The Mario Brother from Another Planet
Feature Share it: Tweet The Mario Brother from Another Planet Though he started as a mere clone of his sibling, Luigi’s role has grown far more complex. By: Francesco Dagostino October 5, 2011 Ah, the neverending struggle for video game heroes to keep abreast of the times. From their humble, pixel-based roots, these digital characters evolved into complex, emotional individuals — seemingly, in the blink of an eye
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The Lack of Itagaki’s Trash Talk Saddens Tekken’s Harada
Tomonobu Itagaki spent the better part of two decades at Tecmo and Team Ninja, where his major projects included developing the Dead or Alive fighting game series and making sure you knew the competition (Tekken in particular) wasn’t any good. He left the developer several years ago and is now working on action game Devil’s Third at Valhalla Game Studios . In other words, he’s no longer in the fighting game business and therefore no longer trash talks the competition — and it’s exactly that which Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada misses
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Super Mario Land 2 Joins the 3DS eShop Lineup
It’s not a half-bad week for downloadable titles on 3DS. A day after getting The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition (also available on DSiWare) for free , a new Mario title for Game Boy is now available for download. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins is the sequel to the already-released Super Mario Land and, like its predecessor, it’s quite a bit different than the Mario games you may be used to seeing on other platforms.
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Castlevania Chronicles: We’ve Been Killing Dracula for 25 Years
Feature Share it: Tweet Castlevania Chronicles: We’ve Been Killing Dracula for 25 Years Looking back at a quarter-century of (mostly) greatness. By: Jeremy Parish September 25, 2011 Twenty-five years ago, on September 26, 1986, Konami launched a brand new game in Japan that would go on to become one of the longest continuously running franchises in the medium’s history. Akumajou Dracula — roughly translating to “Demon Castle Dracula,” which became ” Castlevania ” in the West in accordance with Konami’s weird obsession with pun-laden localization in the ’80s — was actually two different games on two different platforms.
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New 3D Classics Game TwinBee Now Out on 3DS
The latest 3D Classics title has been released on the 3DS eShop today. TwinBee is a vertical-scrolling shooter that started out in arcades before being brought to the Famicom (NES) in Japan. It was never brought to North America on that platform, but we did get the arcade version as a part of Konami Classics: Arcade Hits for DS in 2007, albeit under the name RainbowBell
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TGS: How Food Gives Life to Namco’s Game Music
He might not look it at a glance, but Namco Sound Team member Go Shiina — best known for his work on Mr. Driller , Tales of Legendia , and Ace Combat — is obsessed with food
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TGS: Japan Takes Its Dragon Quest Pretty Seriously
I know it’s a cliché, but sometimes there’s truth in such tripe: Japan loves its Dragon Quest . Outside of Mario and Monster Hunter , no other game franchise holds quite so much power over the gaming masses — and like Mario, it’s a sway that commands more than just the teenager set.
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TGS: Nintendo Press Conference Roundup: 3DS Games Galore
By now, you’ve likely heard the big news out of the Nintendo 3DS Conference 2011, the company’s pre-TGS event: Monster Hunter 4 and a new Fire Emblem are coming to 3DS, the eShop and other aspects of the system are to be improved , and a pink system will be out in Japan next month.
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Deus Ex Tops August NPD Charts as Software Sales Take a Hit Without Madden
The NPD Group has released its monthly sales figures for August today, with Deus Ex: Human Revolution being the best-selling game in the month despite being on store shelves for only five days.
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ModernWarfare3.com Dispute Ends with Activision in Control
A few months ago, it was discovered that the domain ModernWarfare3.com was not owned by Activision. Not only that, it was apparently owned by someone who’s not a particularly big fan of the Call of Duty series, and he made sure the website demonstrated that. This prompted Activision to file a complaint in order to secure control of the domain, which it has now been granted.
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