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by Published on December 17th, 2008 03:07
Join Club Nintendo and get rewarded
Become a part of Club Nintendo for the opportunity to earn Coins that you and your family can redeem for exclusive rewards. Club Nintendo is also the only way to register products, enter sweepstakes and sign up to receive exclusive newsletters. So take a look around, sign up and enjoy the benefits today.
Now North Americans can no bask in the glory of being able to earn free and unique items from Nintendo just like Japanese gamers in Japan through Club Nintendo. North American gamers have been pushing and begging for Nintendo of America to offer it and Nintendo finally has.
If you already have a My Nintendo account, you can transfer your account to a Club Nintendo account. ...by Published on December 16th, 2008 03:43
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes
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Release Date: 12/11/2008
Platform: Wii, Arcade (in Japan)
Number of Players: 1-4
Controllers: Wiimote + Nunchuk/Classic Controller, GameCube Controller
Genre: Fighting
Publisher: Capcom
Developer: Capcom
Region: Japan (NTSC-J)
Site: Buy from Play-Asia (Game - $69.90) / Buy from Play-Asia (Stick - $79.90)
Overview: A tag battle opens up a sea of opportunity for gamers. The Cross Generation of Heroes is one massive crossover of a fighting game. More than 16 heroes from Tatsunoko and Capcom fighters make their way into the roster in this Wii installment. The classic hero Ryu, the vampire Morigan, Casshern, and the genie Hakushon are just a few characters who have signed up.
Choose two characters from the roster and form a tag team, switch them over to replenish their health when their HP runs low, have them assist each other in the battle and do counter attacks. Get to know the strengths and weaknesses of the characters and form a dream team.
Gameplay: Before I go any further with the review, in order to play this game, you'll either need to have a Japanese Wii or a way to play import games whether it be a method of using Freeloader, Gecko OS, Homebrew Channel or other sources. This was reviewed on a US Wii (NTSC-U) with 3.2 firmware. Now on to the review.
I have never been a person who got into fighting games. I was never into Tekken, King of Fighters, World Heroes, Soul Calibur or Dead or Alive. If I was, I would only play for a couple minutes or an hour and get tired. So it would take a GREAT game to keep me coming back to play it. Even with Street Fighter, I played often but never into it. The only fighting game I ever got into was SNK vs. Capcom: Match of the Millennium for the Neo Geo Pocket Color, Marvel vs. Capcom 1 and 2 for the original PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. Now that I type this, it seems to be I am more interested in Versus Capcom games..with the exception of Rival Schools for the original PlayStation. Coincidence? If so, Capcom must be doing something right!
Capcom has released their newest Versus Capcom game and is known as Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generations of Heroes. The game consists of Tatsunoko characters pitted against Capcom characters such as from Street Fighter and even Mega Man.
If you have played any of the Vs. Capcom games I have mentioned above, TvsC pretty much as the same concept and feel to it. You select two characters from the list. During the fight, you control one character while the second character is hidden and waiting. You can use the second character to assist you, help you team up for a few seconds (known as Tag Team) or tag out if your main character is about to die or is seriously injured. If you swapped characters, you now have a fresh and healthy new character to fight while the hidden character is healing. While its healing, it can help you team up.
I know majority wont know how to read the menu since it is in Japanese so here is what the menu means and are pretty much self-explanatory:
アーケード ＝ Arcade Mode
バーサス ＝ Vs. Mode
サバイバル = Survival
タイムアタック = Time Attack
トレーニング ＝ Training
プレイデータ ＝ Play Data
オプション = Option
ショップ = Shop
ギャラリー ＝ Gallery
オリジナルゲーム ＝ Original (Mini) Games
Controls: You can play TvsC with different controllers. You can use the Wiimote and Nunchuk, Wiimote and Classic Controller, Wiimote and Fighting Stick or GameCube controller. I've wondered how TvsC would work out with the Wiimote and Nunchuk combination and I must say, I am very impressed. Usually you have 6 buttons for Light/Medium/High attacks. Instead, you have 4 buttons that control your Light/Medium/High attacks. You use the Nunchuk Joystick to move around while using the A, B, C and Z buttons to throw punches, kicks and specials. 1 and 2 are taunts.
The button layout is very simple. You can throw a fireball, upper cut and other moves on the first try. Although its simple, a button masher can easily end up with 15+ combo.
Graphics: Like any Wii game, you wont find any realistic or high poly count type graphics. TvsC consists of 3D graphics and 2D mechanics with a hint of cell-shading. Nothing flashy but looks very very nice. Pulling off a special shows a 3D animation of your character about to wreak havoc on your opponent. If you're not familiar with Tatsunoko, you wont know who half the characters are. But each character are well detailed and vibrant in color.
Sound: Each character has their own theme song, stage and theme. Songs are beautifully remixed, upbeat and fast-paced. However, I noticed that every a character is switched, the background music switches.
Replay Value: Me personally, I can play this for months. Mind you, I'm the type that will play the same for 1-2 hours, put it down and never touch it again. There are only a certain few that I would play for hours and months. Its hard to keep me attached to the game. But with TvsC, I play this game everyday and have no ...by Published on November 20th, 2008 20:29
TeamCyclops has come out and released a video stating that they were also able to get their CycloDS Evolution working on the new Nintendo DSi
Team Cyclops are pleased to announce that for some time we have had a working test setup which is capable of running CycloDS Evolution on the Nintendo DSi. We must stress however that this is part of our research only; there is still a great deal of work to be done before we can even decide if a DSi compatible device is viable or not. The DSi features a completely redesigned security system which renders all current devices incompatible and at this stage it is unknown if there is any reliable way to overcome the new measures. We will continue our research into the DSi and in the mean time, please see the following video which demonstrates what we have achieved so far.
