tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14629483670069729202024-02-19T03:36:29.550-08:00Knight-Nui BlogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-29368510349688984762008-12-08T10:20:00.000-08:002008-12-08T10:21:07.851-08:00Wii Is 2!<b>Wii is 2!!</b><br /><br />The Wii is the leading forcing gaming right now. With Nintendo totally leading the market with sales, and everyone else trying to catch up, Microsoft are despratly trying to catch up, and Sony are attempting to rip Ninty off every more and more. (Natch)<br /><br />And so Nintendo thought ti might be a good time to take a holidayn in Q3 and Q4 of 2008. Having been very strong and forth-going in Q2 and Q3, what with Super Smash Bros Brawl (One of the best games ever made by any company. Ever.) and Mario Kart Wii (The best online game on the format, plus one of the ebst this genneration.), plus btis ‘n’ bobs like No More Heroes, Zack & Wiki, and Boom Blox being squidged out from third parties.<br /><br />And yet, after Brawl’s very late realise in Europe (27th June 2008. No, we didn’t look that up. We know it by heart. Mario Galaxy came out 16th Novmember 2007, and Mario Kart was 11th April 2008. We wish we weren’t as bright/sad.) Nintendo somewhat dropped their game, starting with E3.<br /><br />Many people said Nintendo’s E3 performance was very poor this year, and while we personaly found their Wii Music demonstartion absolutely brilliant, it was somewhat lacking, with the only real new titles coming in the form of Animal Crossing’s latest port (Even if we loved it- Our full review is coming Friday.) and a sequal to the game that won Nintendo this free year off work: Wii Sports.<br /><br />OK, there was also Wii Speak (Wii Voice Chat! At Last! Tell us there’s updates on Mario Kart and Smash Bros. already!!) and MotionPlus, which will be realised next year. Like the rest of Nintendo’s best game, such as Pikmin and Sin & Punishment, as confirmed at their fall confrence: Nintendo’s highlight of the year.<br /><br />However, if there was one thing that ‘Saved’ the Wii’s second year, it’s that WiiWare is the ebst Online Downlaod Service In The World™. Begining with the brilliant launch lnie-up including Doctor Mario, Final Fantasy and LostWinds, and continuing with the likes of Bobmerman Blast, Tetris Party and the hilarious Strong Bad games (“Was there a secret time in Earth’s history when the world was ruled by hobos?”), but most of these where third-party titles, as this year was finaly when -No matter what Reggie Fils-Aimes says- third parties finaly “Got it.”<br /><br />Thankfully then, 2009 loosk set to be better. We’ve got a full-on feature on that set to go up tomorrow, but untill then, continue to remember the basic facts of life: Zelda: Twilight Princess was a launch title. It’s one of the ebst games ever. Super Mario Galaxy was even better, and two of our editors here at KN belvie it to eb the single-greatest game of all-time. Super Smash Bros. Brawl? The greatest multi-player game ever made, with a fine amount of content for single-player.<br /><br />Say what you like about Nintendo in 2008, just one entry in the “Top #15 Games Of All-Time List” should be a massive acheivment. Having one <i>every single bloomin’ year on top of the top spot</i> is the single greatest achivement any company can make.Gibbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13335683230717738855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-87137589764568341472008-12-03T10:02:00.000-08:002008-12-03T10:28:26.292-08:00Character War: The Survivors Speak Out! (Part Three)Another part (At last!) of the speaches and stuff from survivors of the Character War. There are now less, with 9 untestifed contentants left, so there's 5 in this one, with only 4 in the next one, later tonight.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sonic</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQyCwmwoYzIiRSBQNOPbOBE_w1kbQvQ5reRiUyOUuHlqSdCtpjBl5FaAcaqunj_vQC79sXpiZolqkpdXczY5Ciy8zL1_9wJUqyiTKBBUuoJ4hZlfTdHMIpxuYyGJpCJXy9xn1clStLBEn/s1600-h/sonic_071010b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 156px; height: 128px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQyCwmwoYzIiRSBQNOPbOBE_w1kbQvQ5reRiUyOUuHlqSdCtpjBl5FaAcaqunj_vQC79sXpiZolqkpdXczY5Ciy8zL1_9wJUqyiTKBBUuoJ4hZlfTdHMIpxuYyGJpCJXy9xn1clStLBEn/s320/sonic_071010b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275626901293699362" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"Hey Kids! It's me! The one who was awosme in the late 80's and early 90s! Yeah, I suck now, but who cares? Sonic Unleahsed is the ebst of my 3D games, and that's new, so I should be a good memory! keep me here, guys! I'm also good in Brawl."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kirby</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVTFxD92m7H0Yaau7XpPsByDs_UmNgtGQBf_pFo61sz-KX_-ty8vO_ey9G6_AM4r1TOk86yy8vx0uuP1y8QA86lh021nrUjHcRYs95CmZYmKqncyXZuyhokPZgwGCXytb9BS8W5GeTUA6/s1600-h/kirbyav2.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 127px; height: 124px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVTFxD92m7H0Yaau7XpPsByDs_UmNgtGQBf_pFo61sz-KX_-ty8vO_ey9G6_AM4r1TOk86yy8vx0uuP1y8QA86lh021nrUjHcRYs95CmZYmKqncyXZuyhokPZgwGCXytb9BS8W5GeTUA6/s320/kirbyav2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275627380998217330" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Kirby is unfortuantly only a baby, acording to Sakauri himself. (Even if they also state he's over 1000.) He's not yet able to speak properly. So we'll have his 'Friend' Metaknight talknig about his performance so far and chances of survival.<br /><br />"Kirby is a master of many things at an early age, he just does not know how to use his mastery: In every possible way." He begins. "His enhaling ability means he has an edge over everyone else." King Dedede then chips in. "Hey, and he looks like a giant pink marshmellow, so everyone loves him!"<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Yoshi</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-V1j7XjupPwc_upc_eAUvQj58N3fBRwuBkjjqY6i565KY1zfrtwbR2Fg7k1fuAznyO2TauXxJiFkKbiWstbid1WljGVEeudp41HseoXLpYYL0ZCnd3HoMr7AcE4KCzNdlSO_Cb39TbHBn/s1600-h/yoshi_070724a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 152px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-V1j7XjupPwc_upc_eAUvQj58N3fBRwuBkjjqY6i565KY1zfrtwbR2Fg7k1fuAznyO2TauXxJiFkKbiWstbid1WljGVEeudp41HseoXLpYYL0ZCnd3HoMr7AcE4KCzNdlSO_Cb39TbHBn/s320/yoshi_070724a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275630625735172770" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Oh heck. What do we do here? Yoshi can say very little that isn't "Yoshi!". Same problem with Mudkip comnig up. And the "Say Nothing" joke has been done to hell, so we'll just ignore this one and Mudkip, and comment on his ourselves.<br /><br />Yoshi's KN Editor TR's all-time favorate game character. So he could easily win... Yoshi! Yoshi!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Luigi</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixVtly2_lGAySyH2pTVIbLXXD4TJXSIZthvrBj8ZAJzEs5nYOYVxtc_rzIdIqKaXBulDsoEMcpCJ-yXLIC8RAk1T4TmaBeSU-qUzqV99scSxhyphenhyphen7mylzPpMiPkdIW6Ayq6tKgABhx5hMDi5/s1600-h/hidden03_080215a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 176px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixVtly2_lGAySyH2pTVIbLXXD4TJXSIZthvrBj8ZAJzEs5nYOYVxtc_rzIdIqKaXBulDsoEMcpCJ-yXLIC8RAk1T4TmaBeSU-qUzqV99scSxhyphenhyphen7mylzPpMiPkdIW6Ayq6tKgABhx5hMDi5/s320/hidden03_080215a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275631267749062386" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"I'ma going to wina---AAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!"<br /><br />And that everyone, is what happens when the average person sees Gibbon for the first time. Although Luigi's a bit of a scardey cat, he's been flung in a fair few haunted houses, so we reccon his reaction is a bit of an undertsatment.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mudkip</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiSB_wCnRv-wtfU_X9HoRzp4Wfky5vPJ37gGi_SM7wqVv3XHWFAORPyPPdU1Rndqdacy4j6_l9455DWI9bg6HTWU1fKcEelDRz2IrsrPnx2DXS-e1nKfvh-iN8EfnO_pTCv8e8XH-uEWbJ/s1600-h/mudkip2.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 149px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiSB_wCnRv-wtfU_X9HoRzp4Wfky5vPJ37gGi_SM7wqVv3XHWFAORPyPPdU1Rndqdacy4j6_l9455DWI9bg6HTWU1fKcEelDRz2IrsrPnx2DXS-e1nKfvh-iN8EfnO_pTCv8e8XH-uEWbJ/s320/mudkip2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275631870581137154" border="0" /></a><br /><br />\/\/3 |-|3|^|) |_| |_13|( /\/\|_||)|(19Z.