Warren Review: The World Ends With You

June 29th, 2008 by

The World Ends With You

Time played: approx. 18 hours
Progress: completed game (1 time), player level 49, ESP’er Rank C

The World Ends with You is an action-RPG for the Nintendo DS. It was developed by Jupiter (a subsidiary of Square Enix) who was also responsible for the game Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.  The World Ends with You?s pedigree and ancestors have set a pretty high set of standards for new Square Enix games not of the Final Fantasy lineage.  But does this new game meets up to these standards?

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Logitech Cordless MediaBoard for PS3

June 29th, 2008 by

Cost: $54 (most places; I found mine for $34)
Interface: Wireless via USB
Platform: Playstation 3 (Works on PC, Mac and Wii (no trackpad on Wii))

The Logitech Cordless MediaBoard for Playstation 3 is an all-in-one Keyboard and Mouse. It says that it is for Playstation 3, but I have tested it on a PC and it worked perfectly without any driver installation. To be more specific, I built a new system and used it to setup my BIOS settings for the first time, then to install the operating system.

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New Content

June 29th, 2008 by

Angora Usagi

The Game Usagi team has been busy behind the scenes prepping some new things for our readers over the summer.  Here’s some of what we have planned:

  • The Usagi-cast —  more game news and reviews plus our opinions on such.  In addition to the usual gaming podcast banter, we’ll be doing something super-special, so watch out for it!
  • Warren Reviews — reviews that go as deep as a warren into the essential nature of the game due to the fact that it was entirely completed before the review was written.  This gives you a definitive look at the nuances of a game that can be missed in preliminary reviews.
  • Proper forums — our current forums have been having issues along with our current sidebar.  We’re going to revamp the entire thing and start fresh with a new forum software to see if we can’t get them working even more smoothly.

New Affiliate

June 2nd, 2008 by

SlapStic

The Game Usagi friends network as expanded once again with the nice new addition of SlapStic.com. This site delivers you your video game news, but with a unique wry sense of humour that is refreshing amongst the hundreds of video game news blogs on the net. We here at Game Usagi look forward to possible collaboration in the future and just generally growing alongside of this site. You can pay them a visit by either clicking this post’s image or catching them in the sidebar’s affiliate links list.

New Anime Reviews

June 2nd, 2008 by

GiTS Laughing Man

I’ve added a couple more animes to our anime review section. The count is now up to 34 must-see anime movies! Pretty cool. You can check them out by either clicking the link in the sidebar or the Laughing Man image at the top of this post.

Mario Kart Wii

April 15th, 2008 by

Mario Kart Wii

Play Time: ~ 4 hours
Progress: All gold in 50cc cups, half of the golds in 100cc

Well. Mario Kart is always one of the most anticipated releases on new Nintendo consoles. Everyone always waits for the Zelda game, the Mario game, the Smash Bros. game, and then the Mario Kart game. Mario Kart DS was arguably one of, if not the, best game in the series’ past . It had nice new karts, both cool new and old tracks, and a couple new item changes to keep you on your toes. Mario Kart Wii surely introduces a ton of new things: sweet new characters, the use of motorcycles, some awesome unlockable karts, and a full set of new courses with the option of choosing some of the greatest from the past. But, is this alone enough to make this game the best Mario Kart ever?

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News: Sonic Unleashed Screens!

March 22nd, 2008 by

Sonic Unleashed

New screens have emerged today of what may be the next Sonic game. Both the resolution and the general quality seem to point to the game being on either the 360 or PS3, but SEGA loves Nintendo, so some sort of similar Sonic game can essentially be assured. There are screens both from cinematics and supposed in-game play, and the difference between the two should be obvious. I’m looking forward to this game already, it looks like (if they’re real) SEGA’s trying to get Sonic back to his old awesome as opposed to the loading and bug laden last Sonic games.

You can download a .ZIP file of the images here:

https://gameusagi.com/downloads/su_screens.zip

Edit: A video from the Xbox 360 version of the game has been leaked! The screens are apparently from the 360 version as well. You can watch the after the jump:

Edit 2:  Confirmed!  Sonic Unleashed was officially accounced by SEGA to be on its way to Wii, 360, PS3, and PS2 this year.

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