Sakurai-san has posted a very nice new arrangement of Ocarina of Time songs that will be used as background music within the new Smash Bros. game. I’ve been generally unimpressed by the musical updates on the site thus far, but I have to say that I am now very much looking forward to hearing this medley during gameplay. Click on the new character model for Zelda to hear the song.
I have been neglecting this site as of late and would like to apologize for the lack of updates. Essentially Nintendo is to blame ^_^. One of the problems of having a news site run by a dedicated gamer is that they’ll definitely make playing cool new games a priority over posting news updates on the site. This is exactly what has happened with me. Below is a list of all of the games that I am currently concentrating on playing (so it does not include any of the many games that I am intermittently playing):
Wii
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition
Mario Party 8
Super Paper Mario
Trauma Center
DS
Pokemon Diamond
Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (good game, even in Japanese!)
360
Ring of Death’d 🙁
PSP
Me & My Katamari
Loco Roco
Lumines II
Game Cube
Metroid Prime 2
Pikmin 2
Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes
So, you can see that my time is amply occupied with this, not to mention my job selling video games most days. ^_^
Anyways, E3 is swiftly approaching and I wanted to assure you that Game Usagi will do our best to give you top-notch coverage of everything interesting that goes down.
-Miyamoto
P.S. We’re hiring!
UPDATE: Add these to the list, thanks to my 3.40 OE-A firmware PSP (and Lumines):
PSP
Illusion of Gaia (SNES)
Megaman Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar (GBA)
Final Fantasy VII (PS1)
Ladies and Gentlemen – start your consoles! Looks like they’ve been busy and have a load of games this week. Also note, 2 of the first Wii games to have online-multiplayer will be available this week!
Pokemon Battle Revolution (Wii)
(releases June 25)
Pokemon Battle Revolution is the first online-multiplayer enabled game for the Wii.
The BIGS (Wii)
(releases June 25)
The BIGS is an arcade style baseball game with power-ups and special effects, as well as online with up to four players.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Wii, DS)
(releases June 25)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix lets players explore key locations in Hogwarts, matching the film in visual style.
Transformers: The Game (Wii)
Traveller’s Tales is developing a Transformers game based on the upcoming movie.
Driver: Parallel Lines (Wii)
Driver: Parallel Lines continues the series of car chase games from Atari and developer Reflections Interactive.
Chicken Shoot (Wii)
This humorous shooter sees players visiting locations all over the world to hunt poultry.
Ratatouille (Wii, DS, GBA)
Ratatouille, based on the 2007 feature film of the same name, tells the tale of a young rat who dreams of becoming a famous Parisian chef.
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It might be in name only, but Miyamoto (I think the real one and not our beloved site overseer) shows up in a recent CTRL+ALT+DEL comic. Click on the image or link to view the comic.
Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition (Wii)
Resident Evil 4 heads to the Wii, incorporating the control functionality of the Wii Remote and the additional content included in the Playstation 2 version.
Time Ace (DS)
(delayed from last week)
Time Ace is an action flight sim for the Nintendo DS, set across time with a range of classic and futuristic planes.
Zendoku (DS)
(delayed from last week)
Zendoku is a puzzle game for handheld platforms, with a light-hearted martial arts theme.
Brothers in Arms DS (DS)
The Brothers in Arms series brings gritty squad-based WWII combat to the DS.
Transformers: Autobots / Transformers: Decepticons(DS)
The Transformers hit the DS in two different versions, Autobots and Decepticons, offering up double the robot fun.
SimCity DS (DS)
Based on SimCity 3000, SimCity DS features stylus-based controls, mini games and three modes of play.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Trading Card Game (DS)
A card battle game starring the characters from the anime Fullmetal Alchemist.
(Game descriptions and release dates courtesy GameSpot)
It turns out that the culprit in the case of me being the only member of humanity with an internet connection that could not access Game Usagi turned out to be some errant connections being made to my site by my FTP client in Mac OSX, Cyberduck. Apparently when I closed it, it wouldn’t disconnect from my server, leaving me with 50 or so connections constantly open. This worried my server and it automatically pwn3d me with a full-out block. I had originally thought that my ISP was to blame because I was having some bandwidth qualms with them, but they were very understanding and hadn’t done anything to my internet connection.
Thanks for bearing with us through our first bout of technical issues.
-Miyamoto
Scarface: The World Is Yours (Wii)
Based on the movie of the same name, Scarface: The World Is Yours puts you in the role of Tony Montana, a ruthless gangster.
The Sims 2: Pets (Wii)
The Sims 2: Pets is a Sims game focused on pets.
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Wii, DS)
(releases June 15)
Fantastic 4: Rise of Silver Surfer is based on the 2007 movie of the same name.
Time Ace (DS)
Time Ace is an action flight sim for the Nintendo DS, set across time with a range of classic and futuristic planes.
Zendoku (DS)
(releases June 13)
Zendoku is a puzzle game for handheld platforms, with a light-hearted martial arts theme.
Chicken Shoot (DS)
(delayed till June 15)
This humorous shooter sees players visiting locations all over the world to hunt poultry.
(Game descriptions and release dates courtesy GameSpot)