<br /><br /><br /><br />We'll be back later!Gibbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13335683230717738855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-55320173662178802892008-12-03T09:57:00.000-08:002008-12-03T10:02:02.454-08:00New Site Countdown #1The blog will have a fair few less exclusives when the new site launches, but all the same: it won't be dead. So we can look forward to it. Out 12/12/08.<br /><br />One new feature is the video player. They'll be lots of new videos & stuff. We won't spoil it all, but these kinda regular updates will explain more...Gibbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13335683230717738855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-40750982159023285972008-11-26T12:07:00.001-08:002008-11-26T12:09:31.278-08:00Heh.Lot's of long, long article and opinon posts latley, I thought I'd give you a quick one right now.<br /><br />Actualy, this is mainly ebcause I'm taknig a moment off designing the new site, (12th December, folks! TWELTH OF DECEMBER!) and decided to check on a nubmer of Blogs. So: Here's my update on the KN Blog. The site's coming along nicley. And it's also Coming 12/12/08. Look out. It'll be MASSIVE.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-52716635092745536902008-11-25T11:21:00.000-08:002008-11-25T11:56:52.049-08:00Character War: The Survivors Speak Out! (Part Two)Yes, we said it'd be tommorow, but who cares? A characters gonig otu soon, and we have no clue who it'll be, so we'd better get through 'em fast. Ish. Well, he's the responses from the remaining characters. ANYWAY. 20 Charcters remain. 32 have gone. 5 have given their opinons on the war. 5 more are about to. Well, here we go...<br /><br /><img src="file:///D:/DOCUME%7E1/Fishface/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-2.jpg" alt="" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Professor Layton</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://kotaku.com/assets/resources/2007/07/prof_layton.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 130px;" src="http://kotaku.com/assets/resources/2007/07/prof_layton.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"I'm not sure why Luke's still following me in here. But my word, haven't I done well? This puzzle just keeps on ticking, as a new challenge begins every day. There's not too much logic in this, but it engages my interlectual curiosity. I'm attempting to figure out what the story behind these events is. This <span style="font-style: italic;">is</span> a puzzle..."<br /><br />We almost understood what he was on about.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Captain Falcon</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80TXZrsZ9GsUGopxsSl_gmBT-nNqHykgDyoKyLi-dxzAFj9hOtr9n3TUK-xkou-mtS9jE5Ni9CyiwZ25wmEcpcS1ol1cJ7d1rsOBt29IYRxZI5dlpFn7AdgTr2eoUPpnn-5gYOj-v_7CU/s1600-h/falconav.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 88px; height: 102px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80TXZrsZ9GsUGopxsSl_gmBT-nNqHykgDyoKyLi-dxzAFj9hOtr9n3TUK-xkou-mtS9jE5Ni9CyiwZ25wmEcpcS1ol1cJ7d1rsOBt29IYRxZI5dlpFn7AdgTr2eoUPpnn-5gYOj-v_7CU/s320/falconav.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272679643694061714" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"I'll Just FAAAAACCCCCAAAAWWWWWNNNN PAAAAWWWWWNNNNCCCCHHHH my way through it all! Come on! Show me ya moves! This is too easy! Yes!"<br /><br />Well there you go. Everyone's favourite Smash Bro.'s verdict.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Solid Snake</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL7LAd3vO6VDFCKtqPap0Ea0Iq3TJnN0qwvpqhq7NHDuHGl9Hq4h5U4qgwLdhOimucO6eSKHCt4sEqOFAcGdxqUSVgTd-xpPkbTMnl5PtFGb3iEcNxwQeFPwbi-M3H70pAYFbgkF8fU36E/s1600-h/snake_070921d.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 128px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL7LAd3vO6VDFCKtqPap0Ea0Iq3TJnN0qwvpqhq7NHDuHGl9Hq4h5U4qgwLdhOimucO6eSKHCt4sEqOFAcGdxqUSVgTd-xpPkbTMnl5PtFGb3iEcNxwQeFPwbi-M3H70pAYFbgkF8fU36E/s320/snake_070921d.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272680843677043826" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"Kept you waiting, huh? Well, I'm not going. Mainly because you won't be able to find me. I'll be standing realy still just over your shoulder. Inside a box. Wearing camo gear. Having stolen Harry Potter's invisibity cloak. Actualy, I won't of stole it- We're genuinly close friends."<br /><br />Whatever you say, Snake. Whatever you say...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sho Minamoto</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/twewy/images//5/5c/Minamimoto.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 136px; height: 152px;" src="http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/twewy/images//5/5c/Minamimoto.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"Ha! You zetta sons of digits! You realy think you can erase me from this pointless game? Hollow-sculled hectopascals! You're all garbage! CRUNCH! I'll add you to the heap! This is MY game now, and I only allow two things: Flawless Calculations... And Beauty! 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937 510582097494459230781640628620899862803482534211 706798214808651328230664709384460955058223172535940812848111!"<br /><br />*Runs*<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fox McCloud</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCu_Swhhnk93tpWQuB_qDKHVslC4wpl5a10OQ59MxGz9f8CFG48jnNnr0E64A4Fyjpp8HHt_qAG2UfBfZkUT0ALGhGpQHxvMJ0vQeCnKATFLlZLg0Pdra9NJvnSueled0J4e6Pil8xT_H/s1600-h/FoxNES.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 85px; height: 98px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCu_Swhhnk93tpWQuB_qDKHVslC4wpl5a10OQ59MxGz9f8CFG48jnNnr0E64A4Fyjpp8HHt_qAG2UfBfZkUT0ALGhGpQHxvMJ0vQeCnKATFLlZLg0Pdra9NJvnSueled0J4e6Pil8xT_H/s320/FoxNES.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272685961799544722" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"Come in... This is Fox. Mission should be accomplished within 19 days. Over and out."<br /><br />Dream on, Foxy boy.<br /><br />Well.. That was part two. The current nominations to go out are Marth of Fire Emblem fame and Ammeritsufrom Okami. Funnily enough, both of them are due to be in Part Four. Which goes out after the end of the voting. Erm... Well, enjoy murdeorising characters!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-52569156248509183602008-11-25T11:02:00.000-08:002008-11-25T11:19:13.208-08:00Character War: The Survivors Speak Out (Part One)So then, with only 20 Characters remaining in KN's first-ever Character War, 34 have been evicted. We've gone and asked the remaining 20 to give us the low-down on what's happened in the war so far, and what they hope you happen...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mario</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRJmIuV2MIylxStk78R5dfZ3ZascDmUgqQWQM2ce2B81e_8jZC7HDCjl0by-iVfE5mBFFOh4S5yIfz5AI23RtNJzJGhfmjQC5qP43YK2_SJ9-p3hWn_Wzsk5047G1uMukeS36WqZfduSm/s1600-h/Mario+Avartar.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 92px; height: 99px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRJmIuV2MIylxStk78R5dfZ3ZascDmUgqQWQM2ce2B81e_8jZC7HDCjl0by-iVfE5mBFFOh4S5yIfz5AI23RtNJzJGhfmjQC5qP43YK2_SJ9-p3hWn_Wzsk5047G1uMukeS36WqZfduSm/s320/Mario+Avartar.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272674227495370130" border="0" /></a><br />"Well, it'sa mea! I always win-a these thingsa! I can't go out! If I do-a? Mamma Mia! What-a-disast-a! But I won't-a! Wahoo!"<br /><br />Erm, well there you go.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Link</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilmqJn0W9_LR9-UsbW1hFPxZRv9wKfMolg85SJvIpXnxM8xKwEdeZaNfR9v3bTXW2-gdJPnRaznb3orB8YRixUmzICrNtrycZ0pZARrrRrYFFUrHXnfAYYxGDcn8lscyqnLA9Vd60Rudym/s1600-h/LinkAv2.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 83px; height: 84px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilmqJn0W9_LR9-UsbW1hFPxZRv9wKfMolg85SJvIpXnxM8xKwEdeZaNfR9v3bTXW2-gdJPnRaznb3orB8YRixUmzICrNtrycZ0pZARrrRrYFFUrHXnfAYYxGDcn8lscyqnLA9Vd60Rudym/s320/LinkAv2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272674436333656706" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"It's been tough, and it's somehow taught me how to talk. Having won many a 'Best Character' contest, I'm sure I'll make it to the final at least. If I ever need to duke it out, I'm easily the strongest of everyone in the remaining roster. And, funnily enough, the only remaining villian is my nemesis. So I should enjoy watching him preish under my almighty power. FOR HYRULE!"<br /><br />Yup.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Neku Sakuraba</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCXggU-pBaQTal7pJw_J3gzB1K8nopKl0uEl9URdAgcoWNy7T1MNPRsurK9XLDEh1q7fQwl4GowGCVyFsz0TwxKdE1WCRVYen6imSa1d-ZMcevwj1rRYftd07xmzwQMYfgDfXK1S1WjUe9/s1600-h/Worldendswithyou.bmp"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 85px; height: 92px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCXggU-pBaQTal7pJw_J3gzB1K8nopKl0uEl9URdAgcoWNy7T1MNPRsurK9XLDEh1q7fQwl4GowGCVyFsz0TwxKdE1WCRVYen6imSa1d-ZMcevwj1rRYftd07xmzwQMYfgDfXK1S1WjUe9/s320/Worldendswithyou.