I often can't understand quite how I feel about Nintendo's Pokemon franchise. As far as the cute monsters go, I certainly like them, and even have some little Pikachu figures on my desk. But the game series doesn't seem to flow in a very Nintendo-like procession at all. Mario, Metroid, Zelda and Star Fox all take risks and build upon earlier concepts giving each game a unique experience. Pokemon on the other hand recycles pretty…
Read more →There's a new shirt design up at the store. It's an old-school celebration of Duck Hunt, which you can see of to the right! Head over there to order yours! Also, I went and made another wallpaper, this time using the design from the latest shirt. Click below to download!
Read more →One of the coolest features of the Nintendo 64 when it was shown for the first time (besides the amazing looking 3D graphics) were the four, count 'em four, controller ports featured on the front. The Nintendo 64, with its incredible speed and processing power, promised to take us beyond the two-player realms we were confined to with all gaming consoles previously. The Nintendo 64 would redefine the ideas for "party games" by letting four…
Read more →So Tuesday I briefly mentioned some of the games featured in EGM's Nintendo 64 magazine that ended up never seeing the light of day. Today we'll take a look at a few titles that were cancelled or shelved until the next console generation, including one particular title which I shall forever pine for. Robotech: Crystal Dreams This was one of the first games to be announced for Nintendo's Ultra 64, and it was one that…
Read more →Doom hits Xbox Live Arcade today, and I just finished playing through the demo which really made me nostalgic. The sound has been remastered in 5.1 and sounds great, the midi-like action music was a joy to hear. The controls feel natural and responsive. Combined with the new 4-player split-screen coop or deathmatch, or online coop and deathmatch, I think I'll be dropping 800 points on this baby! The demo for Sonic the Hedgehog is…
Read more →In yesterday's blog, I mentioned Nintendo's "Dream Team" of developers, which was most likely a way of them putting a positive spin on the fact that only a handful of developers had started working on the Nintendo 64. Today I'll talk about the most important of those developers, Rare. A Brief History Rare, a company founded by the Stampers brothers in England, started off primarily in the PC market. The Stampers were amazing programmers who…
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