. But I doubt this game’s depth. For example, the most important aspect of Smash Bros. is recovering from an attack when hit. The recovery is system so refined you can recover at any time, and on any surface without interrupting the logical flow of movement. Like hitting the brakes on a car, stopping is a process that can change with speed. Recovery for TMNT is cumbersome, and lacks in-game physics. If Game Arts made a driving game, they would make hitting the brakes once a full stop, and congratulate each other on a job well done.

I give this game a 1.5/10. The game gets 1 for having some kind of content, and creating a game that will run when I power on my system. It gets a 0 for graphics, 0 for gameplay, 0 for music, and a 0 for fun. The 0.5 extra is because Ultrominator’s (Krang’s) standing up attack made me laugh. (For non-Ninja Turtles fans, Krang is a brain with a face, and tentacles for arms and legs. While completely exposed, he controls a big robot that looks like a tall, bald, fat man with Eskimo sunglasses. When you hold up and press regular attack, Krang bursts from his belly and thrusts up and down repeatedly while screaming. It’s pretty funny.)

To release this game on the Wii is nonsense. Smash Bros. Brawl is the fastest-selling video game in Nintendo of America’s history. Smash Bros. Melee was GameCube’s all-time best seller. It’s like sending a crayfish to attack a whale. Releasing the game on the Playstation 2 hints at Ubisofts motive: Dangle a malformed worm into an ocean of gamers and pray SOMEBODY will bite. Well don’t! Have some respect for yourself, and buy Smash Bros. Brawl.

The first person to go up to ZOMGROB and screams “GO LISTEN TO GIRLTALK YOU HIPSTER FAGGOT” will drink for free the whole weekend!

GET FUCKING HYPED! !!!! SickDamage.com will be at this years Anime USA convention! We’ll be covering the con for the blog… and by covering I mean going completely bat shit crazy, drinking nonstop, taking pictures of our selfs for facebook and DANCING ON YOUR MOTHER FUCKING GRAVES! Honestly…. you have no idea! Think of whatever big crappy party weekend your college does (minus most of the girls) and triple the drinking and dancing LOL. I blacked out maybe 95% of last years Anime USA. I know I was there… and I kinda remember making hand puppets over the projector during the Freeze Pop show to make it look like I was grabbing the lead singers tits…. but after that, I’ve got nothing LOL. Also, we will be handing out fliers and inviting people to our Sick Damage Turkey Stomp Dance Party that will be taking place the following weekend in Vienna, Virginia. BE THERE!

WE’LL BE TWEETING ALL WEEKEND! FOLLOW US!

I’ll make you a gin and tonic…. or German suplex you…. depends on how stupid your face is.

Here are a couple of funny character alignment charts worth checking out. There’s a general geek version and a Smash Bros./Nintendo version. See them both maxed out after the break.

]]> http://sickdamage.com/2009/11/03/sickdamage-coms-turkey-stomp/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:29:39 +0000 mcdeathbear http://sickdamage.com/2009/11/03/sickdamage-coms-turkey-stomp/

SICK DAMAGE IS HOSTING THEIR FIRST EVER EVENT! So its only fitting that it’s a VIDEO GAME DANCE PARTY! Headlined by famous electro artist VIKING and featuring Young Enough, CJMilli, and The Grenade! Saturday Nov 28th 10:30pm @ the Jammin’ Java in Vienna, VA. $5 tickets, ALL AGES!

TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW GET THEM HERE!

SickDamage.com authors MC DEATH BEAR, ZomgRob, Meat Whistle, and nickthetorpedo will all be there. Support this blog and get FUCKED UP WITH US! We will be at the Anime USA convention handing out fliers to promote this show!!! With a ton of help from The Grenade we have completely HOOKED THIS SHOW UP! Check out what you can expect!

PARTY INFO:

• Drink specials all night!

• Sponsored by the video gaming convention MAGFest who will be handing out t-shirts and giving away a some free entry badges for this years convention!

• Sponsored by Domestic Apparel Projects and giving away free designer t-shirts!

