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Diamond Trust of London Kickstarter

By
Craig
– May 10, 2012

Jason Rohrer, the game auteur behind wonderful interactive experiences like Passage and Gravitation, as well as more traditional games like Inside A Star-Filled Sky, now needs help with his DS title, Diamond Trust of London. After a rocky history of finding a publisher and obtaining approval from Nintendo, the game is complete and ready to go, however the financial burden of a minimal DS card run is holding up its release. In light of this, Rohrer has set up a Kickstarter to fund the first run, with some really nice rewards. Pledging $35, the cost of a retail DS game, will net you a boxed copy of Diamond Trust of London and $55 will get you a limited signed and numbered edition with unique, undisclosed contents.

Diamond Trust of London is a two-player strategy game wherein players employ subterfuge and bribery to obtain and guard information in an effort to secure blood diamonds. It includes a single player mode as well as the ability to play multiplayer with a single game card through Download Play. The interactive music is composed by Tom Bailey and what’s more, when the DS lid is closed, you can plug in a pair of headphones and listen to procedurally generated tunes.

I like Rohrer. I think he’s a creative and thoughtful guy and I enjoy his games. And as a DS enthusiast, I couldn’t be more thrilled to support this project. The Kickstarter ends May 26.

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Sega’s All-Stars Are Transforming

By
Seth
– May 1, 2012

Sega has announced Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, a sequel to their 2010 kart racing spectacular that pitted famous (and not so famous) Sega characters against each other on the racetrack. So where does the transformation come in? This time around the vehicles won’t be racing just on land, but over water and through the skies as well, transforming on the fly to meet the conditions of the terrain (or lack thereof).

Sumo Digital is once again the developer on the title and they’re looking to please die-hard Sega fans once again with their selection of playable characters and racetracks. In addition to a slew of returning characters, new entrants Vyse (Skies of Arcadia) and Gilius Thunderhead (Golden Axe) have been announced, as well as a playable track based on the Panzer Dragoon series.

Check out Metro for an interview with the game’s producer that includes a hint at a Wii U version of the game. As of now, S&ASRT has been announced for 3DS, Vita, PS3, 360, and PC with a late 2012 release date.

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Sony Smash Bros.

By
Seth
– April 27, 2012

Below is footage and a brief interview for Sony’s upcoming PS3 brawler, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale.

Yes, the game looks incredibly similar to Nintendo’s Smash Bros. franchise but that’s definitely not a bad thing. My main complaint so far is that characters seem to blend in with the stages a little too much. I’m not used to seeing PaRappa with such a dull color palette.

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Leaked Rayman Legends Trailer; Wii U Exclusive Content

By
Seth
– April 27, 2012

Seems Ubisoft is busy trying to pull this one down as fast as they can so move in on this while it’s still available. Video taken from French website Gamekult.

Update: With the cat out of the bag, Ubisoft has released the following statement as reported by many websites:

“An internal video showing images of Rayman Origins’ sequel has leaked over the Internet. This video was intended as a purely internal demonstrative video, and in NO way represents the final game, the final console or their features. This video was destined for internal production teams who often create game prototypes with work in progress development kits. Ubisoft confirms the development of Rayman Legends handled by Michel Ancel and his team in Montpellier.”

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More Cave Story and Mighty Switch Force on the eShop

By
Craig
– April 25, 2012

If you haven’t had your fill of Mighty Switch Force or Cave Story yet, you’re in luck. As detailed in the May 2012 issue of Nintendo Power, both games are seeing additional content on the eShop, but each game is handling it a bit differently.

Wayforward’s Mighty Switch Force is being updated, for free, to enhance the stereoscopic 3D and add a quick retry button, as well include five brand new levels for free. If you haven’t already downloaded the game, you’ll be able to get the whole kit and caboodle in one shot for $5.99. It’s actually really interesting to see that eShop games can be updated to such a degree, and at no charge. It’s like free DLC, something I don’t think even publishers on XBLA are allowed to do.

As for Cave Story, an updated version is coming exclusively to the eShop with stereoscopic 3D, widescreen support, numerous new challenge modes and more. Because a lesser version of Cave Story already exists for DSiWare, and is accessible via the eShop, this new version might make it necessary for the previous iteration to be removed from the 3DS’s eShop, but for it to remain listed on the DSiWare shop specifically for DSi systems. I own pretty much every version of Cave Story to be released so far, so I might as well grab this too and go for the whole shebang. It’s a damn good game.

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MegaTen Spin-off Soul Hackers Receiving 3DS Update

By
Craig
– April 25, 2012

Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, the Saturn and PlayStation sequel to Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner (which is, confusingly, not the same game that shares a similar name on the PlayStation 2), is getting an updated port for the 3DS, Andriasang reports. The update will include tweaks like better load times, new voice acting, and battle animation, and will release in Japan on August 30.

Atlus has been pretty good at bringing over all things MegaTen these days, and although we still haven’t even heard about Persona 2′s second half coming here, I’d bet both will make it to our shores at some point. It’d be nice to play Soul Hackers in English.

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Amoebattle Strikes DSiWare May 3

By
Craig
– April 25, 2012

Amoebattle, the micro-organism themed RTS from Intrinsic Games (now a part of Grab Games), is set to hit DSiWare on May 3. It will be $4.99 or 500 points, which is actually the same price as its recently released iOS counterpart. You don’t see that too often. I’ve been playing the game on iOS, and it’s really quite nice.

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