#Cinematic - Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour Intro

Here's something different.
It's the cinematic intro opening to Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour.

Why do I find it blog-post worthy? Because it mostly features Wario and Waluigi prominently.
And since it seems we're aren't getting closer to ever have an actual Waluigi game (or a game by Miyamoto starring Waluigi in it - does he really hate the character?!) and Waluigi only appears in sports/party games, let the man shine in this little funny intro video!



Fantastic animation!
And pretty funny.

Your time will come Waluigi...someday.. (in the meantime, enjoy his various fanarts over the interwebs or his non-official fangames for now)

#COOLAPE Wednesday - Like Donkey Kong

Link for the full comic on CoolApe:
http://www.coolape.org/comic-eyz-like-dk.html

It's ON!

#E3 2012 RECAP! Michael Bay-style

The E3 2012's over!
Time for a lil' recap, the best of the best this year.

And what better way to resume it than through this awesome Bay-o-vision!?

Michael Bay presents: Microsoft & Nintendo E3 2012 highlights:



And don't forget:
- The Best of E3 2011: Ubisoft
- The Best of E3 2010: Konami

#E3 NEWS! 2nd day recap part 3

And last for the day(?) some Marios and a Sega Adventure/Platformer title.Mario is back!
Twice!

There's a New Super Mario Bros. 2 coming up for the 3DS. And a New Super Mario Bros. U for the, well you guessed it, Wii U. (...now, I kinda wish they'd call it the Nintendo Wuu instead...)

This first high-definition Mario Bros. game is looking pretty nice!
Like the original Super Mario Bros. 2 or Mario Galaxy 2, this one will be a direct sequel of a previous Mario title.
It will feature up to 5-players in co-op.
Check out these lovely pics:

I recognize the usual themes and tropes of Mario levels.
Looking great!

And here's the debut trailer:



I'm glad to see the first big new Mario mainstream game being a sidescroller on this new system!

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Remember Sega and Double Fine partnership?
Here's a new gameplay trailer for The Cave!



This all-new sidescroller adventure/platformer from the mind of Dave Grossmann is looking pretty nice^^

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And that is all for this time, I guess~
Oh wel. Back to work...

ComicPageOfTheWeekend: Cranky SEZ...

You know...these blank page they always use(d) to put at the end of video game manuals....

(Click for bigger pic)

Donkey Kong Country © Nintendo

#AwesomeCosplay Pics of the day: Lindsey Stirling's Zelda Medley

Here's something different for today's cosplay post.

It's Lindsey Stirling, who has quite an impressive musical youtube channel, playing a Zelda Medley!
Oh, and cosplaying a girl!Link.
Check it out, it's magical!



Fantastic!
She's quite gorgeous and a great musician^^

#Gaming News! shooters, beat 'em all, whatnot!

Here's a little bunch of diverse gaming-related news from today and this past weekend :P
First up, Crysis 3 in video!
The debut trailer for this big expected sequel - which honestly I still need to catch up from the beginning! But I will, mark my words, I will!

Get More: GameTrailers.com, Crysis 3 - Debut Teaser, PC Games, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Lookiing great. A return to form to Crysis 1's universe over the bland futuristic city of C2.
Another trailer's expected for tomorrow.

And I'm guess this will be out on HD systems (360+PS3) as well as PC.
Good news is that the original team's still on the series, Crytek Frankfurt - not EA! And this one's for 2013.

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Lollipop Chainsaw gets a new trailer! Check it out, it's about "Sisters" 'n' stuff:

Get More: GameTrailers.com, Lollipop Chainsaw - Sisters Trailer, PC Games, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Additional characters? Sign me in!
I'm getting more and more hyped for this one, a title I wasn't honestly that much interested in to begin with! (even though I love Suda and No More Heroes...)

Out on June 12 as the trailer indicates.

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Warner seems to hint at some upcoming new DLC for Batman: Arkham City.

