What does Arthur do between games? Apparently semi-retirement involves fishing, doing karaoke at hostess bars (a very Japanese activity), and yelling at insolent schoolgirls. Check out this ad for the upcoming PSP game (note: ad will not tell you anything about PSP game).
[url=http://www.gamebrink.com/playstation-portable/1636-Goku_Makaimura_Extreme_Ghoulsn_Ghosts-video-1.html]Video here[/url]
[url=http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/ghosts-n-goblins/the-return-of-heroic-boxers-ghouls-n-ghosts-trailer-185933.php]The Return of Heroic Boxers: Ghouls n’ Ghosts Trailer[/url] (Kotaku)
Apparently Final Fantasy III will support at least one form of multiplayer interaction. Scans from a Japanese magazine show a basic letter-writing interface, and these letters will supposedly even trigger in game events.
I’m having trouble getting excited about this feature. If I’m gonna play a Final Fantasy game, I just wanna play it, you know?
[url=http://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/07/final-fantasy-iii-ds-wi-fi-feature-revealed-emailing/]Final Fantasy III DS wi-fi feature revealed: emailing?[/url] (Joystiq)
RacketBoy is starting to scan old gaming magazines in for the nostalgia factor. Some recent finds are the ever classic Nintendo Power Issue 1 (I remember it way too well) and PSM Issue 1 (OMG FFVII LOL!). They even have the first issue of Sega Visions, not that I remember that. Check them out. Espescially the first one.
[url=http://www.racketboy.com/retro/2006/06/pdf-nintendo-power-1-jul-aug-1988.html]Nintendo Power[/url]
[url=http://www.racketboy.com/retro/2006/07/pdf-playstation-magazine-1-september.html]PSM[/url]
[url=http://www.racketboy.com/retro/2006/06/pdf-sega-visions-magazine-summer-1991.html]Sega Visions[/url]
This should be nothing new if you’ve got Xbox live, as it’s been available since E3, but if you guys were wondering what happened to the Shadowrun gameplay, Ben Kuchera at Ars has found a video of it for you.
It looks like a pretty generic and uninspired Counterstrike clone with magic thrown in as far as I’m concerned. There are much better things that could be done with the Shadowrun license.
[url=http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2006/7/7/4562]If you weren’t ambivalent about the Shadowrun FPS, here’s some video[/url] (Arstechnica)
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liluGgbcDa8&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ekotaku%2Ecom%2F]YouTube here[/url]
For fanboy yuks, read the comments at Ars.
Japan is apparently getting a House of the Dead 4 cabinet with screens in front [b]and[/b] behind the players and a rotating set of seats. It will also apparently blast you with air whenever you get hit.
Honestly I like HotD 4 just fine the way it is, and I worry this version will be more than a dollar a play, but people seem very excited about the possibility of getting this in the US.
[url=http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2006/7/8/4572]House of the Dead 4 gets Japanese rerelease, huge arcade cabinet[/url] (Arstechnica)
