gamingeek said:

Nanaonsha's Masaya Matsura

The creator of Parappa the Rapper is working on on Haunt, which will be released by Microsoft in 2011. Haunt is a game with a "horror touch." While the game is shrouded in mystery, it seems that players will have to explore a cursed mansion, dealing with traps and ghosts.

As a sales point for Haunt, Matsura said, "It can be played by a wide range of people. In addition to the enjoyment of the game play, you can also look forward to the quality of the visuals and music."

Regarding Kinect itself, he said "I believe it is a major step in the history of game systems." Jokingly, he said that Kinect makes it so that event organizers will no longer have to sterilize controllers at game events as a bird flu prevention tactic.

Abort! Abort!  He made Major Minor's Majestic March!

gamingeek said:

EDGE mag reviews

Rock Band 3 - 10

EDGE: "Now that it's no longer cool and increasingly inaccessible, we think it's cool." end fake quote.

gamingeek said:

Japan gets a Kinect measuring tape to see if it will work in their front rooms

that's only 90 centimeters (less than 3 feet for Americans).  So what sort of Kinect are they getting?

SteelAttack said:

Oh, how I'd love to get PSN or XBLA versions of PaRappa (the first one) and UmJammer Lammy.

Yeah, those are both good.  Note for those looking for hard copies though, they won't work on HDTV's due to lag, and there is understandably no calibration adjustment available on these pre-HD games.

PaRappa is on PSP though.

aspro said:

Foolz! What are you doing uop at this hour?

Strolling around his house, butt naked.

On the 8-4 podcast of the 6 people who live in Tokyo none of them have a place big enough to play Kinect (sorry if I've mentioned this before).

Destructoid DKC Returns review

With a ton of incredible levels to conquer; gorgeous, perfectly designed graphics (wait until you see the first sunset level!); retro-inspired music; and smooth, flawless gameplay, videogames don’t get much better than Donkey Kong Country Returns.

I can’t recommend this game enough.

If you have a Wii, BUY THIS GAME. You will not be disappointed.

And please hurry. There are so many memorable parts I want to talk to you about.

Donkey Kong Country Returns is a perfect videogame experience, from start to finish.

Score: 10 -- Flawless Victory (10s are as close to perfect as you will get in a genre or on a platform. Pure, untarnished videogame ecstasy.)

Yay.

Flawless victory.

All I can say on difficulty is, thank God the game has the NSMB Super Guide feature.

ASK_Story said:

Any theories on why music games have declined so much?

My theories are:

1. Activision milked it too much and flooded the market, obviously answer.

2. Way too many DLC song lists every week could have overwhelmed the casual consumer. I remember every week there's like 20 DLC songs for $2.99 each whenever there's a XBL update, for both Guitar Hero and Rock Band. I think it's too much and the developers are going too far with it.

3. People just got tired of them.

It's the third one.  It was a fad.  That's not to diminish it, as for a fad to be effective it has to be something that is new, enjoyable and captures the imagination.  I have 3 of those guitars and a fair few of the games, but ultimately it's an excuse to play air guitar.

They'll come back in a big way in a few more years when new kids come up and all of us get nostalgic.

So between GoldenEye, Sonic Colors and Donkey Kong Wii is having a hell of a month.

PSP God of War is getting much love too -- that's two great titles for it this year (in the west at least), along with Peace Walker.

And now AssCreedBrothers is getting mad press (Eurogamer a 10).  So I expect we'll see it pop up as a GOTY from many outlets.

aspro said:

So between GoldenEye, Sonic Colors and Donkey Kong Wii is having a hell of a month.

Don't forget Epic Mickey. Best November ever for the Wii?

aspro said:

So between GoldenEye, Sonic Colors and Donkey Kong Wii is having a hell of a month.

PSP God of War is getting much love too -- that's two great titles for it this year (in the west at least), along with Peace Walker.

And now AssCreedBrothers is getting mad press (Eurogamer a 10).  So I expect we'll see it pop up as a GOTY from many outlets.

Eurogamer gave AssCreedBros. a 10?

Interesting.

But yeah, the Wii is knocking home runs out of the park, not just this month but for this whole year! Say what you will about Other M but it's still a must-have Wii game just because it's Metroid! And than Kirby last month, Super Mario Galaxy 2 earlier this year...it's been a great year for the Wii.

And the PSP has also been picking up a lot of steam. I know the PSP is basically dead in the west, but I'm just glad that the developers are bringing over the best PSP games still from Japan and coming up with stuff like God of War Ghost of Sparta. Square-Enix is disappointing for consoles this gen but their handhelds have been great! 3rd Birthday early next year and Tactic Ogre February!

aspro said:

travo said:

aspro said:

So between GoldenEye, Sonic Colors and Donkey Kong Wii is having a hell of a month.

Don't forget Epic Mickey. Best November ever for the Wii?

That too! We'll have to wait and see what the reception is like, hopefully good.

Yeah, keep forgetting that game is coming out in less than two weeks! I'm very interested to see what reception it gets. If it's 8-9...guess I need to save up!

By the way...AssCreedBros. just sounds funny!