- The 20th anniversary celebration for Super Mario Bros keeps on going. First off, here’s some shirts to help mark the event by various designers. By far the best one is Sega’s design:
And of course, there’s the limited edition Famicom Game Boy Micro which just came out in Japan. Here’s some pics of the package from someone on the GAF who already got there’s:
Gotta admit, that is pretty sexy. But again, the screen is too small and I already have a NES edition GBA SP. Plus I don’t like how the exterior, with the exception of the faceplate is red, which means it won’t look as good with other faceplates.
At least there’s always the Famicom 2nd player controller, which you need to send Club Mario points for (which are earned by registering games)… why the hell don’t we get stuff like here?
BTW, designers and various companies are making their own plates as well. I like the Cup O’ Noodle one the best thus far:
- Also from the GAF, here’s some renders of what a portable GameCube would look like. One of the better fake system pics out there Plus, do keep in mind how the Game Boy Next will more than likely be a portable Cube…
- So the “holy grail” for NES collectors has appeared on eBay once again, a cart used for the 1990 Nintendo World Championship. As of this writing, its already up to $5,000, which is not at all uncommon.
The cart features three games, Super Mario Bros, Rad Racer, and Tetris. The player had six minutes to get through a stage from each game and earn the highest score. Each finalist was given the cart (only 116 copies are in circulation), plus there’s 26 gold carts that were awarded to Nintendo Power subscribers (and that fetches primo money, around $10,000, even $15,000 I believe).
- I finally got to check out footage from Sonic Riders, the new airboarding game, and I gotta admit… that it doesn’t look that bad. Dare I say that it looks sorta fun? And there’s definitely a F-Zero GX vibe going on.
- Yet another old flick is being turned into a game: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. And since I’m a huge of the movie, this news is particularly annoying.
I wonder who will have the balls (and the money) to start doing Woody Allen based games? Annie Hall for Revolution would rock.
- And yet another reason to be interested in the Xbox 360 has come up: Treasure’s making a game and its going to be in 2D.
But otherwise, things ain’t looking good for the system. For example, its launch title, Perfect Dark Zero, is still a mystery, which at this point, is a pretty bad thing. Its a little over two months away, and is supposed to be the one game that sells the new system, and we aren’t being bombarded with countless screenshots. Something is definitely amiss.
- Though the big news at the moment is Square-Enix “dropping the ball” in regards to the American release of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. It just came out in Japan and the US release was suppose to happen today as well, but its been delayed for unspecified reasons (most believe that dubbing is taking longer than expected) and then claiming that no office release date was given, despite the fact there’s been one on trailers dating back to E3. Plus they gave Destination Films the American distribution rights, which is only coming out on DVD and UMD (of course), yet Destination has only really done theatrical releases, so that’s another reason for the slow-down.
Which means that those who really want to see the film are not going to wait and will download it (its available via BitTorrent as of last night), given that its for a hardcore audience in the first place. But I’m certain that they’ll buy the official version anyhow, no matter how bad the film is. I guess I’ll find out myself… I’m going to download and see it for myself later tonight.
- Meanwhile, in the real world, Adult Swim’s new line-up has been revealed. I normally wouldn’t care since I don’t have cable, but one show makes a triumphant return (albeit to Sundays, 5:30 in the morning): Cartoon Planet!!! And now I might have to seriously consider getting cable again.
- Elsewhere, a place that is known for being the center of conflict is trying to spread the message of peace and unity…. via Bruce Lee. Fuckin’ a.
- In Thailand, some crazy baker is making bread in the shape of severed (and mangled) human body parts. Looks delicious!
- Last night I finally got Katie’s finished pages. And all I say is, along with Joe’s, I think I’ll have a pretty damn fine mini for SPX if I don’t say so myself.
- This morning as I put on a fresh pair of jeans, one that I haven’t worn in a long time, and when I put my keys in one front pocket, I made a discovery: a whole stack of tickets I won while playing skee-ball! Time to go cash them in for more parachute guys and spider rings…. gives me an excuse to Coney Island which I’ve only gone maybe twice this summer… sadly.
- And at work I finally got this: the ultra limited edition Laserbeak for my Soundwave statue:
- Plus this just came out. A coworker just came in with the box set. Fuck… and I really wanted to save some money for next weekend too.
And the directors themselves will be at Tower (which seems to be the only place selling the set at the moment) later tonight. At least I have a good reason not to go since…
- Tonight marks my return to teaching. Not my regular class though; I have two senior thesis students this year and will begin meeting one of them this evening. But as I type this, two students are talking about the UCB; one is a friend of a performing and are talking about some of the performers, some of which I’m familiar with, such as “The Silver Fox”. Its been a while… I think I might have to check a show out after I’m done at school.
