Big Announcement For 1 vs 100 Next Week

During last nights game of 1 vs 100 live, host Chris Cashman mentioned that there would be a huge announcement coming to the show next week.  He didn’t even give us a clue about what it will be though.  Hopefully he will be announcing that we can finally win prizes, but there is no way to know until the announcement is made.

Guitar Hero Smash Hits Through The Fire and Flames 100% FC

THIS IS NOT ME PLAYING. 

Danny (better known as GuitarHeroPhenom) has 100% FC’d Through the Fire and Flames on expert guitar on GH: Smash Hits.  It took him just under a week to do this.  I can guarantee you that this video is not fake.

Cool Hand-Drawn Mario & Luigi Pictures

I just found these hand-drawn pictures of Mario & Luigi, and I have to say that these are pretty awesome.  I kind of think that Mario looks a bit like a mobster though.

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Shigeru Miyamoto Hero To Game Developers

Shigeru Miyamoto ranks at the top of a list of video game creators “game development heroes.” In a poll of over 9,000 game developers Miyamoto takes first place on the list. Miyamoto was above a very impressive top ten which follows:

1. Shigeru Miyamoto: Creator of wonderful franchises such as Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox, and Donkey Kong and other titles like Nintendogs and Wii Music.

2. John Carmack: co-founder of id software and lead programmer on Doom and Quake.

3. Will Wright: Brains behind The Sims franchise and Spore and he now runs Stupid Fun Club.

4. Dave Jones: Founder of Realtime Worlds and co-founder of Rockstar North.

5. Sid Meier: Developer behind Civilization and second person to be inducted to the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences’ Hall of Fame behind Shigeru Miyamoto.

6. Peter Molyneux, OBE: creator of God games Dungeon Keeper, Populous and Black & White, as well as Theme Park, Fable, and Fable 2.

7. David Barben: Founder of Frontier and co-writer of Elite.

8. Masaya Matsuura: Pushed the frontiers of computer music and released Parappa the Rapper.

9. Michael Moraime: President and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment.

10. Jonathan Blow: Developer of Braid.

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Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver Japanese Pre-Orders

Pre-Orders of Heart Gold/Soul Silver will start July 4th in Japan. Those who pre-order Heart Gold will get a Ho-Oh figure and those who pre-order Soul Silver get a Lugia figure. Those who pre-order both get a Arceus figure. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver are remakes of Pokemon Gold and Silver and are stated to be releasethis fall. The game is also bundled with a pedometer.

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Nintendo takes out the Challenge

During an interview with USA Today Miyamoto confirmed the existence of “demo play” for their future four player Mario game and also for other future Nintendo games. “Demo play” is an option in case the game gets too hard where you watch as the game plays itself. Miyamoto explains That the reason behind this is to lower the barrier for younger kids to get into games and make games more casual. I don’t know about you but I thought the challenge in games made them fun and I for one am tired of seeing more and more casual games released by Nintendo.

PS3-Compact Racing Wheel

Sony is releasing a racing wheel to make their racing games more realistic. This racing wheel reminds me of the racing wheel for Mario Cart on the Wii, I mean you put the controler in and spin it around. I only hope this wheel gives you more control than the Mario Cart wheel. The new Compact Racing Wheel from Sony will be in stores on June 19, 2009.

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Rock Band DLC: Spinal Tap and Evanescence

Spinal Tap Pack (560 MP/$7)

“Back from the Dead”

“Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare”

“Saucy Jack”

“Warmer Than Hell”

Evanescence Pack (440 MP/$5.50)

“Bring Me to Life”

“Call Me When You’re Sober”

“Weight of the World”

Like normal you can also buy each song for 160 MP or $2.

New Zelda game for the Wii requiring Motionplus?

While speaking with Wired Miyamoto said ” The goal at this point is that we would make Wii Motionplus required to play Zelda”. “The bigger hurdle for us is not really whether people have a Wii Motionplus or don’t have it, it’s whether or not the experience is one where people will think they want to have a Wii Motionplus in order to experience it.” Which makes me ask the question if and how many games coming out for the Wii will require the Motionplus? I feel about this how I believe others also will which is I believe that Nintendo should make the Motionplus optional but not required to play new games.