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Bleach Wii to be developed by Treasure

By Mad Mage • Sep 11th, 2008 • Category: Nintendo, Video Games, Wii

Treasure is announcing on their site they are developing a new Bleach title for the Wii called Bleach Versus Crusade. Little in known about it, but it will be a 2 player 3D fighter developed by the Treasure team that did the two Bleach fighters for the DS. While this means the title will probably [...]



Nintendo of America Acknowledges Homosexuals Exist

By Mad Mage • Sep 8th, 2008 • Category: Nintendo, Video Games, Wii

Today is an epic day for Nintendo of America. For the first time since the NOA’s founding in 1980, they have acknowledged gay people exist, with the virtual console release of the homoerotic shooter, Chou Aniki.
Nintendo has been known for its excessive censorship. For years even the slightest reference to subjects like relegion, alchohol, and [...]



Culdcept for DS

By Mad Mage • Nov 2nd, 2007 • Category: Nintendo DS, Video Games

Magic Box was kind enough to inform people that Sega has announced a game for their popular (in Japan) Culdcept franchise for the DS. Anyone who’s ever played the game will know that the DS is the perfect system for the series, and multiplayer will be better than ever! It will be interesting to see [...]



Final Fantasy Tactics PSP Released

By Mad Mage • Oct 5th, 2007 • Category: Playstation Portable, Video Games

…in Europe at least. Americans will have to wait another week. here are my impressions of the European version which will likely be identical.
The translation is completely re-done. And done properly this time. No more typos, and the dialog seems written by -well, someone who knows how to write. Many class, skill, and character names [...]



Battle of the Arcs

By Mad Mage • Sep 25th, 2007 • Category: Movies, Nintendo DS, Playstation Portable, Video Games

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Recently, two tactical RPGs have been released, both of which have the word ‘Arc’ in them. The market hasn’t been this saturated with tactical RPGs featuring some sort of ‘Arc’ since Working Designs released The Arc the Lad Collection for PS1. With so many options to chose from how can you tell which arc-related [...]



Bangaioh Tamashii

By Mad Mage • Sep 11th, 2007 • Category: Nintendo DS, Video Games

Well, looks like the new Treasure DS game has been revealed by Famitsu. It’s a sequel to Bangai-Oh, which few can complain about. Especially since there’s reports of a level editor! Here’s the first scan (scroll a bit).
I wonder if we’ll ever see an original title from Treasure again?



Konjak

By Mad Mage • Sep 10th, 2007 • Category: Video Games

This guy is talented! Check out his games Noitu Love and Chalk. Both are free to download.
Noitu Love feels like Kid Chameleon if it were a beat ‘em up and had Alien Hominid’s sense of humor. The visuals and music are astounding for a game developed by a single person (get past the first level [...]



New Treasure Title Probably in the Works

By Mad Mage • Sep 7th, 2007 • Category: Nintendo, Nintendo DS, Video Games

Here is a countdown page that will allegedly reveal the new DS project Treasure is working on with ESP. I, for one, will hang myself if it’s another licensed title, so let’s hope it’s something original.
Normally, I do not endorse needless marketing tactics such as countdown pages. But this could be the first completely original [...]



PAX Report

By Mad Mage • Aug 27th, 2007 • Category: Entertainment, Events, Music, Video Games

This year’s Penny Arcade Expo was probably the best ever. With over 30,000 attendees this year, the Seattle convention center was packed and overflowing with nerd musk.
Internet Overlord and Starship Ensign Wil Wheaton delivered the keynote speech, where he regaled the crowd with humorous stories of his youth spent gaming in arcades (remember those?).
The concerts [...]



Persona 3 Review

By Mad Mage • Aug 8th, 2007 • Category: Playstation 2, Video Games

I love video games but they don’t always love me back. For instance, I know for a fact EA games don’t love me. But I suppose that’s reasonable considering some of the mean things I’ve said about them. Sadly, Persona 3 doesn’t love me either. I’m able to tell because it keeps killing me repeatedly. [...]