Note: The following feature was written entirely by Adrian Madriz, one of our Goldeneye 007 contest winners.
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I seriously think that my physical copy of GoldenEye 64 was cursed.
Not cursed in a bad way mind you. It actually turned out to be quite handy on certain occasions. But there was no denying between me and my friends that there were some seriously strange and spooky things that happened around that game cartridge—things that might be explained by coincidence… or maybe demons?
Anyway, some context for your curious eyes. I bought my copy of GoldenEye in conjunction with my (then) best friend Giovanni. He payed for one half of the game, and I the other half. This would later turn out to be a decision that would lead to the end of our friendship as we simply couldn’t decide who was the “true” owner of the game. Petty I know, but this was no small matter. This was GoldenEye. And not just any copy of GoldenEye, the copy of GoldenEye that anyone would pay 10 times the amount that we paid for if they knew what it could do.
Last night, we here at NintendoEverything.com all gathered together with some of you readers for what has become known unofficially as “Nintendo Game Night”, and we were very excited to be able to play the recently released 007: Goldeneye for Wii. We loaded the game up and hopped online, but I began noticing some things that have bogged us down for a while now in terms of the way we organize the whole event. I’m looking to fix them, because Game Nights are already incredibly fun, but I’m fixing to make them even better for myself and for all of you guys by implementing one very important guideline:
Get your friend codes up before Game Night actually starts
Whether it be via e-mail, comments, or on the forum, it would streamline everything so much if we can get your friend codes before the night actually comes. Basically if you want to play, all you have to do is post your friend code on the Game Night post (which will be going up tomorrow evening), in the Game Night thread (which will be going up tomorrow evening) or e-mail it to me at [email protected]
If you already submitted your friend code for a particular game, you don’t need to submit it again, but it would be incredibly helpful if you could post/comment/e-mail me that you do indeed want to play. That way I can just post up a list of all the people who’ll be playing, and everyone can add them without trouble!
This means instead of “starting” at 7 and not playing until 7:30, we’ll actually be able to hop in and go with no trouble. If you have any questions about the process, comment on this story or e-mail me! Of course, you’re still free to just drop in and give us your code in the IRC, but we’d really appreciate if you could let us know beforehand!
Thanks to all of you for playing, and we sincerely look forward to you playing with us this weekend! I’ll post up the exact time/what we’re playing tomorrow.
~Austin
Last week, we shared Game Informer’s “Top 30 Characters Who Defined A Decade” list. Those weren’t the only choices made in the magazine’s latest issue, though. Game Informer selected other characters that fit into certain categories, such as “Style Over Substance.” You can check out the full list of winners for the rest of the categories below.
Missing The Mark
Dante
Michael Thorton
The Rookie
Tingle
Shadow the Hedgehog
Style Over Substance
Bayonetta
Amaterasu
Travis Touchdown
Isaac
Faith
Good For A Laugh
Fawful
Claptrap
Brucie
Isaac Washington
Sheogorath
Places To Remember
Rapture
Renaissance Italy
Liberty City
Capital Wasteland
Arkham Asylum
Best Storytellers of the Decade
Ken Levine, Irrational Games (BioShock)
Dan Houser, Rockstar Games (Red Dead Redemption)
Patrice Desilets, Corey May, Ubisoft (Assassin’s Creed)
Drew Karpyshyn, BioWare (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic/Mass Effect)
Amy Hennig, Naughty Dog (Uncharted)
01. / 00. [PSP] Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (Square Enix) – 176.153 / NEW
02. / 00. [PS3] Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 (Bandai Namco) – 47.610 / NEW
03. / 02. [WII] Super Mario Collection: Special Pack (Nintendo) – 43.621 / 527.710 (-23%)
04. / 03. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) – 42.279 / 4.410.996 (-25%)
05. / 00. [NDS] Magician’s Quest: The Merchant’s Store of Sorcery (Konami) – 40.208 / NEW
06. / 01. [PSP] God Eater: Burst (Bandai Namco) – 31.372 / 356.356 (-49%)
07. / 04. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) – 30.353 / 301.420 (-46%)
