I’m Upset With Nintendo Again Because They Stole 80 Hours of My Life
Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, General Nintendo, Wii | 0 comments
So the title of this sounds like I could be making some sort of crack at how great Skyward Sword is and how it “stole” 80 hours of my life. I’m not. I’m finally, legitimately upset at Nintendo because of how they handled the development of the Wii and its basic hardware structure. It took 5 years, but one small issue on top of another small issue on top of another has finally taken it’s toll, and I’m ready to say it: The Wii is an outdated piece of crap with fantastic games. Unfortunately, despite the fantastic games, the first part has now become inexcusable.
GamesMaster May 2012 review scores
Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, News, Wii | 0 comments
The May 2012 GamesMaster review scores are as follows:
A-Men – 74%
Army Corps of Hell – 36%
Asphalt: Injection – 63%
Asura’s Wrath – 68%
Beat Sneak Bandit – 91%
Binary Domain – 70%
Birds of Steel – 82%
Devil May Cry HD Collection – 77%
Dillon’s Rolling Western – 42%
Dungeon Hunter: Alliance – 57%
Dynasty Warriors Next – 69%
Escape Plan (PSV) – 66%
FIFA Street – 83%
Frobisher Says! – 80%
Hustle Kings – 75%
I Am Alive – 83%
Inazuma Eleven 2: Blizzard/Firestorm – 72%
Jak and Daxter Collection HD – 79%
Kid Icarus: Uprising – 92%
Lumines Electronic Symphony – 84%
Mass Effect 3 – 91%
Mass Effect: Infiltrator – 68%
Michael Jackson The Experience HD Vita – 68%
Motorstorm RC – 86%
Microsoft Flight – 70%
Ninja Gaiden III – 78%
Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus – 81%
Pandora’s Tower – 81%
PokePark 2: Wonders Beyond – 59%
Rayman Origins Vita – 89%
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City – 44%
Rhythm Thief & The Emperor’s Treasure – 70%
Saint Seiya: Sanctuary Battle – 71%
Shoot Many Robots – 62%
Silent Hill Downpour – 82%
Street Fighter X Tekken – 82%
Super Stardust Delta – 83%
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 – 85%
Top Darts – 81%
Touch My Katamari – 70%
Twisted Metal – 82%
Vessel – 83%
WWE WrestleFest – 48%
It seems as though GamesMaster enjoyed Pandora’s Tower a bit more than EDGE.
Thanks to joclo for the tip.
Xenoblade Chronicles “How to Play” video #4
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The fourth “How to Play” video for Xenoblade Chronicles goes into depth about the game’s battle system.
ESRB updates (4/9/12)
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Real Heroes: Firefighter 3D (3DS) – E10+
Madagascar 3: The Video Game (3DS) – E
Madagascar 3: The Video Game (DS) – E
Madagascar 3: The Video Game (Wii) – E
Media Create software sales (3/26 – 4/1) – Top 50
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01./00. [3DS] Kingdom Hearts 3D -Dream Drop Distance- #
02./00. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2012
03./00. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2012
04./01. [3DS] Kid Icarus: Uprising
05./03. [NDS] Pokemon Conquest
06./02. [PSP] Black Panther 2: Yakuza Ashura Chapter
07./09. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land #
08./07. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G #
09./08. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
10./00. [PS3] The Idolmaster: Gravure For You! Vol.6
11./00. [PSV] Pro Baseball Spirits 2012
12./12. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
13./04. [PS3] Devil May Cry HD Collection
14./15. [3DS] Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai #
15./00. [PS3] Silent Hill HD Edition
16./13. [PS3] One Piece: Pirate Warriors #
17./16. [3DS] Harvest Moon: The Land of Origin
18./10. [PSP] Shining Blade
19./00. [PSV] The King, the Demon King and the 7 Princesses: New King Story
20./21. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus #
Updates to the Nintendo Channel (4/5/12)
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Videos
Pokemon Conquest Announcement Trailer
Pokemon Conquest Intro Movie
Nintendo Show 3D – Special Edition Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
Mario Tennis Open Special Games
Xenoblade Chronicles How To Play Video 1
Colors! 3D Trailer
TNT Racers Trailer
Penguin Patrol Trailer
Now that Nintendo Week is gone, I wonder if the Nintendo Channel will be featuring the Nintendo Show 3D from here on out… or was this a one time deal because of the Epic Mickey 2 interview?
