General gaming |
- NYCC: Getting a Sense of Gaming's Relative Place in the World
- NYCC: What the Heck is Pokemon Rumble Blast, Anyway?
- NYCC: Fortune Street is More Than Just Mario Party
- New York Comic Con 2011 Cosplay Photo Gallery
- Level-5 World Photo and Video Gallery
| NYCC: Getting a Sense of Gaming's Relative Place in the World Posted: 15 Oct 2011 06:29 PM PDT The oldest video game I've found at this year's New York Comic-Con is from 1977. That's the same years that Star Wars -- whose merchandise dominates the show -- made its theatrical debut. In contrast, I've seen comics and artwork dating back to the '40s, maybe even earlier. There are movie goods based on The Wizard of Oz, which memory tells me dates from the '30s. Video games are newcomers on the stage of nerd culture, and shows like this are stark reminders of that fact. Games have a respectable showing here to be sure, but compared to the breadth and depth of comic- and film-related material, you can't help but realize the curators of game history need to step it up. |
| NYCC: What the Heck is Pokemon Rumble Blast, Anyway? Posted: 15 Oct 2011 06:11 PM PDT I've been to a number of public and press events this year, and I don't think I've seen a hint of Pokémon Rumble Blast until this weekend at New York Comic-Con. Maybe it's simply slipped beneath my radar, but at the same time Nintendo hasn't really done much to publicize the game. You'd think a Pokémon title for 3DS would be a big deal, but most of the company's promotion efforts have gone toward their free Pokémon AR app. Then again, Rumble Blast doesn't seem particularly amazing by any means. It's essentially an expanded version of a WiiWare game called Pokémon Rumble, but on a larger conceptual level it doesn't seem entirely unlike Pokémon Ranger or Mystery Dungeon. Granted, it doesn't play like those games -- it's more of a simple action game than an RPG -- but like many other Pokémon spin-offs, it appears to emphasize breadth over depth. The entire franchise bestiary through Black and White looks to be included as playable characters, and each has its own trademark moves. A low-level Snivy, for instance, can smack foes with a stream of leaves for damage or else lower their accuracy with a gust of wind. |
| NYCC: Fortune Street is More Than Just Mario Party Posted: 15 Oct 2011 06:01 PM PDT You'd be forgiven for taking a glance at Nintendo's upcoming Wii multiplayer party-style game Fortune Street and assuming it's basically just Mario Party with Dragon Quest characters grafted on. It stars Mario, there are minigames, and you're competing against three other players by moving around a game board turn-by-turn. Totally Mario Party, right? Well, no. Actually, Fortune Street -- merely the latest chapter of a long-running Square Enix crossover series called Itadaki Street -- hews more closely to its name than you might realize at first. There's far more of Monopoly here than of Mario Party, as players jockey to gain control of as many properties on the game board as possible and drive their competitors to bankruptcy. You roll a die each turn and move the corresponding number of spaces, and once you stop you can buy the square you end up on if no one else owns it, or else pay the space's owner a fee if someone's beaten you there. If you land on a space you already own, you're given the option to pour some of your own cash into it in order to upgrade its value (that is, boost the cost of rent for tenants). |
| New York Comic Con 2011 Cosplay Photo Gallery Posted: 15 Oct 2011 03:17 PM PDT |
| Level-5 World Photo and Video Gallery Posted: 15 Oct 2011 10:40 AM PDT Level-5 held its annual Vision press conference in Tokyo last night (Saturday morning in Japan) for nearly two hours. It covered a great variety of games, among them the absolutely gorgeous Ni No Kuni, which was confirmed again to be headed to North America and Europe in 2012, now with Namco Bandai attached as publisher. We learned that Professor Layton has a son who will be starring in Layton Brothers Mystery Room, a reworked version of DS title Mystery Room that is now coming to iOS. The Gundam Age game made an appearance and we heard about how the aim is to make something for a younger audience fans in order to create a new generation of Gundam fans. In addition to the conference, also taking place this weekend is Level-5 World, a two-day event being held for the first time ever. You can check out our liveblog for a recap of the conference and flip through our gallery to get a look at pictures and video from the ensuing event. Click on any of the photos for a larger view. |
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