Warp Zoned Presents
Author: Mike Gutierrez
Pokemon Rumble Blast toying with your 3DS October 24
Well, that was fast. Pokemon Rumble Blast, the sequel to the excellent WiiWare hit Pokemon Rumble, will arrive on the Nintendo 3DS on October 24. The game features the same intuitive controls and real-time gameplay as its predecessor, as you control toy pokemon scouring a variety of levels and eventually fighting a boss, a giant toy pokemon. Multiplayer features include both local wireless and StreetPass. Passing by a fellow rumbler will allow you to battle their toy pokemon as well as check out their Mii.
When one door closes, another one opens for the 3DS it would seem, let’s hope this game is as addictive as the original Rumble.
Posted in 3DS, News
Tagged Pokemon Rumble Blast
Batman: Arkham City Collector’s Edition grapples for shelf space
On this week’s podcast, we briefly touch upon limited and collector’s editions, which, of course, brought us to Batman: Arkham Asylum‘s legendary bundle that came with a life size batarang (which you can’t throw at your cat). Unfortunately, there won’t be a drivable Batmobile with the upcoming Arkham City, but it’s an appealing collector’s edition nonetheless. For $99, you’ll get the game (wow!), a custom Batman statue from Kotobukiya, an art book, early access to the Iceberg Lounge challenge map, a skin from the iconic The Dark Knight Returns, a digital copy of the soundtrack, the original animated movie Batman: Gotham Knight, and four collectible cards.
That’s actually a great deal of content for your money, and certainly won’t take up as much space as some other WB Games collector’s editions.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Batman: Arkham City
Zelda producer sees more room to innovate on the Wii
In an interview with Industry Gamers, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Producer Eiji Aonuma weighed in on whether Nintendo has done everything they could with the Nintendo Wii and its revolutionary motion control. Short answer: no.
It’s possible that this [Skyward Sword] could be one of the last titles for the Wii from Nintendo, but I certainly didn’t get the sensation that this is it – we’ve done everything we can. When making the game, it wasn’t even something I really paid attention to. We just focused on really expanding with motion plus and doing everything we could with that feature since it was sort of the backbone [of the project]. But there’s always more to iterate on, so gameplay possibilities will continue to grow regardless of system.
It’s been a long and interesting journey with the Nintendo Wii, a journey that’s now coming to a close with the coming Wii U. I can’t think of a better way to cap it off than with Skyward Sword, especially with all the Motion Plus innovations the game is promising.
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Tagged The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Ignition: El Shaddai “better” on a PlayStation 3
Shane Bettenhausen of UTV Ignition sat down with the PlayStation Blog’s Jeff Rubenstein to discuss the highly anticipated El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron. When Rubenstein raised the obligatory concern that the game may run worse on PlayStation than on Xbox, Bettenahusen put those fears aside, reassuring that the game will always run at 60 frames per second. He went on to say, “the controls just feel better. I always tell people that ‘by far, the lead SKU is PS3.’ It is a Japanese game, and in Japan, PlayStation is just so much more relevant than Xbox. It’s sold more than 10 times as many copies on PS3.”
No matter what controller you play it with, El Shaddai is certain to be a unique experience, as we’ve seen from the demo. Head over to the PlayStation Blog for the full interview, where they discuss the game’s Director Takeyasu Sawaki, the language options on the disc, and that Jason Isaacs, a.k.a. Lucious Malfoy, is voicing Lucifel.
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Tagged El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
Nintendo Video application launches for 3DS
The European 3DS eShop has been updated today with the new Nintendo Video application. This gives you another avenue to get free video content, through the Spot Pass feature on your 3DS. Spot Pass activates and downloads new content whenever you come across a Wi-Fi access point, even if the 3DS is in sleep mode.
Initial content includes Oscar’s Oasis, a cartoon that’s very popular in Europe, and 3D episodes of Magic Tricks (optical illusions and card tricks). I know it doesn’t sound like much right now, but it can only be a matter of time before we’re using this to get Chris Rock stand up clips and episodes of Transformers, right?
But if you’re expecting to see the Nintendo Video application on the North American eShop soon, don’t hold your breath. Nintendo of America’s Senior Director of Network Business, Tony Elison, told 1UP, “Nintendo’s short-form video service that delivers special video content for Nintendo 3DS systems will launch in North America later this summer.”
Deus Ex “Conspiracy” trailer has more to it than it’s letting on
In our exclusive interview with the Game Director of Deus Ex, Jean-Francois Dugas let us know how important it was for the team to create a plot where the player is always guessing at who to trust and what’s really going on. In addition the same great visuals and sound we’ve gotten from past trailers, the latest Deus Ex: Human Revolution piece captures that there’s some really shady stuff going on.
We’ll all get a chance to figure out exactly what that is when Deus Ex relases for the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 on August 23.
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Tagged Deus Ex: Human Revolution
New Batman: Arkham City Riddler trailer is kinda disturbing
We heard a few months back that the Riddler would be making an appearance in the upcoming Batman: Arkham City, but we had no clue how dark his portrayal was going to be. The video above captures a more disturbed vision of Edward Nigma, as well as some really brutal traps and machines. Batman: Arkham City releases for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 on October 18.
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Tagged Batman: Arkham City
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 gets a Move bundle
If you’re a sports fan with a PS3, and you haven’t picked up the PlayStation Move yet, now’s a pretty good time to do so. Sony is bundling Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters with the PlayStation Eye and a PlayStation Move controller, everything you need to hit the links and get going.
Not to rain on anyone’s parade, but I’d recommend checking out last year’s excellent John Daly’s Prostroke Golf; Lord knows, it’s a lot cheaper.
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Tagged Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters