Saturday, November 24, 2007

Videogame hacks/Pirates The great and the not-so-great.

Video game hacks/ Pirates are games that are not made by Nintendo/Sega but by ordinary computer geniuses. Some are very well put together while some are so horrible you cannot stand playing it at all. One Pirated game that seems it Could have been good is Super Mario brothers Deluxe

This game is basically the first game with Super Mario brothers 3/ Super Mario world engine.
Like Super Mario brothers, the creator even added a warp zone, Except it only takes you to world four. The creators also managed to incorporate the minus world glitch! not one, not two, but five minus worlds!. Bowser is not actually a real boss, but instead, it is a Bowser statue from Super Mario Brothers 3 colored in to look like a boss. It's kind of funny really. I guess you can't really blame the creator for trying his best.

Ah, here's one that Pirates made for the NES! Check it out for a good laugh!
Somari is an unofficial Mario and Sonic crossover. Actually, this is Mario impersonating Sonic! Takes Sonic's place in Sonic for the Game gear. However, for some reason, this game is A lot harder than the original Sonic the hedgehog game.

Here's some that are non- Mario Related.

Metal sonic the hedgehog
A game where Metal sonic replaces Sonic
Pokemon Adventure
This bizarre game is a Sonic hack
Sonic SNES
A Speedey Gonzales hack where Sonic has to save Mario. Quite funny, actually
Zelda: Parallel worlds
A neat looking game that's based off of Link to the past.

There are many more, but there's so much,I cannot list them all. You will just have to look for them yourself.

That's all...

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Mario Madness

Super Mario galaxy has recently been released and I am really eager to get my hands on it. If only I had enough money to afford it! I have played parts of this game in a Game store nearby, and it was not a demo, it was actually the full game! Man, I haven't played a 3-D Mario platformer this fun Since Super Mario 64! And this is only the third real 3-D platformer in the Mario series! Don't get me wrong, Super Mario Sunshine was not a bad game, but i am sure you all agree that it was a major disappointment.
Still, Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine were games that had a very high replayablility value, and you could spend hours, days, weeks, and even months to collect all the stars.
Like every Mario game, there is always Nostalgic references to past Mario games. A couple of examples are, the return of the doomships from Super Mario Brothers 3, Bowser's apprentice from from Yoshi's Island, Kamek, makes an appearance as a boss, and many, many remixes from past Mario games. Mario's less appreciated brother,Luigi himself for the first time in a main series 3-D platformer makes an appearance in this game with, along with a special surprise for his supporters!
I wish to own this game, but I still need to earn some cash quick! Aw well, it I should get it sometime soon. I will post a review when I eventually get it.

Saturday, November 3, 2007

Muscle Nes and other Related games

In honor of the grand reopening of MPS, I am gonna go through time, and give you some information on the MUSCLE/Kinnikuman/Ultimate Muscle video Games. What are those things, you ask? Well, Muscle is a toy line of Little Rubber Guys who where the Pokemon of the 80's, except not as milked as those Little Monsters Nintendo made. Kinnikuman is the Original Japanese version of Kinnikuman, and Ultimate Muscle is the re-release of the series in 2002

First off, MUSCLE, for the NES was a wrestling game where you could play as some of the MUSCLE characters. This game ended up giving some of the wrestlers their names. One for example, is Terry man, who in the original Kinnikuman was the best friend of Kinnikuman(Muscleman in the USA) Anyway, Because of Terryman, Terribull had to be changed into his original Japanese name, Buffalo man. Did you know that in the original version of the MUSCLE game, there was a character that was replaced by Geronimo? You Kinnikuman fans may know him as Blocken man. Apparently, because of his relation to the Nazis, he had to be taken out in the American version. Geronimo and Blocken man both have the projectile special move, Geronimo throwing axes, and Blocken man throwing Strange blobs.

MUSCLE (sort of) made a return in America as Ultimate Muscle, Where Muscle man's/Kinnikuman's (Now known as King muscle) son takes his place on the wrestling ring. The Ultimate Muscle game, which plays like the original SNES game, but better, was released sometime during 2002. I remember playing a demo, and realizing that instead of translating it, the original Japanese voices where kept in! They probably thought it was not necessary, as it is only a demo.
I remember playing The game a few days ago, and getting credits to buy toys, both new and old. If you're a fan of Muscle then you may recognize a few of these little rubber guys. I gained my dad's childhood favorite, the Fox, and I realised that the name did not seem right. His name, rather than Fox man, was Forks man! That was quite a funny mistranslation If I say so myself. Also in the game, was recruit wrestlers, some created before they first appeared in the Anime! You use them as parts for the somewhat disappointing yet acually fun custom character mode.

Also, if you look in the Audience in certain levels, you may spot some familiar faces from the past and present series. Some of the characters included are Cubeman, a Rubik's cube like wrestler, Sgt. Kinnikuman, a brother Kinnikuman/King Muscle, Tape recorder man, whose name speaks for itself, and Monsieur cheeks, a disturbing wrestler with a butt for a face.

I know that there are Japanese releases that I have obviously never played, but if I ever find some way to play them, I will give out some info.

Well, that's all for now...

Sonic In Brawl?!

Yes its true... Everyone's favorite blue hedgehog has been confirmed for Brawl. Here he is! Wow, I take a break and look what happens! I miss a big Mario Vs Sonic event!

Well, according to the playable demo in the E for All event in Los Angles We know that Sonic's "signature move" (My nickname for "Final smash") is obviously turning into "Super Sonic." Of course we Sonic fans all saw that coming didn't we? Anyway, other moves include spin dash, spring, and homing attack. (More info in the link I sent.)

Although most of us saw it coming, There were times where I had doubts. In a lot of interviews with the designers of super smash bros. brawl, they said that Sega has not responded for quite a while. What surprised me about sonic in brawl, is how soon they announced it. I thought that he would not be revealed until the game would come out.

Well, that's all for now.

I'm Back...

Mannn... My short break ended up being a long one... For those of you who were actually reading my blog I apologize. (I don't think anyone knows of this actually...)
But I'm back. I'm gonna do more things than games. In other words, distractions, or anything you enjoy doing. I missed many big gameing events such as Halo's third game, and Sonic in brawl. I'm gonna put some things up right now.