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The Joystiq Weekend: February 3-4, 2007
Gentlemen, CountBlockula, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first bionic koopa. Bowser will be that koopa. Better than he was before. Better...stronger...faster. Check out the highlights for this weekend:JoystiqueryJoystiq hands-on: Mad Catz Arcade GameStick (Xbox 360)Shhh: Today's hottest game video: Zelda secretsToday's hottest game video: GRAW 2Weekly Webcomic Wrapup: Bleach editionNewsDan Aykroyd busts out Ghostbusters infoGalCiv II: Dark Avatar goes gold, refines tech treeTen concept cars enter, only one races in PGR4Lost Planet lost $40 million to find successWoW: Burning Crusade digital distributionGTA: San Andreas #1 in JapanJack Thompson faces disciplinary actionPath to PSP, PS2 now clear for 'Free Running'Epic wants 40 UT3 maps, ponders platform-exclusive contentKorea Times blue over Brain Age recognition issueGTA Coke (the drink) ad in Super BowlWindows XP games: We're not dead yetDark AleX releases PSP 'custom firmware' 3.10 OE-ADominance War 2 art contest with $10k in prizesRumors & SpeculationZiff Davis games division cost too much?CultureMarketing: N'Gai and his Playboy playmateWho to enhance with a gaming face-lift?[Thanks, Lenny]
1up Mario Hoops review -- did Mario serve an airball?
Mario Hoops 3 on 3 has had so much hype that we were ready for a game full of more fun than a circus. But from the sound of it, all we got were peanuts. Having played the game ourselves, we see where the review is coming from and we are 100% catching what they are throwing -- something Mario and his pals seem to fail at. The review basically states that the controls are good in theory, but iffy on paper. Stealing is difficult and passing is okay, when it works. Your teammates are pretty much useless. They never try to steal or use items to help you out. They are especially difficult to work with against perfect AI on harder levels. Good luck on unlocking all your favorite Final Fantasy characters. The levels are difficult and your opponents ruthless. While it sounds like a challenge, it lacks an important element -- fun. Mario Hoops 3 on 3 received a 6 out of 10 -- a passable grade and rightful score for an average sports title. Check out the rest of the review to see what else 1up found wrong with the game. Or, pipe up and let us know that we and everyone else is completely wrong (we know you like doing that anyway) and Mario Hoops is zomg teh best game evah kthxbye! [Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]
Bowser gets the business
Some videos popped up yesterday over at IGN showcasing several different situations the portly plumber might get himself into in his travels of eating mushrooms and balancing on ropes over lava pits in New Super Mario Bros. The first video even shows Mario duking it out with the big bad Bowser himself in the truest fashion, that is, in a recreation of their very first encounter back during the original Super Mario Bros. This time around has an exception, however, as once he is thrust into the liquid magma, Bowser emerges to the surface, much in the way T1000 did at the end of Terminator 2, thrashing about in great pain, yet displaying a ghastly skeletal visage. Could this finally be the end of Bowser? Also, how odd is it that his hair doesn't even get scorched? [Thanks TxdoHawk!]
Top 10 most memorable villains
IGN has posted a list that is sure to generate some grumbling. But that's what's to be expected anytime you try to cram the baddest evildoers into a list of ten. Here goes: #10 - Bowser (Super Mario) #9 - Dr. Robotnik (Sonic) #8 - Dracula (Castlevania) #7 - Evil Otto (Berzerk) #6 - Psycho Mantis (MGS) #5 - Kerrigan (Starcraft) #4 - SHODAN (System Shock) #3 - Wesker (Resident Evil) #2 - Sephiroth (FFVII) #1 - The Nazis ("too many games to count") What?! No Ganondorf? Blasphemy. So how does your list compare?
