To be honest, I was a bit letdown by the participation for our Grease: The Game contest. Even though it’s not exactly the sort of title that everyone would enjoy, I figured an easy contest like the one we set up would bring in a lot of entries! But even with the small number of comments, in the end, we did come down to four winners. And they are…
357 Lobster – Can choose Wii or DS version
Captain N – Can choose Wii or DS version
bob
Allen P. Williams
Please send us your shipping information as soon as possible via the contact form! In the event that we don’t receive a response in a short amount of time, we will choose a different winner(s).
Now, moving on to another site topic, I want to let everyone know that there will be a Game Night this week. Austin’s Wii has been acting up the past couple of weeks, which is why the event has been missing in action lately. I’m still not sure if his system will be up and running by Friday, but I’ll take over the hosting duties if Austin can’t make it! Either way, make sure you’re on the site at 8 EDT!
01. / 01. [PSP] Monster Hunter Diary: Pokapoka Ailu Village (Capcom) – 88.405 / 344.480 (-65%)
02. / 03. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) – 55.837 / 915.570 (+2%)
03. / 00. [WII] Metroid: Other M (Nintendo) – 45.398 / NEW
04. / 02. [PSP] Ace Combat X2: Joint Assault (Bandai Namco) – 27.560 / 85.345 (-52%)
05. / 00. [PSP] Bleach: Heat the Soul 7 (SCE) – 25.374 / NEW
06. / 07. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) – 11.933 / 807.536 (+0%)
07. / 08. [NDS] Art Academy (Nintendo) – 10.248 / 159.007 (-1%)
08. / 06. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! Spark / Bomber (Level 5) – 10.022 / 820.739 (-22%)
09. / 00. [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 [Reprint] (Square Enix) – 9.162 / NEW
– Drawing for Mario goods:
– Mario and Luigi tote bag (1,000 total)
– T-shirt (3,000 total)
– Mario playing cards (5,000 total)
– Need to buy a Wii/DS Mario game to participate
– Japanese Mario contest: Make a flipnote, winning video will be put out on Nintendo’s home page, the DS at Mac service, and the Nintendo Channel
– Videos on the 25th anniversary site
– Campaign commercial on the site
– General campaign introduction video
– Super Mario Collection Special Pack video
– Interview with Shigeru Miyamoto and Mother creator Shigesato Itoi instead of Iwata
Vblank Entertainment CEO Brian Provinciano on the possibilty of Retro City Rampge 3DS…
“I love how things get taken out of context, haha. I did an interview about RCR recently in which they went fishing at the end by throwing in a question about what I thought of the 3DS… and here we are! I think pretty much every developer is interested in the 3DS. With the downloadable space finally in full swing, the market being there for smaller games, and the almost risk-free environment where we needn’t worry about manufacturing, distribution and shelf space, it’s very enticing.
DanceDanceRevolution (Wii) – E
Gummy Bears Mini Golf (DS) – E
Shawn Johnson’s Gymnastics (Wii) – E
Backyard Sports: Rookie Rush (Wii) – E
Bit.Trip Fate (Wii) – E
Dora’s Big Birthday Adventure (Wii) – E
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (DS) – E
Surfacer+ (DSi) – E
Battle of Giants: Dinosaurs Strike (Wii) – E10+
Family Feud: Decades (Wii) – E10+
Jewel Quest Solitaire Trio (DS) – E
North American Hunting Extravaganza II (Wii) – T
GoldenEye 007 (Wii) – T
Paper Wars: Canon Fodder (DSi/Wii) – T
Virtual Families (DS) – E
MotoX (DSi) – E
Fish Tank (Wii) – E
Hidden Mysteries Salem Secrets (DS) – E
Once Upon A Time (Wii) – E
Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2011 (DS) – T
Driver San Francisco (Wii) – T
Go Fetch! (DSi) – E
Paul’s Monster Adventure (DSi) – E
Sesame Street: Cookie’s Counting Carnival (DS) – EC
Sesame Street: Elmo’s A-to-Zoo Adventure (DS) – EC
Touch ‘N’ Play Collection (DS) – E
A Fairy Tale (DSi) – E
General controls
– L: Cycle Through Deck Commands
– L (Hold) + A: Execute Shortcut Command
– L (Hold) + X or B: Cycle Through Deck Commands
– R: Camera Reset
– R (Hold) D-Pad: Camera Control
– L+R: Lock-on/Lock-off of enemy
– D-Pad: Character Movement
– Touch Screen: Rotate Camera and switch between Clock Ability and Navi Map
– Y: Use Ability
– X: Use Deck Command
– A: Use Fight Command / Confirm Selections
– B: Jump
– Start: Pause / Event Skip
Battle basics
– Basic move is to press A
– Sora will then attack with his keyblade
– Combos can be executed with good timing
Deck commands
– Use the skill/magic that has been set in your Deck Command by pressing X
– Deck Command is the command palette on the lower left of the screen
– A skill will need to charge before you can use it again
Abilities
– Use an ability with Y
– Can evade an enemy attack
– Press Y when attacked to trigger a Reflect Guard
– Reflect Guard will block an attack with your keyblade
– Press Y while moving to do a Dodge Roll
– Dodge Roll will keep you invincible from attack
GET AN EARLY TASTE OF ROCK BAND 3 WITH SINGLES FROM DIO AND THE SMITHS NEXT WEEK!
SINGLES FROM MORRISSEY, SILVERCHAIR, UNDEROATH AND JULIANA HATFIELD ALSO AVAILABLE
Cambridge, Mass. – Sept. 10, 2010 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that singles from Dio, Juliana Hatfield, Morrissey, Silverchair, The Smiths and Underoath will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and WiiTM.
With more than 400 artists, including Jimi Hendrix, The Who, AC/DC and Green Day, who are exclusive to Rock Band, as well as more than 1,600 songs available through the Rock Band platform and 70 million songs sold through its download store alone, Rock Band is the undisputed sales and content leader in the interactive music space, providing the deepest and best selection of artists, songs and albums. Rock Band 3 will be available Oct. 26 in North America and Oct. 29 in the rest of the world, giving players immediate access to a music library approaching 2,000 songs playable in Rock Band 3 at launch with new content added weekly to the Rock Band Music Store. Rock Band’s gigantic music library dwarfs that of any other music game on the market. Find more information on how to pre-order Rock Band 3 today here.
– MT Framework Mobile being used for Resident Evil: Revelations and Super Street Fighter IV 3D
– Jun Takeuchi couldn’t believe the results they were getting at first
– Resident Evil: Revelations uses common rendering techniques on the PS3/360
– This includes HDR rendering, surface shaders, normal maps, depth of filed, gamma correction
– Motion blur apparently isn’t compatible with 3D
– Motion blur only used in 2D mode
– Up to 2xAA in 2D mode
– Anti-aliasing off in 3D mode
– Graphical comparisons (top image doesn’t have the effect):
Surface shaders, self-shadowing
