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1UP has MGS, all week long.

2005-12-14T00:04:00.000-05:00

I know it's been two days, but better late than never.

1Up has a great line-up this week for MGS fans as they delve into everything Metal Gear related... well almost. They started off Monday with a rundown of Metal Gear Ac!d 2 with director Shinta Nojiri. The interview includes tons of great info about Ac!d2: improvements, additions, pics of half naked girls getting soaked with water and... sorry, just making sure you're listening, but, ya they talk about some of that too. Aside from that, they talk about how they want Ac!d to grow into its own mini, handheld franchise, different than that of the console versions.

Tuesday, 1UP covered Metal Gear Solid: Subsistence, with all the ins, outs, in betweens... ins, you know, everything. They highly praised its online features, Metal Gear Online(MGO). Kojima Productions added some MGS refinements to well known online games such as "Capture the Frog", where players search the map for the green frog and return to their base to score a point.

Wednesday, that's today, they'll be breaking out thee ol' ham factory. ??? They're going to bring us all up to date on everything that Hideo Kojima has ever done, ever!

Thrusday, I have an exam in the morning, but aside from that, it's all MGS4, all that time, well at least for that day, then maybe nothing for a couple days, who know? The trailers, the characters, the details, the non-details, and maybe more. And then Friday, well that's the big day, the day when the man himself, Kojima talks about a whole buncha stuff, like the 360, Raiden, Rumble Roses, and working with Team NINJA's Itagaki. And then, a special MGS edition of the 1UP show. I've never seen the 1UP show. Have you seen the 1UP show?

So ya, make sure to tune in to 1UP everyday to catch what's new.
1UP presents Solid State

Ya it's been a while, now shut up and listen!

2005-12-10T16:45:00.000-05:00

First of all, Microsoft has some of the best marketing ever. I wasn't a big fan of the original XBOX but appreciated its gaming and online community. I haven't bought a 360 and don't plan to for atleast another 6 months. I probably won't ever buy one and that's ok with me. Watching all the cool stuff that Japan is getting is making me jealous. Fully colored systems, an awesome XBOX 360 Lounge ; I want to live there. Nizar is very impressed with Microsoft and their marketing/advertising.

There are many Japanese gamers who won't be getting a 360 because they're either not impressed, or just want to stick with the "Japanese system only" bandwagon. Let me tell you, if I lived in Japan, I'd so be getting a 360 just because no one else would be. But fortunatly, there have been goobles of pictures of lines forming to buy the 360 at launch. I'm kind of just babbling on now so I'll stop.

Wait, hold on, I'm not done. I don't really like their line-up though. I mean ya, there's some good games like Call of Duty2 and Need for Speed, even DoA is nice, but I would have to wait until there was a solid game shelf to choose from.

Oh ya, we're really sorry for not updating in so long. Like Amy said, we've bought a Gamecube and we both have been playing Animal Crossing: Wild World. Animal Crossing is a great game by the way. And plus, Amy's grandma broke her ankle and she's been at her place all the time. But, be sad not, once exams are finished, we'll be back at it again. I also want to talk a little about the PS3 and MGS4, but I have to go, so I'll do that next time.

It's been a month!

2005-12-09T11:40:00.000-05:00

Well, guess what...I wish I had posted more. I'm sure that anyone who used to look at the site, doesn't anymore because of lack of updates. Anyway, my grandma broke her ankle in three places and I've had to stay the night over there, while going to school during the day. Also, I bought a GameCube bundle with Mario Party 7, and Animal Crossing for my DS, so NO TIME TO POST!

There has been a lot of news this month, too. Revolution will be shown at E3, but we all knew that before. Rumors are saying that the Revolution will be out Thanksgiving 2006, but I really don't want that to be true. I liked the idea of summer, but with a May unveiling, summer seems too close. It's great to watch all these things unfold, and I can't wait until I can have a Revolution in my house.

