Late Night Consoling

June 21, 2002 8:30 PM

So as you may have noticed, tonight features the first use of the Azel format, which was the overwhelming winner of the poll to determine the new look of these posts. I must say, I was surprised...I didn't think people really wanted headlines that badly. I do hate 'em, but due to overwhelming demand, I'll give them a shot and see how they take. I'm also probably going to tweak these over the next couple of weeks, experimenting with different table sizes and possibly using some of the colors from the Opa-Opa design as well. It's an evolving process here.

Update: as the new look was screwing up the main page, it's been pulled until I can figure out a better solution.

Update x2: I think I've got it fixed, so I've put it back again.

	Halo 2 in 2003 There's nothing terribly exciting here, but Team Xbox has a brief news item up about a report in this month's UK Xbox mag, which confirms that a full sequel to Halo will be out for Christmas 2003, and there will not be a separate Halo Live title before then.
	SOCOM Single Player Preview PS2.IGN has posted a hands-on preview of the single player portion of SOCOM: Navy Seals, which will of course be one of Sony's first games to support their online network.
	Super Smash Bros. Guide IGN's in-depth guide to Super Smash Bros. Melee is now free for all to view.
	Super Mario Sunshine Update New screenshots and gameplay details from Super Mario Sunshine can be found at GameSpot tonight. The game will be out in August here in North America.
	Robotech Q&A/Batman Preview Also at GameSpot is a Robotech: Battlecry Q&A, and a preview of Batman: Dark Tomorrow.
	Spaceworld Canned It was rumored, but now it's official: Nintendo has canceled this year's Spaceworld expo. It's not terribly surprising, since they don't seem to have any major announcements, which is typically what Spaceworld is used for.
	Tales Titles Announced Namco formally announced today two new titles in their Tales series: Tales of Destiny II (not to be confused with Tales of Eternia, which was released as ToD II in America) for PS2 and an unnamed RPG in the series for the GameCube.
	New Castlevania Trailer IGN has posted the E3 trailer from Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, the next GBA title in the series that was released in Japan under the title White Night Concerto.

Console Game of the Evening: Dragon Warrior I & II for the Game Boy Color. A really phenomenal portable conversion of two early NES RPGs. Not to be missed by fans of old-school console RPG gaming.