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272675212637342066" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"I'm not much of a Gaming Superstar, and that makes me feel uneasy, and afterall- I'm just a normal 15 year old boy, afterall, no matter how strong I am with a bunch of Pins. So what? I'm a player. But, all the same, I've taken down almost every single Reaper within The Game, and I should be able to make my way out of this alive. Or dead. Whatever."<br /><br />Well, we love you, Neku. Kinda.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ness</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvfxd9oWHCEitIW1eoBtEQQVR9NHfiAnF0E-40g0e2J4t5OgJKTEL9NztQ3mwcvjC9l4i3Z-1GI-7zisL3IVqdJX-5dSB5it3ZAKMj_GF1rbqtNDbmWIPAr7o657aTPzDYlIxsRJGtu4r6/s1600-h/NessAv.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 101px; height: 90px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvfxd9oWHCEitIW1eoBtEQQVR9NHfiAnF0E-40g0e2J4t5OgJKTEL9NztQ3mwcvjC9l4i3Z-1GI-7zisL3IVqdJX-5dSB5it3ZAKMj_GF1rbqtNDbmWIPAr7o657aTPzDYlIxsRJGtu4r6/s320/NessAv.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272676012471382850" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"PK Victory! I'll be abl;e to win this. Afterall, did you see how awsome I was in that cutscene in Brawl? Yeah, I'm awsome."<br /><br />Gorrila says "Yeah!" Rest of us? "Meh."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Samus Aran</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSriZ4nNJGGRpZWOXSGHRHPq9W7YC1zIRBWAjZqac5NyWcIyzUTEOu8I2GiKyEeWnmbZyEkPf28s3fCa8LJSwbDuX8BHXBmDLAyoFVM3Mvn5BNiY9DZf7yU94P5AOmNfuXYFZZML8hwajM/s1600-h/Samusav.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 74px; height: 79px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSriZ4nNJGGRpZWOXSGHRHPq9W7YC1zIRBWAjZqac5NyWcIyzUTEOu8I2GiKyEeWnmbZyEkPf28s3fCa8LJSwbDuX8BHXBmDLAyoFVM3Mvn5BNiY9DZf7yU94P5AOmNfuXYFZZML8hwajM/s320/Samusav.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272676582610307330" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"..."<br /><br />Looks like she realy can't speak.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Come Back For The Next Part- Even if a character or two are gone...</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-35813480990752981672008-11-21T10:28:00.000-08:002008-11-21T11:26:18.703-08:00Ocarina of Time: 10 Years On<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi58a8luxdUkz9-IdIMdbjLyMxTEC0z-crFSLiCClTd1oNRuUHrZcMlw60p-upbiNtlpbG6_LMx4Ty0WbpFSDsjqhqQM3ilXlOAxnbK-fE08v8ULN9_Pcr76n8ramGombGX7wPVmRBzJkHS/s1600-h/TR.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 91px; height: 90px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi58a8luxdUkz9-IdIMdbjLyMxTEC0z-crFSLiCClTd1oNRuUHrZcMlw60p-upbiNtlpbG6_LMx4Ty0WbpFSDsjqhqQM3ilXlOAxnbK-fE08v8ULN9_Pcr76n8ramGombGX7wPVmRBzJkHS/s320/TR.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271185530842730946" border="0" /></a><br />If you're a gamer, there's no way you could of possibly escaped the word "Zelda" for more than a month within picknig up the pad. And if you havn't heard of that word, you've got no right to read this. Infact, use that handy, yet often useless, search bar tab in the top-right corner of Firefox to look it up. Enter the three key words "Ocarina", "Of" and "Time" as well, and most the results will carry a further three words: "Best", "Game" and "Ever".<br /><br />The Zelda series is among the world's greatest franchises, be it games or TV, film or books. Besides Mario, the adventures of Link is Nintendo's flagship series, and when it comes to "Hardcore" gaming: There's nothing better than Zelda.<br /><br />Future Zelda titles like Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess have tried to challenge Ocarina's crown, but have failed. Both where amazing games, but have a long way to go if they want to muster the magic of Ocarina of Time. Many will claim they where "The best Zelda ever" or "The new Ocarina of Time" at launch, but we all know that it -Quite frankly- isn't. Perhaps this is why Nintendo tryed to change the visual style straight after the second N64 3D Zelda: They couldn't top it, and they knew it wasn't worth trying. The Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass are both amazing titles, and some of the best games ever, and not directly competing with the gaming might that is Ocarina of Time helps majorly when it comes to this sort of thing.<br /><br />Infact, only a handful of titles do own the right to eb able to look Ocarina in the eyes. Okami on PS2 and Wii may have flopped when it comes to sales, but it's the closest challenger to the title that doesn't come from Nintendo it's self. Twilight Princess, Majora, Wind Waker and Link To The Past are all amazing games, and among the best Nintendo, heck, any developer have ever made. Yet Ocarina just floats above them.<br /><br />The scale of Ocarina is also a major selling point. Back then, no other game was nearly as big as Ocarina. Maybe the same thing could be said of the likes of Grand Theft Auto IV nowadays, but we've seen big open worlds before. And in Zelda everything was pulled along by the story, and you never saw the lead characters commiting crimes. Link's a good guy, y' see?<br /><br />Actualy, GTAIV just -To be honest- wasn't worth the hype. Ocarina of Time was known as the most anticipated game of that decade. And it surpased pretty much all expectations. Zelda's the best game ever now, and it still was even better back then.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3YOLw2P9v_AlGMSIt3yljYDMdIksH2RkYVfixwQrxVB3JCEXwx0V3rUmfC9XjQO4UxYC6JEEIDxttS_BsbpqkJyhPc6EFd5NDgVQa9bOm5gwAzQTSH3L6qHvXuAY6L32XRrlLm6Km1oF/s1600-h/link_070820b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3YOLw2P9v_AlGMSIt3yljYDMdIksH2RkYVfixwQrxVB3JCEXwx0V3rUmfC9XjQO4UxYC6JEEIDxttS_BsbpqkJyhPc6EFd5NDgVQa9bOm5gwAzQTSH3L6qHvXuAY6L32XRrlLm6Km1oF/s320/link_070820b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271185324889463538" border="0" /></a>"Hold it!" screams Phoenix Wright, the defense in the case against the other Zelda titles. "This is a ten year old title we're talking about here!". Well, yes it is. Sure, the screenshot from this year's Super Smash Bros. Brawl of Link in his Twilight Princess "Gear" may be nice on the eyes, (Even if he is firing an arrow right into it) but A). Twilight Princess was almost identical to Ocarina of Time, but with the abilty to play as a Wolf and the whole Twilight twist. Plus, B). Ocarina of time's eccence is yet to eb captured. And it's one so pure that even the Three Goddesses Of Hyrule have yet to discover how Nintendo managed to trap it in a bottle and then ram inside a Game Cart so sucessfully. And we dobut anybody will ever discover the true reason why Miyamoto's masterpiece is such a brilliant game. <span style="font-style: italic;">It just is.</span><br /><br />IGN, Edge, RPGamer, EGM, NGamer, Famitsu... All these and far more have seen Ocarina Of Time top their "Top Games Of All Time" lists, and both Metacritic and GamesRankings have it at the top of their rankings. (For those who don't know what I'm on about, both of those sites basicly add up Review Scores and find the average review score. Ocarina is the only game at the moment to have 97%. Super Mario Galaxy and GTAIV have breifly taken over, but Ocarina has got it back before long.) This just goes to show: Ocarina of Time is the Best Game Ever, and it rightfully deserves it. No matter how much longer Nintendo go on making games, it pretty much definatly won't be topped. Actualy, we can probaly safley say that no matter how long the games industry go on, Ocarina of Time will still stand as at the top spot.<br /><br />See you for our 100th Aniversary Celebration in 2098.Gibbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13335683230717738855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-5679847329001953622008-11-08T08:46:00.001-08:002008-11-08T09:22:26.113-08:00Opinon: Heroes Fallen<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_0KIBembiTzlN26echOzcoT3GQFWZdpfIfy5_F8_3B2npD6790RfCawKQI5ycCAAZmpelURyCJGklipIVTVrTHrvHg8A9MopKDwZ6W-Mli93ztR2TBicYLsqME4RRx9QIwOENk-2X9rb/s1600-h/TR.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 96px; height: 94px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_0KIBembiTzlN26echOzcoT3GQFWZdpfIfy5_F8_3B2npD6790RfCawKQI5ycCAAZmpelURyCJGklipIVTVrTHrvHg8A9MopKDwZ6W-Mli93ztR2TBicYLsqME4RRx9QIwOENk-2X9rb/s320/TR.