My Mii doesn’t look much like, well, me. Good thing customise Mii designer Bobby Bobby is here to make Miis for me. Or you. Or whomever. According to Bobby Bobby, he’s ranked #1 on the American Mii Artisan Rankings on the Check Mii Out channel, and he’s “one of the few authentic Mii Artists around the world to achieve this honour”. Above is a sample of his work, which runs $US 7.99. Not bad! Bobby Bobby says:
What, just the promise of WW2, Nazis, vampires and werewolves all in one game wasn’t enough for you? Fine. Here’s a couple of character-specific trailers. The one above’s for Vlado, who is – what else – a Nazi vampire. After the jump’s one for Camilla. A Nazi in need of a good and proper reminding of what is and what is not appropriate battlefield attire.
Hollywood producer Michael De Luca has produced lots of good movies. Take Boogie Nights or Wag the Dog, for example. He’s also produced lots of bad movies, like Little Nicky or Ghost Rider. He latest project? Bringing Metal Gear Solid to the screen. No easy task! No doubt fans of the cinematic game franchise have high expectations. And with the way Hollywood bungles game adaptations, the pressure is on. So, how does De Luca feel about this whole Metal Gear Solid movie dealio?
Britain’s individual format charts have this week has been cleft in twain. On the one side, the new Nintendo crowd. Mario & Sonic, Brain Training, Carnival, blah blah blah, you know them, you (“you” being the people who will not stop buying them) love them. On the other, the men with guns crowd, as both versions of the bug-riddled Rainbow Six Vegas 2 chart at the top while Army of Two hangs on by the skin of its testosterone-charged fingertips.
We don’t like posting auctions here. Because some other asshole makes money, and not us assholes. But for this we’ll make an exception. Over at Yahoo! Auctions, one individual is auctions off 151 Game Boy Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition and Japan only Pokémon Green. These are the first generation Pokeé+mon. And 151 cartridges, that’s a whole Pokeédex worth! The seller points out that the non-mint cartridges don’t have instruction booklets or boxes, are grimy and scribbled on and make good dominos. Pokémon Auction [Yahoo! Auctions]
Comparisons between the DS and PSP were played out years ago. Especially when you consider the DS doesn’t give a hoot about what’s under its hood. But you know what, fuck it, let’s dredge the subject up again, because RoughlyDrafted have compared the tech specs of both handhelds and put em up against the iPhone. Their point? Showcasing the potential Apple’s phone has in the gaming arena. Click through for the full, grisly details.
We’ve seen the reasons for the Xbox and PlayStation hatorade. Now, it’s only fair to show why there’s venom against Nintendo. This should bring us full circle. Ah, much better.
Nintendo Hate [Games Radar Thanks, Roxeraz!]
Who said we wanted more PS2 SingStar games? Europe, was it you? Thought so. Thanks a lot. You could at least have asked for one with a specific theme or genre (the world still needs SingStar Gregorian Chants), but no. You had to go asking for some crummy “SingStar Summer Party” compilation, which feels a lot less like summertime and a lot more like “pop music hell”.
Now typically, if we post nerdy figurines, that means one thing. No, it means two things: jubblies. This too! SEGA Toys is releasing a topless Kiryu Kazuma from Ryu ga Gotoku/Yakuza figure. Kiryu stands on a lit pedestal, holding a bat and sports yakuza-style back tattoos. No plans to release this outside Japan, but it’s available for pre-order for $US 68.90. Kiryu and his male nipples are slated to ship this July. Ryu ga Gotoku 2 [NCSX via Japanator]
Speaking with Capcom’s Christian Svensson, MTV decided to ask how the company decides when a game’s time is up. When we won’t care and retailers won’t care, and it’s time to pull the plug and stop making the thing. The answer they got is mighty interesting: The sales life cycle of a product is shrinking”, said Svensson. If a game undersells its first month at retail, it’s finished at retail. Often, though, it’s quicker: if a game underperforms its first week, it is more than likely “dead on arrival”.
Awfully harsh. For further enlightenment on related matters such as sales projections and DS cartridge manufacturing processes, hit the link below. Deciding The Fate of Dante and ‘Phoenix’ — How Capcom Predicts Game Sales [MTV]
