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General Chat / Tales of Symphonia gets animated

« on: June 20, 2006, 09:30:02 AM »

Animate has announced that UFOTABLE will produce a Tales of Symphonia OVA series for Japanese release next year, based on the popular Namco RPG. The series will be directed by Haruo Tonosaki (eX-Driver) and feature character design by Akira Matsushima (Rurouni Kenshin Seisouhen).

Original Link (In Japanese).

[Battle Stadium D.O.N. - Naruto, One Piece & Dragon Ball Z in one fighting game for PS2 & Gamecube]

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Nintendo Gaming / Battle Stadium D.O.N.

« on: April 30, 2006, 03:55:10 AM »

So I just got this in my e-mail from Play-Asia:

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Battle Stadium D.O.N. - Naruto, One Piece & Dragon Ball Z in one fighting game for PS2 & Gamecube

The ultimate anime battle is about to begin. After Nintendo's popular Nintendo DS™ Jump! Super Stars, Bandai-Namco is going to publish probably one of the most exciting anime fighting games ever in the entire video game history.

Have you ever wished to fight Naruto against Luffy? Or Goku against Chopper? Battle Stadium D.O.N. makes your dream come true. The game contains the most popular fighters from three V-Jump Manga series in one fighting game. Characters from Dragon Ball, One Piece and Naruto (three of the currently most popular anime series) will stand up and battle against each other.

Just like Tomy's Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen series, Battle Stadium D.O.N. supports fights with up to four characters simultaneously. The game features a super combo system "Burst".

Unfortunately the complete character lineup or other details about Battle Stadium D.O.N. (D.O.N. stands for Dragon Ball, One Piece, Naruto) are not known at the moment. One thing however is for sure; the game will reach the attention of all anime fans and is expected to be among the hottest sellers this summer.

Be among the first to submit your preorder and increase your chance for possible preorder gifts as well as an early shipping date. Battle Stadium D.O.N. will ship on July 20th for PlayStation2™ as well as GameCube™ at US$ 64.90 only. A release outside of Japan has not been announced.

Too bad they left out Bleach (B.O.N.D. isn't any less dumb than D.O.N.), but there's some huge potential here....

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General Chat / Wrestler Eddie Guerrero Found Dead

« on: November 13, 2005, 10:06:29 AM »

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A truly sad day for all wrestling fans.

[Microsoft senior vice president and chief Xbox officer Robert J. Bach]

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General Gaming / The presidents in a war of words.

« on: May 31, 2005, 05:49:38 PM »

GameSpot has an article up with some kind words for the competition from the men in charge behind each next-gen console. Here's some excerpts:

Microsoft senior vice president and chief Xbox officer Robert J. Bach

"The other two companies' presentations [at E3] weren't surprising. Sony's [PS3's] capabilities are the same as ours. Nintendo is aiming for the niche market [with its Revolution]. The current-generation Xbox sold more than the PlayStation 2 in North America last Christmas. We will become the market leader with our next-generation console."


Ken Kutaragi, Sony Computer Entertainment president

"Beating us for a short moment is like accidentally winning a point from a Shihan (Karate master), and Microsoft is still not a black belt. Just like with their operating systems, they might come out with something good around the third generation of their release."

"This time, ours [the PS3] will be like a BMW that's equipped with a Ferrari engine. Nintendo's [Revolution] will be something like a new model of a family car. Some people might want it, but if it was me, I'd want to advance to the next level."


Satoru Iwata, Nintendo president

"Creating game software in high definition will require everything from the [graphic's] models to the background to be redone, and it will bloat up development costs. And yet, it has no use for people that aren't playing with a high-definition TV set. Game consoles are not an essential product in life, so we want to make ours as compact, thin, and as inexpensive as we can so that it won't be viewed with hostility by family members."

"There's a big gap between people that enjoy games that take time and playing skills, and people that don't. I'm feeling a real sense of danger about the decline in the Japanese gaming population. Patting a dog and telling it to stay [in Nintendogs] is something that anyone can enjoy. We're aiming to increase the population of game players with these new kinds of games."

"Nintendo is a company that likes to see smiles on the faces of people that love entertainment. We're not about selling new kinds of TVs or taking control of the living room."


Kutaragi is still insane as ever, but this wouldn't be as fun if he wasn't. I think Iwata either Jedi dodged the "What has Nintendo learned from its previous game machine release?" question, or misunderstood what was asked since he went on to discuss the DS instead of the GC. Techically yes, the DS was Ninty's last game machine release but I think Asahi wanted something concerning the Cube. Iwata didn't participate in the mudslinging contest Kutaragi is trying to start, so good for him.

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General Chat / Publishers defend lack of originality

« on: May 20, 2005, 08:18:01 AM »

Article can be read here.

Basically there was a panel at E3 where publishers discussed the process of choosing new game IP, and why "many" get chosen yet very little is on the shelves. IMO a very unintentionally funny read, especially at the end, but it raises some serious issues in the process behind the scenes.

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Nintendo Gaming / Next Gen gaming gets more expensive?

« on: March 16, 2005, 04:23:32 PM »

IGN reports that Activision plans to raise it's next gen game prices to $59.99 as their standard, and expects the industry to follow suit. Just as well, consoles are expected to start out at $500. With games and systems getting more and more pricey it's gonna get much harder to get two or more systems to play the games you want (if anyone buys into such pricey devices anyway). I hope Ninty and Rev get real lovey-dovey with third parties in the future....

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NWR Feedback / Lots of Editorials...

« on: January 25, 2005, 08:40:28 AM »

Quite a few editorials recently. Will this be a growing trend, or does the staff have a burning passion to get some writing out right now? Personally I'm all for them; makes for some good debating. Thanks for the opinions.

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Nintendo Gaming / Super Punch Out in EA's Fight Night for GC?

« on: January 15, 2005, 12:23:33 AM »

Matt of IGN clarifies a rumor in their latest mailbag about Super Punch Out being included in the upcoming Fight Night (2006?) for GC.  While I doubt all the recent pimping out of Mario will get me to buy those specific games, I may consider this one.