Internet Spews Mass of Geek News

The internet was good for geeks of all genres today. Let's review.

Games

• Soul Calibur Legends Japanese advertisement shows some (grainy) screenshots.
• Doki Doki Maho Shinpan video at Akiba Blog - completely inappropriate and chock full of badly translated Japanese (thanks for nothing Babelfish)
• Hayate the Combat Butler DS site opened. No information, but it's open.
• Dream Skincare for your DS (they really will make any software for this machine)
• Tekken 5 Dark Ressurection Online Play screens at SDTekken.

Comics

• Sleestak's wordless review for New Avenger #31. Quoted for truth.
• Marvel.com reforms their character bio section into something quite fantastic (no pun intended) called Marvel Universe. It includes 'clouds' of who the character is connected to. Very, very cool. (info from Devil Doll)
• An interview with the body (but not the voice) behind Silver Surfer. Thousands have wondered if they saw his junk in the trailers (probably not)

Anime/Manga

• Pick up the box set of Diamond Day Dreams (aka Diamond Dust Drops) for a sweet $54.98 for 325 minutes of this slice of life series. (mmmm....delicious anime on the cheap)
• Centerfold of Urd from Ah My Goddess in the June Issue of Newtype. Best Centerfold. Evar.
• Also has ep 1 of Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl on the dvd. (threw me into a almost Strawberry Eggs level fit at the end)

Figures

• Gun X Sword figure Fasalina (most likely nsfw) apparently really really loves what she does. Literally. I think Pandora does this pose in Guitar Hero 2.
• Beautiful figure shots of Ryomou Shimei, (Blue Nurse version) from Ikkitousen at Happy Soda Bring all your kink together with this figure! Schoolgirl socks, the maid apron, the eyepatch, bondage queen with hand-cuffs, dominatrix hair-cut, beauty-marked, aggro-psychotic, submissive shy-girl, etc. Nevermind that her grappling fighting style just begs for artistic perversion, (and now in a nurse outfit as well!) Actually pretty SFW - worst you get is a panty shot.

and FINALLY, fanboys rejoice!
Jessica Alba very much enjoys one night stands!
She told Cosmopolitan magazine: "I just wanted to see what it was like to be with different people. I don't think a girl's a slut if she enjoys sex. "I could have a one-night stand, and I'm the kind of girl who looks over in the morning and is like, 'Do you really have to be here?' I don't need to cuddle and do all that stuff because I know what it is and I don't try to make it more.

...and then stock in Trojan Condoms skyrocketed.
Well, I'm spent. Thank you, good night, try the veal and remember to tip your server.

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

Soul Calibur "News" (finally)

EGM will have an "exclusive" look at something new in the Soul Calibur franchise in it's next issue. (Released July 3rd) Soul Calibur Legends has already been announced, so I'm going to guess the official announcement of SC4, which was previously (accidentally) leaked. Worried Kotaku comments suspect a brawler, but like them, I hope it isn't one. You may love Smash Brothers all you want, but it's still not a fighting game.
via 1up & Kotaku

To the PS3 I say this - you can claim all your exclusives until they slip away, but the Wii got Soul Calibur Legends. In a childish gesture I proclaim to them "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries. "

Chou Aniki Returns!

Yes, I'm serious. The incredibly strange side scrolling shooter will have a sequel, that will no doubt as as strange if not stranger than the first one. On the off chance that you don't know about Chou Aniki here is some video and a wikipedia article for those too lazy to google it.

longer article at Canned Dogs

New KOF Regulation A character announced

Majoria's News reports that a new character named Xiao Lon has been announced in Arcadia magazine. Cyberfanatix verifies the report and adds that in official ads for the game, there are two shadows behind Ash Crimson and Blue Mary. So, now we know that one of them is Xiao Lon - who is the other? Unknown as of yet. I'm still hopeful for Joe Higashi.

Image of Xiao Lon below.

Happy Birthday Capcom

May 30th 1979, Capcom opens in Osaka, Japan. The gaming world would be a sad place without them, so Happy Birthday Capcom and thanks from me personally for making Rival Schools and Project Justice.

via Kotaku

Holiday Weekend News Extravaganza!

Ok, apparently all the news sites crammed their news in so they could have Memorial Day off. Here's a recap.

You're Under Arrest is coming back with a new season. I look forward to this - I like the live action version of the show as well.
via Heisei Democracy. Article ok, site nsfw.

Paprika article at Wired. They like it, they really really like it. (how long till no one gets that reference anymore?)

SNK drops some Maximum Impact Regulation A videos. The quality is awful, and they're in .exe format(!) but it shows Ash Crimson and Blue Mary in action. Worst use of announcer voice-over EVER.
via Majoria's News / SNK Playmore

Kotaku has some screen shots of Pokemon Battle Revolution. That and Mario Strikers Charged will be the first Wii games that are playable via wifi.