• Photography all night by the super hawt Liz Swain!

• Arcade games including Turtles in Time, Hogan’s Alley, Donkey Kong, Mario Brothers, and Super Street Fighter 2!

• Get a chance to play (lose) Super Smash Brothers Melee against professional gamer PC CHRIS!

• Video Game world champion Benjamin Daniels will be attempting to break his Super Mario 3 world record during the party!

• Last but not least, make out with MC DEATH BEAR! (LOL)

this event is going to be great. tell all of your friends! we hope to see a ton of grinders fah dayz! You can visit the event’s Facebook page HERE. Invite any cool cats ya want. See ya there!

Me refiero al conocidísimo vídeo del puñetazo del Capitan Falcon que destruía una galaxia entera, en realidad el es el núcleo de no sé que mierda y otra sorpresilla que tendréis que ver el vídeo…

Meencanta la musiquilla de fondo, muy Shonen.

I decided to drop the PSP from this article because, frankly, I know nothing about it. For the record I’d be interested in WTF and the Metal Gear games on that system and that’s about it.

The Wii and DS operate in a completely different stratosphere when compared to the 360 and PS3. Yes, the PS3 price drop has helped a lot, especially in Japan, but Nintendo’s consoles just appeal to such a wide variety of gamers (young and old, casual and hardcore, male and female) that it’s tough to break down what really sells systems. But hey, I’ll give it a shot.

Nintendo Wii

System Seller: Wii anything
I was tempted to put the Wii itself as its own system seller, because that’s pretty much true. The Wii moves so many units because of all they hype generated around it. People gravitate to all the “Wii” games, Wii Fit sells a lot of systems, but many people are just content getting the Wii for Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort. Even Wii Play sells tons of units, although that isn’t really a system seller as much as it is something that people pick up when they get a Wii (for the extra controller or whatever). The Wii, unlike any other gaming system, sells to the average consumer with its accessibility, which is why it is destroying the competition.

Must Haves: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime: Trilogy, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Brothers: Brawl, Wii Sports: Resort (or equivalent)
The sad thing about this list is that two of the games came out around launch (Trilogy is all the Metroid Prime games with the new Wii controls though, so I guess it’s technically new) and Galaxy came out like 2 years ago. For serious gamers, there’s not a lot to offer on the Wii, especially 3rd party content. That being said, Zelda and Mario, like all Nintendo first party games, are excellent, and Metroid Prime is one of my favorite video game series ever. Metroid also uses the controller very effectively and is the best first person experience I’ve had on the Wii. I threw Wii Sports: Resort on there because if you own a Wii it’s almost mandatory that you own a good party game, but really there are a lot of choices out there: Boom Blox is pretty fun - you could even get away with a game like Warioware: Smooth Moves, and of course almost everyone owns Mario Kart (just check the NPDs). Thankfully, Nintendo is releasing a couple of new Mario games this year and next, so hopefully there will be a reason for me to dust off my Wii soon.

Upcoming: New Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Galaxy 2, Wii Fit Plus

Nintendo DS

System Seller: Pokemon (kids), Brain Age (adults)
It’s no surprise that the average owner of a handheld console is much younger than the average owner of a home console. What better way to keep the kids occupied on long car trips than have them “catch them all”? I played Pokemon on the GBA, and it was a surprisingly deep game, and according to reviews the DS versions are still decent. Regardless, Pokemon probably sells the most DSes to kids, whereas older adults, including very old adults (like my parents) like the DS for games like Brain Age, simple brain exercises that people like to play to keep themselves young. If you’re old, you buy the DS, if you’re young, you buy the DS. No wonder it’s sold the most units in the current generation.

