Late Night Consoling
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Microsoft Licensing the Xbox
[xbox]Bill Gates has been touring Japan, dropping bits and pieces of information at each of his stops. First he mentioned that future revisions of the Xbox 360 could include an HD-DVD drive. Now, he's saying that Microsoft is considering licensing the tech and software of the Xbox. I'm not sure what purpose the tech could serve outside of playing Xbox games, but it's definitely an interesting decision.
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Devs Have Seen Revolution Controller
[nintendo]Nintendo's crazy exec that kicks ass and takes names recently spoke with EGM and talked at length about the Revolution's top-secret controller. He said, "The thing that I always find surprising...is when you sit down and share the innovation with them, just how excited they get." He then talked about how the Revolution will allow you to play NES, SNES, and N64 games and how the controller must adapt, hinting at its design. Going slightly off-topic, he did make it sound like that the Revolution will be priced a good deal lower than its competitors.
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Major Delay for Revolution?
[nintendo]Nintendo's president, Satoru Iwata, talked to investors today and he dropped a bit of info on the Revolution's elusive release date. "There is no possibility that the Revolution's launch will fall behind by too much, but there might be some small changes [in its release schedule]." So far, Nintendo has only stated a 2006 release with hints at launching near the PS3, but this message doesn't bode well for Nintendo fans.
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Top Gun Roaring onto DS
[ds]It's pretty surprising that there's no War of the Worlds game, but another famous Tom Cruise flick will get a new game. Mastiff Games announced they will release Top Gun DS, based on the 20-year-old movie. It'll come packed with 10 missions and multiplayer support for four players. No release date is set.
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Japanese All-Star Devs Contributing Tenchu Maps
[psp]The upcoming PSP entry in the Tenchu series will feature maps designed by prominent Japanese designers outside of From Software, who are the developers of the game. A name most of you will recognize is Yuji Naka, creator of Sonic The Hedgehog. The other three are Shin Megami Tensei creator Koji Okada, Level 5 president Akihiro Hino, and ChunSoft president Koichi Nakamura. They'll be created with the in-game map creator and released over the Internet.
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Misc. Q&As/Features
[ps2] [xbox] [gcn]IGN has a write-up on the Madden NFL 06 premiere party and posts an interview regarding Urban Reign.
Misc. Media/Previews
PS2
Another look at Genji: Dawn of the Samurai, this time at GameSpot. They also have media for Devil Kings.
GameCube
IGN gives us vids of Mario Superstar Baseball.
Portable
GameSpy has a handful of images for Animaniacs: Lights, Camera, Action! (DS). EuroGamer writes up impressions of Mario & Luigi 2 (DS). IGN takes a look at Top Gun DS.
Multi
Game Informer offers impressions on L.A. Rush (PS2, Xbox). GamerFeed looks at Ultimate Spiderman (PS2, Xbox, GCN) and Call of Duty 2: Big Red One (PS2, Xbox, GCN). Video for From Russia With Love (PS2, Xbox, GCN) is at GameSpot. IGN has a few shots of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 (PS2, Xbox, GCN) and videos of Burnout Revenge (PS2, Xbox). They also have new media of The Godfather (PS2, Xbox).
Console Game Of The Evening [Submit Yours!]
Star Ocean 2 for the PSOne. "A great RPG mixing Sci-fi and fantasy and pioneering non turn-based RPG fighting." (submitted by rhythm).
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veras
replySaturn Pad was and is the best 2D controller by far, yeah. I almost liked the N64 controller, but I wish the dpad hadn't existed and the stick had just been on the side. I found putting my hands so close together very uncomfortable for prolonged periods of time.
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Let me guess: you're ranting out of your hairy arse.
The Saturn controller was and is still one of the best controllers for 2D games.
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indeed the saturn controller was the closest thing to having an arcade controller. I could play mortal kombat 3 and all the buttons were layed out how they were in the arcade, it was awesome.
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