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Kid Koala drops the beat in 'Floor Kids' for Switch this fall
Floor Kids heads to Nintendo Switch this holiday season, featuring badass breakdancing moves, hand-drawn art, and music by Kid Koala, a member of legendary hip hop group Deltron 3030 and one of the DJs behind Baby Driver's soundtrack. The game's characters first appeared in 2007 within a series of short, animated films that were incorporated into Kid Koala's concerts. But, this year, they'll become a fully fledged video game.
All the way live: Red Bull BC One
Red Bull BC One has little to do with the energy drink in its title and more to do with the Red Bull-sponsored international breakdancing competition, a series of b-boy battles presenting the best of the best break-boys from around the world. In addition to announcing a DS extension of the tournament, publisher Playlogic released a batch of screenshots (hit the gallery below) and an online demo (browser plugin required).Despite the game's questionable art direction and insipid dialogue -- in one of the custcenes, a faceless challenger yells out, "Chiggidy check yourself before you wreck yourself," I kid you not -- the demo is fun and easy to pick up. Players connect groups of like-colored dots with the touchscreen, racing to form geometrical shapes against a time limit to execute moves. If you watched Step Up 2 and have felt compelled to "bust a move" while T-Pain croons a song about girls wearing "boots with the fur" ever since, this title is for you!Red Bull BC One promises a plethora of customization options, 100+ dance animations, and "WFi multiplayer levels." According to the screenshot above, the game will also feature characters modeled after movie monsters. %Gallery-19997%
Xbox 360 HD DVD ad: 6x the resolution = 6x the...breakdancers?
Microsoft thinks it has figured out how to sell gamers on the benefits of HD movies. DVD = 1 breakdancer, HD DVD = 6 breakdancers. This idea is communicated through the universal language of dance and is meant to show why spending $199 this November for an add-on makes sense. Of course most people won't be getting 1080p output (6x the resolution of DVD) from their 360 due to its lack of an HDMI connection but you get the point. The general public is still very confused about HD and why or if its worth the investment, and we're pretty sure this does a better job of telling them than the rather confusing Sony Blu-ray ad. Check out the ad after the break.
