Tuesday, November 15th, 2011 | Posted by Robin Meijer | 1 Comment
With Super Mario 3D Land hitting store-shelves in North America and Europe this week, animal-rights organization PETA has launched a campaign against the Nintendo mascot over the ‘Tanooki suit. According to PETA, Mario dons “the skin of a raccoon dog to give him special powers.” The in-game upgrade has actually been included in the franchise since Super Mario Bros. 3, which was released in 1988. PETA claims that by “wearing Tanooki, Mario is sending the message that it’s OK to wear fur.” PETA has released a small Flash game, known as Super Tanooki Skin 2D, in which players play as a skinned Tanooki that tries to reclaim his fur from a flying Mario. The game can be played here.
Speaking to Eurogamer, a spokesperson for Nintendo stated that “Mario often takes the appearance of certain animals and objects in his games. [...] These lighthearted and whimsical transformations give Mario different abilities and make his games fun to play. The different forms that Mario takes make no statement beyond the games themselves.”
Monday, June 6th, 2011 | Posted by Mats Paasche | Comments Off
Heads Up Display or HUD for short is a fast paced news show featuring everything you need to know about the gaming industry, and nothing more.
For the details of all the stories featured in this week’s show head to the news sections of elder-geek.com
PS: This will be our last episode for a few weeks because of E3 so we’ve chosen to make it a extra big one. Stay tuned to elder-geek.com/news for up-to-date coverage of everything E3.
Saturday, May 21st, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off
Hey, it’s been awhile since we last threw together a bunch of release dates for your convenience, hasn’t it? Well, we got a lot of announcements with little story beyond the numbers, so for your pleasure, here is your latest Release Date Bonanza!
Friday, May 13th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off
Ubisoft has delayed Ghost Recon: Future Soldier yet again, this time until Q1 2012. The French publisher made its reasons clear, saying the delay will allow the game a less crowded holiday market, consisting mostly of Modern Warfare 3. Ubisoft also canceled many unnamed projects due to “major changes in the industry”.
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off
Ubisoft has stated multiple times since updating Rayman Origins from digital download to retail release that it will come only to Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. Now, some retailer listings are saying otherwise. Found out by NeoGAF (Via Extra Guy), an Amazon listing for the title includes Nintendo’s Wii as a release platform, with box art included. With the listings were corroborated by two release schedules (one for Wii, one for DS) acquired from Gamestop. Ubisoft has not released a comment on the matter.
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 5 Comments
Despite the launch of the most anticipated hardware since…Nintendo’s last hardware launch, it looks like the old standby still reigns king. The Nintendo DS sold more units in the States, according to the NPD, than the new 3DS model, 460,000 to 400,000. Contrary to reports from the Big N itself, this means that the 3DS was not, in fact, the most successful in the company’s handheld history, as the DS again out-shined it back in 2004.
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 1 Comment
Despite some cult popularity, Capcom has announced it has no plans to bring the latest in the detective adventure Phoenix Wright series to the West. Ace Attorney Investigations 2 was denied the port during an “Ask Capcom” Q&A session with Christian Svensson, who, when asked “is Ace Attorney coming to the U.S.?”, gave the following response.
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 1 Comment
Nintendo went big today, announcing the Q2 release dates for all titles across its three platforms, including the much anticipated 3D remake of The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time. For the full list of all approaching titles, follow the jump.
Sunday, April 10th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off
Even before getting released for the Xbox Kinect and Playstation Move this week, Michael Jackson: The Experience managed to sell 3 million units worldwide across the Wii, DS, and PSP. Over 90% of the game’s first two million units (a plateau reached early this past January) came from the Nintendo Wii version.
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off
You read right, Professor Layton and the Curious Village just passed 1 million units sold in Japan, according to a Twitter message from Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino, 4 years and nearly two months after its release. While the first game in the franchise has been sold to the milestone, the series as a whole has sold over 11.5 million units worldwide in its first four games. The fifth, Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle launched at the top of the Japanese charts for Nintendo’s new 3DS.
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off
Never count an Activision-owned franchise out in the sequel game. According to both an event listing at WonderCon and an MTV Report, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions developer Beenox is set to announce a new sequel in the comic book franchise this Saturday, April 2nd, sometime between 4:30pm and 5:30pm.The Beenox event will host the first details of the game, including screenshots and videos.
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 1 Comment
A Pokemon game selling hasn’t been surprising news since the Clinton Administration, but even 15 years after the series initial launch, new and greater financial records continue to be broken. The Black and White game versions already made headlines when they sold over a million units in their first 24 hours on shelves, but now Nintendo confirmed (sales statistics just recently backing up their claim) that the latest entries have moved over two million copies in two weeks.
Friday, March 25th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 2 Comments
After Overclock[ing] the original Devil Survivor for the 3DS, Atlus confirmed a sequel for the budding handheld franchise. Their self-proclaimed “final masterpiece” on the fading DS, and take place over a week-long invasion of multiple Japanese cities by creatures known as the “Septentrion”. The player will control 13 teenage characters with the ability to tame demons to fight against the invaders, with the new “Enishi” system tracking friendship stats between party members and bequeathing new abilities based on inter-character levels. The game is set for this Summer in Japan, with other regions to be determined.
