Gunpey is Gold Today

[wraggster]

Today Namco Bandai announced that the music puzzle game Gunpey DS has gone gold. In homage to the game's late, legendary creator Gunpei Yokoi, Q Entertainment has finished putting its updated spin on the title, a fast-paced puzzle game that flaunts sharp graphics and music-based gameplay. With a slew of playable characters, unlockable musical extras, multiplayer capabilities, and a plethora of original music, Gunpey is a portable puzzle game to watch this holiday season.

"While deceptively simple upon first glance, Gunpey offers hardcore gamers a true challenge and surprising depth as their skill level develops," said Naruo Uchida, VP of Localization at Namco Bandai. "Frenetic gameplay combines seamlessly with Q Entertainment's trademark visuals and music to create a truly unique, visceral puzzle gaming experience."

The game's original designer, Gunpei Yokoi, was on Nintendo's payroll for years and is the man behind the Game & Watch series, the Game Boy, and, unfortunately, the Virtual Boy. He also designed the WonderSwan handheld system, but was killed in a car crash before its release. Gunpey was his last game design.

Via IGN (http://uk.ds.ign.com/articles/743/743709p1.html)

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They also forgot the games he has done and the fact the Virtual Boy wasn't 'unfortunately' designed by the man, really no one else could have possibly made such a system, and the system itself and he too were merely victims of circumstance, it's rather hard to sell ANOTHER game system while selling two others at the same time, a console and a handheld. And of course, being spread across two platforms already, development manpower was all but plentiful for it. But then again, as the saying goes: You cannot spell ignorance without IGN.

[I heart Nintendo]

I read how he was given the cold shoulder after the failure of the GameBoy advance. Pretty wrong huh?