Donkey Kong, Street Fighter II and Pokémon Red & Green enter the 2017 World Video Game Hall of Fame
Posted on 7 years ago by Fernando in General Gaming, News | 14 Comments
The World Video Game Hall of Fame in its 2017 edition has inducted four new games that deserve it because of how they affected the video game industry: Donkey Kong, Halo: Combat Evolved, Pokémon Red & Green, and Street Fighter II.
The original Donkey Kong arcade game has been inducted because of how it helped to launch the career of one Shigeru Miyamoto, as well as counting as the first appearance of characters Donkey Kong and Super Mario (who was known as Jumpman).
Shin Megami Tensei 25th anniversary website open
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Gaming, News | 5 Comments
The Shin Megami Tensei series is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and to start off, Atlus has launched a special website for this occasion. At the moment, there’s pretty much nothing of interest to see on the website – except the logo above, which incorporates the release years of all four mainline Shin Megami Tensei games, alongside the word “next”. This seems to hint at Shin Megami Tensei V being released this year, or at the very least being announced.
Of course, we don’t know yet if this game (or any other potential games planned for this anniversary) will be on Nintendo platforms, but we will keep you updated if that’ll end up being the case.
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Dragon Quest attraction coming to Universal Studios Japan
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Gaming, News | 0 comments
Nintendo’s upcoming “Super Nintendo World” theme park at various Universal Studios parks was talked about quite a bit recently. Now, it seems like Super Nintendo World won’t be the only video game-themed attraction at Universal Studios – Square-Enix announced a collaboration with Universal Studios Japan today. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dragon Quest, a “Real Battle Attraction” is coming to the Universal Studios park in Osaka. There, visitors will be able to grab weapons, enter dungeons and fight monsters for an authentic Dragon Quest experience.
Further details have not yet been announced so far, like the time frame for this event. The fact that this is a celebration of Dragon Quest’s 30th anniversary seems to suggest that this is a limited-time only event that won’t last very long, but we don’t know for sure yet.
Capcom shares latest financial results, Monster Hunter Generations now at 4.1 million copies sold
Posted on 8 years ago by Pocholo in 3DS, General Gaming, News | 1 Comment
Capcom has released details of the six month fiscal period ending September 30, 2016.
Monster Hunter Generations was able to move another 800,000 units, now totaling 4.1 million copies. Capcom said the game experienced “solid sales overseas”. Additionally, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice was able to sell “largely as planned” in the west.
Capcom’s operating income was down 1,715 million yen (dipped 39.7 percent from the previous year), ordinary income was 514 million yen (down 82.2 percent from the previous year). Net income was 405 million yen (down 79.2 percent from the previous year). You can check further details at the link below.
UFC fighter Ronda Rousey dresses as Pikachu
Posted on 9 years ago by Quinn(@bornbefuddled) in General Gaming, Videos | 5 Comments
The female athlete Ronda Rousey is dressing up like Pikachu for a Sportscenter feature. The UFC fighter has made comments in the past that indicate that she is a fan of the Pokemon series. Check it out below!
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Level-5 abby Inc., a multi-media entertainment company, founded by Level-5 and Dentsu
Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Gaming, News | 3 Comments
Game developer Level-5 and advertising / PR company Dentsu have teamed up and created Level-5 abby Inc., which is described as a “multi-media entertainment company”. The company’s name was formed by taking the “a” from “all” or “anything” and the “bby” from “hobby”.
The company’s purpose is to bring Level-5’s various franchises to a worldwide audience in a variety of forms, such as games, toys, animation, comics and more. The company states that its three “tentpole” franchises are Yo-Kai Watch, Little Battlers eXperience and Snack World. The company is headed up by CEO Akihiro Hino, who is the founder and president of Level-5, and COO Yukari Hayakawa.
Tokyo Game Show 2015 full lineup
Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Gaming | 0 comments
The Tokyo Game Show has just announced its games lineup for this year. Note, however, that this only includes already announced games – games that will be unveiled at TGS itself naturally aren’t on this list. Check out the list here (game titles are in English).
TGS will take place from September 17th till September 20th.
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Denpa Men RPG Free! reaches over 1.8 million downloads
Posted on 9 years ago by Vincent Ward in 3DS eShop, General Gaming, News | 0 comments
It appears that the 4th time is the charm, with Denpa Men RPG Free! receiving nearly 2 million downloads in Japan despite being release for only less than a year. The game has yet to be released in the US, so we can expect the numbers to only increase upon it’s inevitable western release.
SEGA has no plans to release retail version of SEGA 3D Reprints Archives in North America
Posted on 9 years ago by Vincent Ward in 3DS, 3DS eShop, General Gaming, News | 1 Comment
SEGA has no plans to bring SEGA 3D Reprints Archives to North America, as the company has stated on Twitter.
@KevinLarrabee @NintendoAmerica hard to say, 'no chance' as the future is a strange and unpredictable place. Nothing planned at the moment.
— SEGA (@SEGA) December 30, 2014
It appears us in North America won’t be able to get these classics in a physical form anytime soon. Keep in mind that you can still purchase some of these games on the eShop with digital downloads, and more are on the way in 2015.
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“Square Enix Presents” live stream featuring Bravely Second
Posted on 10 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS, General Gaming, Videos | 0 comments
The stream should start at 8 AM ET / 5 AM ET… or 10 minutes from now!