Saturday, May 18, 2013

This Day In Gaming History - May 18th

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1993
  • The Nintendo VS Atari case continues in a U.S. District courtroom in San Francisco, California. Judge Fern Smith makes a ruling that Atari Games did indeed infringe on a copyright and patent held by Nintendo for Atari's copying and using software codes that were used in Nintendo Entertainment System cartridges. Subsequently Atari announces that they will appeal the decision.

1994
  • Sony establishes the Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA) division. It was created to market the PlayStation console in Western markets.

2001
  • Day 2 of the 7th annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is held.

2004
  • Nickelodeon airs an episode of The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the U.S. During this episode a character is seen playing with a home video game system.

2005
  • MVP Baseball is released by EA Canada & Electronic Arts for the PlayStation Portable in the U.S.
  • Day 2 of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) takes place in Los Angeles, California.

2007
  • Disney & Nintendo install ten wireless hot spots at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, on the Pirates of the Caribbean attractions. Players who have a Nintendo DS and the Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End DS game can receive exclusive downloadable content at these hot spots.

2009
  • Punch-Out!! is released by Next Level Games & Nintendo for the Wii in North America. The game is a mix of partial remakes of the NES and SNES games and partially a new game. It adds in new characters, new control methods, and new gameplay modes.

2010
  • Red Dead Redemption is released by Rockstar San Diego & Rockstar Games for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in North America.
  • Alan Wake is released by Remedy Entertainment & Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360 in North America.
  • Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is released by Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Casablanca, & Ubisoft for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS, & PlayStation Portable in North America.
  • Rocket Knight is released by Climax Studios & Konami for the PlayStation 3 in North America.
  • Split/Second is released by Black Rock Studio & Disney Interactive Studios for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS, Java ME, & the OnLive cloud gaming service in North America.
  • Trauma Team is released by Atlus for the Wii in North America.
  • Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow is released by Mistwalker, tri-Crescendo, Namco Bandai Games, & D3 Publisher for the Nintendo DS in North America.

2012
  • Max Payne 3 is released by Rockstar Vancouver and Rockstar Games for the PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360 in Europe & Australia.
  • Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is released by Slant Six Games & Capcom for Microsoft Windows in North America & Europe.


Source: Chronology of Video Games & Wikipedia




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Morning LOL - Samus Costume

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I guess this is what happens sometimes. Funny how they think Samus is supposed to be Iron Man. Everyone knows Samus would kick Iron Man's ass.

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Yesterday's Recap - May 17th, 2013

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Sorry about the lack of posts yesterday, got busy at my day job again. Hopefully it'll quiet down next week. Yesterday we had a Batman: Arkham Origins teaser, Monster Hunter 4 screenshots, box art for the Deadpool game, a Puzzle & Dragons Z trailer, and live coverage of the North American Nintendo Direct event.

We're planning to record Episode 13 of the GameSaga Podcast tomorrow, May 19th, so if you have any questions, be sure to send them in.

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Friday, May 17, 2013

Batman: Arkham Origins (Multi-Platform) - Teaser Trailer

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Source: Frank Moers YouTube Channel & AllGamesBeta



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Monster Hunter 4 (3DS) - Screenshots

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Deadpool (360/PS3) - Box Art

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Puzzle & Dragons Z (3DS) - Gameplay Trailer

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This Day In Gaming History - May 17th, 2013

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1989
  • Tengen holds a reception event gathering retailers, trade representatives, and the press for their launch of their version of Tetris.

1990
  • The Nintendo VS Galoob case is still on-going as Lewis Galoob Toys seeks a court declaration that their Game Genie device does not infringe on Nintendo's copyrights.

2001
  • The 7th annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) event begins. At the event the 4th annual Game Critics Awards For The Best Of E3 are held as well. The event is once again held in Los Angeles, California, over a period of three days. 62,000 people were in attendance. During this E3, Microsoft unveils their Xbox (XB) console & Nintendo unveils their GameCube (GCN) console.

