The Nintendo Wii revolutionized the gaming world because of the new level of interactivity it brought through its motion controlled interactivity. With that, the Wii took Nintendo back into the gaming ball game after disappearing post-GameCube.

Microsoft and Sony wouldn’t have none of that though, as they plan to take away Nintendo’s competitive advantage by introducing their own motion controllers for the Xbox and the Playstation in the recent E3 event.

Microsoft call theirs “Project Natal” and Sony dubbed theirs the “Eye.” Quite interesting but they wouldn’t change the fact that Nintendo beat them to the game. These additions of motion controllers now challenges Nintendo’s technologies. The combination of motion control with the Xbox and PS’s advanced graphics is quite potent.

Competition’s always good though since it would push the boundaries of interactive gaming to the next level.

Got 650,000 Yen? Then you can own a complete set of all 1,051 Nintendo Family Computer ROM cartridges that were ever released. If you’re a game history buff, then this should be a wet dream. Imagine having all the “bala” of Family Computer games. And forget those 1001-in-one crap that they used to sell as this is the real thing. The collection includes releases dating from 1983 to the last one released in 1994. 11 glorious years of 8-bit gaming up for grabs.

I wonder where my old collection of Family Computer games are. Boy, those were the days. Super Mario Bros. Rockman. Popeye. Double Dragon. Mmm… Too bad this whole collection is worth half a brand new car already. Besides, you can get ROMs and emulators online for free nowadays if it’s all for nostalgia. 650,000 Yen converts to around US$7,200 or Php350,000.

Source: Akibablog

I guess it’s time to dish out some more magic into this thing. Sheesh, crappy average blog postings per month and we’re supposed to be committed to bring you nothing but the best in everything sugoi.

For those of you who don’t know who Stephen Fry is, stop watching Pinoy Dream Academy and those other brainless Pinoy TV and start watching some British TV. (Yey! Pelt me with stones for being unpatriotic. Come on, PDA and PBB are all brainless shows. Piff!) He’s that genius of a Brit who happens to be a writer, director, actor, blah, blah… You might also know him as the other half of the Fry and Laurie comedy tandem. Laurie as in Hugh Laurie – that British bloke who plays Greg House in House MD.

Anyway, Stephen Fry has just started blogging and he’s also writing about games and gaming. Here’s what he has to say about his pink DS Lite.

My DS Lite is pink. There was so much demand earlier this year that they couldn’t be had for bribes, sexual favours or worse. Unless you accepted girly pink. The moment you open it, you are taken back to the old Game & Watch days but can see why the DS has succeeded so well with the middle class, the middle-aged and the Hello Kitty/My Little Strawberry Shortcake Pony set. You set up in a twinkle and then play on two screens, one of which accepts stylus input and touches.

He goes on into comparing it with the unimaginative PSP, and boy do I agree. It was a toss coin thing for me on how to spend a good month’s pay and I took the DS over the PSP. Never mind if I could actually watch hi-def pr0n on a PSP. Handheld pr0n is for wankers anyway. Can’t wait for his take on the Wii.

If there’s one thing my girlfriend and I love, it’s those good old 8-bit Nintendo NES/Family Computer games especially Super Mario, TwinBee and Battle City. Gimme those old Megaman/Rockman cartridges and I’m good for a day or two.

Anyway, revisiting those games are quite tricky, unless of course you still have an old NES lying around. Or you get those compilations of old classics for the PSP and DS that are quite popular. Rigging modern day controllers even offer just a bit more oomph to the gameplay. Ever used the analog stick to play TwinBee? Quite responsive, I tells ya.

In for a great nostalgia trip? Here’s graphic representation of the evolution of good old Nintendo characters – Mario, Link, and Donkey Kong.

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