Site Update: Widescreen

January 25th, 2011 by

It’s been almost a decade since the widespread adoption of widescreen-format monitors and TVs.  The original theme that Game Usagi was built around in 2007 was still catering to the dying crowd of standard definition monitor owners.  Lately this has led to most people viewing Game Usagi having 1/3 of their screen filled with content and the rest with an endless sea of grey.  Now friends, feast your eyes upon an extra 100 pixels of horizontal goodness and a top banner that is only 2/3 of its recent very large size.  Trimmed down and expanded where it matters, Game Usagi is now a sleeker beast ready to give you images that aren’t squished on the front page and more page options in the navigation bar at the bottom of the site.  Enjoy.

-Miyamoto

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Anime Movie Guide Update

January 23rd, 2011 by

The movies Summer Wars (from Mamoru Hosoda) and Evangelion 2.0 (from Gainax, pictured above) were both recently added to our Anime Movie Guide.  So go ahead, check them out and see what you’ve been missing in the wonderful world of anime.

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Jan. 19th 3DS Conference Details [update]

January 19th, 2011 by

[update: added links to videos from the conferences and Europe details]

Well, Nintendo had their launch conferences in the US and Europe today and here is the new info that we received from them:

  • Launch Colours: Aqua Blue and Cosmo Black
  • Sticking with name “Analog Circle Pad” for the control nub
  • Home button allows internet surfing and other 3DS usage even while playing a game (see feature walk-through video here)
  • Notification light:
    Green – Street Pass
    Orange – Friends Online
    Red – Power low
    Blue – Spot Pass
  • Mii Plaza tells you what country Miis are from and the last StreetPass game played by that person
  • Friend codes are back, one per system (no individual game codes), and are auto-registered when you play with someone via local wireless
  • Madden Football 3D, LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, Driver Renegade and Sonic 3DS announced (short video clip of some new and old games can be seen here and a trailer for the new Madden can be seen here)
  • Super Street Fighter IV 3D will have regular online matchmaking without need for friend codes from strangers
  • 30 3DS games will be out in North America before E3 this year
  • Pedometer app on 3DS counts steps and awards Play Coins to spend on bonus game content of some kind
  • Better-than-DSi web browser
  • 3D Video player app
  • Sound player from DSi will return on the 3DS
  • Spot Pass (auto-connection to WiFi hotspots as you go through them) can be turned off.  When it’s on, you can get content from all games ever played on the system without them having to be currently inserted or active.
  • Better online store (“Nintendo eShop”) with full-screen screenshots and easier browsing
  • $249.99 launch price in North America – launches on March 27th.
  • No set price in Europe – launches on March 25th
  • No launch games or game prices noted for North America.  :/

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WR: Infinity Blade (iPhone/iTouch)

January 15th, 2011 by

Developer: Chair Entertainment
Publisher: Epic Games
Genre: Action RPG
Players: 1
Price: $5.99
 Hours Played: 10
Progress: Defeated the god-king and completed 8 bloodlines

We all love having that game that totally shows off the graphical prowess of your system, the one that epitomizes what next-gen gaming is all about. It is rare however to associate any such games with a platform like the iPhone, but Apple’s ubiquitous phone is no longer a fledgling gaming device and no stronger example exists than Epic Games’ new title Infinity Blade. Read on to find out why…

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MediaPad Pro (iPad)

January 13th, 2011 by

Developer: MEDL Mobile, Inc. with Craig Orsini
App Type: Digital Photography Portfolio Maker/Presenter
Price: $14.99
Version: 1.2
Time Used: 2 months

With 58000 apps available on the iPad app store alone, there is a lot of chaff to wade through to get to the wheaty goodness of really good apps.  If an app doesn’t become one of the top few for total number of downloads, it can often fade into obscurity regardless of its quality or utility.  We recently got our hands on a copy of the digital photography portfolio suite MediaPad Pro for the iPad.  Does MediaPad Pro rise above the usual app fodder into the realm of actual utility?  Read more to find out.

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Black Ops Achievement

January 11th, 2011 by

By accident I discovered that I had achieved something quite special in Call of Duty Black Ops.  It’s not the usual kind of achievement that gives you GamerScore points or Trophies, but a wholly more awesome one.  As you can see above, in my Combat Record on Black Ops, I have made 1337 kills with my favourite weapon, the very cheap AK74u.  Now I have the dilemma of deciding whether I should keep using the gun and ruin my record or try to use other weapons.  ^_^  See after the jump for a detail of the awesometude.

-Miyamoto

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WR: Fable III (Xbox 360, PC)

December 1st, 2010 by

Developer: Lionhead Studios
Publisher: Microsoft
Genre: RPG
Players: 1
Console: Xbox 360, PC
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Hours Played: 35
Progress: Finished the campaign

Each iteration of the Fable franchise has been preceded with great promises of innovation that would turn the genre on its head. This has mostly materialized in a pretty standard, real-time combat RPG with some SIMS-type gameplay features sprinkled in. For Fable III, Lionhead Studio’s figurehead, Peter Molyneux, was once again quick to proclaim a new dawn for this successful franchise with creative new updates that would revolutionize the genre. So are these yet more overstated promises or has the prodigal son of video games finally arrived? Read on the find out…

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