Super Smash Bros Brawl Intro Movie Leaked - Spoilers Ahoy

This post has been tagged SPOILERIFIC.

So after watching the drool-tastic video above, you probably noticed a few "unannounced" characters jumping around. Namely, Marth and Ness. Needless to say, I'm excited about both. I like the idea of having multiple characters from the same franchise fighting against each other.

Another little spoiler that's not in this particular video that some of you may not know about. Iwata has been doing an "Iwata Asks" with one of the creators of Smash Bros. It's an incredibly interesting read to say the least and they've released a few intriguing little spoilers as well. In this case, that there are several versions of Link available to play as. There's the obvious Twilight Princess model. And there's the shorter, more awesome, Wind Waker Link.

Also, the story mode in SMBB is actually written by non other than Kazushige Nojima. For those who don't recognize the name, this is the genius behind the storyline of Final Fantasy VII. (Yeah, THAT guy!)

Unfortunately all of this pre-release excitement is soon to end, seeing as how Japan will be getting their grubby little hands on Smash Bros at the end of the week. I'm sure we'll all be pouring over YouTube like a pack of hungry wolves searching for those "elusive" videos of Lucario and Jigglypuff going at it. ;)

BREAKING: Penny Arcade Forum Finds Brawl Character Reveal Hidden in Video

Official Japanese Brawl Video

Forumites on the Penny Arcade thread for SSBB spotted clear evidence of previously unconfirmed characters hidden inside the official video linked above. At 4:21 there are some frames that show a couple stickers selected. At the bottom right of the screen the game displays little icons for the playable characters the sticker buffs in the one player game.




This is where we find some familiar likenesses including highly suspected brawlers including the returning Jigglypuff and Ness(!) and newcomer Lucario!!! Okay so I barely know who Lucario is other than he's one of the Pokemon that can say more than his name in Pokemon movies. But hey, way to go Penny Arcade forum people!

UPDATE: Wow, this completely confirms Nintendo slipped up: they've edited the video! Now the sections of the screen that showed the stats for the stickers are totally blank! Way to totally confirm things Nintendo!

Warning! Challenger Approaching! It's.... King Dedede!!

The self-proclaimed king of Dream Land formally joins the brawl! Mechanizing his wooden mallet, he delivers a mighty, earth-shaking blow!

He joins as a member of the heavyweight class alongside Bowser and Donkey Kong. Can he defeat Kirby?!
Finally some more heavy weights! Oh man, I'm getting nervous about owning this game. There's a very good chance that if I touch this game I may never come out of the awesome induced coma that is sure to happen. I can see it now, my coworkers just looking around one day, "Hey, where's Austen? I haven't seen him in like a month."

Stunning Original Zelda Artwork

I found this on Digg today. The guy who made this is amazing. He clearly took some artistic license on some of the pieces, but they turned out great. Linkage.

Jumbotron DS

A fellow from who knows where has been working on a little side project to turn two extra tablet PCs he had lying around into a jumbrotron DS... and it worked! It's not exactly elegant or anything super beautiful but it's a neat concept and it really does look really cool. The DS is hooked up directly to the Tablets and he can even use a Wacom pen and use the tablet instead of the DS! It's not exactly practical for games that require the buttons, but it's a simple thing to pick up the DS and use the buttons when it calls for it. Check out some more pictures and what he used to make it at his website.

NiGHTS Into Dreams Wii Trailer

Coolest Garden Sculpture/ Stepping Stone Ever!

My brother is an artist of all sorts of mediums- he sometimes makes sculptures from left over cement. I love how his latest one came out.
Meet Cement Goomba! I think Mario should be next.



Check out the rest of his blog at tylertinsley.com

Virtual Console Monday!

After releasing several virtually unknown games that nobody really cares about, Nintendo is finally getting their Virtual Console channel back on track. Today, we get 3 great games:

Star Fox 64 - N64 - 1000 Wii points ($10)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - NES - 600 points ($6)
Dragon's Curse - TurboGrafix 16 - 600 points ($6)

Mmm, Retro goodies!

NiGHTS: Journey Of Dreams Confirmed

Yes.

According to Famitsu, Sonic Team USA will have its sequel to legendary Saturn title NiGHTS ready for a Wii release this winter. NiGHTS 2 will now be known as NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (although that name isn't confirmed for the Japanese market). Famitsu explains that the main attraction of Journey of Dreams is how it provides gameplay with the Wii Remote, where you can glide, drift, ascend, and loop-the-loop without even thinking about the controls. Takashi Izuka of Sonic Team USA is Producer of NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams. He leaves Famitsu, and the rest of the weeping-with-tears-of-joy world, with this comment:

"In 1996, we created the NiGHTS character to achieve a concept of 'being refreshed from being able to fly in the sky'. 11 years later, at last, we have broken our silence. NiGHTS will now fly in a new dream world: new stages, new story, and on the new Wii platform. Please look forward to NiGHTS and friends exploring this brand new adventure."

Yes.

Via Joystiq

Stylish Handmade Nintendo Stuff!

Most of the cool handmade Nintendo jewelry I see, I would never actually wear.
But this piece is so well done, I would totally wear it. :)

Reversible Aluminum Necklace, Nintendo controller on one side, Circle cloth on the other

This painting is very cute and well done. If I was decorating for a child's room, I think it would be perfect. :)

Kirby in the Flowers painting

Both these things are up on Etsy.

Mario Baddies Scarf

If you are a Nintendo fan may I present ... Best Scarf Eveh!

Close up of a couple of the charts.

Whole scarf.

More close-up shots can be seen here. It took this knitter a year to finish this, but it looks totally worth it! :)