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266329093547267746" border="0" /></a><br />Kid Icarus, F-Zero, Starfox... All fo these featured in our E3 countdown way back in July, when we hoped for a new game in the series. Kirby, Zelda, Pikmin, Mario and Punch Out!! have all recieved a new sequal, and Nintendo have even revived Sin & Punishment- The ultra-hardcore cult classic realised on the N64 in Japan when the console was nearing the end of it's life. It may never of reached the west on it's original cartidge form, -Infact, an original S&P cart is worth upwards of £100 these days- but when it eventualy reached the Wii's Virtual Console last year, it got the popularity it deserved, promting Nintendo to make a sequal. But the best selling VC N64 game -Besides Zelda and Marios, and S&P- is F-Zero X. So how come Nintendo hasn't made a Wii version then? Surely if something hardcore that could still be enjoyed by the 'Mainstream' or 'Casual' audience due to any motion controls Nintendo may stick in there wouldn't go down badly?<br /><br />But then again, no Nintendo system has got through it's lifepsan without a F-Zero title since it was created back in 1992 on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and the same goes for StarFox. Ok, there was Command on DS, but besides that we've seen nothing from Fox, Falco and Slippy The Berk on Wii outside Smash Bros., inwhich they even made them far weaker that in the GameCube version, despite the far incressed foxy love poured into the game.<br /><br />OK, maybe Smash isn't the be-all-and-end-all as some fans (Even though our 'Other Ed' Grancko belives) but it is the only way Nintendo are keeping some franchises alive these days. There's 5 Mario characters, 5 Zelda characters, 4 Pokémon Characters (or, depending on who you ask, 6) and then many from other Nintendo franchises. Mainly covering the big ones, it's still a suprise to see that Nintendo's posterchild of Hardcore Gaming (Besides Zelda), Metroid, only recives one character and an alternate version of that one if you hold L & R o the Character Select menu or use their Final Smash. And yet, there's already been a Metroid game on Wii AND DS: Something only Mario and Zelda have accomplised besides Ol' Massive Shoulderpads.<br /><br />But! Let's not complain too much. There's a new Kirby out on DS next month, even if it's a rehash of an old one, and then we've got Animal Crossing: Another member of Samus, Mario & Link's "Wii and DS!!" club. Not forgetting Sin & Punishment: A series we thought long-dead. Another Code, Punch Out!! and Pikmin are all also set to do the whole "Rwise From Your Gwavez" thing next year two. And now that the Fall Confrence has shown that the Old Nintendo are still in there, we wouldn't be suprised to see F-Zero or Kid Icarus announced during next year's E3.<br /><br />Oh yeah, and Nintendo, please get to work and realise a new trailer of that new Wii Zelda game. K TNX BY.Gibbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13335683230717738855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-66608110731659813732008-10-30T09:41:00.000-07:002008-10-30T09:58:37.751-07:00Opinon: Best Game Music<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-4Fsf_0INKDvEiBVV_BlkT4bRS_-l2qG0pJ67LySUjRwWK7tsuwANEgbiR0_91k-LeYIfnmKIfNBBCvVBTa3rlSzFd9jayW_I_Z5PcADVP7omtp0LhTxwKMRHuC_-K0jfERhmaralaax/s1600-h/TR.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 80px; height: 79px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-4Fsf_0INKDvEiBVV_BlkT4bRS_-l2qG0pJ67LySUjRwWK7tsuwANEgbiR0_91k-LeYIfnmKIfNBBCvVBTa3rlSzFd9jayW_I_Z5PcADVP7omtp0LhTxwKMRHuC_-K0jfERhmaralaax/s320/TR.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262988329853722706" border="0" /></a><br />Here I'm sat, writing this article, with YouTube open, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ5C4gGhxKI">Three Minutes Clapping</a> playing. When it finishes -Right after I've linked it, infact- I change over to Transformation. And Twister follows. And then Mute City. And Live And Learn. And A New Venture. And then much of the Smash Bros. Brawl and The World Ends With You soundtrack.<br /><br />See, I've seperatly written an article -Which will go up on the new site in December!- on whether game music actualy matters, and so this is an article on my person #10 Favroate game songs of all time. I've mentioned my favorate Characters in my last article, so I supose I'll give this a shot...<br /><br />1). The Legend Of Zelda: Titles Theme (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)<br />2). Twister/Twister Remix (The World Ends With You)<br />3). Hidden Village (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)<br />4). The Great Sea (The Legend Of Zelda: The Wind Waker & Phantom Hourglass)<br />5). Three Minutes Clapping (The World Ends With You)<br />6). Super Mario Galaxy Main Theme (Guess.)<br />7). Super Mario Bros. (Almost every Mario game)<br />8). Corneria (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)<br />9). Tabuu's Theme & Final Destination (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)<br />10). Mute City (F-Zero GX & Super Smash Bros. Brawl)<br /><br />Many a Sonic song (Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Dah-Dah-DAH!) also almost made it no there, as more from TWEWY (Someone is Caaaallllliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiingggg....) and, frankly, it was realy hard to pick anyway. But I think that's my definative list, so there you go. All should be on YouTube, so try looking 'em up. It'll be good for you.Gibbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13335683230717738855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-64572774709018687992008-10-21T08:09:00.000-07:002008-10-21T09:44:16.555-07:00Opinon: The UK's Top #10 Characters<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_FnIwSYr5Y7KwaSEifniHzIrrZjEgKL5vY3aWb_1sjpQrr4ZjFd8DI8VTnItlPMRLXZimlXQZiEoznQR5Ls3HTkXDK1vZEzJ4F-s0G7TMjhmmvf3sUi09A95WQg2yFrfPXpIWhQer5CcI/s1600-h/TR.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_FnIwSYr5Y7KwaSEifniHzIrrZjEgKL5vY3aWb_1sjpQrr4ZjFd8DI8VTnItlPMRLXZimlXQZiEoznQR5Ls3HTkXDK1vZEzJ4F-s0G7TMjhmmvf3sUi09A95WQg2yFrfPXpIWhQer5CcI/s320/TR.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259643555142165138" border="0" /></a>Sonic. That's who the UK voted their favorate game character of all time. Sonic. The. Hedgehog. Not Mario as would of been expected, (He won Gamesmasters poll earlier this year, with Sonic in second and Link in third, afterall) but SONIC. A character who has been rather off-form latley. Sure, Chronicles, Secret Rings and the Rush games where good, but nothing on the likes of Super Mario Galaxy. Other followers to the hedgehog's crown? Lara Croft only got there because of her body shape, and the size of her "Assets" which is sad to say she's on a far better form now gameplay-wise than Sonic, even if Tomb Raider Annviersary left me tearing my hair out.<br /><br />Ol' DK follows. Why? It's pretty mcuh sumemd up ni the scene from The Simpsons where he throws the barrell at someone's heard after they tell him "You suck!". A passer-by's opinon? "Hey, he's still got it!". But the even better example of this is Number Five: Pac-Man. He's even more dodgey then Sonic these days, (Pac-Pix was his best agme of recent days, if only because it isn't a rehash or badly-made game. And that was back in 2005.) but it's nostalgia that lives on in everybody's hearts. Sonic 2 is one of the ebst 2D platformers ever, (Only matched by Super Mairo World, infact) and Pac-Man's status as a household name and a bonda-fide classic is what assured it a place here.<br /><br />I think it's about hime, half way through my opinons/judgement on the list, to say what MY Top #10 would be, where it up to me. Who are my favorate #10 characters of all-time? Watch and you will learn.<br /><br />#01: Yoshi<br />#02: Luigi (Well, Mario, but Luigi>Mario anyday)<br />#03: Link<br />#04: Neku Sakuraba<br />#05: Sonic The Hedgehog<br />#06: Captain Falcon<br />#07: Sho Minamoto<br />#08: Mudkip (And Snorlax/Munchlax)<br />#09: Lumas (By Extension, Rosalina) (Super Mario Galaxy)<br />#10: Donkey Kong<br /><br />No doubt there's a couple of choices that everyone will be thinknig "What the heck?" about, but all the same, they're my opinons. Many will certainly disagree with my Luigi>Mario, and putting one TWEWY character in, let alone two, and one of them is even in the Top #5. A). I think that Neku & Pi Face deserves it, and B). This is the opinon of one person.<br /><br />But this survey was of lots of peeps, and is suposedly the officialy "Thing" run by the London Games Festival. And so, I heave back to my slog through the results. But nto before shwonig everyone Sega's way of celebrating the fact that they are finaly the victors over Mario...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://medialib.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/screens/screenshot_13120_thumb142.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 128px; height: 95px;" src="http://medialib.