As it was announced, it looked like we would be getting some all-new Robin story chapters...but from the looks of it, either Harley Queen's gonna be playable instead or she's the villain in this new content...?

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Nintendo announced a new Mario again!

It seems that a New Super Mario Bros. 2 will coming to 3DS this August!

Personally, I think I'll wait for the eventual re-release on Wii (Wii-U?), like the previous NSMB..which reminds me, another one I wanted to get...

Here's some pics!

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And finally, on the macho/testosterone-side of video games, here's a new pic of the upcoming Halo 4 - which has already a release date as early as this November 6(!!!).

You can see these and much more at this following link!

I got to say, generic science fiction or same ol' FPS again, I have to admit these pictures do look nice. I'm glad to see a modern next gen FPS with this wide range of warm colors, not just the usual dull grey-sh tones.

It's gonna be the first one not developed by series creator Bungie, but by the all-new 343 Industries studio.
Let's see if they can make a more interesting and exciting story and not just a yearly re-release of their famous multiplayer shooter.

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And that's all for the day!
Ta~ta!-

FanMade - Zelda: The Lost Oracle Trailer

What if there actually was a full fledged sequel to Zelda: Wind Waker?
Not one of those portable Zelda titles, a big new entry on modern systems?

This Canadian animator Joel Furtado decided to go ahead, and make his own trailer for such a title:



Woah!
Gorgeous!
I gotta say this is really impressive. Love the atmosphere he recreated here.
The visuals/graphics look amazing!

I might have missed the last couple modern Zelda entries - Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword, all the portable titles since the Oracle of ones on the GBA - but I would totally buy this in an instant!

Design - Earthbound cartmodd & custom cover art

I'm going to upload some graphic design work for a change.
These are several cover arts I did for personal cartmodds.

This is a custom label & cover I designed for this Nes fan-translation cartmodd a buddy of mine did of the unreleased Mother 1/Earthbound 0 game.

Here's some more pics of it on deviantArt:

The whole package

With some info

Please! Do not ask for these! This was a personal job, not outsourcing the work to other people. If you want me to work out something for you, I will do so for money only~

Design © Eyz 2012.
Game and work based on a propriety © Nintendo
Not for commercial use!

FanFilmFriday: Link to the Future

With the 25th Anniversary of the Legend of Zelda raging around lately, I thought this would be appropriate for today.

Fans on the internet have been going crazy with the Zelda timeline lately (as it is all the time these days, whenever a new episode is released).
Even more so thanks to an official Guide to the Zelda series released in Japan, which featured a sort of Timeline (unapproved by Shigeru Miyamoto nor Takashi Tezuka though..).
Fans have been trying to make sense out of it, how the games follow one another and therefore...

Here's a little fanfilm which you might find interesting and à propos...



By the guys at 3GI Industries.

COOLAPE Wednesday - Skyward

Link for the full comic on CoolApe:
http://www.coolape.org/comic-eyz-skyward.html

Sword, Skyward - Link, downward!

Gaming NEWS! Two rivals team up, a writer is back and a lawyer gets on the silver screen

Here's today's latest gaming news status!
On today's program;
Two rivals team up, a writer is back and a lawyer gets on the silver screen!
First up Sega and Nintendo got a new ad for their upcoming crossover title Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Actually there's two slightly different versions of it currently running, one for Sonic and another one for Mario.





It's due out on the Wii soon, on November 18 for most countries, 15 for the US and December 8 for Asia. And the 3DS will get its version next February only.


Meanwhile, some new Alan Wake material has long been rumored.
Finally, Remedy revealed it was named Alan Wake's Night Springs, and will be a sort of spinoff/DLC episode.
The first picture has been revealed Game Informer's website.

It doesn't show much, but a lot of things can be guessed from this simple pic.
You can see a Night Springs sign on the right. This means it will take place in an actual Night Springs location.
The game will use the same mechanics/physics as you can guess from the tone and lights here.
But Alan is wearing very different clothes and not handling a gun but a nail gun instead.