Famitsu’s most-wanted games – issue 1218
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Top 30 New Works
01/01. [PSV] Persona 4: The Golden (Atlus, 06/14/12) – 795 votes
02/02. [PS3] Dragon’s Dogma (Capcom, 05/24/12) – 779 votes
03/03. [PS3] Resident Evil 6 (Capcom, 11/22/12) – 772 votes
04/04. [Wii] Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Online (Square Enix, 2012) – 744 votes
05/06. [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening (Nintendo, 04/19/12) – 615 votes
06/05. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 (Capcom, TBA) – 543 votes
07/09. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D (Square Enix, 05/31/12) – 426 votes
08/07. [3DS] Animal Crossing (Tentative) (Nintendo, TBA) – 408 votes
09/12. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2•White 2 (Nintendo, 06/12) – 357 votes
10/11. [PS3] Lollipop Chainsaw (Kadokawa Games, 06/14/12) – 313 votes
11/13. [PS3] Final Fantasy Versus XIII (Square Enix, TBA) – 289 votes
12/10. [3DS] Rune Factory 4 (Marvelous AQL, 07/19/12) – 251 votes
13/24. [PS3] Toki to Towa (Namco Bandai, 2012) – 244 votes
14/18. [PS3] Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (Capcom, 04/26/12) – 215 votes
15/17. [PS3] The Last Remnant (Square Enix, TBA) – 210 votes
16/19. [Wii] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo, 04/26/12) – 201 votes
17/16. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey IV (Atlus, 07/05/12) – 198 votes
18/14. [PSP] Conception: Please Give Birth to My Child! (Spike, 04/26/12) – 194 votes
19/15. [PS3] The Witch and the Hundred Knights (NIS, 2012) – 184 votes
20/26. [PS3] Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (Konami, TBA) – 180 votes
21/20. [3DS] Fantasy Life (Level-5, 2012) – 174 votes
22/30. [PS3] Tokyo Jungle (SCEJ, 06/07/12) – 170 votes
23/22. [PS3] Persona 4 Arena (Atlus, 2012) – 168 votes
24/25. [PS3] The Last Guardian (SCEJ, TBA) – 164 votes
25/23. [PS3] 2nd Super Robot Wars OG (Namco Bandai, TBA) – 161 votes
26/21. [PSP] God Eater 2 (Namco Bandai, 2012) – 140 votes
27/—. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion 2 (Nintendo, 2012) – 133 votes
28/—. [PSP] Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (Atlus, 05/17/12) – 130 votes
29/29. [3DS] Mario Tennis Open (Nintendo, 05/24/12) – 113 votes
30/—. [3DS] Culdcept Saga (Nintendo, 06/28/12) – 105 votes
Top 10 Rookie Titles
01/01. [PS3] Dragon’s Dogma (Capcom, 05/24/12) – 663 votes
02/04. [PS3] Toki to Towa (Namco Bandai, 2012) – 235 votes
03/02. [PS3] Lollipop Chainsaw (Kadokawa Games, 06/14/12) – 220 votes
04/03. [3DS] Fantasy Life (Level-5, 2012) – 210 votes
05/06. [PS3] The Last Guardian (SCEJ, TBA) – 207 votes
06/10. [PS3] Tokyo Jungle (SCEJ, 06/07/12) – 162 votes
07/05. [PSP] Conception: Please Give Birth to My Child! (Spike, 04/26/12) – 140 votes
08/07. [PS3] The Last Remnant (Square Enix, TBA) – 127 votes
09/08. [PS3] The Witch and the Hundred Knights (NIS, 2012) – 125 votes
10/09. [3DS] Bravely Default: Flying Fairy (Square Enix, 2012) – 94 votes
Top 10 USA Games
01/01. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision Blizzard, November 2011) [PS3, 360, PC]
02/—. Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Square Enix, January 2012) [PS3, 360]
03/—. UFC Undisputed 3 (THQ, February 2012) [PS3, 360]
04/—. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (EA, February 2012) [PS3, 360, PC]
05/02. Just Dance 3 (Ubisoft, October 2011)[Wii, 360]
06/04. NBA 2K12 (Take 2 Interactive, October 2011) [PS3, 360, Wii, PC, PSP, PS2]
07/—. Soulcalibur V (Namco Bandai, January 2012) [PS3, 360]
08/03. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks, November 2011) [PS3, 360, PC]
09/—. Twisted Metal (SCEA, February 2012) [PS3]
10/05. Battlefield 3 (EA, October 2011) [PS3, 360, PC]
Xenoblade Chronicles “How to Play” video #3
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The third video in Nintendo’s Xenoblade Chronicles “How to Play” series covers the game’s Affinity System.
Nearly 30 minutes of Xenoblade Chronicles footage
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Xenoblade Chronicles director on small adjustments made to English version, more
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Xenoblade Chronicles executive director Tetsuya Takahashi has commented on a few topics pertaining to his game.
First up, Takahashi briefly discussed how Xenoblade’s development scale compares to his previous work:
“There’s no doubt that the scale of this project was large compared to past projects.”
Takahashi next talked about some of the small changes made to the overseas version of Xenoblade Chronicles. The team fixed a few bugs, adjusted the game balance slightly, and modified small portions of the written content in the game.
“We made some minor bug adjustments and revised some of the written content for localization. There were also some places where we made minor adjustments to the game balance, but none of the changes resulted in significant differences from the original (Japanese) version.”
Finally, Takahashi said that Xenoblade Chronicles may have some Western-esque influences, but believes “it has also undeniably inherited the DNA of Japanese RPGs.”
“I like Western game design a lot, so there were places where I referred to it without thinking about it. Xenoblade is not just influenced by Western game design; it has also undeniably inherited the DNA of Japanese RPGs.”
