Nintendo has typically been silent on its release schedule, however, that all changes today. The publisher has announced their upcoming first-party release lineup for 2010 in North America. Note that December release dates haven’t been included in this calendar so those holding out for Golden Sun may have to wait a bit longer. … Continue Reading
The Dragon Quest series has always been a bit of a niche series in most of the world, but in Japan, it has the rock star status that Final Fantasy enjoys in the US, so much so that there is supposedly a law saying that a Dragon Quest game cannot be released on a weekday (to keep people from missing work and cutting class to play it.) Furthermore, when this game released in Japan, 3 million copies sold in one weekend!
So when my copy arrived in the mail last week, I dove right in–and I can see why it sold like hotcakes in Japan.
Curious as to what spurred 3 million copies to fly off the shelves? Read on… … Continue Reading
Atlus is really pushing the marketing on Etrian Odyssey fans and with the looks of it, mapmaking should be a useful feature for all RPG enthusiasts. Players can exercise their cartography skills by utilizing the various tools available to you. In this, you can lay the ideal path and use the autopilot feature to get yourself through the map. It’s almost impossible to get lost in this game. I’ve kept the italics in case I am proven wrong in the future and aren’t liable for my statements thereof. Har, har!
Etrian Odyssey III will be out in stores September 21, 2010 and only on the Nintendo DS. … Continue Reading
Ever wanted to learn how to draw on the go? Now you can with Art Academy, a portable learning software that teaches you art techniques like chiaroscuro on the Nintendo DS. Offering the 2 for 1 deal by packaging Art Academy: First Semester and Art Academy: Second Semester into one whole game, players can create their own images and take up lessons about basic art like movement and perspective. You can expect to get those creativity juices a flowing on those color palettes with about 80 motives available at your disposal.
The game is expected to retail for $19.99 on October 25th. At least it beats drawing stick figures.
Oddly enough, the folks over at Askys Games went all chibi on us and released a 2D brawler called BlazyBloo: Super Melee Brawlers Battle Royale out now for DSiWare at 500 DSi Points.
The game supports up to 4 players locally or CPU in four match modes that are just weird to describe, one mode has you snatching a panda in a capture the flag type scenario. Your favorite characters from Blazblue return for its downloadable debut like Ragna, Noel, Rachel, Taokaka, and Jin and you can also customize them with bunny ears to improve their fighting abilities.
If anime brawlers in chibi attire interests you, then by all means check out BlazyBloo. Just don’t die from the cuteness overload.
5th Cell is aware of the controls. They fixed it. I’ve seen it. Trust me. With that out of the way, the Super in Scribblenauts gives you a hint of the game’s direction. The use of word modifiers is the big change this time around and we’re not fooling around when you can string awesome new phrases like “massive stone sad beelike dragon.” … Continue Reading
In lieu of the liveblog, here’s what went down at E3:
–Kirby is back in Kirby’s Epic Yarn
–New Paper Mario game announced
–Pit makes a long overdue return in Kid Icarus: Uprising
–New Metroid: Other M trailer
–Donkey Kong Country Returns announced
–Golden Sun DS is now named Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
–Nintendo 3DS announced, remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time one of the games to be made
–PokePark Wii: Pikachu’s Adventure announced
–Mario Sports Mix announced
–But the highlight was the revealing of New Zelda Wii’s official name: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.
Stay tuned for more info as I find it.
Happy gaming,
SparklingBlue
Here we go, another action packed day marking the start of E3. Check back in a few for the Nintendo Presentation liveblog by Sarah at 9am PST, 12pm EST, and 5pm GMT
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