This Week in Nintendo (TWIN) has one of the first RPG titles to grace the NES. That’s right, Square Enix’s Final Fantasy hits the VC this week for the great price of 500 points. When it came to RPG’s in the 80’s there were only two; Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy. Now you can complete 50% of the 80’s RPG titles with today’s announcemnet of Final Fantasy.
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It’s been nine years since we last heard from Guybrush Threepwood and the rest of the Monkey Island crew in their last swash-buckling adventure in 2000’s Escape From Monkey Island and boy have they changed. Not only has the developer of the title changed, but some of the visuals have received an update as well. With all of this updating, does the first episode of Tales of Monkey Island have the same feel as the previous Monkey Island games, or did that get an unnecessary update as well?
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The release date for TellTale’s Tales of Monkey Island is nearly upon us (July 7), and a new gameplay trailer was released today. The first chapter, entitled “Launch of the Screaming Narwhal”, will include the cast you know and love from the Monkey Island series.
The gameplay trailer shows the game has kept it’s humor in tact. I’m the kind of player who likes playing around with dialog to find out as much information as possible, or to simply see what kind of humorous dialog I can uncover. The banter between Guybrush and Governor Marley is a great example of why I loved the Monkey Island series.
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So it’s been a while since E3 and what have we found buried in between our couches? Receipt for Crystal Pepsi Six Pack, a left pinky toenail and a little rumor that has your favorite 1982 classic title, Choplifter, making it’s way back onto the gaming scene. For those too young to remember, Choplifter was a game that featured..you guessed it… a chopper lifting poor civilians from the ground and transporting them to a safe zone marked with an “H” symbol and a building with an American flag.
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We knew we loved Telltale Games. 2 pieces of news for you. 1. Not only are they re-releasing great PC adventure games, but they’re also working on a new 5 part series, called Tales of Monkey Island! and 2. LucasArts will be re-releasing The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition.
Tales of Monkey Island – Guybrush Threepwood is back along with a bunch of people who worked on the original game. Tales of Monkey Island will be released over 5 chapters for the PC and through the Wii’s Wiiware, similar to the Sam and Max series.
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The first video game for WiiWare up is Bang Bang Kids despite the perverted name it seems like a very cute game. It seems to be a mix of Super Mario World and Halo. Hudson’s Bang Bang Kids has water guns instead of actual guns! There is a huge variety of guns to choose from, even a sniper rifle gun! You can use this game with a Wii zapper. Sounds like fun, safe fun for all! This is a game I definitely would pick up!
The second one up is Muscle March, yea this one is pretty hard to describe. Basically it is alot of beefcake looking guys running around in speedos. The premise here is these muscular babes have to chase down a thief in possession of their prized protein supplements.
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Fans of the retro style 2D Contra will rejoice with this incredible news. “Contra Rebirth” will be reborn and made available through the Nintendo Wiiware… but only in Japan… for now. On May 12th for 1000 Wii Points, Contra Rebirth (In Japan)will feature the side-scrolling action title where shooting and jumping was the golden era of gaming.
Classic NES titles such as, Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!, Contra and DuckTales MegaMan have paved the way from the older 8-bit consoles, to the next-gen consoles we use today. With this release Contra, Bionic Commando & MegaMan have reemrged from the retro coffins and prove that “WE The Gamers” appreciate and demand classic 2D style games. And while Punch-Out!!’s release on the Wii is highly anticipated, they too have listened to “We The Gamers” by incorporating the NES controlls as an option to the Wii-mote’s.
Q. If my brothers were playing, complete the rest of the Contra code for 25 guys? (Answer in comments)
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