aspro said:

People from US/ Canada should be forced to use spoiler hiders for game deals. You're killing me Vader. Killing me.

You guys get much better deals on kangaroo meat though. So there's balance.

aspro said:

omg shovel shit. Could the Wii be the worst console ever for this garbage?

The PS2 and DS are runner ups as well (In Europe the PS2 got a lot of shovelware). I think the worst is the PC, for fuck sake, there are thousand of poorly made racing, hidden object and simulation games released each year.

I set up a Steam community for us.

Join: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/thevgpress

It will make it easier to gift things this way.

if you get an invite from libertyvalance -- that's me.

^ I want all of them. I got Shadows for full price at launch. can't say I loved it, but I respect and enjoyed it. I'd get Spaltter house on Leo's word and Duke on Arch's suggestion.  El Shaddai I just want, want, want.

aspro said:

So long as you do. What is the story with yor internet anyway?

Foolz said:

Ditto. Though Splatterhouse looks meh.

Splatterhouse is all about the humor, the death mask is played by Jim Cummings (Yes, Winnie The Pooh talks about murder, sex and breaking the fourth wall) and his performance makes every single issue of the game tolerable. It's a very funny game.

Had to delete the FFXIII story duplicate.

Apologies.

ZeldaInformer said:

Rumor: Nintendo Attempting to Negotiate its Way Into Ownership of Banjo and Kazooie

RARE, oh how we remember you fondly. We remember the days of Diddy Kong Racing, Donkey Kong 64, Conker’s Bad Fur Day, and naturally the original Banjo and Kazooie. I remember even after being bought by Microsoft how you still had one last trick up your sleeve known as Viva Pinata, an extremely under-appreciated gem from last generation. Now you are a shadow of your former self making silly casual Kinect games that no one is buying. Banjo and Kazooie has always been viewed a very Nintendo like franchise, one which died with Nutz and Bolts. Nintendo, according to this anonymous tipster, is looking to correct the great disservice in the killing off of this once beloved franchise.

According to the tipster, Nintendo is in direct negotiations with Microsoft to buy RARE, though the purpose of buying them seems to be all based around getting the rights to Banjo and Kazooie. Of course, we can’t forget the other key franchises Nintendo gets with the acquisition. Conker’s Bad Fur Day may have been shunned by Nintendo, but a sequel to that game should be embraced by the Nintendo brass if they want the Wii U to really be for everyone. Of course, this rumor doesn’t stop there - it goes as far as to suggest that Retro Studios is actually deep into development on a Banjo and Kazooie title, and that the talks with Microsoft have been ongoing for some time.


Every fiber of my body wants this rumor to come true, but I know better. You might as well take this rumor with 3 giant semi-trucks of salt because if I was a betting man (and I am), I would throw my life savings in the corner of falsehood here. But we can dream can’t we? RARE and Nintendo back together? Banjo and Kazooie back where they belong (and likely in a Smash game to boot?). For once can one of these anonymous tips be right? Doubtful, but God willing we will get our way.

*strokes beard*

robio said:

I wasn't a fan of Banjo either but it'd be good for Nintendo to have access to some of their older franchises.

The bit about Retro is totally bogus.

So Ubisoft are saying it costs only 1 million euros to port a game to Wii U.

Ubisoft said:

Out of the seven games we are planning at launch five are ports, so those are games for which there is only a small reinvestment needed, the spokesperson said. “The two games that are original are ZombiU and Rayman Legends, so those ones of course are more expensive, but we are not talking about games today, like what we were spending on Ghost Recon or Assassin’s Creed. so their cost is much smaller.”



“As we’ve always said, when there is such an innovation the need is not to have big production value but to concentrate on the innovation, this is what we are trying with Rayman Legends and ZombiU. For the other five games, you are talking about a small budget, I’d say less than a million Euros, to make some of these ports. So in all I don’t think we have a huge investment on the Wii U”.

Shouldn't we be seeing a lot more multiplatform support then? Instead of Avengers, port Splinter Cell or Far Cry 3? Watch Dogs?

Also they are saying that the 2 exclusives are not high budget really.