| Erik Johnson |
Sometimes you see something you get so excited about you just have to share, and Capcom really got me giddy tonight as they’ve sent out the Mega Man 10 pack art, and…oh gosh, I really hate just throwing the word epic around, but Proto Man looks solid and that purple dragon does appear to have turrets all over its body.
| Kevin Roberson |
Some of you might have played a flash game on Newgrounds called Meat Boy. For those who haven’t, it’s about a glob of meat whose girlfriend is kidnapped by an evil fetus with a PhD. The fetus’s only defenses against Meat Boy are his ability to teleport and his henchmen, the evil level designers.
| Erik Johnson |
Castlevania will apparently become the latest entry in Konami’s ReBirth series, bringing Castlevania the Adventure up to speed. The title was given a T rating from the ESRB and likely will see a release on WiiWare, following the likes of Contra and Gradius.
| Nayan R. |
The absolutely ludicrous title aside, I have a really hard time hating Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. Part of me wants to, not because of some nonsensical vendetta against FFIV’s canon, but more as a purveyor of value and of art, and an enemy of recycled, half-assed cash-ins. Alas, I am absolutely powerless against the scourge that is FFIV: The After Years. It’s simply awesome.
Set 17 years after the end of the events of Final Fantasy IV, the most interesting part of The After Years is its own development history. Developed by FFIII DS and FFIV DS veterans Matrix Software, the game was first developed for Japanese cell phones. The game was broken up into chapters, with the first being a free download, followed by subsequent chapters that were available for players to download after signing up for a subscription. For the benefit of the American audience, Matrix and Square-Enix decided to move the game, in all its parts, to the Nintendo Wii in the form of Wiiware downloads.
| Chris Burke |
Way back at Satoru Iwata’s GDC keynote speech, Nintendo revealed that the Wii would begin supporting larger SD memory cards. Everyone rejoiced, imagining all the new games they could hoard. But the strongest impact has been on publishers of WiiWare episodic games, and there’s only one of those.
| Chris Burke |
Explodemon is what you get when you combine explosions and Pokemon. Okay not really – but this downloadable platformer looks great!
| Adam Bruno |
You’ll notice that this post is a mere two days after my last one, which is probably some kind of record for me. Rest assured that this is due to my dedication as a gaming journalist, and not at all because Chris and Joanna have kidnapped my family due to my last post (I love you, Mom!). Because they didn’t. Honest. Anyway, Squenix proved once again that I am a dirty, dirty Final Fantasy whore.
