Archive for 2011


Indie Game Hopeless 2 Beta Nearing Full Release

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

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This is a guest post from one of Game Usagi’s supporters.

Necromanthus, an independent gaming design company out of Romania, took the idea of a browser-based first-person shooter to new heights in 2008 with their release of Stryke Mercenary Camp. Stryke wasn?t the only free-to-join browser-based FPS on the market, not by a long shot, but it was the only shooter on the entire market to be highly optimized for basic computers and basic Internet connections.

Many popular shooters, like Country Strike, Orange and others, not only require gamers to have a hefty gaming rig capable of high FPS (Frames Per Second) rates, but they also require gamers to have low ping values (around 80ms on the high end) and superb connection quality. Stryke didn?t. Anyone could play and school noobs, whether they had a top-of-the-line PC or a low-powered laptop.

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Anime Movie Guide Incoming [update]

Friday, March 11th, 2011

[Update: The site is now live! Check out http://animemovieguide.com!]

We apologize for the lack of updates over the past week or so. We’ve been hard at work developing an all-new site to host our growing Anime Movie Guide. The site is nearing completion and will soon feature OVA and TV Series Movie guides in addition to the classic Movie Guide that you’ve come to know and love. We’re also working on our seemingly arbitrary organization of the movies so that it’s a much cleaner and simpler browsing experience.  We’ll be unveiling the site in the next day or two, so get ready to experience a new way to find great anime movies.  To tide you over, there’s a sneak peek at the logo from the new site above and a preview image of an early beta version of the site on Anime Movie Guide’s Twitter feed here: http://twitter.com/animemovieguide

-Miyamoto

Nintendo GDC 2011 Keynote Details

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

Nintendo had their GDC 2011 Keynote presentation today and announced quite a few things that were a pleasant surprise for both the 3DS and the Wii. Here are the highlights for y’all:

  • Netflix is coming to the 3DS this summer, wooooo!
  • 3D video content on the way in the form of Hollywood movie trailers, game trailers, and short videos
  • Hinted once again at 3D video recording coming to the 3DS
  • GameGear and Turbografx-16 games added to the Virtual Console list for 3DS, with around 5 GG games available at the launch of eShop
  • Confirmed that many old VC games will be getting 3D overhauls for the 3DS
  • Late May will bring the eShop, the NetFront Web Browser, and the ability to transfer DSiware games off of DSis and onto the 3DS
  • First screens from the upcoming brand-new Super Mario game for the 3DS, note the tanuki tail in the logo at the bottom of the page.
  • New footage of Zelda: Skyward Sword looking basically the same, but showing new enemies and puzzles

Usagicast Episode 6

Friday, February 25th, 2011

3DS launch and AR games, 3DS vs NGP musings, being a Nintendogs+cats cat-lady, Activision’s vendetta against video games, and Sony being a baby about jailbreaking.

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3DS Manual Image Captions

Friday, February 25th, 2011

As with any Nintendo system manual, the 3DS’ manual is chock-full of amusingly vague pictures just ripe for the captioning.  We picked out the top 18 pictures from the manual and have embellished them to show what the pictures really mean.  Have your own captions?  Share them in the comments section!  See the rest after the jump:

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Official NA 3DS Launch Titles Announced

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

Nintendo has finally released an official list of the games that will be available at launch for the 3DS on March 27th.  The official price for the first-party games is $39.95 in both US and Canada:

  • Pilotwings Resort
  • Steel Diver
  • nintendogs + cats
  • Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition
  • The Sims 3
  • Madden NFL Football
  • Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3D
  • LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
  • RIDGE RACER 3D
  • Super Monkey Ball 3D
  • BUST-A-MOVE UNIVERSE
  • SAMURAI WARRIORS: Chronicles
  • Asphalt 3D
  • Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D
  • Rayman 3D
  • Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Shadow Wars
  • The only two I’m buying are LEGO Star Wars III and Bust-a-Move Universe. Which ones will you be picking up?

    Usagi News: Pet Usagi in Professor Layton 3DS

    Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

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    Good news for usagi lovers everywhere, the Professor Layton game coming out for the Nintendo 3DS will feature a pet usagi that you can apparently do Nintendogs-like things with. Hurray for 3D usagi cuteness! Check out the video above for a gameplay video with the game’s adorable usagi companion.

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