As for updates, I probably won't have many. I used to update mostly on the weekends, but I don't have time anymore. I'll try to do something every now and then...

sorry.

Platinum Club Nintendo Members-- 2 items!

2005-11-08T23:08:00.000-05:00

Members of Club Nintendo in Japan who were a Gold or Platinum member between 10/01/04 and 9/30/05 will be receiving some very nice prizes. Gold members get 1 item: A 2006 original calendar with a certain character on the cover like Nintendogs, Zelda, Mario, or Kirby. Nice, isn't it.

The most amazing part of course, is the additional item that Platinum members will be getting-- A Revolution controller shaped TV remote!

Detailed here in Japanese. Here's my rough translation of the description,
"Revolution Controller TV Remote Controller.
It's the same size and shape of the controller for the new "Revolution" game system coming in 2006." The disclaimer is like, "You can't use it as a game controller" and also, "The design and color are.." I'm unsure, but I would guess the rest of the sentence says that the design and color of the product might be different in the final product, or...different from the picture shown. Anyone that could translate better would be appreciated.

Most sites are thinking that it's also about time that America get some cool looking revolution promotional pieces, too. There's no system in Nintendo's American website for club levels, is there? I'm an Nsider after registering three products, but...I believe that's the extent of the member deals. Of course I'd love to own a piece of anything that resembles the Revolution, but I would doubt something would be offered in America...

Let's move to Japan and hang out with people who just happen to be Platinum Members but don't really care about Nintendo, and will give us their gift for free. The end.

Hideki Konno is cool

2005-11-07T21:34:00.000-05:00

Here, you can read the full interview. Hideki, the man behind Nintendogs and Mario Kart DS, has some interesting things to say in this interview.

One thing that's mentioned at the beginning of the interview, a "game with a big wok that you use to cook Chinese food... and use the controller to flip the food around without it spilling out of the pan."

He also talks about an indicatior that will allow people to tell how skilled a person is at the Mario Kart. "As you're playing for a while, maybe if you beat some staff ghosts in the time trial mode, you'll get stars next to your user name. You can get up to three, and you have to do quite a bit to get those three stars." That makes me want to get the game on launch day so that I won't get left behind with zero stars after everyone has had a good chance to get some!

As for Nintendogs Wi-fi, a few days ago I was just thinking about how much I'd like to play online. Here you go, "We have a lot of ideas (laughs). That [Nintendogs Wi-fi] is the next thing we'd like to tackle."

Nintencats?
In another interview I found by EuroGamer, Hideki talks about Nintencats. "To tell the truth, we were already starting to develop a cat-based game at the outset of this project. So we already have the cat models, voice data and so on."
I love my real life cat, but..I just don't have the same love for the idea of nintencats.

Wi-fi is here!

2005-11-07T10:51:00.000-05:00

Last night I was able to look at the wi-fi website, but now it seems to be down again. It looked nice and really got me excited about the new wi-fi games. I logged in using my MyNintendo username, which I read some people had a problem with theirs being too long.

If I had known that it wasn't really up last night, I would have taken screen shots. The cool part about the site is that for every game, you click it, and you can see users who have played it the most times, the city and state of the people where the most people are playing, recent avatars, and a lot of other things that I can't remember. At the time, there were four people on the "most played" list, and one named Mario had played over 100 times who was from Washington...others were named WifiTest and stuff like that. The Mario one is Nintendo of America Inc., it would be awesome to be one of the few people up on that list.

Even though the website is up, it won't do any good until games are released and we can get our ID code deal.

http://www.wififreespot.com
By city and state, free hot spots in your area.

http://www.wifinintendo.com
By user number, you can find friends, once we get the games.

This Week in Nintendo News

2005-11-06T10:59:00.000-05:00

Many updates and clarifications have been discussed this week.

DS: Wi-fi is on its way! IGN has the hands-on of the USF connector, and it seems nice. Also, the best part would be that if you buy it, it could be used for the Revolution, too. On that note, I'm so glad that I didn't go out and buy a wireless router just for the Revolution. Nintendo's attempt at internet service is going to be so easy and fun.