Must Haves: Square-Enix RPGs, Professor Layton series, Phoenix Wright series, Elite Beat Agents (Ouendan in Japan)
The crazy thing about the Nintendo DS is that there is something for everyone. For the most part, the “casual” stuff sells systems, and that’s what a lot of people focus on. But if you like old-school RPGs, there are the re-releases of Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy, for people who like puzzles, there is Professor Layton, Phoenix Wright tickles one’s adventure fancy, and Elite Beat Agents is for rhythm game fanatics. And if none of those genres floats your boat, there are legions of other game types out there (I’m sure I’ve forgotten a bunch of excellent games). As espion4ge has stated elsewhere, the DS really is one of the best values in gaming and a great investment for any gamer, especially if you’re on the go. If you spend time shopping with your wife (check), take public transportation (check), or like to play games before you drop off to sleep (now outlawed in my household), the DS is a great buy. Just do yourself a favor and go with the Lite over the DSi, so you’ll save yourself some money.

Upcoming: The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, Ace Attorney: Miles Edgeworth

So that’s my take on the best games out there for the current systems. Of course, most of it is based around my preferences, so I’d love to hear what games you all love to play on your systems! Especially if it’s the PSP…haha.

A native of San Francisco, California, Young Dunn represents for his label Good Felons Muzik. “Who’s Why-D?” is Young Dunn’s first official solo mixtape. It’s a compilation of Hyphy, Soul and Swag drenched tracks; a strong demonstration of ambition and charm. His style, can best described as West Coast Lil’ Wayne with a splash of Rick Ross.

Dunn covers some of this year’s biggest songs including “Best I Ever Had” and “Successful”.  His singing flow and cleverly placed adlibs are entertaining and draw the listener into his intricate puns and wordplay. As far as content goes, “Who’s Why-D?” is filled with the typical money cash hoes but it’s Dunn’s delivery that distinguishes him from the pack. He bodies tracks like “Bang Bang”, “Wet” and Last of a Dying Breed”. “Bang Bang” is a great opening to a mixtape. It’s a warning track for the haters. Here, Dunn drops crazy metaphors complimented by a fast-paced and dramatic beat. Dunn’s flow is impressive. “Wet” is a track you will “go dumb” to. It has that genuine Bay feeling to it and a hook you won’t forget. Dunn has a hit with this one. “Last of a Dying Breed” is a little more introspective for Young Dunn. Dunn raps, full of hope “Here’s a toast to the future…”.  Who’s Why-D? If you wanna know, cop the mixtape!!

Обичам филма Cloverfield, обичам и компютърните игри… Какво би станало обаче, ако вместо гигантските неща от “Чудовищно” света бъде на лазен от компютърни персонажи?! Ще се случи CLOVERBRAWL!

Филмчето е дело на SeakittenCollective който се “прочу” с филмчето “Little Big Revenge“

Източник: joystiq.com

By DeadDemon

“Formed in December 2005, the Raspberry Jam Band has become part of the ragtime scene in the Sacramento and Sierra foothills areas. They have participated in the Ragtime Corner of the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, West Coast Ragtime Festival, and have been featured at Auburn Concert Band performances. They perform at the Sacramento Ragtime Society and The Mother Lode Ragtime Society meetings.” -RASPBERRY JAM BAND OFFICIAL WEBSITE

what’s the best part about this awesome rag time group from Auburn, California? no, not that they have sick hats and a washboard player. but in this video below, they are actually playing the Athletic Theme from Yoshi’s Island!! how sick is that!?

these are a few rag timers that will forever be SickDamage heroes.

these country bros apparently got the idea to play the song from taking requests from fellow youtubers. apparently they also performed a live rendition of Moo Moo Farm from Mario Kart 64 as well. so awesome, great job!

This has the originals and the remix. The remix is one of the better ones out there (in general I think remixes are worse than originals)… the second half of the song is where the remix really shines… it really captures the “Sonic” feel well, kind of ties it together with the newer games.

The new Street Fighter/Dragon Ball Z Final Fantasy game is out 8/25/09 and it looks as if it’s is  impressive. But it does have one drawback, it’s only for the PSP, which I think is a wrong move.  If they would keep it for PS2, PS3 and PSP then that would be so much better.

To be able to play as Cloud with a huge ass sword in a fighter style game would just be bad ass!!! But unfortunately I don’t have a PSP nor will I ever have one.  Final Fantasy 7 was what got me into the Final Fantasy series and I will always say it is my personal favorite.

