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Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands

Let’s say you love Prince of Persia but just can’t stomach any more soft-focused publicity images of Chesty Jake. Good news! Ubisoft has your PoP fix sans Gyllenhaal.

Check out this gameplay trailer (complete with developer commentary) and prepare to be enthralled by the Prince yet again. What’s not to love about parkour mixed with elemental control and lots of baddies?

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OMG
Mega Man 10 on WiiWare Today

It doesn’t explain my absense over the last six days, but Mega Man 10 is now available via WiiWare. So if you’re a glutton for difficult games, sharp graphics, and chiptune goodness, it’s a title you might want to check out. In related news, this could explain why I won’t post anything for the next six days.

But on a serious note, I was out of town for another gig. It’s nice to be back home, even though I’ll be spending most of the time playing videogames.

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NES Zelda Cartridge
Converted to a Hard Drive Enclosure

Some months ago, a friend of mine grabbed a bunch of NES cartridges from a thrift store with the intention of converting them into hard drive enclosures. If there’s one thing geeks love, it’s re-purposing old stuff into new stuff. I’m not sure if he got around to making the enclosures, but today I found this really awesomely done enclosure made from The Legend of Zelda for the NES.

This cartridge has sold out since I spotted it, but the seller does have several other cartridge-turned-enclosures. Sadly none look as great as this one, even though a great game was compromised to make it. Would you buy a hard drive enclosed in an old NES game, or do you think it’s sacrilege?

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First Video Footage
From Trackmania for Wii

Judging from how much I loved Trackmania when it was released for the DS, I am certain I’ll spend many, many hours on the Wii version when it is released. In fact, I’m looking forward to it. Today Focus Home Interactive and FireBrand Games released a one-minute long video showing off the game in action.

It’s great to see the game making the jump to Wii so comfortably. All the crazy stunts and smooth driving I expected are shown, along with a short glimpse of four-player split screen multiplayer. It’s also great to get a peek at how the track editor interface will work. Looks really awesome so far!

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Mega Man 10
Weapons Revealed

When Mega Man defeats the eight robot masters in Mega Man 10, he’ll be able to power up and use the following weapons: Chill Spike, Commando Bomb (shown above), Rebound Striker, Solar Blaze, Thunder Wool, Triple Blade, Water Shield, and Wheel Cutter. You can see all the artwork in our Mega Man 10 gallery.

Whether or not most gamers will be able to make it through all the bosses is another question. I’m guessing a lot of people may eventually resort to the Easy mode to avoid too much frustration. The game will be released on WiiWare first March 1, followed by its PSN release March 11 before releasing on Xbox LIVE Arcade March 31.

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Wii Remote:
Available in Pink and Blue This Valentine’s Day!

Ah, geek love. Nothing can be finer or more socially awkward. But enough about me – Nintendo’s just announced that starting Valentine’s Day (yes, that’s this weekend, friends) the Wii Remote will be available in both pink and blue. What better way to tell your geek you love him/her than with a shiny new toy? You can even buy a set and play all day, or until the stock batteries run out.

It’s hard to tell from these supplied images but it looks like these will match up nicely with your pink and blue DSi systems – not that you could use them together; it’s just nice to accessorize. These remotes will also come bundled with Wii MotionPlus, for added pleasure.

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PEW! PEW! PEW!
LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Announced

Good news for Star Wars fans: Today LucasArts and TT Games announced that LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars is in development and scheduled to hit all platforms this fall. Awesome.

I’ve been a fan of the console LEGO games since picking up the prequel-based LEGO Star Wars for the GameCube years ago. The human characters actually had yellow faces back then, much like real minifigs! I wonder what happened.

While I’ve only played the LEGO Star Wars games and LEGO Batman, I have the utmost confidence that they’re well-designed console platformers. I can’t speak well for the DS counterparts since LEGO Star Wars II was by far the worst DS game I’ve ever tried to play.

That negativity aside, I’m especially stoked about seeing what TT does with The Clone Wars franchise. I still can’t figure out when this new animated series is supposed to take place, considering the fact that the original 2D highly-stylized Clone Wars cartoon spanned from the end of the film Attack of the Clones right up to the beginning of Revenge of the Sith. Does Lucasfilm wish to ignore the first series as it wishes to ignore the amazing Droids and Ewoks cartoons?

TT Games is promising that this will be the most action-packed LEGO game to date. It’ll feature all the characters from the show’s first two seasons (it’s currently in season two) as well as other characters from elsewhere in the saga. The game’s also said to contain new modes of play, including a battle mode allowing for head-to-head fighting, a level builder, and an interesting-sounding feature called “Lightsabre slicing.”

If you can’t wait till the fall to get some LEGO Clone Wars action, check out this cute Unity-based online game where you play as Anakin on a rescue mission to find R2-D2.

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Sega Reveals Sonic The Hedgehog 4
Thankfully it doesn’t have Genesis Graphics

Big news this morning: Sega’s formerly-mysterious Project Needlemouse is indeed Sonic the Hedgehog 4. The side-scrolling adventure will be available as a digital download and will be released as a series of episodes. The first episode will be available this summer via PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, and WiiWare.

The game is said to pick up the storyline from Sonic & Knuckles, with Sonic being capable of performing his classic move set. The Wii and PS3 versions of the game will also feature tilt controls.

Via 4 Color Rebellion

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Coming This Month:
KORG DS-10 Plus

XSEED Games recently announced that it will be launching the KORG DS-10 Plus in North America on February 16, 2010. I’m not sure how I missed the initial announcement, given my love for all things KORG, but I’ll be sure to make up for it by making lots of songs with the program as I have been with its predecessor.

For those wondering about some of the benefits the KORG DS-10 Plus will have over the KORG DS-10, here’s a big one: When used on a DSi, the KORG DS-10 Plus has a “Dual DS-10” mode it which it doubles its synth capacity. Its simultaneous sound reproduction total is 12, up from six; there are four analog synth simulators, up from two, and two drum machines instead of one. Additionally, those into jamming can sync up to eight units together. I can only imagine how awesome that must be.

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Metroid Prime Trilogy
Discontinued?

Sad news if this is indeed true; Joystiq is reporting that Metroid Prime Trilogy, one of the better Wii games to be released last year and definitely one of the shiniest, may be discontinued. It doesn’t look like they’re having much luck getting a solid answer from Nintendo on this but an Amazon representative was quoted as saying, “Per Nintendo, we will no longer be offering Metroid Prime Trilogy at this time.”

Damn, that sucks. But on the other hand, it does make the super fantastic collection all the more alluring – and collectable!

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