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Sega to give away beautiful Let’s Tap artwork from Yuji Naka
Today, both Sega of America and Sega of Europe posted amazing Let’s Tap artwork they received from Prope’s Yuji Naka. Each branch received five pictures of the Tap Runner avatars, apparently hand-drawn by Naka. He even drew the logo on each one! The US office also got copies of the Let’s Tap soundtrack and Tap [...]
GameStop CEO: PS3, Wii could drop price, ‘key’ Nintendo title coming this year
For once, someone at GameStop wants customers to be able to pay less. Of course, the items CEO Dan DeMatteo thinks are overpriced happen to be consoles, which don’t have much of a retail markup — so dropping the price on them would only give consumers more to spend on stuff with bigger markups.
The console [...]
Cute new X-ray machines for hospitals to peek at you
A Japanese company called Shimadzu has unveiled a new mobile X-ray machine designed to help reduce the anxiety level of hospitalized children — by showing them Pokemans. The self-contained X-ray cart, available to Japanese hospitals on the 17th, features a Pokémon Diamond and Pearl theme, with pictures of smiling Pokemon all over it, as well [...]
Morgan Webb plays Punch-Out!! with Jimmy Fallon
Wow, writing that headline was as close as we’ve ever come to being Perez Hilton. What an odd moment. Oh, but anyway, G4’s Morgan Webb was on Jimmy Fallon’s show last night and she brought along the new Wii version of Punch-Out!!.
So now, just a paragraph after feeling like Perez Hilton, we’re going to tell [...]
The Beatles: Rock Band priced in Europe, UK
MTV Games this morning revealed pricing for the European and UK iterations of its upcoming Beatles-based rhythm game extravaganza, The Beatles: Rock Band. Aside from the already announced $250 US release, the “limited edition premium bundle” arrives in the EU at €199 and £179 in the UK.
The release makes no mention of the rumored [...]
Analyst: Poor Wii Music, Animal Crossing sales stamina to blame for downturn
Wii sales have been the lowest they’ve ever been in Japan. Is the Japanese public losing interest? Screen Digest analyst Ed Barton told GameBizBlog that the Wii sales downturn is mostly due to the lack of staying power exhibited by Animal Crossing: City Folk and Wii Music.
Barton says that the continued success of Wii Fit [...]
Karaoke Revolution gets a tune-up for PS3, 360, Wii
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Are you ready to put your lips to work and sing like a star? Are you ready to kill us for that horrible introduction? We only ask that you read the rest of this post first. It may (or may not) satisfy your urge to commit murder. Plus, if you killed us, the [...]
Dan Aykroyd prefers Ghostbusters for Wii, says romance got axed for gameplay
Dan Aykroyd really likes the 2004 film, The Incredibles. So much so, in fact, that he believes himself to look like an Incredibles-esque superhero in the upcoming Ghostbusters game for Wii, telling Newsweek, “I love the way we look in the Wii platform … anybody who looks like an Incredible is automatically a superhero.” Though [...]
You can play piano on your DSi, kinda
Has your long-held habit of carrying a baby grand piano with you everywhere you go begun to cause irreversible damage to your easily pliable spinal cord? The Monday Night Crew gang discovered an easier way to tickle ivories touchscreens on the go by using a neat trick in the “Graffiti Mode” on your DSi. Basically, [...]
Konami’s Puzzle Chronicles … sounds familiar
From the womb that brought us Puzzle Quest, comes Puzzle Chronicles (working title). Designed by Infinite Interactive — same as Puzzle Quest, Galactrix and Neopets Puzzle Adventure — Puzzle Chronicles is another RPG/Puzzle hybrid, but this one is made for Konami. It will release on PC, XBLA, PSN, DS, and PSP at some point before [...]