During today’s GDC 2010 Press Conference, Sony has revealed the name of their motion controller. “Move.”  There has been many speculations about what the controller would look like and be named, but today is a day of official announcements. So, will this bring more casual wiggle waggle type games to the  Playstation 3? How will this new controller do in the already saturated Wiimote genre of games? I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

Playstation move comes out Fall 2010.

UPDATED: Official Trailer from Playstation Blog

Recently the interwebs got a hold of a new Trailer for Metroid: “Other M”. Which due to the lack of a suit around our heroine, leads me to believe that the story might be based around Samus and her training. Which is cool.  Check out the video.

Sadly though two problem could ruin this.

1.) Team Ninja is behind this title. Which isn’t a problem, I like the games that they have put out. But, will it be the same style of play experience that we have grown to know and love with our widdle bounty hunter? I’m hopeful.

A point to note, these are the guys that put out both Ninja Gaiden, Dead or Alive, and Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball so the chances of breast physics is astronomical.

2.) Dame Judy Dench has not made a public statement stating if she will or will not be taking on the role of M. We can all remember he hesitation to get back into virtual acting after her role in the failed video game The Importance of Being Earnest 2: World Tour Beat.

Maybe playing Wii Curling on the air, from that camera angle was a bad idea. Ahh, morning news. Always trying hard for those precious rating numbers.

Here it comes…..

Mario is not only one of the most recognizable characters in video games, but in all of media. The poster boy of Nintendo has seen his fair share of spin off games, both good and bad. When you are an icon you are bound to have some things that cash in on your image alone. However, there are occasions where your spin off projects are just as awesome as the real thing, anyone remember Micheal Jackson’s Captain Eo at Disney?

Cinematic Masterpiece

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So a little bit ago I made a post about a box of cereal that someone thought was worth a couple of hundred bucks. Now a new auction has made that purchase look downright frugal. In a recent auction a sealed copy of Namco Bandai’s Stadium Events sold for a record 41,300 dollars. Real American dollars. Seriously.

This is worth more than your car

Check this link for a list of other ridiculously expensive games. Then imagine all the Playstation 3’s, Wii’s, and Xbox 360’s you could buy with that money.

I tend to give Nintendo a lot of crap about their focus on child and family-friendly gaming. While there’s nothing wrong with appealing to kids, I personally believe Nintendo should have matured along with their audience. Still, even I have to give them credit when they do something right. And trust me, Super Mario Galaxy 2 is definitely something that Nintendo seems to be doing right.

The original Galaxy was a great game and Galaxy 2 is shaping up to be an excellent sequel. Though the oft-ignored Luigi is nowhere to be seen in the new trailer, as is standard in the 3D Mario games, another familiar green character is making a comeback. That’s right. Yoshi is back in action, aiding Mario as usual, a feature that was missing in the original Mario Galaxy. There’s just something awesome about riding around on that little green dinosaur. Now let’s just hope Galaxy 2 ramps up the difficulty, given how disappointingly easy the original was.

Super Mario Galaxy 2 launches on May 23^rd for the Wii. Let’s hope it doesn’t disappoint.

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What a release list this week. If I were to put my excitement into a phrase it would be “THIS IS IT”, yes the release of Mass Effect 2!!!!  Oh and that other movie starring Michael Jackson what was it called again?? Oh yeah, This Is It. Which is released on just about every medium possible including UMD. You hear that PSP GO Fans, you can enjoy you movie on….. DVD or Blu Ray!!!!  Well the excitement doesn’t just stop there, time to dust off the old Wii with the release of Capcom’s Tatsunoko vs Capcom:Ultimate All Stars !!! If you see anything I miss please drop a comment.

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As expected, this game will have a lot of WTFs involved. Muscle March is already out on WiiWare.  If you haven’t picked it up yet, well, I don’t blame you. As seen in the fake infomercial above, I too don’t want to turn into a body builder that goes around in a small (almost thong) like bikini bottom.

So if you have not heard about Tatsunoko vs Capcom yet it is a 2.5D fighter that is coming to the Wii on January Twenty-Six. If you like fighters this one is going to be hard to ignore. The animation looks gorgeous. Check out the Robot Chicken influenced video and let us know what you think.

Man does this game look nuts. Namco Bandai’s soon to be released WiiWare game Muscle March will be muscling it’s way into the Wii market this Tuesday, January 18th. Weighing in at five dollars this WiiWare title seems to be based off of the popular Japanese (there was an American version but I think it got canned) game show hole in the wall. Except instead of men and women in spandex suits they have muscle men and women (and a polar bear) who run really fast through walls while making the same pose as the “nefarious thief ” who has stolen your valuable protein.  Also once you are close enough to the thief you shake the Wiimote really fast to try and tackle him.  Looks funny. Maybe worth it for five dollars provided you have friends around to play it and laugh at it together.