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/screens/screenshot_13120_thumb142.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://medialib.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/screens/screenshot_13117_thumb142.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 121px; height: 93px;" src="http://medialib.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/screens/screenshot_13117_thumb142.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://medialib.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/screens/screenshot_13119_thumb142.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 126px; height: 94px;" src="http://medialib.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/screens/screenshot_13119_thumb142.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Let's be glad they don't have that happen too often, then...<br /><br />Oh, hang on, it's just Chunky promoting his new Tidey TV/KNTV collaberation.<br /><br />So: Back to the official list, and we've just stumbled across Link. He was #3 in my list, and double that in the official one. (I'll call drop the quoteatino makrs in "Official" from now) The hero of Zelda is one of the best characters ever, no matter what incarnation he's in. The "Toon" form is my favorate, but it could be "Adult" Link, Young Link or any toehr Link at any other time of the day. Basicly, though, Link is an amazing character, even if he's yet to learn to speak.<br /><br />But next up? Max Paine. How the heck did he squeeze his way into the list? His games are usualy bellow-par, just as the new film, but that's probaly what got him all his votes, all the same. An unworthy chocie, great british public. Just as Pikachu. Sure, he's the face of Pokémon, but I had a far mroe awsome Pokémon at the same spot in my list. (It was a coinicdence) Pikachu's an idiot. It's about time another 'Mon took the role as lead. Say, Lucario? Or better yet, Mudkip & Snorlax's tag-team.<br /><br />Ah, but the best bit of the list? Niko Belic from Grand Theft Auto IV. Sure, ti's new, and, sure, many peopel love it, but form what I've seena dn played, Niko is a moron, and definatly not the sort of character you'd bring home to meet your folks. OK, this is a bit of a rant from me, even being a gamer, I'm still not exactly a GTA fan. I recon many peopel have "Got" that already, so there we go. I'll leave Niko there, even though a simualy-named character would have been a better choice. Hint: Replace the 'I' with a 'E' and the 'O' with a 'U'...<br /><br />Blanka's the last entery on the list. Blanka? What the heck? She's a more-or-less unheard of Street Fighter, um, fighter. ANYONE would of been better than her. Who chose her anyway? Did they only ask 10 people?<br /><br />To conclude this, I'll say what i think "By rights" should of been the list. Well, I'll do the Top #5, anyway...<br /><br />#1: Mario<br />#2: Sonic<br />#3: Link<br />#4: Lara Croft<br />#5: Donkey Kong<br /><br />Those are game characters who have genuinly made an impact on the world. While Pac-Man could of taken Number #5, Donkey Kong is still going strong, as the likes of DK Jungle Climber and more prove. Lara Croft's taken the world by storm, and despite a dip in quality control about 7 years ago, Legend, Annviersary and the upcomnig Underworld prove she's back on top. And Sonic's worthy of anything in the top five but Nubmer One. Only one character is allowed that: Super Mario.<br /><img src="file:///D:/DOCUME%7E1/Fishface/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg" alt="" /><img src="file:///D:/DOCUME%7E1/Fishface/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-17772916076943932352008-10-20T09:05:00.000-07:002008-10-20T10:29:33.210-07:00Opinon: State of Play: DS RPGs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisBO2AozkHj020Q5fCTbr3dMHHUBgcdOzhwL-REQlQO3tx5wpRKXJz8OALfN-uIksd6erZx__HAIsUenTaURmpHagfNfcAbxVd_6glMDW_FUVaQy2l76YN8N7W9fZU5X6gg8dzYoJn_xXV/s1600-h/TR.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 96px; height: 94px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisBO2AozkHj020Q5fCTbr3dMHHUBgcdOzhwL-REQlQO3tx5wpRKXJz8OALfN-uIksd6erZx__HAIsUenTaURmpHagfNfcAbxVd_6glMDW_FUVaQy2l76YN8N7W9fZU5X6gg8dzYoJn_xXV/s320/TR.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259269512628328130" border="0" /></a><br />Having reviewed Sonic's first RPG, the DS' own Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, it left me with an odd taste in my mouth: When I reviewed the game, I hadn't quite finished it, but now I'm literaly at the tail end of the game, (Just the last boss to go, peeps!) it leaves me a question: What Next?<br /><br />Sure, <a href="http://z14.invisionfree.com/KNIGHT_NUI/index.php?showtopic=4175&st=0&#last">there's a sequal</a>, but it's not realy what I'm after. The Sonic Role-Playing-Game idea was fun, afterall, and I've actualy enjoyed it more than it's DS rival, Mario & Luigi: Parnters In Time, but even a third game in that series leave a gap unpluged in my RPG diet. I can't actualy figure out what it is. TWEWY seems to of filled it, but sureley's there's somethnig else...?<br /><br />Sigma Harmonics looks <span style="font-style: italic;">very</span> promising, but that's about two years off. It's my most-anticipated DS game, coming largley from the same teams as The World Ends With You and Chrono Trigger. Actualy, while writing that sentance, it hit me that Chrono Trigger DS is comnig out next month in the US/early next year over here, and maybe THAT could fill the gap? Somehow, I doubt it. Final Fantasy IV is also out now, so it looks like untill I find a way to get back into Contact, it's back down to the shops for one more Square-Enix DS Epic.<br /><br />I'll recomend Contact while I'm at this DS RPG "Spree" on the KN blog, mind. A Grasshopper-developed Handheld RPG? Sounds good already. It's only £10 in Gamestation, UK Readers, and it's worth it if only for the moment where hero (Ish. The plot with the whole "Characters" thing is complex) Terry ends up in an Airforce training ground. Seriously, it's superb<br /><br />Oh! But I guess it's time to go. Sonic Chronicles' last boss is waiting: And we can't have that!Gibbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13335683230717738855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-44307783268695184442008-10-18T09:45:00.000-07:002008-10-18T09:46:56.006-07:00Opinon: Year In, Year Out<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2eQQIITdVvzk_UvAcYsp7HnquP9HCYiZGmVYYni7jS4QfR3VpDzNFyPgZKs44I5TfuOZXKhJEgwtLxdFRyC4Fk0b-0sVtdul_e6cGT-6EDcf6_4luf7_reFHuHApd6sB-Ml_3u4AP-rm/s1600-h/TR.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2eQQIITdVvzk_UvAcYsp7HnquP9HCYiZGmVYYni7jS4QfR3VpDzNFyPgZKs44I5TfuOZXKhJEgwtLxdFRyC4Fk0b-0sVtdul_e6cGT-6EDcf6_4luf7_reFHuHApd6sB-Ml_3u4AP-rm/s320/TR.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258536153191587442" border="0" /></a><br />FIFA ‘09 was realised on the 3rd October 2008. And, as a result, everyone buys it, and we wouldn’t be remotely surpised if it gets to the top of the 2009 sales charts in Britan, just as it did last year.<br /><br />HOLD IT! Didn’t we say that it got the top of the charts “Last Year”, despite being realised in “2008”? Well… It was, only you’d more commonly know it as FIFA ‘08. Because the differences are little-to-none, as with every FIFA game. Every year, they promise “Revolutionary new engines” and “Amazing next-gen graphics and physics”. Every year they fail. Yet EA’s football game isn’t the only one guilty of this, oh no…<br /><br />Activision and EA are quicker and quicker growing to be bigger and bigger evil corporations. Sure, EA realsies the likes of MySims and stuff which are actualy great fun, but compare that to the amount of games they re-realsie Every. Single. Year. Not to mention Activision’s merger with Blizzard, allowing them to also squeeze extra money in from Vivendi’s products.<br /><br />FIFA, NBA, Tiger Woods, Need For Speed, Madden NFL, Smackdown, James Bond, Sim City, Medal of Honor, NHL, Boogie, and then the thankfully axed ones like Rugby, Cricket, Baseball and so on…<br /><br />But -Frankly- The question we need to ask is DO WE NEED ALL THESE GAMES? Well, we’r enot complaining, but it seems as soon as you’ve spent fourty of your well-earned pounds, walked home and are just untieing your shoe lases, another FIFA game is realised. Sure, we’re using FIFA as the only example, but look at the current state of gaming in the UK. A certain member of the team happens to know someone who owns 12 FIFA games, that’s FIFA ‘02-’09, with the three streets, and ‘08 on both 360 and PS2.<br /><br />And, frankly, that’s what sums it up. The person in question owns next to no other games. Realising a new FIFA game every year without fail and without much change should eb classed a a crime. Sure, Pro Evo’s not exactly evolving every single year, but Komani can hide behind their brilliant Gameplay, EA can’t.