This game has kind of a Smash Bros feel to it by building Bravery Points and depleting your opponent’s health.  This is sort of like the Smash Bros where you build up strength to be down your opponents.

Reading an article on the game, the controls seem to be pretty straight forward and easy to understand.  Though I really wonder if they went in depth and included moves such as Limit Breaks and stuff like that…or Summons.

Interestingly enough there is a story mode to this game.  You can take your character out and level them up and go back to arcade mode.

Just by reading this article, this game does seem promising, but it is a shame that it is limited to one platform and that I probably won’t ever play it due to that.

Click here for the review of the game

Bringing back the rarely seen audio reviews, Josh60502 and JoeWillBeatJohn recorded this snazzy discussion about District 9 on Wednesday. It’s on YouTube, and it’s even been uploaded to the iTunes podcast feed. Two other talks we had were recorded that same day, but I’d rather not release all of them at once. Since this was the most currently relevant, it has appeared first, but look out for the other two soon!

By Josh60502

Today, I watched way more TV than I normally care for.  Four episodes of Survivor.  It was fun, but I would have sufficed with three.  I’m just not the type of person who can watch TV for countless hours in a single day.  That’s not me; it will never be me.  I seriously do not know how some people do it.

So, it turns out I won’t be working Friday and Saturday at Barcelona.  Instead, I’ll just be working at Avalon on Saturday for about three hours.  It’s so funny:  Just last night I could almost see the PS3 in my living room alongside my Wii.  Now, that vision is slowly getting further and further away from me.  If I worked at least four days in the next two weeks, I would have had enough for the console, but now I don’t even know how long it will take for me to gather all the cash necessary to obtain the very console I’ve wanted since 2006.  Ugh…  I feel so annoyed by that fact.  Damn it all to hell!

I didn’t write any new articles today.  I thought Daniel was going to come by with the graphics card, but he didn’t.  So, once again, I have to put my Mini Ninjas article on hold.  He might come over tomorrow, but I’m not holding my breath.  Since I’m not working tomorrow, I’ve pretty much got a free day.  I plan on writing an article for the new SmackDown Vs. Raw 2010 early in the day.

Since I didn’t do any writing, I did a whole lot of gaming.  I played HCTP for a good while.  Then I played some Super Smash Bros. Brawl online with Daniel and Danny.  I got owned, and I can’t stand that.  But these were triple threat matches in crappy stages.  I know I’d own both of these guys one on one in any one of the non-gimmick stages.  (I’ve done it before, and with authority.)  I’m the “World Champion” for a reason.

Por Barry Burton

Este Arte de Quinta Especial faz parte da super matéria preparada pelo WarpZona sobre Super Smash Bros.. Não está sabendo de nada? Então clique no link abaixo para acompanhar! E não se esqueça, semana que vem tem mais!

Review Especial de Smash Bros.

Primeira parte: Masahiro Sakurai, o criador

Segunda parte: Dragon King – The Fighting Game

Terceira parte: Super Smash Bros. | 64

Quarta parte: Super Smash Bros. Melee | GC

Quinta parte: Super Smash Bros Brawl | Wii

Arte de Quinta Especial

Mega Man em Smash Bros?

Richter Belmont em Smash Bros.?

Ryu em Smash Bros.?

Todos vimos que Sonic e Snake acabaram entrando em Smash Bros. Brawl – um sonho de muitos gamers que sempre quiseram arrancar os bigodes de Mario com uma bela voadora de Sonic. No entanto, isso abriu precedentes para que diversos outros personagens pudessem fazer parte de futuras iterações.

Por isso, acabei tentando imaginar como seria se alguns personagens icônicos fizessem parte do próximo capítulo, e, baseando-me no layout original do site oficial de Smash, Smash Bros. Dojo!!, fiz estas pequenas brincadeiras que se seguem nestas semanas especiais sobre Smash.

