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Nothing but Final Fantasy spin-offs hitting the Wii

In a recent interview with Motomu Toriyama, director for the latest Final Fantasy games has revealed some interesting information that leaves little hope as to whether there would be an actual Final Fantasy installment on the Wii. I don’t think it’s happening.

“In terms of Final Fantasy in general, the teams are really aiming for movie quality graphics and really dramatic storylines. For now, at least, consoles like the Xbox 360 and PS3 are the best place for this kind of cinematic experience to take place. We don’t feel that it needs to transition necessarily to a handheld platform.” - Motomu Toriyama, director

Seriously though, I like the high-def Final Fantasy games, don’t get me wrong. It’s just that I would really like to see some classic work done with the series. I could dig some 2D, sprites, or maybe a different art style (maybe less androgynous characters?). But why would that ever happen?

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Urban Dragon Quest Slime Graffiti is quiet hip and urban

Gaming graffiti is quiet possibly the best type of graffiti out there. I mean, a lot of people will understand what it actually is, and others will say “man, he must have been on one hell of an acid trip”. Yeah, we were.

Well graffiti artist GameBoyOne’s pixel art has hit the streets yet again with the oh-so-popular slime from the Dragon Quest Series. A masterpiece I tell you.

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Spy & Pyro – The best cartoon about anything ever

Team Fortress 2 is one of those games that will really never age. The art style, the fighting, and just the characters really never get old (at least to me). The countless “meet the” videos for all of the characters were great, but beyond that we haven’t got much (we’re not counting the 1 billion+ garry’s mod videos).

Well this video goes above and beyond all fan videos before it. It’s called Spy & Pyro, and was created by Andrew Kepple. The video incorporates all of the Team Fortress 2 characters and references other video games like Super Mario bros, Spyro, Frogger, and every single Valve game. Plus it’s full of marriages, teeth going in bodies, and sexual innuendo’s.

That’s really all I can say without spoiling anything. Check out the video above and see just how awesome it is.

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Here’s your “world premier” trailer for Halo: Reach

YEAH! Along with that awesome announcement of Street Fighter IV on the iPhone, we’ve also got a world premier trailer for Halo: Reach. The only difference? This one we’re not going to be sarcastic about and make fun of, but it’s legit. Too legit.

To quit.

The only problem is that this was released at the VGA’s. So does that make it un-legit?

If so, then I must quit.

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“OH MY!” what a shocking glitch in Yoshi’s Island

It looks like there was a glitch in Yoshi’s Island that is actually mind blowing. Watch the video above to see what I’m talking about. What it is, is that normally Kamek would have sprinkled the fairy dust or whatever on the monster plant, but instead you kill it before he can making him say a giant “OH MY!”, and beating the level without a boss fight. Very clever indeed.

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Street Fighter IV Coming to iPhone; I really wish it was April Fool’s Day…

Yeah, we were thinking that April Fool’s was coming super early this year, it hasn’t, which means that this is real which is just not right.

Well, Capcom has officially announced that Street Fighter IV will be hitting the iPhone and iPod Touch this March. I know what you’re thinking! What about the controls. Well how about a virtual d-pad on the screen as well as virtual buttons? No? Oh.

“This is Street Fighter IV in all its glory… uncompromised and awesome,” said Takeshi Tezuka, General Manager of Mobile Content Development, Capcom. “We’re particularly proud of the multiplayer feature as it remains true to the series arcade roots by allowing players to go head-to-head over Bluetooth in spectacular fashion.”

So I really don’t know how the fuck they think they’re gonna be able to pull this off, especially when the game is about precision and the buttons being the most important part in that. I mean a touch screen can work for some things, but when it comes to something like a fighter like Street Fighter IV, I just don’t see it working. At all.

Good luck Capcom.

