1,000th Video Special - Wily & Light's Rockboard: That's Paradise

Our 1,000th video is finally here and we're ending an era with this one. One of our longest running in-jokes is finally coming to a close as we actually play Wily and Light's Rockboard: That's Paradise. It's been a long time coming so we dedicate this to all of the fans out there who actually get it. We know some of you will be disappointed but some of you, well, you're welcome.

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.

VGM of the Week #56

It's another one of those back to back VGM of the Week posts!

This one is from the opening of Zone of the Enders. Zone of the Enders HD came out not too long ago but I personally didn't grab it because it was ported by an incompetent company that Konami hired because they don't give a fuck care about anything not Metal Gear Solid either. In fact, I actually immediately cancelled my preorder. I wasn't THAT hungry for the Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance demo (which I got to play at a friend's house who did purchase ZOE:HDC and even thought it was awesome, it was incredibly short). The original PS2 games could barely run on their original hardware so I was hoping they'd be able to get 60 FPS on current hardware. Nope. The PS3 version runs like shit. It runs better on 360 which doesn't make any god damn sense to me. The game was originally on Sony hardware, how does it run even worse now? Yeah. Get out of here.

Anyway, this song is great. I really like The Zone of the Enders series. Most people just remember it as that game that comes with the Metal Gear Solid 2 demo but it was actually pretty good. I've heard the second one was better but I never got the chance to play it... WOULD'VE BEEN NICE IF I COULD ON PS3 IN AT LEAST 720p AND PROPER FRAME RATE. However, I have listened to the opening theme for the second game and I will say, it's not as good as this one.

VGM of the Week #55

It's that time of the week again! Time for some awesome VGM goodness! This time, I'm picking a tune from Super Mario 64. I decided to go with Bowser's Road.



This tune has always pumped me up for the coming Battle with Bowser, as it sounds kind of like a Battle March.

"OH! A WITCH!"

From our Left 4 Dead playthrough for Halloween!