Infelizmente, como nosso layout no wordpress.com não é perfeito, vocês terão que clicar na imagem abaixo para vê-la em seu tamanho real. Bom divertimento e espero que gostem! Quem sabe no futuro não me contratem como game designer? =]

Este Arte de Quinta Especial faz parte da super matéria preparada pelo WarpZona sobre Super Smash Bros.. Não está sabendo de nada? Então clique no link abaixo para acompanhar! E não se esqueça, semana que vem tem mais!

Review Especial de Smash Bros.

Primeira parte: Masahiro Sakurai, o criador

Segunda parte: Dragon King – The Fighting Game

Terceira parte: Super Smash Bros. | 64

Quarta parte: Super Smash Bros. Melee | GC

Quinta parte: Super Smash Bros Brawl | Wii

Arte de Quinta Especial

Mega Man em Smash Bros?

Richter Belmont em Smash Bros.?

Ryu em Smash Bros.?

Por Barry Burton

Este Arte de Quinta Especial faz parte da super matéria preparada pelo WarpZona sobre Super Smash Bros.. Não está sabendo de nada? Então clique no link abaixo para acompanhar! E não se esqueça, semana que vem tem mais!

Review Especial de Smash Bros.

Primeira parte: Masahiro Sakurai, o criador

Segunda parte: Dragon King – The Fighting Game

Terceira parte: Super Smash Bros. | 64

Quarta parte: Super Smash Bros. Melee | GC

Quinta parte: Super Smash Bros Brawl | Wii

Arte de Quinta Especial

Mega Man em Smash Bros?

Richter Belmont em Smash Bros.?

Evil Ryu em Smash Bros.?

Todos vimos que Sonic e Snake acabaram entrando em Smash Bros. Brawl – um sonho de muitos gamers que sempre quiseram arrancar os bigodes de Mario com uma bela voadora de Sonic. No entanto, isso abriu precedentes para que diversos outros personagens pudessem fazer parte de futuras iterações.

Por isso, acabei tentando imaginar como seria se alguns personagens icônicos fizessem parte do próximo capítulo, e, baseando-me no layout original do site oficial de Smash, Smash Bros. Dojo!!, fiz estas pequenas brincadeiras que se seguem nestas semanas especiais sobre Smash.

Infelizmente, como nosso layout no wordpress.com não é perfeito, vocês terão que clicar na imagem abaixo para vê-la em seu tamanho real. Bom divertimento e espero que gostem! Quem sabe no futuro não me contratem como game designer? =]

Este Arte de Quinta Especial faz parte da super matéria preparada pelo WarpZona sobre Super Smash Bros.. Não está sabendo de nada? Então clique no link abaixo para acompanhar! E não se esqueça, semana que vem tem mais!

Review Especial de Smash Bros.

Primeira parte: Masahiro Sakurai, o criador

Segunda parte: Dragon King – The Fighting Game

Terceira parte: Super Smash Bros. | 64

Quarta parte: Super Smash Bros. Melee | GC

Quinta parte: Super Smash Bros Brawl | Wii

Arte de Quinta Especial

Mega Man em Smash Bros?

Richter Belmont em Smash Bros.?

Evil Ryu em Smash Bros.?

Por Barry Burton

Este Arte de Quinta Especial faz parte da super matéria preparada pelo WarpZona sobre Super Smash Bros.. Não está sabendo de nada? Então clique no link abaixo para acompanhar! E não se esqueça, semana que vem tem mais!

Review Especial de Smash Bros.

Primeira parte: Masahiro Sakurai, o criador

Segunda parte: Dragon King – The Fighting Game

Terceira parte: Super Smash Bros. | 64

Quarta parte: Super Smash Bros. Melee | GC

Quinta parte: Super Smash Bros Brawl | Wii

Arte de Quinta Especial

Mega Man em Smash Bros?

Ryu em Smash Bros.?

Evil Ryu em Smash Bros.?

Todos vimos que Sonic e Snake acabaram entrando em Smash Bros. Brawl – um sonho de muitos gamers que sempre quiseram arrancar os bigodes de Mario com uma bela voadora de Sonic. No entanto, isso abriu precedentes para que diversos outros personagens pudessem fazer parte de futuras iterações.