Revolution: Nintendo has hade comments that game information and an official name will be announced before the years end, hopefully to steal some X360 thunder, and get people talking about the system this holiday season. With an official name, big game sites like IGN, 1UP, and Gamespot will create real pages rather than covering it under the Gamecube. They need an official name, and it should be announced rather soon.

Then, the announcement that no games will be shown this year is not a big upset to me. They're announcing enough, little by little, to keep people guessing and interested. By E3 there will be playable demos, and until then, more confirmed launch and launch window titles will be announced.

I am wondering, however, what this "secret" is. They say that all of the capabilities of the Revolution controller have not been released. I wouldn't imagine it to be something big, because what else is there? Maybe Speech, it's not too innovative, but it's easy. Actually, speech recognition on the controller doesn't even make sense. If you go to talk into it, it'll probably mess up your character. Maybe they just mean that they'll show off some official peripherals.

Also, the idea that the Revolution will be release worldwide within 14 weeks is very exciting. That way, the launch is close enough to other countries, but not too close to have massive shortages. I think Nintendo would be able to launch worldwide in whatever time frame they wanted, and it would go off flawlessly. I'm still convinced that America will get it first if it's launched in the summer. I believe Nintendo launched the DS to America first in order to be in stores on the day after Thanksgiving. With that same idea, America should get the Revolution first so we wouldn't have to spend half of the summer waiting for it. Either way, 14 weeks isn't a long time, and if Japan gets it first, America will get it at 7 weeks, and Europe at 14. Seven weeks is 2 months, which is half of the summer. We'll see.

Either way, these months ahead will be filled with speculation and surprises, all leading up to the launch date. It gives me chills just thinking about it.

Metal Gear Solid 3: Unconscious

2005-10-30T23:00:00.000-05:00

I've found some bad news guys. Well, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence was first announced to be released on November 14th, and they then pushed it further back to December 22nd. Now, Konami has gone and moved it to March, or at least Q1 of 2006. I've been waiting to buy this game for a long time and now it seems I'll just have to satisfy my MGS need with Metal Gear Acid 2.

Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence includes the original MGS3 Snake Eater game, and also the game with 3rd person view. Along with that, they've put in a theater and movie mode which enables you to watch all the cutscenes whenever you want. Metal Gear Online is a new feature that allows you to play with others in online multiplayer games and skirmishes. Duel mode lets you play through all the memorable boss battles. With all of this, the three disc set also includes the original MSX2 versions of Metal Gear and Metal Gear2: Solid Snake so gamers can play through the whole MGS story.
Delays and push backs seem to be a part of everyday life now, whether it be a game or a console *cough*cough*PS3*cough*.

Is Nintendogs hinting at the Revolution?

2005-10-30T16:15:00.000-05:00

I went to the Nintendogs promotion at GameStop today. They had a DS set up by the register set to bark mode that you could interact with. It was supposed to be Haylie Duff with a special voice message, along with a gift of Star-shaped Glasses or something, but it wasn't, and that's okay. I guess that the GameStop wasn't participating in the promotion, strange enough. What I did found instead was more interesting.

It was a dog with a trainer named Revolution, a birthdate of 09/02 (September 2nd), and the message "The Revolution is upon us!" WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

There was a voice message but I couldn't hear it, because it was slowed down a lot. I wish I had listened harder, maybe it was telling me something I wanted to hear.

Is this a clue to the Revolution release date? What do you think..

No "Hot Coffee" for Toni, maybe he's into guys.

2005-10-30T16:10:00.000-05:00

I was playing GTA: LCS last night and at the end of one mission, Rockstar made reference to the whole "Hot Coffee" deal. I though it was pretty funny for Rockstar to poke fun at the matter. But unlike CJ, Toni doesn't "come inside for some coffee."