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UK Sales Charts for Week Ending 2/13/10 – The “That’s right BioShock, rock that number 1 spot” and “yeah you better move down Mass Effect 2″ edition

After only a mere two weeks of holding the number 1 spot for sales in the UK, Mass Effect 2 has been pushed completely out of the top, and BioShock 2 is now in. It’s actually pretty shocking that Mass Effect 2 moved all the way to number 8, but oh well, I guess it’s just not as popular as Soccer or dancing. The good thing is that Wii Fit Plus and Wii Sports Resort have moved up in their sales positions, and that’s all we’ve ever wanted.

POS.		TITLE	PUBLISHER	LAST WEEK
1		BIOSHOCK 2	2K GAMES	-
2	-	JUST DANCE	UBISOFT	2
3		FIFA 10	EA SPORTS	5
4		CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2	ACTIVISION	3
5		WII SPORTS RESORT	NINTENDO	6
6		NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII	NINTENDO	8
7		WII FIT PLUS	NINTENDO	9
8		MASS EFFECT 2	EA GAMES	1
9		DANTE’S INFERNO	EA GAMES	4
10		BAYONETTA	SEGA	-
11		MARIO & SONIC AT OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES	SEGA	17
12		JAMES CAMERON’S AVATAR: THE GAME	UBISOFT	10
13		ARMY OF TWO: THE 40TH DAY	EA GAMES	14
14		MADDEN NFL 10	EA SPORTS	-
15		MARIO KART WII	NINTENDO	13
16	-	FORZA MOTORSPORT 3	MICROSOFT	16
17		LEGO BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAME	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE	15
18		PEPPA PIG: THE GAME	P2 GAMES	-
19		ASSASSIN’S CREED II	UBISOFT	12
20		GRAND THEFT AUTO IV	PLATINUM	-

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Nintendo Downloads for the Week of 2/15/10 – OBJECTION!

I’m not gonna lie, I think the last couple weeks for downloads on Nintendo consoles, but now I can say that I am happy and content for this week. The highly anticipated Phoenix Wright: Justice for All is going to come out on WiiWare, some Scrabble on the DSi, and then Sonic and Knuckles as the closer on the Virtual Console. Got a couple of good games in there.

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WiiWare

Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney®: JUSTICE FOR ALL
Publisher: Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: T (Teen) – Blood, Mild Violence, Suggestive Themes
Price: 1,000 Wii Points™
Description: Phoenix Wright is back as the second game in the popular Ace Attorney hand-held franchise comes to the WiiWare service. As Phoenix Wright, you’ll play through four shocking new cases in first-person perspective. The game features two unique game play modes. In Investigations Mode, you’ll survey crime scenes, interview witnesses and gather evidence. You’ll then present findings, listen to testimonials and examine witnesses in Court Mode. JUSTICE FOR ALL also includes a new “Psyche-Lock” feature that allows Phoenix to use a line of questioning to reveal inconsistencies in witness testimony.

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Everybody needs help in the economic crisis, even Mario

Yep, it looks like even Mario is having a hard time in the economic crisis. Kotaku reader Aaron S. found this sign at a local pawn shop in Eastern Maryland. I say we need more signs illegally using gaming characters. It just makes everything right, ya know?

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Weekend Primed: 10 of the Greatest Video Game freakouts ever

Video games are a form of entertainment. They provide us something to do when we’re bored, they give us an excuse not to hang out with our loved ones, and they keep us competitive with other people. There are some of those people though that content to freaking out over video games whenever they get killed, they do something wrong, or their team is a bunch of douches. Well this Weekend Primed is a homage to the greatest freak-outs over video games caught on video (oh, and we’re not posting the goddamn World of Warcraft “greatest freakout ever” or the N64 kid videos).

10) The art of bitching while playing World of Warcraft

It takes a lot of skill to be in public, where people can watch you, and be able to bitch this much while playing World of Warcraft. It’s two minutes of these two bitching at each other (mostly the prick in the white jacket).

9) Monitor gets with help of keyboard and DDR frustration

The video is pretty cool when he’s rockin out to DDR on a keyboard. But I think that’s one of the better questions though: who the fuck plays DDR with a keyboard? That’s his first problem. The next is, look at his room! I mean this person should be in a padded white room if he’s putting his head through the wall because of video games.

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