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BlazBlue PSP fires up a new trailer

December 11th, 2009 at 07:30pm Under PSP

One of the best fighting games of this generation is coming to PSP. After watching this new trailer for BlazBlue, we were surprised to see how well the game’s HD visuals have been translated for Sony’s handheld. It appears the handheld version of the game will add a few new features — Legion and Shop modes — but most importantly, we’d want the gameplay to work on PSP’s admittedly restrictive control setup.

Check out the new trailer after the break.

[Via PSPHyper]

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VC in Brief: The Combatribes (SNES), Solomon’s Key (VC Arcade)

November 30th, 2009 at 10:45pm Under Wii / Nintendo

This week’s Virtual Console update offers two delectable titles — Solomon’s Key is a very unique action/puzzler hybrid, whereas The Combatribes features a wonderfully bad story and the demon clowns of Coney Island. Life doesn’t get much better than this, folks!

Solomon’s Key (VC Arcade, 1 – 2 players, 600 Wii Points)
The Combatribes (SNES, 1 – 2 players, 800 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.

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NintendoWare Weekly: Tales of Monkey Island, Bookworm, The Combatribes

November 30th, 2009 at 01:00pm Under Wii / Nintendo

If you thought last week’s NintendoWare Weekly update was huge, well … you’ll probably think the same thing about this week’s update! That’s mostly because Nintendo provides quite the overweight offering this time, with a total of ten new titles available for your post-Thanksgiving download. Loosen that belt and make some room for more by heading past the break for the full list of this week’s releases.

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NintendoWare Weekly: WiiWare demos, Pokemon Rumble, Indiana Jones’ Greatest Adventures

November 16th, 2009 at 12:30pm Under Wii / Nintendo

This week, we get our first taste of Nintendo’s new WiiWare demos. Surprisingly, it didn’t take Nintendo that long to flip the switch for North America, considering the company revealed the long-overdue feature — and day-one annoyance — only earlier this month. And on top of the free trial versions of select WiiWare titles (five total this week!), there are also two new Virtual Console titles to enjoy, as well as three new DSiWare games. Hit the break for the full list.

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Give thanks for Bit.Trip Void on November 23

November 5th, 2009 at 11:39am Under Wii / Nintendo

Gaijin Games has announced a release date for the third game in its abstract, chiptune-infused Bit.Trip series. Bit.Trip: Void, which involves using the Nunchuk’s analog stick to absorb and/or avoid dots based on color, will arrive in North America on November 23. “That’s right, the week of Thanksgiving!” the announcement notes. “Total sweetness in the village.” Like Beat and Core, it’ll cost 600 Wii Points.

If you like the music from the Bit.Trip games, you’ll also be delighted to know that the soundtrack for Bit.Trip: Beat is now available for purchase on iTunes and CDBaby, with releases to follow on pretty much every online and mobile music retailer you’ve ever heard of, and several you haven’t.

Finally, proving its allegiance to the chiptune community. Gaijin Games announced that it will sponsor this year’s Blip Festival in New York City. Classy!

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NintendoWare Weekly: You, Last Ninja 2, Family Tennis and the Cubes

September 21st, 2009 at 11:56am Under DS

Studies show that American consumers are most receptive to downloadable content at the beginning of the week. It’s true! Why do you think Nintendo dumps its releases out on Mondays? It’s not rocket science, people. But, we digress. Hop past the break to check out what’s new this week for download on Wii and DSi.

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NintendoWare Weekly: Picturebook Games, Revenge of Shinobi

August 17th, 2009 at 11:48am Under DS

Today’s highlight is no doubt Revenge of Shinobi, the first Shinobi game on the Sega Genesis. What’s funny about this is that the third game in the series on that console, Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master, was released on the Wii way back in 2007. Two-thousand-and-freaking-seven, people! How crazy is that? More after the break.

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BlazBlue punching Europe’s face with ‘new characters,’ other goodies

August 14th, 2009 at 05:30pm Under Xbox 360

Arc System Works’ competent fighter BlazBlue is set to invade Europe courtesy of PQube and, aside from including the US Collector’s Edition character strategy guide and soundtrack, the press release also mentions “new gameplay content not available anywhere, like new characters and moves.” This may come as a bummer to some of you that already picked up the game, because, in all likelihood, these new characters will be offered as DLC outside of Europe.

The European release will be localized in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish, and will grace Xbox 360 and PS3 during Q1 2010. Yes, that Q1 2010.

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Review: BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (Xbox 360/PS3)

July 15th, 2009 at 04:00pm Under Xbox 360

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger is a game that’s going to immediately feel right for hardcore fighting fans. If you’ve cut your teeth on Arc System Works’ Guilty Gear franchise in the past, or enjoyed some of the more intense Capcom offerings in the 2D fighter genre, then the principles and mechanics of BlazBlue are going to feel natural to you.

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NintendoWare Weekly: NEVES Plus brings Art Style to SimEarth

June 22nd, 2009 at 05:00pm Under DS

This week’s star of the show is undoubtedly WiiWare, which receives the very rare “three-title-update.” Playing second and third fiddle are DSiWare and the Virtual Console, which both get the usual one new title. So, without further ado, let’s check out what’s available to download this week across Nintendo platforms in the latest NintendoWare Weekly.

Gallery: NEVES Plus