Capcom produced an interesting presentation for the Game Developers Conference. “IV Style: Returning to the Roots of a Fighting Game Classic” went through some of the considerations that went into updating the franchise. A lot of the slides are available to view here. Many of the pictures illustrate the design choices and challenges they had […]
Street Fighter 4 at Game Developers Conference
April 2nd, 2009 ThreeHeadedMonkey Posted in Misc | Comment »
Giant Miyamoto Statue for Narita Airport
April 1st, 2009 ThreeHeadedMonkey Posted in Japan, Nintendo | 1 Comment »
Videogame legend Shigeru Miyamoto will be immortalised as a 250 foot copper-bronze statue. The statue will be constructed next to the runway at Tokyo’s Narita Airport at a cost of 14 billion yen. Nintendo are in a strong financial position after the runaway success of the Wii and DS. With construction prices at rock bottom […]
Pokemon World Championships
March 31st, 2009 ThreeHeadedMonkey Posted in DS, Japan, Nintendo | 1 Comment »
The 2nd stage of the Pokemon World Championships took place a couple of days ago, Famitsu have a load of pics. [Read]
Virtual Console Releases for April
March 30th, 2009 ThreeHeadedMonkey Posted in Japan, Nintendo, Wii | 1 Comment »
A great month for RPG fans, with several big titles and a couple of novelties. No question about game of the month: the intoxication Zelda:Majora’s Mask is an astonishing game, and worth checking out whether you’re a retro fan or not. If you’ve ever wondered why people are disappointed with games as good as Wind […]
Tim Schafer’s mini freebie
March 28th, 2009 ThreeHeadedMonkey Posted in PC | Comment »
Game design legend Tim Schafer has released a free mini-graphic-adventure. The game echoes the style of the classic LucasArts adventures that earned Schafer legend status, such as Day of the Tentacle. Double fine are currently working on Brutal Legend, expected at the end of the year. [Read, via Eurogamer]
Gaming T-Shirts Make us Happy
March 27th, 2009 ThreeHeadedMonkey Posted in Japan, Stuff | Comment »
Uniqlo have fulfilled our wildest geek dreams by launching a range of game based T-Shirts. T’s based on Pac-Man, Bomberman, Dig Dug, Arkanoid, Ape Escape, Mappy and Resident Evil are already out. More will be added over the next few months, including Ridge Racer, Street Fighter and Sonic the Hedgehog based designs. The range is […]
Rock N Roll Climber
March 26th, 2009 ThreeHeadedMonkey Posted in Nintendo, Wii | Comment »
Nintendo are giving us another chance to dust off our balance boards with Rock N Roll Climber. The WiiWare title has you climbing mountains, rewarding you with bursts of Rock N Roll when you reach the top. The news was revealed at the Game Developers Conference by Satoru Iwata, who also claimed sales figures of […]
Lord of Vermilion Update
March 25th, 2009 ThreeHeadedMonkey Posted in Japan | Comment »
Square Enix is updating Lord of Vermilion this week. The arcade trading-card RPG will see new guest characters added to its roster. [Read]
3D Link’s Awakening
March 24th, 2009 ThreeHeadedMonkey Posted in Misc, Nintendo | 1 Comment »
A fan is building a 3D version of Zelda – Link’s Awakening. Check the links for details: [Read, via GameSpark]
Sheep and gaming
March 23rd, 2009 ThreeHeadedMonkey Posted in PSP, Sony | Comment »
The life of the humble shepherd must have got a lot better with the advent of handheld gaming. Those lonely days on the mountains would go a lot quicker with the help of a DS or PSP. We reckon the superior battery life of the DS would make it the shepherd’s system of choice – […]