Playing Liberty City Stories, I've enjoyed the game so far. They've brought back all the things that made me, and everyone else, love GTA. Some gamers, including myself, are probably disappointed that Rockstar cut out many of the things they'd built up till San Andreas. Things like lack of character customization don't turn me off as much, but simple things like dying in water again get irritating, but it's nothing I can't live with it. Fans of the series will happy to again hear the delights of the radio, as it features new DJs, new music, and most of all, new commercials. If you loved GTA3, or just love GTA, you might want to pick up a copy. Running through the street of Liberty City again can bring back great memories. Refinements to the scenery and cityscapes add a little spice, so it doesn't feel completely the same. The controls are slightly different and in some cases, a little difficult (i.e. drive-by's, side and rear views).

With new characters, new missions, new gangs, and new cars, this same old lovable, crime ridden city is better than ever.

I don't buy things in plastic, sometimes.

2005-10-30T12:30:00.000-05:00

So, I'm in Walmart with Amy about to buy the Teal Nintendogs DS bundle, and I couldn't help but notice the PSM with "Playstation 3 Uncovered!" on the cover. The magazine was in plastic, and I didn't want to buy the magazine, but I'm wondering if the info they're giving out is really news or stuff I already know. Also, they had info about MGS4 and the new GTA, which I'm very excited about. Many sites and news blogs are all talking about the PS3 being released in 2007, maybe late, late 2006, which made me angry at first, but then I realized that I would be playing Amy's Revolution for the whole time I'm waiting. So I guess it's all good.

If anyone has PSM, what is this "Secret Launch Date" info?

More information on Nintendogs Bundle

2005-10-25T22:46:00.000-04:00

Nintendogs.com has a new link up for the bundle that's so cute. One thing the new site makes reference to is the pink bundle, which is will only be "avaliable at Target and Toys "R" Us." That answers why only amazon and target.com had the pink, and not ebgames.com or anything else. So, interested in pink? Check Target and Toys R Us soon! But not too soon, it's not in stock near me yet.

Also, looking at the pink bundle page, it shows a pink system with black buttons and bottom. This brings up an interesting point. Only pink imports have white buttons? The red American DS will have a white bottom, with black buttons, compared to the all black and red import. The pink with black really changed any appeal I had for it. What's the purpose of switching it up?

I was really looking forward to getting the teal ds bundle on October 24th, but so far it looks as if it might be as late as Thursday before it'll be at my local EB games.

Really cute new page, new information on the pink bundle, black + pink?, and hopefully the teal one in stock tomorrow.

Zelda III ebay seller is a liar, seriously.

2005-10-25T00:08:00.000-04:00

So, that guy's a good liar.
I was looking through the pictures that the Zelda III seller has on his msn spaces account and came across some interesting pictures.

What do you mean you don't have the time to get your hands on a NES? There's one...

and like twenty more!!!

The other thing that people bring up is that why would a Japanese prototype play on a Americans Super Nintendo Entertainment System, rather than a Japanese Famicon... seriously, there's a guy flying into his airport to buy it. I hope the guy asks to see it working before he pays his anything.

"I can't test it right now,...I'm a busy man." Stop lying?

Summer Revolution release, please.

2005-10-24T21:39:00.000-04:00

With Iwata's latest announcement, I'm looking forward to having a Revolution this summer. He never actually said that it would be during the summer, but it seems like a logical time based on two official facts we have. 1) Nintendo Hotline says, "”When Nintendo’s new console, codenamed Revolution, arrives in the later half of 2006...” 2) In Iwata's talk with Nikkei Business he clarifies that we won't see the Revolution until after April.

Eariler rumors said Japan release would be spring, and then summer or fall for America. Along with Iwata's "after April" announcement, he talked about the desire to release the Revolution around the world around the same time, just like Nintendo did for the DS and micro.

Summer release, all around the world!

