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Nintendo offers up a look at the special games mode of Mario Tennis Open, which hits the 3DS on May 20th.
Players will be able to use the Mii characters along with Mario-themed tennis gear, and compete with up to four players in online doubles matches. But the arresting bit of today’s info is definitely the game’s Super Mario Tennis mode, which offers a chance to hit some familiar Goombas with swings.
Check out some fresh video and screens below.
With 2012 already proving to be a strong year for Grasshopper on the digital and retail front, word came yesterday of their next console release for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, currently known as Killer is Dead and aiming for a worldwide release in 2013 – though there’s no official word yet about who the North American publisher might be.
There are only drips of information so far, suggesting that the game puts players in the shoes of a professional executioner or assassin hunting down criminals. Word is that the gameplay will feature sword action reminiscent of No More Heroes, and that’s all we’ve got at the moment – though we will inevitably stare at the Internet until more answers come.
In the meantime, Famitsu has two concept images, which you can catch below.
Grasshopper Manufacture’s first kick at the Kinect gives players a solid footing to stand on, bringing the action to them rather than asking that they flail their limbs wildly to move through environments – possibly while shouting “look ma, no hands!”
This doesn’t lessen the physical workout by any means, as four consecutive days of throwing imaginary baseballs at my television has left my body broken. I persisted in working through the pain of strained muscles however, partly because I wanted an achievement for throwing a faster pitch, but also because Diabolical Pitch is the most replayable experience available on the Kinect – or at least the most replayable experience that doesn’t ask you to dance in time to Lady Gaga.
Players step into the cleats of star pitcher McAllister, who loses the use of his pitching arm after his greatest game, and then mysteriously arrives at Queen Christine’s Dreamland, where he is given a prosthetic pitching arm and offered the chance to make all his dreams come true by a somewhat melancholic cow.
If that sounds a bit odd, expect things to get far more bizarre. And welcome back to a delightful place we know simply as the Grasshopper Zone.
Nintendo has sent word that their joint license Pokémon DS title with Tecmo Koei will be making the trip to North America – on June 18th no less.
Pokémon + Nobunaga’s Ambition, which partners Pokémon with Koei’s Nobunaga franchise will be arriving on the DS in North America as Pokémon Conquest.
Taking on the role of a young Warlord linked with a Pokémon, players will engage in six-on-six battles via turn-based skirmishes. Nintendo says the game contains nearly 200 Pokémon including many from the recent Black and White Version releases.
Catch some fresh screenshots below.
I’m reasonably sure Dead Souls is the only game about the zombie apocalypse where I’ve spent ten minutes at an arcade trying to win a toy Chihuahua from a claw-game. There was absolutely no reason for doing so, except that I really wanted it.
As a zombie epidemic spreads through the streets, large barricades are quickly deployed to seal off the infected area of the city, and the result is two very different realities – one in which life appears to carry on, and another where the infected are eager to feast on your delicious brains. The ability to walk the safer of these two streets while still enjoying the mini-game distractions and other interactions Yakuza has to offer probably makes this deviation the videogame most in line with the political commentary of Romero’s Dawn of the Dead and more recent Land of the Dead.
Players will find themselves in Akiyama’s shoes as the outbreak begins, the chaos quickly engulfing the streets around Sky Finance while he works to keep his faithful assistant safe and absorb the events unfolding. After a brief bout of linear direction, Dead Souls cuts players loose to pursue the main narrative or slip into the infected areas of the city to tackle side-quests that involve clearing areas and rescuing survivors. This creates two zombie filled environments in the same setting, with players combating zombies while working toward a narrative goal, or using entry points to simply run around and fill the endless hordes full of lead.
Greetings Sugarfiends!
I’d like to thank everyone who entered our swag contest last week, few things make me happier than hearing people talk about their experiences with games, and I earnestly enjoyed reading through responses that reminded me how lucky Sega is to have the fans it does. The downside is there can only be three winners this time around.
Earlier this morning I fed all your names into our RandomTron 5000, which harnesses the power of science to give us our winners.
Congratulations go to Xenoguard, Allie Ramstad, and Win Umali – please check your inboxes today.
Thanks again to everyone who entered, we’ll try to do something like this again soon.
Hey there kids!
This week I’m catching up with the zombie filled streets of Sega’s latest Yakuza game, and though I’m not quite finished grinding through the horde, I do have a chance to offer fans an opportunity to score some Dead Souls swag, courtesy of Sega of America.
Sega’s gone a little cosplay crazed, so three lucky people have the chance to win a prize pack consisting of Goro’s signature eye-patch, Shun Akiyama’s necklace, a dragoon tattoo sleeve, and a pack of Yakuza playing cards.
All you have to do to enter is hit up the comment section of this post between now and 11:59pm est on Sunday April 1st, 2012 – and tell me why you’re a fan of the series. If you’ve never played a Yakuza game before but find yourself curious now, you can alternatively tell me what sparked your interest. On Monday April 2nd I’ll pick three of you at random, so please make sure to use a valid email address when leaving your comment.
Good luck!
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