Square Enix will remake "Final Fantasy Legend II" for the Nintendo DS, according to the Japanese print media weekly "Shonen Jump." The original title first appeared on Nintendo's older handheld, the Game Boy. With a game this old we can expect major retooling, perhaps not dissimilar to the other "Final Fantasy" remakes. The new versions of [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 13, 2009
The faster the months slip by, the sooner the Nintendo DSi is rumored to arrive in the United States. Now, "multiple independent sources close to Nintendo" tell IGN's Matt Casamassina that the Nintendo DSi will see U.S. release on or about this April 4th at a price point of $180. Featuring larger screens, faster web browsing, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 13, 2009
While visiting the EA booth at CES last week, we were treated to some hands-on time with "Zubo," a strange little game for the Nintendo DS which blends adventure, rhythm, and RPG gameplay. The game is intended, said EA, for the 8-to-12-year-old demographic, but as we discovered for ourselves, "Zubo" can provide fun and laughter [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 13, 2009
It's been a few months since we shared the company of Sir Henry Hatsworth, the gentlemanly star of EA's "Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure." This title captured our attention back in August, when we got to spend some hands-on time with the puzzle-platformer hybrid at the EA Studio Showcase. Last week, at CES, EA [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, January 10, 2009
Even for the computer-savvy, setting up a game console on encrypted Wi-Fi is always a bit of a hassle. You have to memorize a special keycode, tap it in one character at a time with control stick or stylus, and -- in the case of the Nintendo DS -- expose your entire home network to [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 9, 2009
First “Star Ocean: The Last Hope” gets pushed up, and now Sega has confirmed that “Phantasy Star Zero” will be coming to North America and Europe in Fall 2009. Good day to be a fan of the Japanese RPGs, I’d say.
Continue reading...Friday, January 9, 2009
At Wednesday's "Game Power" panels during this year's CES, attendees heard experts' thoughts on every gaming buzzword in the book -- from social, to mobile, to massive, and beyond. One such discussion centered around "casual gaming," that ill-defined, oft-maligned phrase that gets core gamers in an uproar, and puts dollar signs in publishers' eyes. Among [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Despite its rocky recent past, pretty much everyone seems to be looking forward to Atari's upcoming Ghostbusters title, set for release on almost every modern -- and a not so modern -- platform. While nobody can be sure of its quality before it hits store shelves, Sony Pictures was kind enough to let us know [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 30, 2008
We are KORG. You will be sequenced. Resistance is adjustable.
Continue reading...Saturday, December 20, 2008
The original Broken Sword, Shadow of the Templars as it is known, has been ported to almost as many platforms as Myst. Still, you can never have too many ports of a game. At least that's what Ubisoft think, so they have decided to bring it over to the Nintendo Wii, and even the DS. Developed [...]
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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