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Pix’n Love Publishing’s History of Mario and Gunpei Yokoi books up for preorder on Amazon

By
Matt Keller
– June 15, 2013

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If you, like me, preordered Pix’n Love Publishing’s upcoming releases The History of Mario: 1981-1991 Rise of an Icon from Myth to Reality and Gunpei Yokoi: The Life & Philosophy of Nintendo’s God of Toys when they were first announced for English release back in 2011, you might be wondering what’s going on with them.

Originally due for release in “Q1 2012″, the books have consistently slipped, and just missed their most recent updated release date of May 2013. Such is life in the world of book publishing. There is a ray of sunshine, though – both books have just appeared for preorder on Amazon US with release dates of January 7, 2014.

You can order The History of Mario: 1981-1991 and Gunpei Yokoi: The Life & Philosophy of Nintendo’s God of Toys now.

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Video Game Ad of the Day: Light Crusader

By
Matt Keller
– June 15, 2013

Light Crusader
Light Crusader is a late era Mega Drive RPG developed by Treasure Co. Ltd and published by Sega. Light Crusader is generally considered to be one of Treasure’s lesser games as the isometric perspective causes the game to be quite imprecise, making controlling your character a complete chore. Light Crusader is a distinct departure from the company’s more familiar action efforts and its art style has a heavy Western influence.

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Auction Watch – 15/06/2013

By
Matt Keller
– June 15, 2013

Auction

eBay is heating up this week, particularly if you’re a Mega Man fan with a lot of spare cash.

Pink PlayStation 2 – Don’t tend to see them CIB very much.

Atari Jaguar w/ Tempest, Club Drive, Cybermorph and Super Burnout – seller refusbished, so caveat emptor

Mega Man in Dr Wily’s Revenge (Game Boy)

Die Hard (NES)

Wild Guns (SNES)

Mega Man X (SNES)

Mega Man X2 (SNES)

Mega Man 7 (SNES)

Banjo-Tooie (N64)

Worms Armageddon (N64)

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“New” releases and discounts – week ending 15/06/2013

By
Matt Keller
– June 15, 2013

A packed week on Virtual Console!

Xbox Live Arcade
Nothing

Nintendo eShop (Australia, Europe)

WiiU Virtual Console
Mario & Yoshi (NES) – $AU0.30 until mid-July
Mega Man 2 (NES) – $AU6.50
Mega Man 3 (NES) – $AU6.50
Mega Man 4 (NES) – $AU6.50

3DS Virtual Console
Sonic the Hedgehog (Game Gear) – $AU6.50
Doctor Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine (Game Gear) – $AU3.90
Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya (Game Gear) – $AU5.20
Columns (Game Gear) – $AU5.20
Mega Man 6 (NES) – $AU6.50

Wii Virtual Console
Path of the Warrior: Art of Fighting 3 (Neo Geo) – 900 points

Nintendo eShop (North America)

WiiU Virtual Console
Yoshi (NES) – $US0.30

3DS Virtual Console
Sonic the Hedgehog (Game Gear) – $US4.99
Doctor Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine (Game Gear) – $US2.99
Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya (Game Gear) – $US3.99
Columns (Game Gear) – $US3.99

PlayStation Store (Australia, Europe)
Nothing

PlayStation Store (North America)

New Releases
Contra: Shattered Soldier (PS2 Classics) – $US9.99
Pirates: Legend of the Black Buccaneer (PS2 Classics) – $US9.99

Good Old Games

New Releases
Pandemonium 2 – $US5.99
Jade Empire: Special Edition – $US9.99 (introductory pricing, normally $US14.99)

Discounts
Notable Nordic Games sale – 60% off selected games

Steam
Nothing

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Check out this SCUMMVM HTML 5 port

By
Matt Keller
– June 15, 2013

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SCUMMVM, the emulator dedicated to keeping the many fantastic LucasArts adventure games playable for future generations, is available on pretty much every system around.

Thanks to the efforts of programmer Jukka Jylänki, SCUMMVM is now also playable in your HTML5 enabled browser.

To stay on the right side of the law, the version up on the site only enables you to play the demo versions of games such as Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max Hit the Road and The Secret of Monkey Island, to name a few.

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Square Enix releases new Final Fantasy X HD / Final Fantasy X-2 HD trailer

By
Matt Keller
– June 15, 2013


Square Enix has released a new trailer for the upcoming HD remasters of Final Fantasy X and X-2.

The games will be released later this year – together on the PlayStation 3, but separately on the PlayStation Vita.

Regardless of which version you get, that horrible laughing scene still included, though.

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Sega releases Castle of Illusion E3 Trailer

By
Matt Keller
– June 15, 2013


Sega has released a new trailer for their upcoming remake of Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse.

The trailer confirms that the game is based on the Mega Drive / Genesis version of the game, but will also feature new levels.

It’ll be coming to Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and Steam in the North American summer. So before the end of September, basically.

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Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty E3 Trailer, no release on Microsoft consoles

By
Matt Keller
– June 15, 2013


Oddworld Inhabitants has released a new trailer for the upcoming HD remake of Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee, entitled Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty. The game is currently scheduled to be released on the PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and Wii U.

It won’t, however, be coming to the Xbox 360 or Xbox One anytime soon. According to Oddworld Inhabitants co-founder Lorne Lanning, it’s because Microsoft stuffed them around with Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath. Microsoft first rejected the game because it exceeded the XBLA size limit, then refused them a slot because they didn’t have a publisher. In a recent interview with Eurogamer, Lanning elaborated “Why do we need a publisher when we self-finance our games, we build our own IP, we manage our own IP and we’ve turned nearly two million units online as indie publishers sold – not free downloads? Why? What’s wrong with us?”

They could actually release the game if they wanted to, Lanning elaborated, stating “For Xbox One they’ve granted us a license for New ‘n’ Tasty! but they still say you need a publisher. We don’t have a publisher so we’re not officially on the platform, even though we’re compatible, even though we’ll be ready to do it. Period.”

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Video Game Ad of the Day: Ghouls ‘n Ghosts

By
Matt Keller
– June 14, 2013

Ghouls N Ghosts PCE JP
Ghouls ‘n Ghosts is the second in Capcom’s series of classic, but ball-bustingly difficult action games. Ghouls ‘n Ghosts is one of the most widely ported games in history – nearly every major console and computer format released in the last 25 years has either a port of Ghouls ‘n Ghosts or an emulated version as part of a collection. This ad is for the PC Engine SuperGrafx version, released by NEC in 1990.

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Video Game Ad of the Day: Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

By
Matt Keller
– June 13, 2013

Castlevania Aria of Sorrow
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow was the third of the Game Boy Advance Castlevanias, and a pretty damn good game all around. You play as Soma Cruz, who discovers he wields the power of dominance, which grants him the ability to use the souls of enemies he defeats. Of course, those of you who have played the sequel, Dawn of Sorrow, know exactly why that is.

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