08. / 09. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) – 17.471 / 1.191.223 (-2%)
09. / 00. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (w/ Remote Plus) (Nintendo) – 14.438 / NEW
10. / 08. [WII] Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Nintendo) – 13.896 / 187.778 (-33%)
11. / 00. [NDS] Tamagotchi no Narikiri Challenge (Bandai Namco) – 10.517 / NEW
12. / 06. [NDS] Radiant Historia (Atlus Co.) – 10.018 / 42.825 (-69%)
13. / 00. [PSP] God of War: Ghost of Sparta (SCE) – 9.406 / NEW
14. / 05. [PS3] Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda Softworks) – 7.133 / 44.382 (-81%)
15. / 00. [PSP] Renai Banchou: Inochi Meishi, Koiseyo Otome! Love is Power!!! (Idea Factory) – 6.397 / NEW
16. / 00. [360] Forza Motorsport 3: Ultimate Edition (Microsoft Game Studios) – 5.684 / NEW
17. / 13. [NDS] Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (Square Enix) – 5.391 / 162.864 (-15%)
18. / 17. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) – 5.244 / 2.111.749 (+4%)
19. / 11. [PS3] Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm 2 (Bandai Namco) – 5.050 / 96.382 (-41%)
20. / 00. [PS3] Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition [PlayStation 3 the Best] (Capcom) – 5.035 / NEW
What: Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time™
Platform: Wii™ system from Nintendo
Where: Available at retailers everywhere
When: November 21, 2010
Price: $39.99
Details: The Rabbids are about to change the course of human history and you’re invited to the party!
Rabbids are bwaaack and this time they have an infallible plan to travel back in time and invade history!
When they stumble into a history museum and discover time travel through their Time Washing Machine, you can bet that human history is about to become a major mess. Plunge into the past and revisit the greatest moments of history like the discovery of fire, the broken nose of the Sphinx or the first step on the moon. Uncover how Rabbids wreaked havoc in our past and decide if the course of history needs to be changed.
Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butouden will be released on February 3, 2011 in Japan. Digimon Story Super Cross Wars will launch in spring 2011.
Cambridge, Mass. – Nov. 19, 2010 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that John Lennon’s masterful album, Imagine, including a track with Pro Guitar and Pro Bass, will be available Nov. 23 in the Rock Band 3 Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.
“The songs on John Lennon’s Imagine run the gamut from beautiful piano-driven ballads like ‘Jealous Guy’ to all-out guitar rockers like ‘Gimme Some Truth’,” said Paul DeGooyer, senior vice president of electronic games, music and programming for MTV Networks. “It’s an incredible musical statement, and a real workout on keyboard, guitar and vocals in Rock Band 3. We’re very excited to be able to bring this masterpiece to Rock Band fans.”
Rock Band provides the deepest and best selection of artists, songs and albums through the Rock Band music platform, which features more than 800 artists and more than 2,000* tracks via disc and download purchase (complete list of tracks at www.rockband.com/songs). Rock Band’s gigantic music library dwarfs that of any other rhythm video game on the market. To date, more than 75 million songs have been sold through the Rock Band Music Store since its launch Nov. 20, 2007.
Rock Band DLC Additions for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system and Wii
John Lennon released his second solo album, Imagine, in 1971. The album went to No. 1 worldwide, and the title track, “Imagine,” which is on the Rock Band 3 on-disc soundtrack, reached No. 3 in the U.S. and No. 1 in the UK. This warm album, showcasing Lennon’s superior piano playing, is No. 76 in Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time and features musical contributions from King Curtis, George Harrison and Phil Spector, among many others. Next week, the album will be available for download and play in Rock Band 3.
As always, songs available for downloadable content for Rock Band 3 feature five-button guitar and bass parts, drums, Pro Drums and keys, Pro Keys and harmonies, where applicable. Some songs also feature Pro Guitar and Pro Bass upgrades available for an additional $0.99 upgrade download.Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 3 system (Nov. 23):
PSP – 179,363
DSi LL – 115,063
PS3 – 110,895
DSi – 105,639
Wii – 63,009
DS Lite – 24,197
Xbox 360 – 12,688
PSP go – 7,490
PS2 – 6,957
