Samurai Showdown Anthology Delay

Samurai Showdown Anthology was initially due to drop in stores in December. However, when I double checked today, it wasn't even on EB Games website. A quick Google search shows me that the date has been pushed back to either 2/24/2009 as seen here - or just a generic 2009. I was looking forward to playing all 7 games and not buying them individually on the Virtual Console. Now I get to wait. Again.

World Heroes gets Gorgeous Stateside!

Yes! Yes, yes, yes!
Kotaku reports that World Heroes Gorgeous will be coming stateside, although it will be renamed World Heroes Anthology.

For anyone interested in buying it, I strongly suggest you purchase it online somewhere because the local brick and mortar stores not only don't allow you to preorder these games (didn't allow me to preorder Fatal Fury Battle Archive OR KOFXI) they'll also give a dirty look for free and ask you to buy Halo 3.
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Asshats.

Sega Superstars Tennis

Item originally found at dsfanboy.

So, Sega is making a tennis game. Okay, but not earth shattering. The exciting bit is the character lineup that will be playable!

From the press release: SEGA Superstars Tennis has over 15 playable SEGA idols including Sonic the Hedgehog, AiAi from Super Monkeyball fame, Ulala of Space Channel 5 and Amigo from Samba De Amigo. In addition to their own unique attributes, each character will also come equipped with their own superstar tennis skills, putting a whole new spin on each match played!

full press release here

The even better news is that this game will be released on pretty much all of the current and/or last generation systems. (PS2, PS3, XBox 360, Wii, DS) Superstars Tennis drops early next year. (My Wii may end up with a second tennis game!)

Old, but good.

Here's a KOF XI combo video. After watching this, I can safely say that my friends and I are "doin' it wrong"

GH3 - haha, no.

A Guitar Hero 3 video of Dragonforce's "Through the Fire and Flames" is making it's way around the internet. Rumor has it that this level is set to Hard, not Expert. They should just make the difficulty "Ridiculous" and get it over with. Those dots just fly on by (more dots! more dots!)



If that video isn't working try this one.

Why is it that the more I hear about GH3, the less I want to play it? The Wii will have such a cool controller too.

Here is a link to the music video of the song. Wait till the end for the guitar solos. Amazing work. The singer is a bit too Geddy Lee for me, but to each his own.

Did you get that thing I sent you?

Evening, and welcome to today's (gaming) blog dump.

In something that might make your day, Kotaku has posted footage of the upcoming Harvey Birdman game. It's essentially a Phoenix Wright clone, but...why is that a bad thing? The only bummer is that it is currently only slated for the PSP & the PS2. Show Nintendo some love, Harv!

Dropped into my local game store, and to my glee got 15 dollars credit when I traded in Futurama! Collectors, save it, as it's retailing for 35.00 used. Broke gamers, sell it while it's hot! I assume it's fallout from The Simpsons movie being a hit. While I was there, I was informed that Mario Strikers Charged had sold out. What was that about the Wii having no games and it being a flash in the pan? Not so much.

In other news,
Cyberfanatix reports that all the World Heroes games will be gathered together into a collection and released with one of the best names ever, World Heroes Gorgeous. It has an October 18th release date, but I am unsure if that will be in the US, Europe or Japan.

Insert Credit has some new info on the new Capcom fighting game, Sengoku Basara X. <- Click that link to read it. They also report that Izuna will have a sequel - "Gouma Reifu Den Izuna Ni" For those that don't remember, the first Izuna was released by Atlus in the US as Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja. It was a dungeon crawler of epic proportions, if you got to the 'bonus' dungeons after the first run through of the game.

A wonky virus that's floating around the intertubes will attempt to lure you into opening it by offering a playable version of Super Mario Bros. It plays, but also infects the hell out of your system. (Why are you opening attachments anyway?)
Info at Wii Fanboy

Misc. Gaming News

Zepy @ Canned Dogs reports that Taiko Drum Master 10 will include songs from Lucky Star and Nodame Cantabile. Import Get!

King of Fighters Max Impact 2 Regulation A site updated with more of the same. New character info, story and movies *yay*
-via Cyberfanatix

Guilty Gear Accent core is coming to the PS2 & the Wii. How long till Wiimote injuries due to GG flailing?!

Perhaps the most notable changes are the re-recorded character voices, a first since Guilty Gear XX first debuted. Combined with new backgrounds and intro animations they'll certainly add a bit of freshness to a series that's been growing rather stale over the years.

The Wii version will also feature special waggle controls that allow you to use the Wii remote and nunchuck to pull off fighting moves, which will be novel for all of five minutes before the classic controllers get hooked up (via Kotaku)

KOF : MI Reg A Release Dates

An official date has set for the release of KOF Maximum Impact Regulation A for both the Taito ² Type-X arcade board and PS2 version. For arcade its 13th of July and for the PS2 its 26th of July. These dates are specific for Japan only.

via Cyberfanatix

GH: 80s Edition Tracks

More Guitar Hero tracks announced at Kotaku.

Anthrax - "Caught In A Mosh"

Iron Maiden - "Wrathchild"

.38 Special - "Hold on Loosely"

White Lion - "Radar Love"

Scorpions - "No One Like You"

The Vapors - "Turning Japanese"

Winger - "Seventeen"

Someone commented that "Walk Like an Egyptian" would be a great addition to that lineup. Suggestion seconded! Can we get a third?

as for me...

Traded in Guilty Gear Dust Strikers (ugh, so awful) to put a little credit towards Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales and a used copy of Devil Kings. Haven't played Devil Kings yet (yes I know it's a DW clone) but Chocobo Tales has been fantastic thus far. I haven't gone into any card battles yet, but I need something to tide me over till the Card Fighters DS game finally gets recalled. Here is some Devil Kings footage if you're interested.

Ikkitousen PS2 game

Bring more ecchi to your ps2 with Ikkitousen: Shining Dragon. (Not to be confused with season 2 of Ikkitousen, Dragon Destiny.) You can battle the main characters with the added 'perk' of their clothes breaking off. (much like in the anime and manga) Limited edition comes with an illustration thing, some minigames, and a vocal CD." [sic]
Regular Edition price: US$ 64.90
Limited Edition price: US$ 89.90

"The game will have an original storyline with Hakufu, Ryomou and Kanu confirmed as playable characters. Screenshots show that Chou-un, Myosai, Ryubi and Chouhi will also appear in the game." -via Wikipedia

via insert credit

Guilty Gear Accent Core has cooties

In another stunning display of QA incompetence, Arc System Works released a public apology for the buggy nature of Guilty Gear Accent Core. Bugs should be fixed by the time it comes to the US, as Arc really doesn't need two doses of public humiliation.

via Kotaku, who got it from Silicon Era, who has Youtube footage of the glitches

Roses...get your guns?

There was a post on Kotaku about Metal Gear Solid online servers going down, but the picture was more striking to me than anything. I didn't realize that they had put the Rumble Roses hidden somewhere in there. Here's the screen shot of Rowdy Reiko vs Reiko. Strange.



If you're interested in the original post, it's here
Metal Gear Online Servers Going Down

Source: Kotaku (duh)