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Wii Warm Up: Saturday special
With Animal Crossing: City Folk having released for awhile now, we were wondering how many of you managed to catch a performance or two by the one they call K.K. Slider. We used to catch his Saturday concerts all of the time in Animal Crossing: Wild World, so we're anxious to hear your thoughts on the dog's performances in the new game. So, have you caught a show yet? Thoughts?
Wii Warm Up: Animal Songwriting
Okay, this one's for all the Animal Crossing nerds -- the people who dutifully changed their system's date played every Saturday night just for a new performance by an anthropomorphic dog with a MIDI voice. Of all the K.K. Slider jams you've caught at the train station or the coffee shop, which is your favorite?We've embedded our pick, "K.K. Song", not because it's a great song, but because it's a weird piece of Nintendo history from K.K. Slider inspiration, Animal Crossing composer, and Wii Music director Kazumi Totaka. It's Saturday, so why not listen to some K.K. tunes?%Gallery-27704%
Want to hear every K.K. Slider song?
At once? Then click the play button on the video above. But, be warned that this is ... well, it's weird. Frankly, we don't understand why someone would do this. Sure, we want to hear every K.K. Slider song too, but we don't want to listen to them all at once. [Via Go Nintendo]
So who is the greatest gaming canine ever?
The results to one of the most interesting questions we've heard in quite awhile has come in and gaming's greatest canine is apparently Parappa from the Parappa the Rapper games. While we'll cross the divide that separates Nintendo and Sony handheld fanboys and admit that the Parappa games are great, we're a tad bit upset.As you may recall from our original post on this topic of discussion, we were heavily in favor of K.K. Slider. We also considered the dog from Duck Hunt. But, Parappa? Eh, we don't agree. What about you all?[Via Joystiq]
K.K. Slider cosplay is simple, massively effective
Why, we'd recognise those Norman Lamont eyebrows a mile off! This is either: The actual reason that Photoshop exists. The best use of a marker pen and a dog ever.* The cheapest (yet also the most brilliant) cosplay we've seen this side of, um, Dr. Kawashima. It could possibly be all three -- we're just not sure. Somebody get this animal a guitar already.* Don't draw on your pets, kids. It's not cool.
What is the greatest canine in gaming history?
Tough question for some, easy question for the DS Fanboy staff: it has to be K.K. Slider! Come on, people! Any other idea is lacking any kind of reasonable evidence to support it, in light of Slider's diligence to his job (he never misses a Saturday night show!) and his knack for sticking it to the man. Not to mention how great the little guy looks on a bath towel!Actually, maybe we're willing to entertain some of the entrants. Like, the dog in Duck Hunt, for example. He's a pretty important mutt in the gaming world, so we can understand his inclusion. Oh, and Link's wolf form in Twilight Princess is another good addition. And let's not forget the Nintendogs themselves!What do you guys think? What are they missing in this list? What were you surprised to see? Who should win?[Via Go Nintendo]
Fight those industry fat cats with this K.K. Slider hat
Of all the characters in Animal Crossing Wild World, we always felt closest to guitar-wielding dog and Roost regular K. K. Slider. It could be his tuneful, oddly wistful singing voice, or even his social awareness, but we know one thing: we now look forward to each and every Saturday night, when K.K. comes to town to entertain us, his adoring fans.Now we can pay tribute with our heads, thanks to this fine K.K. Slider hat, which has been lovingly crafted by Etsy user Penguinotic from white fleece and felt. The $20 price tag means that it will cost you about $20 more than K.K.'s music, but we think there's just enough of the northern winter left to justify this.[Thanks, Simca!]