2004
  • J.C. Padilla scores a record high score of 2,181,619,994,299,256,480 on Giga Wing 2 for the Sega Dreamcast (DC). This also sets a record for the highest score for any video game.

2005
  • The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) event for 2005 begins in Los Angeles, California. There were 400 exhibiting companies and 70,000 industry professionals from 79 countries in attendance. New systems from Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft were unveiled during this event.
  • At Nintendo's E3 press conference they report that they've sold two billion games since they entered the video game industry. Nintendo also discusses its online plan for the Nintendo DS (NDS). They will partner with GameSpy to have a Wi-Fi Internet connectivity service. A smaller version of the Game Boy Advance (GBA), the Game Boy Micro (GBM) is unveiled as well. It features a lighted color display, is 2 x 4 x 0.7 inches, & weighs 2.8 ounces making it the smallest cartridge-based game system ever. Nintendo also discussed the Revolution (Wii) console. It will feature: a proprietary DVD-size disc, GameCube (GCN) backwards compability, 512 MB flash memory, a SecureDigital slot, wireless controllers, a Virtual Console service allowing play of NES, SNES and Nintendo 64 games via by downloading them, & a planned Wi-Fi network.

2007
  • Halo 2 is released by Bungie Studios, Microsoft Game Studios, & Pi Studios for Microsoft Windows (PC) in Australia.

2009
  • The alpha version of Minecraft is released by Mojang for Microsoft Windows (PC).

2011
  • L.A. Noire is released by Team Bondi & Rockstar Games for the PlayStation 3 (PS3) and Xbox 360 (360) in North America.
  • The First Templar is released by Haemimont Games & Kalypso Media for Microsoft Windows (PC) & Xbox 360 (360) in North America.
  • Fable III is released by Lionhead Studios & Microsoft Game Studios for Microsoft Windows (PC) in North America.
  • The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is released by CD Projekt RED, Atari, Inc, & Namco Bandai Games for Microsoft Windows (PC).

2012
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II is released by Dimps, Sonic Team, & Sega for iOS devices.

2013
  • Metro: Last Light is scheduled to be released by 4A Games & Deep Silver for Microsoft Windows (PC), PlayStation 3 (PS3), & Xbox 360 (360) in Europe.

Source: Chronology of Video Games & Wikipedia



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North America - Nintendo Direct - May 17th, 2013 - Recap