Summer isn't as big of a deal in Japan; their vacation from school is a few weeks, instead of the entire three month season. I would really appreciate a summer release, so I can focus all my attention on playing and obessing. Seriously. Summer, okay?

Nintendogs Companion in stores soon

2005-10-22T22:46:00.000-04:00

So, I find this pretty pointless. Pups: The Official Nintendogs Companion is on pre-order at Nintendo's online shop. Beginning October 24, 2005, you can "Enhance your Nintendogs experience!"

Wait. October 24th? Isn't that the date of the teal and pink DS bundle release? Why yes, yes it is! I can picture it now, moms all over America, picking up one of these little user guides along with a pink bundle for their little daughter. Awh, it's nice. Too bad this user manual really doesn't sound like much of anything.

Includes cool new features never seen before in any Nintendo publication
Color photos of real dogs, detailed breed information, and real-life puppy care tips and tricks
Complete contest and accessory information covering every Nintendogs version
Learn how to interact with other Nintendogs in Bark mode

I am curious about these "cool new features" they speak of, but surely not $17 worth of curiosity.

Hideo did what in the who now?

2005-10-21T23:24:00.000-04:00

Game Informer recently had an article which stated that Hideo Kojima, the genius behind the Metal Gear franchise, is collaborating with the Metal Gear Acid team to create a title for the Nintendo Revolution. At TGS, where the Revolution controller was first unveiled, Kojima was one of the developers there who praised the controller and was excited to see the many possibilities it would bring.

We know Nintendo will come out with great, fun games with their new technology, and with all the potential the new controller has, it's hard to imagine what great ideas Kojima has thought of. Although the Revolutions title isn't going to be a Metal Gear related game, as a huge Hideo Kojima fan myself, I'm very eager to see what he and the team comes up with.

In the past, his games have had the same great feel, with in depth storylines, great emphasis on character development, and have been graphically beautiful. They have also in some cases, had the same characters. Meryl, from Metal Gear Solid (1998), first made her appearance in Policenauts (1994), one of the games Kojima worked on after the original Metal Gear games (1987-1990). The metal gear term and metal gear related droids also played a part in Kojima's Snatcher (1988). References to Gillian Seed, also from Snatcher, were made in Metal Gear Acid (2005); Gillian Seed was a character card the player obtained in the game.

I doubt that Hideo would bring a Metal Gear character, or even one from another one of his games, to his Nintendo Revolution game, but you never really know.

Zelda III listing removed from Ebay

2005-10-21T12:11:00.000-04:00

I'm not sure what this means, but that zelda III prototype auction has been removed. I'm pretty sure the seller would not have cancelled it, but if it was breaking any of the rules, then it's easily gone. Maybe a bunch of users flagged it as being a fake, and ebay took notice. Either way, all the facts of the listing didn't match up, and although curiosity might have been getting the best of us, it's better that no one actually bought it.

If the seller can go take time out of his "busy life" and go back to the flea market, buy a $2 NES, and test it, he'd have no problem getting enthusiastic bidders at high prices.

[Edit: Okay, it's been confirmed. Ebay closed the auction because you can't auction prototypes so the seller went and got a NES and tested it! Visit the sellers website for more details. I'm still not sure if it's real. Why would a prototype even work in an american NES anyway?]

Nintendo and McDonald's Wi-fi deal can't be healthy...

2005-10-18T12:50:00.000-04:00

Nintendo and McDonald's have made a deal for free Wi-Fi access to DS owners in the restaurants, and it's a great deal for both companies. Partnering with these places is a great way to give everyone the chance to use the Wi-fi network.

DS gaming at McDonald's = see above photo..

That's what I worry about. If people start going to McDonald's every afternoon to play Mario Kart DS, they're bound to buy something to eat while they're there, which is the reason why McDonald's would be interested in offering this service in the first place. It's bad enough that kids would sit around playing games at home with hardly any exercise, but now they'll have to sit there, trying to resist the smell of fries and cheeseburgers.

