Disney Infinity Announced for a Summer Release

Pokémon X and Y? What's that? Let's talk about something far more exciting; Disney Infinity.

A while back, rumors started to circle about an upcoming Disney Interactive project that was being designed to out Skylanders Skylanders and feature a wealth of Disney characters. Concept art surfaced earlier in the month, like the picture I used for the header, but few details were released about the game other than the title and the fact that it would bring a bunch of Disney characters together. Today, the game was officially announced and it is glorious.

Nintendo Reveals the Wii Mini for Canada

Hey, do you remember the Game Boy Micro? The new version of the Game Boy Advance released after the DS was already released and was a massive failure? Well, apparently Nintendo doesn't.

Should have been Mini Wii. Also, what?

What you're looking at is the Wii Mini, a miniature version of the the Wii being released in Canada next Tuesday, December 7th. It comes with a red Wii Remote and Nunchuck, cannot play Nintendo Gamecube games and isn't capable of going online, meaning even Virtual Console games are out of the question. Nintendo states that it's only going to be available through the holidays.

Now, if I may be so bold, wasn't a NEW Nintendo console just released all of 9 days ago? One that the average casual onlooker is likely to already confuse for the already existing Wii? If so, why would Nintendo ever go back to the original Wii and release a new model? Shouldn't they be focusing on getting people to buy their new hardware, not gimped versions of old hardware? I already mentioned that Nintendo pulled this same stunt before to no avail but I guess they feel confident enough in both the Wii U and the Wii Mini to still be able to pull in a profit from both this Christmas. Either it's going to overshadow the Wii U or it's going to become another oddity for collectors like the Micro or the NES-101. My guess is the latter.

Nintendo has yet to confirm if the Wii Mini will see release outside of Canada but I'd say it's a safe bet that it will at some point.

Review - Sonic Colors

Man, remember when I used to review Sonic games? Those were crazy times. HEY WHOA! What's this?! A new review? Of Sonic Colors?! A game so many people have asked me to review? Well boy, is it their lucky day!

Yeah, I reviewed Sonic Colors because I finally stopped being a lazy bum and finished it. It's a great game but hey, you don't need me to tell you that. You need me to tell you that in video form.

Review - Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition

Two years ago, Nintendo celebrated Mario’s 25th anniversary by releasing a special edition of Super Mario All-Stars for the Wii. It was disappointing. All it was was the original Super Mario All-Stars ROM slapped on a Wii disc for 40 dollars and it wasn’t even the version of All-Stars that came with Super Mario World! The original Mario games are great but Nintendo could have put way more effort into celebrating their biggest character’s birthday.

Thankfully, HAL Labs and Nintendo have decided to do just that to celebrate the Kirby franchises 20th anniversary. Kirby’s Dream Collection is everything a fan of the series could want in a compilation. It has great games, great menus and some really cool bonus features. It’s everything Super Mario All-Stars wasn’t.

VGM of the Week #29

It's that time again. I've got a nice little ditty for you; from Sonic Colors, it's Aquarium Park, Act 1.



All the tracks in Sonic Colors are pretty stellar (see what I did there?) but Aquarium Park really sticks out to me. It manages to be so peaceful and serene and, dare I say it, beautiful, even with a speedy, thumping techno beat. That's no easy feat, but it's pulled off with real panache here. The way this track is arranged actually reminds me a lot of Soichi Terada, one of my favorite video game composers.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this soothing melody as much as I do. I promise next time I'll pick a song from a non-Nintendo console.

VGM of the Week #24

Missed it by that much!

Sorry I'm a bit late this week. I really have no excuse.

Anyway, here's one of my favorites from one of my favorite games, last year's fabulous Kirby's Return to Dreamland.



This isn't my favorite song from the game, but it is the first one I'd recommend to anybody who wasn't yet sold on the soundtrack. Undoubtedly, Return to Dreamland's soundtrack is something of a step down from Kirby Super Star or even Canvas Curse, which has a fantastic soundtrack despite a severely limited number of original tracks. Still, the Kirby series has such consistently fantastic music that even the worst composition from Jun Ishikawa and Hirokazu Ando is sure to put a smile on your face.

In fact, this boss theme is actually my favorite boss theme in the Kirby series, and I think that alone is proof that while Return to Dreamland might not have the best Kirby soundtrack, it still has a pretty fantastic one.

As a aside, make sure to join us for our first weekly session of Brawl Bruisedays this Tuesday night!

Let's Try That Again - Kirby's Epic Yarn

Here's a Let's Try That Again that wasn't meant for the channel. Matt's girlfriend, Carissa, wanted to play Kirby's Epic Yarn with him and the rest of Adamant Ditto one night and one thing lead to another and we ended up deciding on putting it on the channel. There's a lot of off-topic conversations about Final Fantasy and technical problems but hey, it is us.




Yeah, so, me and my girlfriend played through Kirby's Epic Yarn and it was fun. We're terrible at it but that's a standard now. This LTTA was never meant to actually be a LTTA so there's a lot of off-topic conversations and stuff like that but hey, it can still be fun right? RIGHT!? Anyway, if you like Kirby or, hell, Final Fantasy, you're sure to enjoy it. Maybe.