Like the Acekard, its still a work in progress as they are still finding more information about the DSi and that it is not commercially ready.
Source: TeamCyclops ...by Published on November 18th, 2008 14:28
It seems Acekard is the first flashcart team to be able to run a flashcart on the newly released DSi. Of course, Acekard is using their own flashcart. Although this shows some promise, there are still obstacles.
This is a lab work, it works ONLY in LAB. Even though we can go this far, it is almost impossible to make a commercial product.
There is a major problem that can't be resolved, at least for now.It seems DSi did many sanity checks to make sure there is no more fcards.
we will keep researching and good luck to all.
btw: we assume there are more than one modes on DSi, we still haven't found any way to access the SD card slot in origin DS mode.
Source: Acekard ...by Published on October 28th, 2008 17:34
Play-Asia.com Removal Sale: 15% OFF ALL in-stock items - Only until Friday, October 31st 2008
Come hitch a ride and drive away from the gloom. We know these are not the happiest of times with the force of the credit crunch and stock market plunges bearing down on all of us. But that is precisely why we are having this Removal Sale, let our wealth of entertainment goodies lift your spirits and remove some stress and tension from your shoulders....
Play-Asia.com will soon be moving to a new premises and to make our move easier, we need your help. How? Simple, just get on our trucks and make a grab at our wonderful deals.
Get ready to hail one of our trucks. The sale will commence from this very moment onwards towards the 31st of October, all in stock items will be reduced by 15%, just spot our blue and silver truck on our many product pages, stick out your thumb and get on.
The trucks are driving on the highways on our network but will only stop at a product page for as long as it is in stock. Some products are restocked regularly so the trucks drive back and forth on schedule while others have limited availability so the trucks never return once they drove off.
To avoid disappointment, get to your nearest highway and hail them as quickly as you can spot them. This truck riding activity is only going to last for a couple of days, start catching now and save plenty of cash in the process. After all, the prime objective of hitch-hiking, in most cases is to save cash.
We have carefully selected around 300 of our top selling products from throughout our complete catalogue in this news post to show you just a few examples of how the discount looks and feels like. There are a total of more than 10,000 different products at Play-Asia.com that have been discounted, so make sure to take your time for your bargain hunting (... eh hitch-hiking).
A whopping 15% discount has been applied to Play-Asia.com's regular selling price. This means that already discounted products have become even cheaper. Prices listed in this news post already reflect the latest sales price. Only products listed as "shipping within 24h" availability are still discounted, while others have already been grabbed by someone else.
Please also note that to get the most updated status for a product, you will be required to add this to your shopping cart. Product pages and category listings are subject to caching and may not reflect the current situation where the last piece of an item has been picked by another customer just minutes ago.
Plenty more discounts can be found in our constantly updated Bargain Pages.by Published on August 16th, 2008 15:29
Is this what I think it is? We just received this in the mail. Our affiliate says this is the real deal but I contacted my source at R4 to confirm whether or not it is.
We'll have a full review of it whether or not its real or fake. So be on the lookout.
In the mean time, feel free to discuss what you think. Is it time for R4 to release a SDHC compatible card?
DIGG THIS
Images via comments ...by Published on June 29th, 2008 03:42
The Blu-ray retail version of SOCOM ConfrontationWarhawk bundle so long ago. This one is made specifically with gaming in mind -- and as such, earns the official PlayStation branding. The headset, which will also be available seperately from the game, is designed for long use and even includes a much-needed Mute button, a feature uncommon to most Bluetooth headsets. The device will also include a USB cradle, so that it can be charged via the PS3.
While neither the design and price have been completely finalized, Sony plans on pricing this quite competitively. From the looks of its quality, we believe Sony will charge more than what they did for Warhawk.
Click to enlarge
Source: PS3fanboy ...by Published on June 23rd, 2008 18:56
The results are in for the DCEmu Games Reviews Contest! Winners were voted based on their contribution and reviews that they submitted and each will be receiving a iTouchDS. Without further ado, the winners are (in no particular order)... *drumroll*- DimensionT
- Joe88
- Shadowblind
- Triv1um
Although originally, I said there were going to be 4 winners. I felt that another person deserved to win thanks to his contributions and because there were two reviewers with 7 votes, I still feel he's the 4th winner. So instead of 4 people, I'm going to give a 5th person a prize as well. So lets congratulate fg-54 on winning as well.
To congratulate them, you can do so here. ...by Published on June 16th, 2008 14:03
The DCEmu Games Reviews Contest - WIN 1 of 4 iTOUCHDS IN REVIEW CONTEST is OFFICIALLY over. There has been a lot of submissions with lots of great reviews. Now its time for you, to vote for your favorite reviewer. The top four reviewers will win a iTouchDS!
If you missed out on this contest, dont worry! We'll have another contest up. Have ideas on what the contest should be? Let us know!
So what are you waiting for? Click HERE to vote!
...by Published on June 15th, 2008 02:31
Today is the last day in the DCEmu Games Reviews Contest - WIN 1 of 4 iTOUCHDS IN REVIEW CONTEST. There have been many review submissions from numerous contributors. Its not too late for you to enter. Register (if you havent done so already), read the guidelines and rules and start posting! Check out other reviews for how reviews are constructed.
Remember, you have until June 14th and you can submit as many reviews as you want! The more reviews, the better chance you have in winning.
If you're not going to enter, be sure to cast your vote for best reviewer when review submission has ended!
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