Review Break

What the title says. My NPC: Mario Power Tennis review will be up this Friday or the next. The reason for the break is that I’ve just got back to school after the half-term holidays.

Also, I got the original Metroid Prime for £7, so you’ll probably see a review of that before too long.

No Dazzle yet?

The reason I haven’t got the Dazzle recently is because I’m a bit short of money at the moment. So, I have instead decided to get Easycap, which is like half the price of the Dazzle, and the latest version is still able to capture at 60 Hz, so capturing 360 will be much simpler, asthe Vista version of the Dazzle cannot, for whatever reason, capture 60 Hz without a stupid amount of messing about with different pieces of software. What would’ve been around £50 is now cut down to just over £24! So you should be able to expect footage from the EasyCap very soon. If not, I’ll most likely state my reasons here.

Pikmin hat released in Animal Crossing

Something that I found very interesting today is that Nintendo have released a red Pikmin mask via WiiConnect24 to celebrate the release of “NEW PLAY CONTROL: Pikmin”, or Pikmin Wii. If they can do this, I look forward to seeing more of these appearing in the future (Link hat, anyone?).
You must check that WiiConnect24 is turned on on the Wii itself and the game. Then reset the game and load up your file. You should be greeted by Pete, who will give you a letter from Capt. Olimar himself!

Best VGM

Here’s the playlist.

By the way, the list is in no particular order.

I’ve currently got 5 songs in there, although, at the time of writing, the 5th video is processing.

A few things

1) My Dazzle is going to be ordered this weekend. I was thinking of waiting until my birthday and letting my mum buy it, but my descision is now final.

2) I MAY do reviews on Gears of War and Animal Crossing soon. I may also start doing video reviews, Let’s Plays and other stuff once I get my Dazzle.

3) Another thing I’ve thought of doing is fan made trailers, capturing footage from DVD’s with my capture card, and finding the appropriate tracks from the int0rnetz.

4) I know have two computers with the suckiness that is Windows Vista. yay.

GTA IV

Just to let you know, I’m writing a review for Grand Theft Auto IV at the moment. I haven’t written a review in a long time, and there’s a lot to cover in this game, so I’m taking my time with this one. Also, I’m back to school this Monday, so if I haven’t finished by then, you could probably be able to understand if the review were to be on hold for a few days. That’s pretty much all I wanted to say.

A late happy new year from me, and I’m going to order to Dazzle from Amazon.co.uk over the weekend, assuming my parents allow me to.

Some stuff that I got…

So, as a few of you may know, it was Christmas on Thursday. As a result of the tradition, I got games. Lots of them. Oh, and a Family Guy DVD!

On to the games, I got an Xbox 360. No, I’m not giving you my gamertag, for two reasons:

I’m looking for a way to hook up Wireless internet on it without buying the £50 adapter

I want to play with people I know in real life. If I have space after adding friends, I may give you my gamertag.

The games in the bundle were Halo 3 (played for like 5 mins, followed by an hour of GEARS(!)), Lost Odessy (4 DISCS o.O), Far Cry 2 and Pro Evolution 2009. Then I got Gears of War, Gears of War 2 (I’ll play after completing the first) and Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts.

And then the Boxing Day sales, in which, I bought Grand Theft Auto IV and Sonic Unleashed.

With that line up of games, you’re safe to assume that I’m happy with my 360. I’m gonna be purchasing a Dazzle from Amazon when the mail calms down (it’s crazy in the Holiday Season), so you can expect to see some game footage at around the start of 2009!

Fortune Teller channel coming to Japan…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyMJleKwpSY

Really…

Hmm. Credit for the video goes to the user “wiips3gamer” on Youtube.

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost & the Damned

Rockstar Games is proud to announce that the eagerly anticipated first episode of downloadable content, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned, will be coming to the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system via Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network. Available exclusively on Xbox LIVE worldwide on February 17th 2009, The Lost and Damned will feature all new content and is the first of two episodes announced for Grand Theft Auto IV on Xbox 360.

Developed by Rockstar North and set in Liberty City, The Lost and Damned features a new main character and plot that intersects with the storyline of Grand Theft Auto IV; new missions that offer an entirely fresh way to explore Liberty City with new multiplayer modes, weapons and vehicles; and a diverse soundtrack with additional music – all with the incredible production values that are the trademarks of Grand Theft Auto.

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned requires players to have the full version of Grand Theft Auto IV for Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE membership to download. Further details will be announced soon.

I got an e-mail from Rockstar Propoganda about this

Looking forward to this!

Games I plan on getting

Here’s an Updated list.

• Animal Crossing Wii + Wii Speak
• Halo 3 (in bundle for Xbox)
• Lost Odessy (in bundle for Xbox)
• Far Cry 2 (in bundle for Xbox)
• PES 2009 (in bundle for Xbox)
• Gears of War
• Gears of War 2
• Banjo Kazooie (XBLA, free because I pre-ordered Banjo Kazooie 3)
• Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

The 360 bundle is being shared with my brother.

Yes this is all for Christmas.

Yes, I’ll record a lot of Animal Crossing Wii footage. Whether or not it’s on Christmas depends on if my Dazzle decides to be delivered by Christmas. (I’m getting it at around Christmas)