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November 23rd, 2009 at 10:15pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
This week’s Virtual Console update is delicious on two different fronts. For one, it’s delicious in that we wish we could have some of those jelly beans the Blob in A Boy and His Blob is snacking on — well, except for the ketchup ones. Even we don’t like those!
Secondly, it’s delicious because … uh, we may not have thought that far ahead, But, hey, Super Mario Kart! Have you been adequately distracted from our mental lapse? Check out the video above!
- Super Mario Kart (SNES, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
- A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia (NES, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)
Every week, we like to check out what’s new on the Virtual Console. We offer these videos as a sort of taste to help you decide whether or not you would want the game in question. We also toss in our own two cents because we’re pushy jerks like that.
VC in Brief: Super Mario Kart (SNES), A Boy and His Blob (NES) originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 23rd, 2009 at 11:00am
Under Wii / Nintendo
Nintendo celebrates Thanksgiving by dropping a massive feast onto the table of every Wii and DSi owner in North America. The next Bit.Trip game is now available on WiiWare, DSiWare receives another heaping serving of Electroplankton, and Virtual Console welcomes … Super Mario Kart. We guess when Nintendo said “by year’s end” it meant “next week.” See the full, seasonally appropriate bounty after the break.
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NintendoWare Weekly: Bit.Trip Void, Super Mario Kart, A Boy and His Blob originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 13th, 2009 at 05:00pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
A Boy and His Blob tells the story of an extra-terrestrial, amorphous lifeform and his young handler as they combat an evil emperor, hellbent on doing what all evil emperors want to do: kill most and rule over what’s left. The only thing standing in this extreme evildoer’s way is the boy’s willingness to feed the Blob different jellybeans, which cause him — it? — to transform into different shapes, thereby overcoming the game’s many obstacles.
After playing the game for a bit, it became clear that I was going to have to give up my need to solve the game’s puzzles unsupervised. See, A Boy and His Blob thought that I would be far better off if it held my hand.
[Note: This review also comes with this "complimentary" video. Enjoy!]
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Review: A Boy and His Blob originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 4th, 2009 at 05:00pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
You know what more games need to have? A hug button.
This inspiring innovation is introduced in the gameplay demonstration for A Boy and His Blob seen above. Okay, so maybe an “embrace command” wouldn’t pan out too well in, oh, say, Gears of War. Perhaps hugs are rarely appropriate in a video game context, requiring the presence of anthropomorphic gobs of slime to be considered acceptable. We don’t really care about all that stuff — all we know is that our hearts have been warmed to a point where eggs could be scrambled on our bare chests.
A Boy and His Blob gameplay video is remarkably huggable originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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September 5th, 2009 at 06:00pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
WayForward has done something fairly magical with its gorgeous remake of A Boy and His Blob — it’s made the game look appealing even to someone who has played the NES game recently enough to remember the abject frustration, untinged by nostalgia. In fact, we think this game is lovely enough to attract players who don’t even know there was another game.
This ‘launch’ trailer (though the game isn’t out until October) includes some animated story sequences, the use of which shouldn’t be much of a surprise in a hand-drawn game. It also includes a quick look at some delightful jellybean-granted Blob abilities, like a mech and some kind of “boy” shape.
A Boy and His Boy-Shaped Blob in a new trailer originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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August 31st, 2009 at 10:00pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
This week, WayForward’s Sean Velasco offers Nintendo Channel viewers a look at the delightful-looking A Boy and His Blob, describing the colorful sidescrolling adventure as “a sincere game in a cynical time.” We suppose that the level of interest the game inspires could be related to your own cynicism. In short, if the look of this game does nothing for you, you’re either too cynical or you’ve spent too much time playing the NES game.
FInd the video, as well as the list of DS demos and other new videos, after the break.
[Via GoNintendo]
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This Week on the Nintendo Channel: A director and his boy and his blob originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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August 24th, 2009 at 06:15pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Now here’s a novel idea: Preorder
A Boy and His Blob at
GameStop and receive … a blob. Well, at least something that looks like the blob from the game’s title. In actuality, it’s one of those foam rubber stress-relief balls. Only shaped like
a the blob — and far more cute.
Note that — thankfully — the bonus is just the blob and does not include a boy, foam rubber or otherwise. Girls who preorder the game also get the blob, but are able to claim they’re “a girl and her blob,” which would probably make a good title for the sequel.
A Boy and His Blob is out on October 13 and looks gorgeous.
Preorder A Boy and His Blob, get a blob originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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August 2nd, 2009 at 12:30pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
We’ll be honest — the upcoming re-imagining of A Boy and His Blob for Nintendo Wii makes our hearts go aflutter. The newest screens, grabbed by Aussie-Nintendo, do little more than entice us while we patiently wait for the game’s release date. When is that again? Oh, right, we have no idea.
We do, however, have two videos from back in March to compare with today’s screens, which we’re pleased to say look just as good as the videos did back then. And just look at that adorable picture with the game’s main character taking a snooze! Sorry, sorry, we’ll be over here being total creeps. You enjoy the new screens below.
[Via GoNintendo]
A Boy and His Blob’s new screenshots warm our hearts originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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June 12th, 2009 at 05:00pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Nintendo E3 2009 checklist:
- Mario? *check*
- Zelda? *check*
- Metroid? *check*
Are we missing something? Head past the break to find out!
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E3 2009 highlights: The Nintendo roundup originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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June 12th, 2009 at 03:59pm
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Voldi Way, president of WayForward — or “Tyrannical Overlord” of the company, if his business card is to be believed — gave us one of the company’s first interviews as a “publisher,” having recently self-published downloadable games on DS (Mighty Flip Champs) and WiiWare (LIT).
During this E3 interview, Way told us that the company has at least three new unannounced projects, two of which are coming this year on Wii, and one also headed for PC. He also addressed the purported Aliens vs. Predator DS game and discussed the company’s licensed game strategy, about which we may have accidentally given him a complex.
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