I can guess it will either take place in Alan Wake's mind, projecting himself into the fictional in-game Twilight Zone TV show spoof. Or it won't even be related to Alan Wake's story in the main game and be simply an Xbox Live Arcade original title reusing familiar faces to tell a Night Springs story.

An actual trailer will be soon released, around Spike TV's VGA Awards event.

Temporary DLC to help fans await until the actual sequel?


And finally, here's a trailer of the upcoming Phoenix Wright movie!



Woah!
It looks even better than what I imagined at first!
Congrats, Takashi Miike, you did it again!

Robin Williams' Zelda Ads - Ocarine/Four Swords/Skyward Sword

I was sure I had posted the previous ones when I faved them over at youtube back then...
Oh well.

Well this man, as everyone knows, is Robin Williams.
He's a great comedic actor, a very funny comedian, etc.
As fewer of you probably know is daughter is named Zelda Williams. That's right, he named her after the Legend of Zelda videogame series (and main character princess Zelda).
Robin Williams is known to be a big gamer and mentioning videogames often during interviews.
The original Zelda is his favorite game of all time.

These video have already gone throughout the interwebs, probably all of you have seen 'em.
I thought I had posted the first one a while ago... I probably did but messed up my labels so I couldn't find that post. Edit: Found them tagged them correctly!

Anyways, here's all three commercials Williams did for Nintendo alongside his daughter.

The first one was for the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D remake on 3DS.



Pretty self explanatory and funny.
It has already become a classic!
Now that's how you make a genuinely fun advertisement without over-using a celebrity but simply having fun along.

Then, more recently, the dad & daughter Williams duo did this other ad, for Zelda Four Swords now:



Finally, this one was just released in some countries for now, so excuse the format.
It's for the latest entry Zelda: Skyward Sword:



Nintendo sure is having fun with the Princess Zelda/Zelda Williams connection lately :P

Awesome!
You know what, I might actually finally buy a new Zelda game! (latest was Wind Waker personally)
Robin Williams seems to enjoy making these, such a great guy. And Zelda is quite lovely. :P

And I just noticed...
That's a lot of Zelda games lately.

Randomz - Zelda The Cartoon CENSORED!

Remember the ol' 90s Zelda The Animated Series? I sure do, it's even easily my favorite interpretation of Link!

One thing I liked was that it even featured a more forward Link and Zelda relationship. I mean, Link was hitting on her 24/7, Zelda was obviously interested but didn't want this lazy slacker for a boyfriend.

Who knew it could be such a saucy show you wouldn't dare show to kids by simply censoring some words here and there..
Here, enjoy!



Link is such a desesperate pervert...
And that fairy's even worse! :P

Gamin' NEWS! Marios, Sonics, Fighters and Transformers!

Doctor Rosen is not amused.

Here's a new bunch of gaming news. 
Today's program, Marios, Sonics, Fighters and Transformers!
Also enjoy my all-new random NEWS! pics. I updated the only one I had (Toby "The Rat" Maguire) and made some new ones to shuffle things up a bit.
Only the best for ya all!
First of all, let's start with a new trailer for the upcoming Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: London 2012.
Sega & Nintendo just announced this game will feature a new and original party game mode. Sort of a Mario Party X Sonic Shuffle if you will, for connoisseurs.
Check out the Party Mode in the following trailer:



Looks like a fair addition, if they want this 3rd Olympic installment to demarcate from its predecessors.


Street Fighter X Tekken gets a release date, March 6 for the US and March 9 for most of Europe (yay!) and a collector edition!

This collector will include a “Build-It-Yourself Arcade Cabinet Bank” that’s about five inches high, a comic prequel by UDON, in-game gems which will act as currency and serve to unlock/update stuff for your game (à la Marvel Vs. Capcom series). It was confirmed for PS3 and 360 only.