<br /><br />Activision on the other hand… Their just lazy. Sure, we probably couldn’t programme a game year on year with time to rush out other ports and movie tie-ins, it’s still not exactly a good way to get a thumbs up from us.<br /><br />We won’t beat around the bush here. At least Data Design are trying.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-13098062521178391902008-10-14T08:36:00.000-07:002008-10-14T08:38:33.969-07:00Character Warhttp://z14.invisionfree.com/KNIGHT_NUI/index.php?showtopic=4106<br /><br />Go andf vote out your least favorate characters in the Knight-Nui Character War! Currently on Round #11, 13 Characters have gone so far, and many still remain. (Should be 37, probaly) Who will be crowned champion? Well YOU can help decide!<br /><br />Visit the Character War and vote for your least favorate today!Gibbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13335683230717738855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-89110276180772197772008-10-14T08:18:00.000-07:002008-10-14T08:35:30.179-07:00...Sorry for lack of updates latley. We'll have more soon. promise.Gibbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13335683230717738855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-81911930884195778192008-10-02T08:55:00.001-07:002008-10-02T09:22:25.586-07:00Opinon: Sin & Punishment 2 Is Coming!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmiAYxyo9R7tpLo_Qw_SKtafnvzWuRODYWaeYn1G7P1o65hNfhTbfOoNkgdheYuwppC3gGaQ11B6pUIxDW1rKFnr8xfUhamQ_A1us9t7DcoC05LU3t9bLRh8FKxDAlKFOvkO14wyxNujqL/s1600-h/TR.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 109px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmiAYxyo9R7tpLo_Qw_SKtafnvzWuRODYWaeYn1G7P1o65hNfhTbfOoNkgdheYuwppC3gGaQ11B6pUIxDW1rKFnr8xfUhamQ_A1us9t7DcoC05LU3t9bLRh8FKxDAlKFOvkO14wyxNujqL/s320/TR.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252585922022405410" border="0" /></a>Many a time in history, I've wanted Nintendo or a simular company to make a game, or whatever product, and they haven't done so. I wanted an Internet Browser built into the next "Edition" of the DS, I wanted Punch Out!! Wii confirmed at E3, and I wanted to see a new Mario RPG on DS, following on from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time last year. In the end, none of these came. Until today.<br /><br />See, Nintendo's Press Confrence '08 brought my dreams to life, but my highlight of he confrence was something that I <span style="font-style: italic;">didn't</span> think of: Something I <span style="font-style: italic;">wasn't</span> expecting, or dreaming of 5 minutes before E3.: Sin & Punishment 2.<br /><br />The first game was an N64 Game, only ever realised in Japan, largley due to the timing as it appeared in the end of the console's lifespan. Untill recently when Nintendo of Europe (Who we infamously hate here at KN) decided it'd make an awsome addition to the Virtual Console libary, and so began the Hanabli Festival, seeing that games that didn't see the light of day in Europe finaly came out, and then hero Saki got a place in history outside The Land Of The Rising Sun and Importer's Hearts.<br /><br />Having rushed to buy Wii Points soon as it was out, I played it rather far, eventualy temperoly deleting it because of space reasons. However, today I sat through the painfully long loading times of re-downloading a game, and LOVED IT. Basicly, it's a 3D On-Rails Shooter, where you shoot at robots a lot, but it always remains fresh and new. Oh, and challenging.<br /><br />This fact that it's developed by Treassure (Looks like this was there "Mysterious Wii Project") means one thing: (Well, two) It's be hard as nails, yet extermely good. There's no doubting Treassure, they never let anyone down.<br /><br />Punch Out!! may be good, (No, more then that, brilliant) but Sin & Punishments sits closley at the top of my "Most Anticipated" list.Gibbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13335683230717738855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-72204266245599557692008-09-30T09:39:00.001-07:002008-09-30T09:49:04.124-07:00Opinon: Sorry, When Did The World End?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelcam5A8sF2z41YdZrGebHq6ga8UtFP_zwWpg8Ec7dBtfTyA6eYIMA8lmVzZLwUMbHhLNzfivKBXNpVIwzW50GIUj1rS9r4ELN_R-MAld8v-_nLXPoaPs35-1ygof9wrtATTJrHRbFTZB/s1600-h/TR.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 101px; height: 99px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelcam5A8sF2z41YdZrGebHq6ga8UtFP_zwWpg8Ec7dBtfTyA6eYIMA8lmVzZLwUMbHhLNzfivKBXNpVIwzW50GIUj1rS9r4ELN_R-MAld8v-_nLXPoaPs35-1ygof9wrtATTJrHRbFTZB/s320/TR.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251855067697424866" border="0" /></a><br />"The World Ends With You 18th April" said CVG in one headline in Febuary, stating the news that the launch date for Square-Enix's latest game had just been realised. Yet, I'm waiting now, and it's yet to happen. No, we're not hoping that the LHC Experiment will go wrong, (Although, personaly, I am) but for myself to stop playing The World Ends With You.<br /><br />I won't beat around the bush here: I reviewed TWEWY in April and awarded it an amazing 96%, and , y' know what? Now I think i've under-rated it. Since, thankfully, KN runs on a unqiue (I belive) system where we will update a score after 3 Months if necesery, I was able to bump the score up 1%... But it still dosn't feel right.<br /><br />For a game that's kept me ammused for severla months straight and I still see no signs of me growing bored of it, and the flaws I'm finding are minimum, and I've still got plenty of depth to go through in the game, it is genuinly rare to find a game where you clock up 175 Hours of Play Time and there's still somthing to surpise you, let alone on a handheld.<br /><br />The main plot was definatly the highlight, but it didn't stop at the "Ending". I'm still to unlock the bonus ending after collecting all the Secret Reports, and can't wait to see the final bit of the TWEWY story.<br /><br />Straight afdter buying it and playing it for the first time, there was a post somewhat simular to this I left on the KN IGN Blog. But then I didn't see it's poential. I was, oooh, one hour in. Now I'm over one hundred times that far in, and still love it.<br /><br /> This may seem mad, but for me this is The Game Of The Year.Gibbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13335683230717738855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-85802787526822738712008-09-30T09:35:00.000-07:002008-09-30T09:36:01.285-07:00The KN Facts 'n' Figures Report!<div class="postcolor"> <b>KN Statistics, records and more.</b><br /><br />I had a random thought earlier this week, and then got bored today. The result? <b>The First-Ever Knight-Nui FNF Report!</b> Fileld with all the useless facts about Knight-Nui you need to know... And then some. And then, just to top it off, you realise you've only read the first bit. Or somthing. But, basicly, here's some KN Records & Stuff...<br /><br /><b>Records</b><br /><br /><u>Members</u><br /><br />-The most members that have ever joined in one day is <b>4</b>. This occured on July 11th 2006, (Our opening day) May 27th 2007 and then July 4th & 30th 2008.<br /><br />-The member with the msot posts is Toaroni (Duh) with 14,366 Posts as this is posted.<br /><br />-There are 17 Members who have broken the 100 Posts Barrier.<br /><br />-A further 5 have made 1000 Posts.<br /><br />-Just one member has past 10,000 Posts, but a second is on their way.<br /><br />-All thanks to Spam Bots who havn't been validated/have been banned, there are 6 pages on the "Top ten posters" Member's list which are blank.<br /><br />-Ignoring them, Nazo is the member with the least posts officialy.<br /><br />-Fourty-Six members have no posts...GET POSTING YOU LAZY LUMPS!<br /><br /><u>Topics</u><br /><br />-There are 4028 Topics on the Forum.<br /><br />-April 16th 2007 was the day with the most new topics made, as a whopping <b>74</b> New Topcis where created.<br /><br />-The Top Three Longest Topics are 1). Super Smash Bros Brawl in the Nintendo section, 2). Doctor Who Episode Countdown in the Who section and 3). Count To 1000, with 1356, 1033 and 814 Posts respectivly.<br /><br /><u>Forum Sections</u><br /><br />-The Forum with the most <i>views</i> is the Forum Games section, with an amazing 12360 Count of times the forums been looked at. This is followed by 10192 in Genneral Discussion and 10012 in Nintendo. KN News comes after this, having more then 9000.<br /><br />-Games also trumps the "Most posts" catagory, with 4457 Replies to date. However, thsi award could go to Genneral Discussion, as it's realy only a sub-catagory under it.