Nintendo Power’s “best of” the Metroid series
Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, GameCube, General Nintendo, News, Wii | 4 Comments
Best weapon: Ice beam
Most dramatic moment: The baby Metroid’s sacrifice
Best enemy: Metroid
Best secret: Samus is a woman
Best armor: Varia Suit from Super Metroid
Best Ridley: Meta Ridley
Best boss: The Metroid Prime
Best ability: Spider ball
Best self-destruct escape: Finale of Super Metroid
Best ship: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Best tune: Main theme from Metroid
Best ending: Metroid: Zero Mission
New Wave Race: Blue Storm code found, features insulting commentary
Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, Random | 2 Comments
It’s hard to believe that Wave Race: Blue Storm is almost nine years old. It feels like yesterday when the game arrived! Yet even though Blue Storm has been out for a number of years, there is a particular code that seems to have gone unnoticed until very recently, or simply wasn’t publicized much until now. Here’s how you go about entering/using the code:
1) Go to the options menu, and then audio settings
2) Pressing the Z button will change the waveform display at the bottom – tap until the waveform resembles a vertically rising fog
3) Then, press up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, A, X, and Z on the d-pad; an audio cue can be heard if you execute the commands correctly
4) Return to the main menu
5) Begin a race, choose the first character
The code doesn’t really change anything in terms of gameplay, but you will hear some insulting, albeit very humorous commentary while you race. Phrases include:
“You’ve chosen poorly.”
“That turbo’s wasted on you.”
“If you don’t win this race, I’m not gonna love you anymore.”
“Your wins are like diamonds: very rare.”
“You don’t have an inferiority complex. You’re just inferior.”
There are a number of other phrases as well, though you can check out a few of them in action in the video above. I recommend trying the code out yourself!
Nintendo provides the history of Metroid
Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, GameCube, General Nintendo, News, Wii | 4 Comments
HAVING A BLAST! THE ORIGINAL FEMALE STAR OF GAMING
-The history of Samus Aran and the Metroid franchise-
Years before the introduction of 3D gaming, the original action heroine was already ripping up the rule book and blasting her way into history. The Metroid series has given us over twenty years of girl power and the series has sold over 15 million games, thanks to its female bounty hunter star, Samus Aran.
In the mid-1980s, a young game designer called Shigeru Miyamoto was busy revolutionising the industry with Mario and a young adventurer named Link. But while he created these masterpieces, Yoshio Sakamoto and the legendary R&D1 team at Nintendo were working on one of the most ambitious projects ever seen.
HD screenshots of Super Mario Sunshine, Brawl, NHL 2K11, Twilight Princess retexture pack
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Nintendo Power ranks the Metroid games
Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, GameCube, General Nintendo, News, Wii | 12 Comments
1. Super Metroid
2. Metroid Prime
3. Zero Mission
4. Metroid Prime 3
5. Metroid Fusion
6. Metroid
7. Metroid Prime 2
8. Metroid 2
9. Metroid Prime Hunters
Now that you’ve seen Nintendo Power’s list, how would you guys rank the Metroid games? Or just tell us your favorite title in the series!
Thanks to Mike for the tip!
HD screenshots of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers, Rogue Squadron 2, Star Fox Adventures
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HD screenshots of Super Mario Sunshine
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Suda51 on the future of No More Heroes, Killer 7, more
Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, GameCube, News, Wii | 3 Comments
Suda51 on making another No More Heroes game with Travis or perhaps another character…
“Unfortunately, the story for Travis alone is completed in No More Heroes 2. I am very curious about his life after this; however, we have no plan for No More Heroes 3.”
Suda51 on why MotionPlus was dropped from No More Heroes 2…
“I chose the same controller system as NMH1, yet at the same time we wanted the system to be more evolved for NMH2, but not radically different.”
Suda51 on whether he’d like to make a MotionPlus game…
“If there is a chance in the future, I would like to try.”