When they do offer more hotspots, like Border's Bookstores, it's still more convenient for kids to go to the McDonald's next door than to have their mom drive them to a boring bookstore. McDonald's knows that people will buy food while they're there, and kids don't buy salads.

and neither do I...

Spring 2006 Japan release confirmed?

2005-10-14T19:47:00.000-04:00

Even with blogs bringing up the "confirmed" Spring 2006 release, I still find it hard to believe. It seems too good to be true. Spring.

Along with that, I'd imagine a summer rather than fall release in the US. I hope summer, it'll give me something to do! It's exciting, but I can't wait until I can mark my calender with a real date.

Open price for Gamecube.

2005-10-14T19:43:00.000-04:00

"Name your price," says Nintendo to retailers. I'm pretty sure things might get competitive between stores. Everyone's going to try and stay just below everyone else.

iPods do videos, too.

2005-10-13T22:36:00.000-04:00

Cool.

During the summer, I was saving up for an iPod photo. Back before all regular iPods did photos. Then Nizar brought up, "What does it do? Just music and photos? What about videos...". It didn't need to play videos for me to like it, but I realized that if I just waited a while maybe it would get cheaper, or get more features. It wasn't long before normal iPods did photos, and here we are with video!

It does music, audiobooks, podcasts, photos, music videos, tv shows, movie trailers, video podcasts, home movies,.. what more is there? Maybe it'll be wi-fi ready-- download music or send email with it.

Rumors of a video iPod figured that they would create a new iPod, like they did for iPod photo. I'm glad they just added video capabilities to the good ol' normal one. No change to the design, no new system...just new goodness.

This is teaching me that I should never ever buy anything ever again. Things will never stop getting better, so just save money for the future, when you could either buy the new amazing thing or the same thing you want now, for cheaper. It's just hard for me to spend money on anything that I'm sure will get better very soon. I just don't want to buy anything...

...except the Nintendo Revolution.

There's no way the Revolution will be $99

2005-10-07T12:54:00.000-04:00

Nintendo had better be ready to deliver an outstanding price for the Revolution after getting everyone's hopes up. Sure, they have admitted that the revolution will have to be lower than competitors, to invite non-gamers to buy it, but that doesn't mean that they'll make it $99. Joystiq posted a story based on this blog's idea that the revolution will be $99.

Yeah, right.

Nintendo will sell it for the price that it's worth. This article reminds me that Gamecube sold for $199, when Playstation 2 and Xbox was selling for $299. "Nintendo had been widely expected to come in below its two rivals on price, partly because the GameCube hardware is less complex," sounds familiar to me. Nintendo has emphasized that the revolution will be less-powerful and without a DVD player, in order to create a cost that's affordable to anyone and their grandma (literally?).

I'd say that the most resonable prediction would be $199 (or anywhere from $150-$250). They might dip into $150 just to be cheaper than the Gamecube was, and to be that much more desirable, but who knows. The Revolution will be more powerful than the Gamecube, so it can't be cheaper, can it?

I'm sticking with a guess of $199, in hopes that it will include some free game downloads or something.

News slowdown for "Revolution"

2005-10-06T22:52:00.000-04:00

While I'd like to post a lot more Revolution news, it seems that things have been gradually slowing down. For the first two weeks after TGS, I had so many tidbits and news articles to read.

The first website I saw with pictures of the controller had many comments like, "That sucks, it's going to be so stupid." Or, "Nintendo's going to go bankrupt with that ugly thing." It was after midnight, people were jumping to conclusions, and were ignorant about the possiblities. I enjoyed hearing people compare this controller to Virtual Boy and other failing "innovations" by Nintendo, without even doing research or anything. However, people now have had time to see the promotional video, read about the possiblities, and understand how it could change the gaming world as we know it.

It sort of takes the fun out of it.

Now, we're lucky to see the occasional mock-up or spec rumors. I'm getting bored of reading the same interview with developers saying, "I'm really excited to see how this works. I can't wait to get my hands on it." Blah.

