Super Meat Boy!

One big meat to rule them all

So there's this game I got to play at E3. If you listened to the E3 episode you'll have heard about it, but since I talked forever I'll assume that nobody made it that far.

Anyway This game Super Meat Boy is going to be coming out on 360, Steam (PC), and Wii-Ware. So far there is no plans that I've heard of for PS3 unfortunately.

Super Meat Boy is... well actually here's their words on what it's about:

"Super Meat Boy is a game where you play as a boy without skin whos girlfriend who is made of bandages gets kidnapped by a fetus in a tuxedo wearing a top hat and a monocle."

Yeah that's right, a boy without skin is what he said. It's a 2D side scrolling platformer where you play as Meat Boy and up to 5 other various characters. Each are equipped with their own unique abilities and the objective is to get to the bandage girl while trying not to get killed by all the various saw blades, pits, and many other deadly devices littered throughout the levels.

You know what, I'm not doing it any justice. It's basically just like THIS, but with more characters, more levels, more blood, more... everything really.

What the?! Megaman Universe confuses the masses.

Megaman has always been a cool concept for me. I actually was one of the only kids that missed the bus on this one. I don't really know why but it didn't call to me the way it did to other kids.

Anywho, this trailer was released and what it teases it seems is some kind of Capcom crossover game. Again, no clue what is going on here but it's fun to speculate.

Maybe it'll be a 2D platformer, where you'll get powers from all of the different Capcom characters. Ryu's Hadouken, Bionic Commando's arm, stuff like that.

What does this trailer tell us, if anything, about the game?

Is it going to be made to look like clay animation like that horrid "Clay Fighters" game?

Will it be a 2D retro flavored game?

It's official. Monster Hunter Tri will dominate your Wii game-play time.

Did you know that the Wii keeps track of your game-play time and you can access that data through the Nintendo Channel?

As you can see from the image to the right, this is my game-play data from the top five games I've spent the most time with on the Wii. Now if you are a keen observer you will see that Monster Hunter Tri has easily made it way to the top spot in a very short amount of time since it's release on April 20th, 2010.

It's just amazing to me to see how many hours I've totaled since then. All of the others games in the top five seen here, has taken me more than a years worth of play time to get these numbers and they still can't come close to matching MH Tri.

I'm going to keep checking my hours routinely to see how high it goes. At this point I see no end is sight for me and I can see for anyone who gets into this game, the replay value is just through the roof. Just a warning to you all who may wander into Monster Hunter Tri's clutches. It may take over your gaming life.

How many hours worth of Monster Hunter do you have racked up so far?

Where does Monster Hunter Tri stand in your game-play data?

Scott Pilgrim VS the world: Game

So I seen this movie trailer for "Scott Pilgrim VS the world" and I thought to myself. That's interesting. It seems very different. Doesn't look like I'd enjoy it all that much but at least someone is doing something different.

Then I found a trailer for the game. Now that looks amazing! It's an old school beat 'em up type of game which is something I and a few other people I've talked to have been craving for a while. So that's one part that is somewhat attractive to me, but here's what really gets me excited.






A man named Paul Robertson (not Robert Paulson) once created a really awesome video called "Pirate Baby's Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006". This video was/is so amazing because it was done completely in pixel art. Very well drawn, and animated. This is relevant to this post because he is the artist who did all the animation for this game! Check this shit out! Scott Pilgrim VS The World.



I've wish this guy would make a video game for a long long time, and here it finally is! I hope it's good! :).

Sin & Punishment: Star Successor

Sin and Punishment: Star Successor
Platform: Wii
Developer: Treasure
Publisher: Nintendo

I’ve had my eye on Sin and Punishment: Star Successor ever since I downloaded the N64 import of Sin and Punishment for the Wii Virtual Console. Like most of us outside Japan, this was our first taste of the S&P arcade shooter goodness that Treasure can dish out. I spent my days dreaming of how the Wiiremote IR pointer could really bring this game into its own. Gladly, I am here to report that I was right.