Three new Guitar Hero 80's songs announced :"Balls To The Wall" by Accept, "Only A Lad" by Oingo Boingo & "The Warrior" by Scandal.
via Kotaku

X-Men 199 FINALLY drops. Wow, it's Rogue's turn in the barrel. Go pick it up now. Shoo, shoo.
via me, the local comic shop (Emerald City Repruhzent!) , Marvel comics and Majoria's News mentioned it as well.

New character added to the Tekken 6 roster. It's Miguel and he's a matador. (yes, a matador, no I don't know why)
via Joystiq

Silly alarm clock that you absolutely need: The Danger Bomb Clock "Wake you up every morning with Explosion Sound! To stop the bomb, you have to pull out just one code from three. The safety code is set randomly every morning."
via geekstuff4u

*deep breath* phew. That's all the news from this weekend, but there are two more bits that deserve their own posts. Stay tuned.

Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80s

Pandora with Flock of Seagulls hairdo.
[obvious pun time]
That's truly, truly, truly outrageous
[/ obvious pun]

Bits Bytes Pixels & Sprites reveals the cover art for Guitar Hero Encore Rocks the 80s (that's a mouthful, eh?) It's being released for the PS2, but I hope to see it available as a download for the 360, and optimally a Virtual Console DL for the Wii (after GH3 is released of course)

Joystiq posted a partial list of songs a couple of weeks ago. For those that don't know (I didn't) here you go.

• I Wanna Rock (by Twisted Sister)
• I Ran (by Flock of Seagulls)
• Round and Round (as made famous by Ratt)
• I Want Candy (as made famous by Bow Wow Wow)
• Metal Health (as made famous by Quiet Riot)
• Holy Diver (as made famous by Dio)
• Heat Of The Moment (as made famous by Asia)

In my perfect little world there would be a Freezepop version of the Jem and the Holograms theme song. It won't happen, but I can dream.

Rayman: Raving Rabbids 2 Announced

Ubisoft announces the inevitable - Raving Rabbids 2 for the Wii. Just because it's not a surprise, doesn't mean it's not fantastic news!
They've invaded Rayman's world, and now in the second game, they're invading Earth. Highlights include a Spiderman Rabbid, Pirate Rabbid, Naruto Rabbid and hocking loogies into other people's drinks. (Virtually of course) More emphasis on multiplayer & more bunnies screaming. Good times.

Trailers and game play videos at gametrailers.com (ah duuuh)
news via ....every Wii site evar...and Kotaku too.

KoF: Regulation A screens

I really don't want to buy this game again just to get Ash Crimson and Blue Mary, but guh, those new screen shots are beautiful. Click the source links below to see more screen shots.


via Kotaku & Cyberfanatix
(in vaguely related news, Cyberfanatix is a great KoF site)

Tekken 6 News

(info from SD Tekken)

• Animations have been changed for every character!
• All characters have an “item move”, like the Bryan shotgun we saw at the AOU trailer. Although not all of them will have the same effectiveness.
• An example of an “item move” will be Anna throwing her high heels at her opponents.
• Harada officially stated that Leo IS a girl.
• Stance changes for Marshall Law & Lei Wulong
• Yoshimitsu now considered an "expert" level character.
  

More information at SD Tekken & Kotaku (but mostly SD Tekken)

KOF 06 match - Jivatma vs B Jenet

You can see when B really gets her groove on.
Best parts: end of Round 2- THE SHOE followed by laugh/taunt/cancel
That guy deserves a beating for playing as the boss character. That's just obnoxious.

Best Buy is Awful

and stuff like this is why:

Best Buy Manager Tries to Void XBox Warranty

The clerk told the customer that Microsoft handles all warranties on the Xbox360 and that Microsoft would not allow BestBuy to exchange the device.

via Kotaku, via Consumerist.

New anime based games

that will probably never see the light of day in the US.

Keroro Online
An online version of the action Sgt. Frog game.
Info from canned dogs.

Sailor Moon for the Wii
YesAsia has an entry for a japanese release of a game called Sailor Moon, from Namco Bandai Games. Working title though it may be, this certainly brings exciting possibilities to light for fans of the series - and the page gives a release date of December 31, 2007, which looks suspiciously like a placeholder. Unfortunately this remains a rumor until we can confirm that it really exists, which may take a bit of time.

Hit the link above to read the rest of the article. It mentions a 2D side scroller called Sailor Moon Plus.

info from Insert Credit

Sailor Moon Plus site
This is VERY relevant to my interests.

SSX pre-post

Sadly, I have not been able to get my hands on SSX Blur and most likely will not be able to for about another week. There is bickering over at joystiq. It seems that the game has a bit of a learning curve. As I said, I have not played it, but all of the SSX games have a learning curve. If you're not flying down the hill face first on your first few tries, then it's too easy.

The other big rumor is that the ubers are inconsistent and difficult to pull off. I hope this isn't true, but it seems to be as most all reviewers, whether they liked it or not, commented on it.

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/28/metareview-ssx-blur/

Enjoy a delicious video. The new character design will take some getting used to, but in-game models look great.