We’ve got a big show filled with reviews. We’re covering Korg DS-10, Thunderforce VI, Alien Crush, Resistance 2 and Gears of War 2! Not to mention a retro review and the news. We also have a new contest with Korg DS-10 as the prize. Check it out on this week’s episode!

SHOWNOTES
DS Review: Korg DS-10
PS2 Review: Thunderforce VI (Import)
Wii Review: Alien Crush Returns
PS3 Review: Resistance 2
360 Review: Gears of War 2
Retro Review: Kirby’s Avalanche (SNES)
News: New Watchmen Game Details
Burn Zombies Burn!
Ghostbusters Gets Publisher
Sega’s Wii Comments
Release List
The Last Shot
DGR Mailbag

DGR: 11.09.2008

It’s the season of too many awesome games and we do our best to get to most of them this week. We’re talking Motorstorm: Pacific Rift, Fallout 3 and an import Cave shooter masterpiece, Ketsui Death Label for the DS. All this plus gaming news and the usual fun on this week’s episode!

SHOWNOTES

DS Review: Ketsui Death Label (Import)
PS3 Review: Motorstorm-Pacific Rift
360 Review: Fallout 3
Retro Review: Cosmic Arc (2600),
News: Burnout Paradise Party Pack
LBP DLC Details
Harmonix Working on Beatles Game
Elder Scrolls in 2010
Wario Ware DSi
Release List
The Last Shot
DGR Mailbag

DGR 11.01.2008

So, this really should have been titled: You Got Your Ninja Spirit in My Legend of Kage 2. Only…I ran out of room. You’ll hear us talk more about this game on the latest Drunken Gamers Radio episode but I’ll throw out a few of my thoughts on this interesting game here.

First of all, I’m a big fan of the original Legend of Kage when it was in the arcades. It’s one of those game I remember fondly playing as a kid for a couple of important reasons. One, it had a ninja in it that threw ninja stars. I don’t remember doing that before this game, although I had dreamed about it long before playing this game. Second, you could jump super high in the trees and there was this sort of “floaty” motion to the game which I found cool. Three, there was kick as music that went well with the lightning flashing in the forest. Hey, I dug ambiance as a kid. Here’s a video for those that never experienced the game back in the day:

SHOWNOTES

PSP Review: Yggdra Union: We’ll Never Fight Alone
Retro Review: Mega Man X (SNES)
News: Nintendo DSi
New Wii/DS Titles
Re-released GameCube Titles
Club Nintendo
SD Card Bullshit
Release List
The Last Shot
DGR Mailbag

DGR: 10.05.2008

My friends, is there anything Carlson over at Mad-Gear can’t do? After reading the excellent Famicom retrospective series by Jeremy Parish and Ray Barnholt over at 1up, I was dying to get my hands on one of the books they referenced: Family Computer 1983 – 1994. Created by the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, this book chronicles every single game released for Nintendo’s Famicom in Japan, with photos and descriptions in both Japanese and English. Unfortunately, the book is long out of print making it a struggle to locate if you don’t live in Japan. That is, unless you talk to Carlson. After an exhausting but futile search on eBay, Amazon, Play-Asia, and countless other sites, I shot an email to Carlson asking if there was any possible way he could get his hands on a copy. His response was essentially, “Sure, no problem. Gimme a couple days.” And a few weeks later, the book was waiting for me in my mailbox.

Here’s a quick summary of what’s included:

Contains 20 years of Nintendo Famicom™ history on 199 pages
All content is listed bi-lingual (Japanese/English)
Includes pictures of 1252 Japanese Famicom™ games including name, release date and description (Japanese/English)
Includes interviews with video game developers (Japanse/English)
Includes additional hardware and Nintendo history coverage

As you can see, while locating a copy can be a difficult task, this book is a must-have for hardcore retro enthusiasts. (more…)

Andrew Wallace joins us once again for a look at Nintendo!

Article By: Andrew Wallace

2 years into this “next-generation” of home consoles a few revelations have been made quite clear to enthusiast gamers. Arguably the most startling for this group is the paradigm shift of Nintendo and its subsequent abandonment of its loyal fanboy army. They appear more interested in moving to the grandma and soccer mom audience with their friendly white-boxed Wii.

While most gamers like the idea of an expanded audience in theory, the reality of it is not as pleasant. In practice this means that the new and prettier installments of their beloved franchises get ignored in the wake of a torrential downpour of mediocre mini-game collections and gimmicky accessories. Throughout the internet this outcry is heard loud and clear. Gamers are begging for Nintendo to return to the glorious days of yesteryear where Mario stuck to plumbing and Starfox stayed in his Arwing.

The problem with this whining is that if you take an honest look at Nintendo, this isn’t a new direction for them. The difference is that this time, they’ve actually been successful.
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