Por isso, acabei tentando imaginar como seria se alguns personagens icônicos fizessem parte do próximo capítulo, e, baseando-me no layout original do site oficial de Smash, Smash Bros. Dojo!!, fiz estas pequenas brincadeiras que se seguem nestas semanas especiais sobre Smash.

Infelizmente, como nosso layout no wordpress.com não é perfeito, vocês terão que clicar na imagem abaixo para vê-la em seu tamanho real. Bom divertimento e espero que gostem! Quem sabe no futuro não me contratem como game designer? =]

Este Arte de Quinta Especial faz parte da super matéria preparada pela WarpZona sobre Super Smash Bros.. Não está sabendo de nada? Então clique nos links abaixo para acompanhar! E não se esqueça, semana que vem tem mais!

Este Arte de Quinta Especial faz parte da super matéria preparada pelo WarpZona sobre Super Smash Bros.. Não está sabendo de nada? Então clique no link abaixo para acompanhar! E não se esqueça, semana que vem tem mais!

Review Especial de Smash Bros.

Primeira parte: Masahiro Sakurai, o criador

Segunda parte: Dragon King – The Fighting Game

Terceira parte: Super Smash Bros. | 64

Quarta parte: Super Smash Bros. Melee | GC

Quinta parte: Super Smash Bros Brawl | Wii

Arte de Quinta Especial

Mega Man em Smash Bros?

Ryu em Smash Bros.?

Evil Ryu em Smash Bros.?

If the first thing you thought when reading the title of this post (and also of the newest podcast episode) was “why did he spell ‘lasers’ wrong?”, then you obviously need to visit YouTube more often. And while you’re out surfing the web, why not give episode 8 of the Frayed Wire podcasts a listen? You can either listen to it here in your browser or subscribe to us on iTunes. Either way, leave some questions that we can answer in the next podcast in this post’s comments. You might even win some Wii points for it!

Recorded by: Josh60502, JustMattPwn3r
Discussion Topics:
- Post: Free App Spotlight: Vampires Live
- Post: Reader Poll: Which Album Should Matt Review For Sure?
- Post: Reader Poll Results: Which Album Should Josh Review For Sure?
- Post: “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Movie Review
- Post: Well There Go My Dreams
- Post: I Touch the iTouch
- Post: Current Happenings
- Post: “Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 2″ Review
- Post: New Conduit Header
- Post: “1 vs 100″ Beta Impressions
- Post: Internet Gaming Spotlight: Pandemic 2
- Post: COD: WAW Shi No Numa Glitches
- Post: Need More Witty Banter
- iTouch games
- Urban Reign
- GameStop’s shady buisness practices
- De Blob
- Are you listening, M80?
- Offroad Velociraptor Safari
- Brawl Tournament #2?
- Gramers in GameStop

By Josh60502

Por Barry Burton

Como que aproveitando de coincidindo com nosso mega-review especial de Smash Bros. (ainda não leu? Clique aqui!), o Project Sora, nova desenvolvedora de games de Masahiro Sakurai (que você também conferiu em nossa matéria. Ou não?), divulgou um tour completo pela empresa!

Uma das coisas que mais chama a atenção é um TV abarrotada de videogames! Dos que consegui reconhecer, vejo um Wii, um Mega Drive com Mega CD, um Playstation 2, um Nintendo 64 laranja,  um Super Famicom, um PlayStation 3 branco e um Xbox 360! E vocês, conseguem ver outros?

Pois é, ao menos aparentemente eles não estão presos à Nintendo. Ou então estão de olho na concorrência…

Dica do blog Siliconera.

Bueno, hago este post para invitarlos al evento próximo a realizarse aquí en mi ciudad (Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas). No nomás gente de aquí va ir al evento, también ya se confirmó que vendrá gente de otros países como Guatemala, Puerto Rico y los USA (y obviamente gente de otras partes de la República Mexicana).