Here's a new trailer from the NY Comic-con, illustrating the new features and more:



I already can smell some haters complaining about this Gems-feature from miles....


And finally, you saw the announcement of a new Transformers game, now here's the actual launch teaser trailer for Transformers: Fall of Cybertron:



Stuff hinted, which I'm sure Transformers fans will no doubt dissect and analyze from scratch to bottom.

And that is all~

COOLAPE Wednesday - Hardcore

Link for the full comic on CoolApe:
http://www.coolape.org/comic-eyz-hardcore.html

And you thought other RPGs were difficult...

Gamin' NEWS! reboots, sequels and vaporware

In today's gaming news post, let's check out some long awaited sequels (Sonic, Zelda...), rumored remakes (Syndicate) and long forgotten titles resurrected from development hell too (I Am Alive).
First up, Sega released another trailer for Sonic Generations (Sonic: White Time and Space in Japan!!), this one showcasing Sonic's 128 bits era. (Dreamcast/Gamecube/PS2/Xbox)



It's the official announcement of Speed Highway (Sonic Adventure), City Escape (Sonic Adventure 2) and Seaside Hill (Sonic Heroes)!! 
Plus a "surprise" boss battle is also announced with the little tease at the end.




Meanwhile, Nintendo released this new "romantic" trailer for Zelda: Skyward Sword.




Have a look at this all-new Link and Zelda!


On a less positive note, 1993 Bullfrog game is being completely reimagined in this remake by Starbreeze Studio.
Some fans been hating it, others can't wait for it.
I'm just sad it's gonna be yet another FPS oriented RPG-lite adaptation (like what happened to X-Com or the Fallout series). Too much of the same idea in my eyes. Can't games be different/try original gameplay these days? NOoooOo! One things sells, let's all copy/past it!
Anyway, here's the new Syndicate!



Looks actually kinda good. Better than what we've seen of the new X-com for example.
But I dunno...


Finally, here's one from Ubisoft.
Several YEARS ago, they announced a new game (around the rumours of a Beyond Good & Evil 2 started if memories serve right) which was called I Am Alive.
It promised to run on their then-new Assassin's Creed engine, offer a huge open ended world in a post-apocalyptic scenario. The game would feature some survival elements, trying to survive, gather food/water, etc.. Some light parkour/platform too, which is the norm for all Ubisoft titles these days.
It probably would have played kinda similar to Assassin's Creed 1/2 or Splinter Cell Conviction I guess. 3rd person style action game.

Today, a new trailer was releasedd, the game confirmed to be finally coming to Xbox 360, PC and PS3.
Only now it is a downloadable title, the look and probably the game seems to have been completely redone from scratch, featuring a first person point of view.

Check it out!



The game is "Alive"! Looks like a complete overhaul. Might be fun, not sure if I like the new tone of the game...
Will probably be an interesting title anyway.


And that is all for the day~

COOLAPE Wednesday - Dat Weapon

Link for the full comic on CoolApe:
http://www.coolape.org/comic-eyz-dat-weapon.html

Meet Midna, a little imp with much more to offer than Navi ever could!

COOLAPE Friday - Excuse Me Princess

Link for the full comic on CoolApe:
http://www.coolape.org/comic-eyz-excuse-me-princess.html

Some Hero of Time he makes...

Gamin' NEWS! Mario Kart 7

And here's one more trailer of an upcoming Nintendo game.
It's Mario Kart 7, which will be released later this year as well, on Dec. 4 on the 3DS as well.
(they're finally releasing games for that system?.. why didn't they release the system now instead?!)



And it looks like...much of the same.
Which is great for fans, I guess :P
Meh, my favorite Mario Kart was the SNES one. I played the DS one too for, like, 1 week, then completely forgot about it...
Don't mistake me, it is a good looking and fun game. But simply not for me..