What happens when you remember to buy the Wii but forget you don't own a television? You improvise! The video above shows a man playing WarioWare: Smooth Moves on a fully functioning piece of dollhouse furniture. You have to see it to believe it.
Remember the N64 kid? The one that freaked the hell out when mom and pop gave the little tyke his very own N64?
So does BMW. While watching the live-action "Year Without a Santa Claus" (which is terrible BTW) I saw a spot for BMW that used the video of the N64 kid, but they blocked out all the stuff on the box that denoted it was a Nintendo, put a robot on the cover that looks just like the Destructoid robot.
Screen shot goodness below. Think the kid got paid? Or did they just rip it off youtube and use it? I'm guessing the latter. Happy Holidays indeed
It's time to admit some hard truths here at bbps. My name is jimmycanuck, and I'm a video game pinballaholic. OK - maybe pinballaholic's not the right word, but after getting hooked on the PSP version of Pinball Hall of Fame I've become far more welcoming to the genre. Before that I'd have ranked playing video pinball simulations somewhere between having dental surgery without benefit of anesthetic and being forced to watch an endless season of Digimon. But like I said, I'm a little more open-minded now, and having never played the much loved Devil's Crush it seemed like a no-brainer that when its predecessor popped onto the Virtual Console this morning I'd have to give it a try.
I'll chalk this up to Sony using nicer hardware than the Xbox 360. Of course maybe the Wii does a better job than.... oh yea, nevermind.
The fellas over at Arstechnica ran into a little problem with their Bob the Builder saves Christmas DVD (don't ask) trying to play it in their 360. Trying it out on the PS3 yeilded much better results. They've since gone on to an unscientific study which seems to lend credence to their claims. The PS3 does a much better job playing back scratched media. So there ya go.
1st... Watch this video, or at least as much as you can stand. I lasted about 48 seconds, right up to where he says "fo' sheezy".
Typical crap fansite where some kids make a video about how much they want a PSP for Christmas? Seems like it. But turns out the domain is registered by an ad company that works for Sony. BOO ridiculous viral ad campaign!
"we started clowning with sum not-so-subtle hints to j's parents that a psp would be teh perfect gift. we created this site to spread the luv to those like j who want a psp!"
&
"our boy Cousin Pete 'rapped up these crazy beatz and rhymes & put them under our tree! much luv and thx, pete."
Come Wednesday at 1am Pacific gamers will be able to download some top-down shooter action for 800 points via Assault Heroes.
In "Assault Heroes," gamers take on the role of the only surviving member of an elite special forces unit searching for a secret underground lab. Gamers may take on the mission alone or fight side-by-side with a friend in the two-player cooperative mode. "Assault Heroes" puts players into a heavily armed 4X4, maneuverable speed boat or trusty military-issue footwear, blasting their way through enemy-infested territory while being assaulted by waves of formidable enemies with unrelenting attacks.
I'll definitely be checking out the demo come Wednesday. Original games FTW!
Not much doing with the new releases this week. Next week brings Elebits for the Wii, so I'm content to wait. I still have Castlevania to keep me company.
It's a bit anticlimactic to announce Alien Crush for Nintendo's Wii Virtual Console, since we here broke the story late last week about it's imminent release. But here we are. There's a few nice titles to go along with the outer space pinball awesomeness that is the Alien Crush. Here's the full press release.
+Ice Hockey (NES®, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): Ice Hockey is hard-hitting, fast-action competition that re-creates all the excitement of the sport from faceoffs to penalty shots. Players pass the puck and shoot to score while using defensive tactics, including fake shots and ice brawls to crush adversaries. It's up to the player to find the best strategy to win the game – finesse or power.
+Gunstar Heroes (Sega Genesis, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points): The Gunstar 9 planet was peaceful for many years until the vicious dictator, Colonel Red, kidnapped the Gunstar twins' older brother and used mind control to make him his slave. Players face many different enemies and bosses while battling to stop the dictator from unleashing "Golden Silver the Destructor" with apocalyptic consequences.
Dr. Robotnik is stamping out music and fun in Mobius with his giant robotizing Mean Bean Steaming Machine. Before he turns all the citizens of Beanville into robots, players must save the day by gathering up beans in matching colors and defeating Robotnik's guards.
+Alien Crush (TurboGrafx16, 1 player, 600 Wii Points): Alien Crush is a fan-favorite pinball game that features a sinister sci-fi theme. Play through a two-level playing field that comes to life with pulsating alien creatures. Rack up a high enough score, clear the board of these extraterrestrials and discover secret bonus stages. The game features realistic pinball action, complete with a tilt function and two selectable soundtracks. Do you have what it takes to fight back against this alien infestation?
I'm posting this because I'm left handed and I like things that purport to make me more intelligent than others :)
Dr Nick Cherbuin from the Australian National University has been doing some research that suggests that left-handers might be a bit better at games than their right-handed counterparts.
He said that his research, which saw 80 right- and 20 left-handed people performing tasks designed to rely on collaboration between the two hemispheres of the brain, demonstrates that among left-handers their ability to share resource across the two hemispheres of the brain is more efficient.
"Examples might be dealing with multiple stimuli that are presented very briefly or tasks which require interpretation of a lot of information such as talking while driving in heavy traffic, piloting a jet fighter or playing fast computer games.
"As our brain ages we lose processing resources in the two hemispheres but left-handers may be able to cope better because the sharing of resource across their hemispheres is more efficient."
In other words: It's not our fault we're better, we're just born this way.
[In The Year 2000 is a new weekly column written by our very own jimmycanuck, wherein he discusses his own personal wishlist for the future of gaming]
Despite the fact that most everyone wrote it off as "just a pack in" long before the Wii ever hit stores, few can deny the impact and success Wii Sports has had in getting the Wii into the hands of gamers and non-gamers alike. It's the game that got my stepfather, who to this day still needs me to hook up his VCR, off the couch and into an arm-flailing game of tennis with his brother. It's the game that's seen too many eager beavers haphazardly toss their wiimotes through their $4000 plasmas. It's the game that has flown off store shelves, becoming the number one seller in Japan in its first week (where they lacked a pack-in title). WiiSports it would seem, is here to stay. But what of the future?
The future, Jim?
Yes reader, the future. I'm pretty sure it's safe to say that WiiSports 2 isn't just a dream, it's an inevitability. Anything that lets me pit "Life Goes On" Corky against "Triumph of the Will" Hitler in a golden gloves fisticuffs match while I hum the theme from Rocky and swing my arms like an hobo hopped up on amphetamines is MONEY IN THE BANK for Nintendo. But we've already seen Boxing, Bowling, Baseball, Tennis and Golf - what other sports could possibly be left to tackle?
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It's time to admit some hard truths here at bbps. My name is jimmycanuck, and I'm a video game pinballaholic. OK - maybe pinballaholic's not the right word, but after getting hooked on the PSP version of Pinball Hall of Fame I've become far more welcoming to the genre. Before that I'd have ranked playing video pinball simulations somewhere between having dental surgery without benefit of anesthetic and being forced to watch an endless season of Digimon. But like I said, I'm a little more open-minded now, and having never played the much loved Devil's Crush it seemed like a no-brainer that when its predecessor popped onto the Virtual Console this morning I'd have to give it a try.
I'll chalk this up to Sony using nicer hardware than the Xbox 360. Of course maybe the Wii does a better job than.... oh yea, nevermind. 
I'm posting this because I'm left handed and I like things that purport to make me more intelligent than others :)
[In The Year 2000 is a new weekly column written by our very own jimmycanuck, wherein he discusses his own personal wishlist for the future of gaming]
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