Destroying a Barroth

Not through yet!

Scott from www.coffeewithgames.blogspot.com captured yet another hunt! This one is against a Barroth. This guy was Butcher and I's first wall. We fought him 3 or 4 times before we finally killed him! After that we spent a lot of time helping people fight this stupid guy. I liken him to "Bald Bull" from "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out", because once you figure him out, he's cake!

Hunting some Monsters...

So if you've been paying any attention you probably realize that we here at WBMT really love hunting some monsters in Monster Hunter Tri. So when Scott from www.coffeewithgames.blogspot.com invited us on a quest, we were all about it!

We fought a Rathian at a place called "Flooded Forest". Anyway here's the vid Scott made :)

Oh right, and just for clarification my (Den) character's name is Feo.

Enjoy;



Thanks again Scott!

Pacman...

So Pac-Man is like one of those icons. I've never been particularly great at the game either, but for some reason I like him. Probably due to the fact that it was probably one of the first games I ever played as a kid.

Anyway enough nostalgia, I made this:

It's the 4th of July, where's the podcast!?

Happy 4th everyone, due to Canada's birthday and America's freedom from that oppressive wench, the Queen of England. The podcast has been moved to next week and will be back on it's normal bi-weekly schedule.

Just like the rest of you in this glorious country of ours, we're going to be drinking cheap ass beer and blowing stuff up the American way. Cause that's how we do it.

America, fuck yeah.

Evidence of me at E3!

I've been trying to get some pictures of me taken by a friend with no success. But here Unity has proven my existence! The video to audio synch is off a bit, but it still works!

Watch the interview.

E3 Day 1: 3DS

So I arrived last night around 10:30 pm, I headed straight to Capcoms Dead Rising event in LA. I'm not all that interested in Dead Rising 2, so not a big deal — but hey, open bar woot!

This morning I got up early to pick up my ticket and waited with everyone else to run in and see the 3DS! Doors opened, then I spent the next 2.5 hours waiting in line. I met some very cool cats in line, but lets get to it!

3DS:

Dinosaur Strike-- Yes that's right, 2.5 hours of waiting and Dinosaur Strike is the carrot at the end of my stick (yes Butcher, that's what she said). Actually they had a racing game there as well, but I didn't notice it until I was being dragged away kicking and screaming. They also had a few videos. They had a Resident Evil video, Metal Gear, and some other stuff.

Like I said kicking and screaming is how they had to get me out of there. This 3D tech looks really good. There is a slider on the top screen on the side that you can adjust the 3D effect. The higher you have it set, the bigger dept of field you'll see. This is probably going to help when you're on the train or some place where you aren't really going to be sitting still.

Whatever. The damn thing is amazing, the booth girls weren't spilling any details about the hardware's specs either... but then again, most of them had no clue what they had tied to their arms (yes the 3DS was secured to a model). It was actually kind of funny to hear them try to tell me how to play it.

What gets me excited about the 3DS is well the 3D. I won't have to wear any cumbersome 3D glasses in order to see it either. All I have to do is look at the screen. And finally because the 3D screen is the top one, it'll force developers to PICK A G'DAMN SCREEN! There is some untapped potential with 3D games now that it's easy. It seems that without the glasses, people actually enjoy 3D, who'd have thunk it!

Physically it looks just like a DS. Like almost exactly like a DS, except that top screen is a little bit wider, and the 3D slider adjustment. Graphically it seems a wee bit more polished than the iPhone and PSP.

I'm not going to lie I friggin' love the thing, and have will have to force myself to stay away from it so that I can actually check out some of the other things on the show floor.

Soooo...

What should I check out next? Please send comments or emails! I'll check them tomorrow morning before I head in.

Metal Gear Solid Peacewalker

Enjoying Metal Gear Peacewalker for PSP & anxious for E3! ~ Den