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What if you took New Super Mario Bros for the Nintendo DS and hacked a complete recreation of Super Mario 3 into the thing? Well, why stop there? Why not put some Metroid and Legend of Zelda in there too? More »
Kayak instructor and Professor of Technocultural Studies and Music at the University of California at Davis, Bob Ostertag, has rolled up a katamari-like collection of 8-bit to 64-bit samples in his video game “sound collage” titled w00t. Featuring carefully arranged blips and beats from games like Contra, Halo, Super Metroid, World of Warcraft and Ico, to name but a few, Ostertag’s 50 minute piece is available as a free download for the curious.
I spent about 15 minutes with the musical journey this morning before I became too distracted with the experimental arrangement, but fans of game music who loathe paying for things should give the MP3 a whirl. Thanks to Geoff for turning us on to Bob’s work.
w00t (and Other Recordings) [BobOstertag.com] More »
Oh boy! To celebrate the release of Metroid Prime 3 in Nintendo’s lesser territories next week, Nintendo have gone ahead and put Super Metroid on the Virtual Console. I’d say that’s fair compensation for the game’s late release on PAL consoles, but then, we’re getting Super Metroid late as well so… I won’t. Ah well, it’s here now, and for 800 points you can go see what all the fuss is about. More »
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is just a week away, and the VC Metroid Madness continues with the release of Super Metroid (800 points) on the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console. This is what I think of whenever people talk about Metroid. I’d go as far as calling it one of the best 2D adventure games of all time. Of course the sheer awesome exuded by Super Metroid doesn’t take anything away from this week’s other two entries, which were…um. *rereads press release a few times* Oh yes! Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (800 points) for the Sega Genesis, which features Joe Shinobi realising he screwed up years earlier and Neo Zeed is still alive and kicking. Instead of committing seppuku for his failure he tries to sweep the whole thing under the rug. Amateur. Finally we have Neutopia, the complete and utter Zelda ripoff from Hudson Soft for the TurboGrafx 16 (600 points). Still a fun game – just not a very original one. Hit the jump to see what Nintendo’s crack press release writing team has to say! More »