Además de los torneos de Super Smash Bros. Brawl y Melee (el plato fuerte del evento), también habrá un concurso de cosplay, concurso de dibujo, torneo de Yu-Gi-Oh y también de Pokémon (Perla, Diamante y Platino). También habrá standings de anime/manga, de algunos videojuegos como Halo, FIFA o Street Fighter IV y sobre todo mucha diversión!

La cita son los días 17, 18 y 19 de julio (o sea este fin) en el salón de la Antigua Aduana (Ave. César López de Lara y Arteaga) de 10 am a las 9 pm. Todo esto preparado y coordinado por el grupo de gamers SD.
No se preocupen si no van, luego les prepararé un reportaje del evento para ustedes…

Más detalles en la siguiente página web:
Smash-Mex

As long as there have been video games, there have been lame bosses. If you know me at all, you know that I grew up wanting to move to Japan and work for Nintendo. Those dreams are long gone now, but I still enjoy a good veg-on-the-couch-and-go-braindead session every now and again. I’ve been playing some older video games lately, and I realize just how stupid some of these bosses have been over the years. These are only a few, please feel free to share your input.

5. Bowser (Mario Sunshine). – He’s got Baby Bowser convinced that Peach is his “mama”, which is kind of disturbing. Even more disturbing is that she never denies it. But at the end of the game (spoiler alert), Bowser sits in his hot tub and throws stuff at Mario. What happened to the guy? In every other game, Bowser is taking the offensive, trying to smash Mario and his attempts to rescue the princess. He’s either gotten really lazy or he just doesn’t care anymore.

4. Master Hand (Super Smash Bros.) – Super Smash Bros. has long been one of my favorite video game series. But I don’t understand Master Hand. Such awesome characters from so many games, and such a disappointing boss. It gets twice as bad when you add Crazy Hand to the mix – a big glove with seizures. I dunno, it’s a letdown to be sure.

3. Booster (Super Mario RPG) – Aside from being a weird game anyway, Super Mario RPG has some of the dumbest bosses in Nintendo history. Booster takes the cake (literally) in SMRPG though. Booster is a crybaby who lives in a tower of tricks and also seems to have an eye for the princess Peach. When Mario and Bowser interrupt his wedding ceremony, Booster’s somehow manages to eat a cake ten times his size (plus, it’s alive) in one bite. I think Nintendo ran out of ideas and it was deadline time.

2. Rogue Tomato (Final Fantasy XII) – Technically, it is a boss. You are hired to hunt down this rogue tomato because it’s terrifying travelers and villagers alike. Speaking of running out of ideas…

1. PlantMan – (Megaman VI) - Words cannot describe.

Which other characters should make the Worst Video Game Boss list?

Você internauta paulistano, que está com a sua agênda livre neste domingo, pegue uns trocados e vá até o RPGCon, que acontece no Colégio Notre Dame, Zona Oeste de São Paulo, próximo a estação Sumaré do Metrô (Linha Verde).

Além concurso de cosplay, debates sobre o mundo dos games e sobre RPG, vão rolar os campeonatos de Soul Calibur 4, Smash Bros com prêmios especiais. O endereço é rua Alegrete, 168. E o site oficial é www.rpgcon.com.br.

Confira a programação para este domingo e boa diversão.

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PROGRAMAÇÃO DIA 05/07/2009

09-10h      Retirada da identificação e material didático.

AUDITÓRIO

10h00 – 12h30     Debate Aberto ao Público sobre o Futuro dos Games no Brasil
Com Roger Tavares do website Game Cultura e do Senac, Fábio Tola da Luderia, Roberto Bianchinni da Universidade Anhembi Morumbi e Convidados Especiais.

SALA I

13h30-16h00      Playteste e Prototipagem
Com Antônio Marcelo, Game Designer da Riachuelo Games e do Castelo das Peças.

SALA II

13h30-16h00      Jogos e Humanidade – Dos Ritos ao Digital
Com Kao Cyber, do blog Retro Games Brasil e produtor cultural do SESC Itaquera