Hold on, which song on the Ocarina changes your gender? Comments of the Week is a feature where we scour the front page, community blogs, forums, social media and cake icing picking out comments. The ones that make you think, the ones that make you laugh and the ones that make you cry (but also laugh), and consolidate them into an entertaining package for the viewing pleasure of you, the Destructoid community....
I know what you’re saying…. “That sounds great, Colette! So…what’s a Kaiyodo’s Revoltech, anyway?” Well, it’s a series ofhigh quality figuresthat you can alter and pose to your heart’s desire, thanks to an innovative joint system that allows them to move like no other figures on the market. Check out the gallery to see Dante in his Revoltech incarnation in various awesome poses. He stands 6 inches tall andretails for $22....
Dead Islandis a pretty scary game at times, but it turns out that the real horror isn’t the undead … it’s theliving! Using the accidentally released “dev kit” version of the game, a player went into third-person mode to view the character animations and, well … they’re monstrous! Bear in mind, of course, that these animations are visibleonlyusing the dev build, exploiting a feature that’s not in the real game. Ergo, Techland never intended you to see this and you won’teversee it yourself if you’re playing the game properly....
So Japan needs a hero? I guess. I dunno. I think America needs the hero right now. Hell, the PSP needs a old-school platforming hero just as bad. And I think we might just have one with Gen, the humble Japanese hammer-toting carpenter with an impossibly strong sense of justice. Gen and his gameHammerin’ Heroswing for the stars with this crazy side-scroller, a game style that we see very little of these days on Sony’s portable....
I have what’s a good news/potentially bad news situation on my hands here. Yesterday, SEGA announced another set of Wii and DSSonicgames calledSonic Colors.Now they’ve revealed who the development teams are which are working on them. First, the good news.Sonic Colorsfor Nintendo DS is being developed by Sonic Team in association with Dimps. You may commence with the rejoicing and the dancing and the good times. At least until you read the next sentence....
Was it any good? I wasn’t expecting much, but a free movie is a free movie, right? I missed it. I was busy Final Fantasying instead. Apparently theSony Pictures movie, which is still currently in theaters, was available on the service for about five hours. A mix up, I guess.The criticsdidn’t have much to say about it, so I don’t feel too bad about missing it. Also, Skeet Ulrich is the worst name ever created....
Don’t have family? Don’t live in the U.S.? Not eating food right now? And does GT5 take too long to load in certain conditions? Then try disconnecting from PSN. Polyphony has put up a notice on theGran Turismo sitethat recommends that you “temporarily play GT5 without connecting the PlayStation 3 (PS3) to the network.” Why, you might ask? In a Eurogamerinterview, Kazunori Yamauchi said: “Yesterday the online service was kind of in a critical state....
It is interesting to readThe New York Times’view on Xbox 360 console failure problem. They say that games likeHalo 3keep repeat customers loyal, and that they keep coming back despite many having to send off their console multiple times for repair. The NYT articles touches on some of the reasons why so many systems fail, customers’ reactions to the failures, and Microsoft’s new repair policies. “It’s dissipating a tremendous amount of momentum they built up prior to July,” Mr....
One of the biggest motives behind the development of the DSi was surely to curtail the huge amount of piracy that has affected previous incarnations of the system, thanks to the rise of the R4 Cart. The R4 doesn’t work with the DSi, while its enhanced features and firmware updates should have kept filthy pirates at bay. Apparently not. The rape isabout to commencewith the arrival of Supercard’s DSONEi, a brand new flashcart designed to turn the idea of firmware updates on its head....
Sketchnation Shooteris a new game hitting the App Store on April 6. It’s basically a shoot ’em up maker where you can put whatever you like in the game and make it hurl bullets at stuff. Looks like a fun little ride for $0.99! Of course, the main reason we are posting about this is because I am so easily bought. The game’s PR team know me far too well, and so createdDtoid vs....
[dTunes is a community organized blog showcasing the musical tastes of Destructoid’s users. For two weeks, the editorial team is commandeering the series because, hey, we like music too. To further expand your horizons, verify to check outthe dTunes blog.] Alright, it’s finally my turn! Music has always been a part of my life. Back in the 80s, MTV was one of the only pay channels on cable my mother bothered to put money down for....
IDG World Expo has announced that E for All is NM for “no more.” The reason for the show’s cancellation is probably a lopsided mix. First, the show was apparently terrible this year. Secondly, there’s this one show called E3, and itjust got biggerafter a poor response two years running. IDG gave a statement toVE3Dabout the cancellation: We want to thank all of our E for All partners for their support, and we encourage E for All exhibitors to participate in the E3 new event, which we believe will meet their needs as well as those of the industry at large....
Yesterday’sActivision conferencebrought out a lot of confirmed projects for the company. Unsurprisingly, we’re going to see anotherTony Hawkgame in 2010 and — brace yourselves — there will be a game based onShrek 4. Other titles announced include use of the licenses forSpider-Man,James BondandTransformers, though with no known films set for release in that year, it’s likely that they’ll be unrelated to any specific movie. More interesting is the suggestion that theCall of Dutyfranchise may be expanded to include “related genres....