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  • Iwata is on screen
  • Separate Nintendo Directs around E3
  • Sega is bringing Mario & Sonic: At The Winter Olympics 2014
  • Showing trailer for game, it's for Wii U
  • Phone call interrupted me, sorry
  • JC Rodrigo from the Treehouse is up
  • Oracle of Ages & Seasons coming to Virtual Console on 5/30/13
  • Showing footage from these games & talking about the link feature
  • $5.99 each
  • $4.99 each for first 3 weeks
  • Talking about Mario & Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move
  • Showing footage of Mario & Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move, discussing level editor feature
  • Levels can be downloaded, search from all levels, your friends' levels, and popular levels
  • Can favorite levels
  • Talking about Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
  • 8 new levels unlocked in New Mode
  • Available May 24th retail & digital
  • Talking about Animal Crossing: New Leaf
  • Showing Treehouse crew discussing the game
  • Part of a video series on YouTube and the eShop
  • Animal Crossing items for Swapnote and Streetpass Mii Plaza
  • Talking about Game & Wario
  • Island - 2-5 players, GamePad only, use it to launch Fronks onto islands to earn points, can knock friends off
  • Kat & Anna back with a puzzle game called Patchwork
  • Another phone call sorry
  • Showing footage of something, missed it due to phone call
  • Game & Wario available June 23rd for $39.99
  • More details about Game & Wario at the Iwata Asks feature website
  • Talking about Resident Evil: Revelations
  • Wii U version has new difficulty called Infernal
  • New positions for enemies
  • Hank & Rachel are added to Raid Mode
  • New GamePad controls
  • Display map and change items on touchscreen
  • Play full game with just GamePad in Off-TV Mode
  • Can use Wii U Pro Controller
  • Miiverse-compatible
  • Available May 21st retail & digital
  • Demo is available in eShop
  • New Super Luigi U is up next
  • DLC for New Super Mario Bros. U in honor of Year of Luigi
  • Nabbit will be the 4th playable character as Mario is not in this DLC
  • Nabbit has different abilities, same speed & jump as others, cannot power up with items, doesn't take damage when touching enemies, only available in multiplayer
  • Release Date June 20th on eShop
  • 82 updated courses
  • Will have a standalone retail version that doesn't require NSMBU, available August 25th
  • $19.99 for DLC version, $29.99 for retail version
  • The Wonderful 101 launches September 15th
  • Pikmin 3 is up next
  • Olimar is not the main character, 3 new main characters: Alph, Brittany, & Charlie
  • Searching for food to return to their planet
  • They crash land and encounter Pikmin
  • Mission is to collect fruit with the goal of bringing seeds back home
  • Can convert fruit to juice and act as food for the characters
  • If they don't have enough food they can't continue their exploration
  • Only explore from dawn to dusk
  • Can explore with separate groups of Pikmin
  • Can retry area or go back to earlier sections if you make mistakes
  • GamePad will be an information terminal called the KopPad
  • Can view map on GamePad
  • Can control with the GamePad similar to previous Pikmin games, Can use Wii U Pro Controller, Can use Wii Remote Plus + Nunchuk
  • Has Off-TV play
  • GamePad can be used as a monitor with the Wii Remote & Nunchuck as the controllers
  • Will have a challenge mode and multiplayer
  • Launches August 4th
  • Reggie is up next
  • Talking about E3
  • Partnered with Best Buy to allow fans who can't go to E3 to experience select unreleased Wii U games during the event
And that's it. Not a whole lot of new info apparently. We'll have coverage of the Europe & Japan Nintendo Directs later today. Sorry about the phone calls during the event, it's unavoidable for me when I'm at my day job. This shouldn't happen for the Xbox event next week as I'll be covering that during my lunch break.

Source: Nintendo Direct



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Random Game Facts - Super Mario Galaxy 2

Posted by GameSaga | 5/17/2013 09:59:00 AM | , , , , , , , ,
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Hmm, well this is pretty interesting. It appears maybe Super Mario Galaxy 2 wasn't going to be a full game at one point, just an expansion pack of sorts. This is not unlike the original concept behind Ocarina of Time: Master Quest and I think possibly Majora's Mask as well. Those were parts of the Ura Zelda project for the ill-fated Nintendo 64DD which never was released outside of Japan and bombed. I wonder if SMG2 was released as an expansion like game would it have been a full retail release, a digital download, or...?



Source: DidYouKnow Gaming



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Yesterday's Recap - May 16th, 2013

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Big news about Gran Turismo 6 yesterday, it's coming to PS3 this holiday and possibly PS4 in the future. We have the presentation event up as well as a trailer, screens, and more. Also Microsoft ditches Microsoft Points, Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure was confirmed, info on the Nintendo & YouTube issue, a trailer for Metro: Last Light, and the Fuse launch trailer.

Be sure to check out our Forums while you're here. You can post in there to discuss stories on the site, talk about gaming in general, or anything else. And if you want to ask questions for the podcast you do so in there as well.

As always, thanks for checking out the blog and for any and all comments. If you want to send in a news tip, ask a question for the podcast, or give general feedback, feel free to E-mail Us, send us a message or comment on Facebook, or send us one on Twitter, or post a topic in our new Forums. Don't forget to like us on Facebook & follow us on Twitter and check out the GameSaga Mega Store (powered by Amazon) for all your gaming needs and much more and check out the GameSaga Podcast Archive for past episodes of the show!