<br /><br />-The least on he other hand goes to the "'09 Spechials/Series Five" section in the Doctor Who bits. GET POSTING, KIDS.<br /><br />-The "Most Topics" record goes to Gaming News, with a massive 997, and then there's more than three News Stories today to report...<br /><br /><u>Personal messages</u><br /><br />-If the "How many PMs do you Have?" topic is to be trusted, then the member with the most PMs (Personal Messages, not Prime Ministers, that is) is Toaroni who, in a new update from the previous record, now has 576 PMs.<br /><br />-Feb. 12 2008 saw 53 PMs fly into Cyber-Space, while April 5th 2007 had one more get sent, witha grand total of 54. Intrestingly, three days previous was only two off matching the record of it's Two-Day-Later Brother.<br /><br /><u>KNTV</u><br /><br />-Currently, KNTV has exactly double the amount of Subcribers as Friends.<br /><br />-206 Videos are currently uplaoded on KNTV.<br /><br />-No member of staff is bothered to count how many where actualy made by one member of staff or another.<br /><br />-The largest series is The Doomy Blastoise, spanning 31 Episodes, Four trailers and two spin-offs.<br /><br />-Smash Bros. Brawl is the Non-KN "Thing" with the most videos, and that's followed by Disaster: Day of Crisis. No one knows how that happned.<br /><br />-The Two most popular videos on KNTV are the LEGO Music Video and the Doctor Who clip "Are You My Mummy?" from The Poison Sky. These trump both the most-viewed and most-dsicussed catagories. The LEGO Music Video has 48,397 Views right now, and 46 Comments, while the good doctor swung 2,716 Viewers to watch his clip, and had 22 of them comment on it.<br /><br />-Both videos also have an average rating of 5/5. LMV has 74 Ratings, while AYMM has 7. Quite a diffrence, there.<br /><br />-Roughly 67% of all KN Videos aren't rated.<br /><br />-TR just made that up/figured that out on the spot.<br /><br /><br /><b>Well...</b><br /><br />Hope you enjoyed that. We'll have another version up soon, along with the "Mentionable Achivments..." bit. For now, enjoy the stats 'n' stuff! </div>Gibbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13335683230717738855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-85101396480600788852008-09-21T08:51:00.000-07:002008-09-21T08:52:54.590-07:00KNTV One Year Aniversary<span style="font-weight: bold;">Taken From KN News</span><br /><br />Sooo... Knight-Nui Television was launched one year ago on the 22nd September. It's a major event, and sicne the original launch, 181 Videos have been uploaded, and over 100 Pieces of Original Content have been realise so far, including four totaly original series and then some "Parodies Videos" and stuff as well.<br /><br />KNTV was original created on the 16th September in PM Conversations between Toaroni and Knightghost with input from Grancko and Gibbon, and has sicne flourished. The fact that one new series was launched on Wednesday (Or Thursday, preior to the delay) and then there's a brand-spanking-new episode of KNTV's Flagship Show, <i>The Doomy Blastoise</i>, (Which is now in it's third season) premiering later today is the proof in the pudding, KNTV Is still going strong.<br /><br />The current most popular video remains the LEGO Music Video, (And there's a new annoucnment to be amde soon o that front...) with, as this is posted, 45,099 Views and 43 Comments.<br /><br />With more stuff to come soon, too- A Gorrila written-and-directed (Plus input from a certain Toaroni) Batman movie, Gibbon's massivly ambitious for such a small studio <i>Altenrate Option</i>, and then a fourht series of <i>The Doomy Blastoise</i> and another new show, <i>Illusion</i> covering Dave Jone's adventures in the world's worst Detective Agency.<br /><br />On top of all that, there's much more too be comfirmed. And maybe the third episode of Smash Saga may be realised at some point...<br /><br />But to celebrate such a big event, something is being done, right? Well, correct. So there's going to be at least Three Videoes being uploaded over the corse of the next 9 Days, which should mean that the video count will make it to <b>The Big 200</b> by Thursday...<br /><br />All this is kicking off with the next episode of <i>The Doomy Blastoise</i> at sometime between 4:15 and 5:00, and then there's the second adventure in <i>Pichu: Hit & Run</i> and maybe even the legendary Third Episode of Smash Saga!<br /><br />Keep an eye out. Lots of cool stuff headed your way.<br /><br />ANNVIERSRAY IS TOMMOROWGibbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13335683230717738855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-85983240198209342892008-09-21T08:09:00.000-07:002008-09-21T08:45:52.078-07:00Countdown: Sarah-Jane Series Two!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFg6ac8ghMcrd24HYB9FHkMNI-hz4t6L8d-w3xD8YfrvmsjpKrHEU_xKfAdHQnZTzNLnvs8vrdoQsU1nccToPEolCGTLI8TWA3y8dpmi9Jw7O1IP52HM9OhhrQW4VdpRnWE_-30mGEi4Y/s1600-h/TR.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 103px; height: 111px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFg6ac8ghMcrd24HYB9FHkMNI-hz4t6L8d-w3xD8YfrvmsjpKrHEU_xKfAdHQnZTzNLnvs8vrdoQsU1nccToPEolCGTLI8TWA3y8dpmi9Jw7O1IP52HM9OhhrQW4VdpRnWE_-30mGEi4Y/s320/TR.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248492295866012770" border="0" /></a><br />Sooo... <span style="font-style: italic;">Torchwood</span>' s second series was over in April. <span style="font-style: italic;">Doctor Who</span>'s forth series began the day after. Since it ended in July (At the top of the TV UK Rating Charts for the first time ever in <span style="font-style: italic;">Doctor Who</span> History, no less.) we've had <span style="font-style: italic;">nothing</span> to watch at all. We're still waiting for the <span style="font-style: italic;">SJA</span> 1 and <span style="font-style: italic;">DW</span> 4 Boxsets. (And then the cut roudn the edges on the <span style="font-style: italic;">Torchwood</span> 2 one, as if it wasn't enough) But aremd with the DVD versions of the First Three series we put up with the afct that we'd be waiting, and ragged on through the year. Yet, just as the BBC realsies that Who head writer Russel T. Davis calls "The first proper rival to Doctor Who", <span style="font-style: italic;">Merlin</span>, CBBC are planning to launch a bigger and better series as two weeks after: Series Two of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Sarah-Jane Adventures</span>.<br /><br />Begining with what could easily be the series' biggest story to date -The Last Sontaran- this is promising to be the best series yet, and possibly the greatest Spin-Off <span style="font-style: italic;">Doctor Who</span> has ever had. The epicness knows no bounds, as we see a Fifty-Year-Old Woman fighting entire epires of Sontarans, (Or at least their spectacular battle fleet ship from <span style="font-style: italic;">Doctor Who</span>'s The Sontaran Stratogem) and the exit of the beloved Maria Jackson, so that actress Yasmin Page can do her GCSEs.<br /><br />Possible spoielrs may be in this paragraph, but a recent trailer stars Maria saying "It's me... Or the Earth!". So will she be biting the dust later in Episode Two? I doubt it, personaly, as they couldn't bring themself to kill a major character in <span style="font-style: italic;">Doctor Who</span>, (With a couple of exceptions, such as Adric, Harriet Jones, The Master and The Doctor himself) and even the darkest <span style="font-style: italic;">Torchwood</span> scripts have them come back to life next episode. (Although Owen & Tosh did end up being finished off in Exit Wound, the series two finale) That, and Digital Spy have claimed that "2.2 Is not the last you see of her this series"...<br /><br />Very exciting then. As this is posted, it's 8 days to go. I'll update the blog with more and more articles on <span style="font-style: italic;">SJA</span> 2, and then no the actualy date -29th September, everybody! TWENTY-NINTH OF SEPTEMBER!!- KN will have a review of the first episode on the day of broadcast, plus mroe stuff. And then this will continue right through the running time, untill the series ends in December, and <span style="font-style: italic;">Doctor Who</span> comes back on Christmas day.