What's the next piece of news? When's the next announcement? There has to be something before E3 2006, seriously.

Will Nintendo repeat history with naming the Revolution?

2005-10-03T22:05:00.000-04:00

At first, I thought that it would be a bad move for Nintendo to change the name of their new console from codename "Revolution". Everyone knows it by that name, it sounds cool, and it represents what the system is about.

I’m sure that in 1995, people thought Ultra64 was a good final name, and 2000’s StarCube might have been acceptable, too. There’s no difference between five or ten years ago and now. We have a great sounding code name that we’ve all come to recognize. I’m just afraid they’d change it to something that no one will accept.

But they won’t. We'll love it no matter what. It's Nintendo!

Looking back at Nintendo’s behavior when unveiling names can shed some light on what they might do in the next year. Wikipedia’s N64 listing says, “Nintendo dropped ‘Ultra’ from the name on February 1, 1996, just five months before its Japanese debut.” Could this be the future of Revolution? I would hope not.

The early production of the N64 was code named “Project Reality”, followed by a new name that everyone assumed would be final, “Ultra 64”. For Gamecube, it was “Project Dolphin”, followed by a short run for the name “StarCube”. In an old IGN Dolphin FAQ, they answered a question about the final product name by saying, “[S]ources have informed IGN64 that the final name of the console is definitely not StarCube and the Dolphin codename is not being considered either.” Based on what we’re hearing now about the Revolution, I’m unsure. Have we heard anyone use the words “definitely not Revolution”?

The real question I can't wait to find out is, what stage of codename could this be? Will "Revolution" be the "Reality" and "Dolphin", "Ultra64" and "StarCube", or the "N64" and "Gamecube".

I'd like to believe what I heard on one website, that the reason why the revolution name was taken off the pictures shown at TGS was so that they could come up with a new logo and campaign for the name. Revolution has grown on me. Probably so did Ultra64, until it was ripped away from fans 5 months before the release. Revolution is a great name for the system, but leave it to Nintendo to change it to something better, if they feel like it.

Other codenames for this system were N5 or GCnext, but I think that's more of what fans called it, rather than a real Nintendo project name, right? Either way. If eveyone's sure that Revolution is a codename, how many others will we have before a final?

Xbox 360 related gmail accounts are cashing in

2005-10-02T00:54:00.000-04:00

During my random search through ebay last night, my curiosity brought me to search for any auctions for the Nintendo revolution. With nothing much of interest, I remembered seeing a post on Joystiq where an Xbox 360 controller was for sale on ebay, and sold for $91. Now, when searching for Xbox 360, most of the auctions are for email addresses. Even if you’re in the business to sell an xbox soon, $100 for “Xbox.360.4.Sale.Now@gmail.com” seems a little strange. One of the selling points for most names is that they’re gmail accounts, not simply yahoo or hotmail. However, these email addresses are getting more obscure and lengthy every time I check, so it would be in one’s best interest to just go make an account with a ridiculously long name for free, with whichever email service they like. Whatever drives these bidders to pay such high prices for such strange and annoying email accounts is beyond me, but I’d like to wait and see how all of it works out.

First post.

2005-10-01T20:36:00.000-04:00

So, centraplay.

Basically, I wasn't really into video games until about three or four months ago. Sure, I was into video games, but not like this. I had my Gameboy, an N64, and a Japanese Playstation, but was mostly doing PC games. I mastered Dance Dance Revolution back in high school, and that might have been the closest to "obsession" as I got, until now of course.

Seriously, guys.
No, seriously. Seriously... Nintendo Revolution.

My plan for this blog is to write about Nintendo "Revolution" news, articles, general info, personal opinions, and maybe even news about Japan in general. I've used most of my time since the controller announcement at TGS to research as much as I could about the system, and now this blog is the next step in keeping me busy until the 2006 release date.