First video is below and a link to the playlist is attached to that thumbnail up there.

Review - Sonic & The Secret Rings

Hey, so I finally got around to reviewing this train wreck and since I didn't finish it, because it's so terrible, I decided to bring Kyle along for the ride. Isn't that great?!

Also, I forgot the watermark. Paragons of professionalism indeed.

Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two Coming This Fall

We've mentioned Epic Mickey a few times in our videos here at Adamant Ditto. This was a game several of us (especially me) were excited about but it didn't quite deliver on the expectations. While the atmosphere, the story and the graphics were all top notch, the camera was garbage, the controls were clunky and there was far too many fetch quests. It wasn't very "epic" at all. Still, a sequel with those problems fixed was something we'd like to see and today, Disney and Warren Spector have announced just that sequel.

Coming to the Wii, PS3 and X-Box 360 this fall, Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two will feature drop-in, drop-out co-op with Mickey and Oswald, it'll feature a fixed camera, new areas to explore and most interesting of all, it's going to be a musical.

"I'm such a geek about musicals. I love the co-op and next-gen stuff, but for me, when a character breaks into song, which they do on a regular basis in this game, it's magic." - Warren Spector

He also mentioned that Oswald will be there to help whether you're playing alone or with a friend, that the camera has had over 1,000 specific changes made to it and he hopes "you will not have to touch the manual camera controls even once to play through the main story path of this game."And that Frontierland, from Disneyland, will be one of several new areas to be included in the game.

While I myself will remain cautiously optimistic, consider me very interested. I love Disney and the concept of the first one was fantastic so if they can pull this off with fixed controls and camera angles, and with sweet, sweet HD graphics on the PS3, then this could end up being one of the best games of the year.

Review: Rhythm Heaven Fever

The third game in the Rhythm Heaven franchise (though only the second to see an international relase) fits right into the delightfully wacky, decidedly Japanese mold that the first two games have established. Veterans of the series will find themselves just as charmed and just as challenged as they have in the past, while newcomers are in for a much more accessible experience than they might have found had they jumped aboard on the DS.

Nintendo Reveals Release Dates for First Quarter Line-Up

Following Don's post of the new Kid Icarus: Uprising trailer below, Nintendo has actually just announced the release dates/windows for some of their upcoming Wii and 3DS games for the first quarter. Many of these games were announced last E3 but Nintendo has been strangely silent about many of them. Well, now we know when some of them will be released. The release dates are as followed;

 Wii

Rhythm Heaven Fever - Feb. 13
Poképark 2: Wonders Beyond - Feb. 27
Mario Party 9 - March 11

3DS

Mario & Sonic At the London 2012 Olympic Games - Feb. 14
Kid Icarus: Uprising - March 23

They also confirmed that Dillon's Rolling Western will be hitting the 3DS eShop in Quarter 1, as will the Gameboy game Kirby's Block Ball. Metal Gear Solid 3D: Snake Eater was once again confirmed as coming out in Quarter 1 and Resident Evil: Revelations is being released on Feb. 7th. No release date has been set in stone for Xenoblade Chronicles as of yet but it is still confirmed as being released in April and they have revealed the final American Boxart.

You can check that out, as well as a new trailer for Poképark 2: Wonders Beyond after the break.

Mario Kart Madness Strikes Back Videos Are Up

Did you miss our second Mario Kart Madness? Well, for shame. But don't worry, we recorded it so you can watch all of it on our Youtube channel. The first video is located below, the rest you can find in the video section in our Mario Kart Madness playlist. It was good fun and we appreciate everybody who showed up.

Mario Kart Madness Strikes Back

Yes, we're doing another one already. The last one was just so fun and pretty successful, so why not try for two? All of us here at Adamant Ditto want to do another so we're doin' it. So join us this Friday at 8 PM EST for Mario Kart Madness Strikes Back.

Oh and here's a dorky announcement video I made.

Review - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

A warning: please be aware that while this review does not contain plot spoilers, it does contain minor character and boss spoilers.

Skyward Sword is a terrific game.

But of course it is, right? We've come to expect such accolades from a Zelda game. No, the question becomes, when discussing a new Zelda adventure, how terrific is it?

Is it exceptional? Is it a masterpiece? Is it the new best Zelda game? Questions like these in a review like this might typically end with "Yes and no." I'd like to answer them with "Yes... but almost no."

Mario Kart Madness Videos are Up

Hey, did you miss our first Mario Kart Madness? Well that's okay, because we've put the videos up on Youtube. We had a blast playing Mario Kart Wii with you guys. It was such a success, we plan to do it again sometime in the near future, so be on the look out for that. For now, enjoy the videos of last nights show.

And sorry for the low quality, we did rip it right from our stream after all. But don't worry, the laughs are still plentiful.





That's just part 1, you can find the rest over on our Youtube channel. There's also a link for it now in the videos section. So click on this here fancy button and it'll take you right to the playlist.

Mario Kart Madness TONIGHT

So anyway, join us tonight at 8 PM EST and we'll be playin' some Mario Kart Wii. Hook us up with your friend code if you wish to join. Should be a grand ol' time had by all.

And uh yeah.