<br /><br />Ahh... Life as it should be... Hang on, what do you mean there's no Doctor Who series in 2009?Gibbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13335683230717738855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-70729007948524400272008-09-02T01:40:00.000-07:002008-09-02T02:47:03.242-07:00The Price Isn't Right. (But We Are)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggVktlsnEuCFg8wK43iJHDafmUQjLmGntjq01JM4HFXtLj9SHv_BlM4p3OCCPS7fz9srhAoS4wanK-TwYMjL5m4X_LRyge4QzxjKDV1EBbam1LHmO64wljaC1ud3_kVZd7JrY3PFKnBbME/s1600-h/Gibbon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 67px; height: 75px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggVktlsnEuCFg8wK43iJHDafmUQjLmGntjq01JM4HFXtLj9SHv_BlM4p3OCCPS7fz9srhAoS4wanK-TwYMjL5m4X_LRyge4QzxjKDV1EBbam1LHmO64wljaC1ud3_kVZd7JrY3PFKnBbME/s320/Gibbon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241341506479913666" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">OPINON/ARTCILE: By Gibbon-Master</span><br /><br />It's funny to look at the current state of games these days, what with Carnival Games receving 93% in The Sun,* (Same score as NGamer gave Brawl, another controversal game score, but for entirely diffrent reasons) yet under 30% in more credible reviews, and selling like hot cakes, and leaving us to watch as our reviews of things like Zack & Wiki, Okami and The World Ends With You (94%, 96% and 97% respectivley) sell no one anything. Is that how far we've come these days, that people don't actualy care if they're buying somthing good?<br /><br />A couple of years back, Goldeneye and Super Mario 64 where selling very well. Because they where great. These days, it seems that Big Beach Sports and Games Party are selling... Because they're bad.<br /><br />This can end up boiling down to one simple, cold-hearted plee: Listen to reviews. Tell you friends to listen to reviews. Yes, thoughs games are cheaper, but things like NiGHTS and Guilty Gear can be found for under £10. Don't look at the rpice. Walk into a shop with a clear vision of what you're buying in your head. Don't have enough for a copy of Okami? Either pick up that Metroid Prime 3 Disc gathering dust on the shelves, which recieved a rather healthy 95% from us and many have rated it even high, or just don't buy anythig there at all. Simple as that: Know the games you after. And buy them.<br /><br />*We would like to note that no one here at KN actualy reads that rubbish in The Sun. Except online for Doctor Who stuff. Like how Albert Einstine was onboard the Titanic last Christmas.Gibbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13335683230717738855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-73864954239067613472008-08-24T10:07:00.000-07:002008-08-25T07:40:30.510-07:00Virtual Reality<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQ64eiFHlZDiY8X3A5BoL7Xa8Ui88sHzCMiQZrC6mc1gPUfdYZxA8ksfQQ1MJqbM6YOLw9Fi3AgDhCyY-wq0BjbS5iIjnoaBcQsB7LZVjG_4mP9dD1nqY3qlH-raNJ6glTdJYKSKRg3EC/s1600-h/doctor9.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 53px; height: 55px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQ64eiFHlZDiY8X3A5BoL7Xa8Ui88sHzCMiQZrC6mc1gPUfdYZxA8ksfQQ1MJqbM6YOLw9Fi3AgDhCyY-wq0BjbS5iIjnoaBcQsB7LZVjG_4mP9dD1nqY3qlH-raNJ6glTdJYKSKRg3EC/s320/doctor9.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238465111896531410" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">OPINON/ARTICLE: By Toaroni</span><br /><br />So then, that's Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Out now in Europe, for the first time. Ever. It's only been out in Japan for 20-Odd Years. But why stop there? Mother was never realised in Europe, and that's one of the greatest RPGs ever made, (Ask Gorrila.) Bangai-O didn't come out over here, (There's a new DS Version, but that's WAAAAAAY to hard. Even for Bangai-O.) and even then, who said it had to be Hanabi Festive (AKA Ninty Europe's Grand Import Dance Celebration) Games? There's till the likes of Super Mario Kart, Starwing and most of the N64 Back cataloge are yet to be realised in Europe.<br /><br />Frankly, it makes it seem like Nintendo's skimming over when I come to think about it. One VC game a week? Some weeks without any? Hardly any Nintendo first-party games at all? Frankly, somthing needs to be done about the state of this, and now.<br /><br />So I decided I might as well make a "Top #5" list, because the world needs more of them...<br /><br />1). Earthbound/Any Mother Game<br />2). Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask<br />3). Super Mario Kart<br />4). Super Smash Bros.<br />5). Starwings<br /><br />Even then, I had to cut all Rare titles, all lcienses, (Even though only Goldeneye would get anywhere near) and pretty much all of Square-Enix's games. (Mario RPG was 900 Points in Japan as well, due to licensing issues from Square.) Shame, as I've never played Secret of Mana, and am desperate to do so without spending tons of a SNES and the Cartidge.<br /><br />So: I conclude. Nintendo needs to do somthing. Sure, it's cataloge is fine now, what with all the Mario, Zelda, Metroid and more avalible now, but there's still somthing missing. Namley: A kid in a cap named Ness.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">-TR, KN Editor & Admin</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-23632370646080524452008-08-22T09:40:00.000-07:002008-08-22T09:42:26.996-07:00HOLD IT!!Now we'd like to annoucne somthing fairly major for the KN Blog- No lnog er will it only be the "Knight-Nui Blog", but also the "Knight-Nui Staff Blog". Not only will the staff still be posting the latest Kn News, plus they'll now be posting your somewhat mroe Common-Or-Garden Blog Entries, ranging from quick "Opinon Pieces" to views into things related to KN, Gaming, LEGo Or Doctor Who.<br /><br />You'll now also be seeing at least one of these a week, as a new one will go out every Friday!Gibbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13335683230717738855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-79461873005916916532008-08-19T10:59:00.000-07:002008-08-19T11:08:34.373-07:00GC Countdown #2More for our Last-Minute Games Covention Countdown, then, as Gibbon takes a look at what he wants to see on Wii from SEGA tommorow...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gibbon: Jet Set Radio<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/jetsetradio/beat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 149px;" src="http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/jetsetradio/beat.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Welcome to Shibuya, home of TR's Fav., The World Ends With You, and the my favorate Third-Party gmae of all-time: Jet Set Radio.<br /><br />Also known as Jet Grind Radio, basicly, it saw you doing stuff. Erm, that's not a very good description, and Sega have said that their "Secret Game is NOT Jet Grind Radio", but anyway. This would be perfect with Wii Controls, and all graffiting would also work very well. Basicly: Sega, if you're reading this, produce one more rubbish movie Tie-In or Sonic Spin-Off insted of this, and I'll come round to your house and shoot EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU dead. Remeber that next time you confirm a game, and think of me....Gibbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13335683230717738855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-61679555851711986382008-08-19T10:49:00.000-07:002008-08-19T10:59:03.217-07:00GC Countdown #1OK, it's not the E3 Countdown, but we felt we should at least do SOMETHING for GC. So begins our dreams of SEGA'S "Big" Wii Game (Although it's pretty much confirmed as House of the Dead: Overkill)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">TR: Sonic</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcMwTEFDBhCXMVinhRv0T3mheMfZM_MyZDF0Zm8sqLXv3KguVTFQ5D4_F8p_SOet9TeuHGJBiymXg2e0aqYJxfLgkcseB-GcI6iSwIVmq4TnqcccbY5xq4cXPtaOfqxyADKmEq5srgCDyA/s1600-h/Sonic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 185px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcMwTEFDBhCXMVinhRv0T3mheMfZM_MyZDF0Zm8sqLXv3KguVTFQ5D4_F8p_SOet9TeuHGJBiymXg2e0aqYJxfLgkcseB-GcI6iSwIVmq4TnqcccbY5xq4cXPtaOfqxyADKmEq5srgCDyA/s320/Sonic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236288305607428482" border="0" /></a><br />Well, he's been a bit off-form, but here's what I dream SEGA are planning: Black Knight is gonig to be scrapped, with a different sequal for The Secret Rings is comnig out insted, with more of the same, but FAR more of the same. Plus the Mini-Games are of a Monkey Ball quality, and there's some lovely 2D Co-Op (Sonic & either Blaze or Tails. Maybe Knuckles. No one else) Side-Scrollnig levels, neatly fitted in with the normal gamesplay, a la Super Mario Galaxy... And we could have the game of whatever year it comes out. Just leave out everyone but Sonic, Robotnic (And call him that, not "Eggman") and Tails (Plus Blaze- She's good enough, I supose) ans Sega, man, are you onto a Winner.Gibbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13335683230717738855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462948367006972920.post-49819363636529332472008-07-30T08:38:00.001-07:002008-07-30T08:38:43.387-07:00Re-Vamp Update #14<b>CURRENT STATUS: 30/7/08- 4:35PM GMT:</B> Two Mintues To Go! TR is fighting everything to get all done. Should be good. And it will. TWO MINTUES!!!Gibbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13335683230717738855noreply@blogger.com0