Nintendo 3DS Sells Out First Day Inventory in
Japan

post from MonsterVine on 27 February 2011 11:41:01 PM. © MonsterVine

The initial shipment of 400,000 units for 3DS have completely sold out during first day sales in Japan. A majority held by people who had preordered the system. Andriasang [Nikkei] states that Japanese retailers recieved only 400k units in total, although a second shipment arrived on the second day. The Japanese 3DS launch offerings included: [...]

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Unskippable: Mafia 2

post from The Escapist : Latest News on 27 February 2011 11:37:23 PM. © The Escapist : Latest News

Paul and Graham try to avoid sleeping with the fishes.

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La-Mulana resubmitted to Nintendo, live stream
tonight

post from Destructoid on 27 February 2011 09:05:30 PM. © Destructoid

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With all the WiiWare games that have mysteriously disappeared or have been outright canceled over the past year or so, I figured that we might never see La-Mulana hit Nintendo's struggling service. Looks like I was wrong about that, as the team at Nigoro has just announced that they're resubmitting the game to Nintendo for approval "in a few days". I really hope it goes through, as the game has been on my personal "most anticipated" list for a while.

To celebrate this event, the guys at Nigoro will be doing a live stream of the game tonight at 10pm PST. They've also released a few new screenshots. Looks like the game definitely has its share of "Mickey Mouse Vs. The Terminator" moments. The battles against a giant eyeball and big boobed goat demon are especially true to that "cute-meets-horrific" concept.

Looks pretty awesome to me. What do you think?

La-Mulana’s final code heading to Nintendo soon [ExtraGuy]

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Monsters Just Want To Help Lara Croft

post from Press The Buttons on 27 February 2011 07:30:00 PM. © Press The Buttons

Tomb Raider's Lara Croft has a habit of shooting first, shooting again, shooting once more, and then maybe thinking about asking a question or two later. Adult Swim's Robot Chicken takes a look at an average Lara Croft encounter from the point of view of the monsters and ancient traps guarding the unholy prize. After watching this video clip, I think you'll find why it's obvious that the monsters are so eager for Lara to cart away their relic.

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Miyamoto wants Mii avatars to take over the world

post from Destructoid on 27 February 2011 07:06:00 PM. © Destructoid

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Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto has stated that he wants Mii characters to become the global standard for avatar creation and find their way into everything like some terrible, adorable disease.

“Simply put, I want to spread Mii characters all around the world,” said the impish developer. “Exchanging it with people close to you is a given. Whether you use StreetPass or through the network, I want to implement Mii characters in all sorts of ways. Ultimately, I want Mii characters to be the world standard for avatars.

“I hope that in the future, when you have to go to the city hall for some formality, they’ll ask you to submit your Mii character too [laughs]. If it becomes a worldwide format, it’ll be fun. Purely and simply, I just want everyone to use it in a variety of ways. Well, that ambition about the city hall thing might be a bit extreme, but I do want Mii to be more widely used."

The 3DS launched in Japan this week, and it sold out almost immediately. Shigeru's dream of a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by big-headed Jesuses and Hitlers seems to be headed towards reality. We will get to add our support for the new regime on March 27 in North America and March 25 in Europe.

Miyamoto plots global Mii domination [Eurogamer]

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Comment on 3D Engine - Model File Format by sadie

post from Mattias Gustavsson on 27 February 2011 05:13:23 PM. © Mattias Gustavsson

sadie wrote: he door then opened but still the trapdoor in the floor blocked your way, and there[...]

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Comment on Dungeon Master-style game by sadie

post from Mattias Gustavsson on 27 February 2011 05:11:05 PM. © Mattias Gustavsson

sadie wrote: I\\\'ve started to write some converters for the format too,Pass4sure HP0-S29 and[...]

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sadie wrote: So try to ignore the marketing messege of the inbred and retarded mainstream games[...]

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Hey Ash, Watcha Playin was on TV!

Hey Ash, Watcha Playin was on TV! screenshot

I've been waiting patiently for the new HAWP to pop up on Gametrailers for days now. Turns out, I should have been watching for it to pop up on my TV instead. HAWP was featured on the "Going Viral" segment of the latest episode of Game Trailers TV, which recently aired on SPIKE. You can see it for yourself here, at around the 12 minute mark.

Now I'm keeping my eyes peeled for both a re-run of GTTV to pop up on Spike, and for HAWP to pop up as a stand alone episode on Game Trailers. As for you, why don't you keep your eyes peeled for the next episode of Constructoid, which will (probably) feature a very special pop up appearance from a HAWP regular.

Eyes peeled! Pop up! HAWP HAWP HAWP!

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