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Top Storitorial - Nintendo/YouTube Situation Thoughts

Posted by GameSaga | 5/17/2013 12:24:00 AM | , , , , , , ,
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In today's Top Storitorial we're discussing the Nintendo/YouTube situation. We posted an article on the site about it here. If you haven't heard, basically Nintendo is claiming Let's Play videos and the like as though they are their own content. They claim because the videos contain Nintendo game footage, that Nintendo holds the rights to the entire video including commentary. The most common examples are Let's Play type videos, but others which feature lower amounts of gameplay have been flagged as well. This is called a "content ID match." Basically what it means is Nintendo entered their details into YouTube's database and YouTube's automatic system flags things which match it, usually catching things that don't need to be flagged as well. Supposedly sites like IGN and Machinima have been hit with this as well.

It varies depending on who's reporting it, but most people are saying Nintendo is not doing full takedowns of videos that match, but rather just changing ads in ones which are marked for monetization. So if you're a YouTuber and you have videos up which contain Nintendo gameplay or audio and those videos have been submitted to YouTube's monetization program, YouTube's system will auto-flag them (in theory) and redirect the money made off the advertising to Nintendo and/or put in a Nintendo ad at the beginning and end of the video. It's not clear whether Nintendo gets all of the money or just part of it. Some are saying Nintendo has pulled down some of their videos, so it looks it like it could be inconsistent.

Nintendo is within their rights to do this one could argue. I'm not a copyright/trademark expert, but I can see why they think this is their footage, because the footage is of their IP. But on the other hand, Nintendo doesn't own the copyright to audio commentary provided in Let's Play type videos though, the creator of that commentary does. Then you have videos which feature more production with mainly the host(s) on-screen talking and/or acting in relation to the game and those have some footage in small parts, but Nintendo doesn't own the rights to those discussions/acting scenes. Blanket moves for things like this are usually not a good idea in my experience and opinion. It catches everyone instead of just certain ones. Sure okay if it's 100% Nintendo video and audio, then fine, that makes sense, but if there is even 1 minute of non-Nintendo audio/video, then it's not 100% theirs and shouldn't be claimed as such.

Let's Play videos and the like serve as basically free advertising for Nintendo. They're a company which is not known for strong/in-your-face type advertising. Their advertising is usually more subdued and few and far between. And given their struggles with the Wii U and the 3DS before it (before the price cut), Nintendo obviously needs all the help they can get to try to sell their hardware & software. Granted Nintendo products generally sell themselves to the Nintendo faithful, like myself, but videos of all kinds (Let's Play, Reviews, First Looks, Previews, Impressions, Tips, etc.) are very helpful to people on the fence about buying a system or game. I myself wasn't going to get a Wii U right away because there weren't a whole lot of games for it that I was interested in available. But after watching videos (ironically on YouTube) and hearing podcasters talk about it, I decided to get one. Nintendo got that sale sooner (and probably at a higher price point) 100% because of videos and podcasters. Nintendo didn't get that sale on their own merit. I was intent on not buying one until more games were available and I've been a Nintendo fan my whole life.

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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Fuse (360/PS3) - Launch Trailer

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Source: AllGamesBeta & Frank Moers YouTube Channel



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Nintendo Directs Announced For Tomorrow (5/17) For North America, Europe, & Japan

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Nintendo will be holding 3 concurrent Nintendo Direct events tomorrow morning (5/17/13) to discuss upcoming Wii U & 3DS games. The Nintendo of America Nintendo Direct will be live-streaming on the NOA Facebook Page. Nintendo of Europe will be streaming their event as well here or here. NCL (Japan) will be streaming their event here. I am planning to try to do live coverage of the NOA event as it happens  pending anything going on at my day job. I apologize in advance if I'm not able to cover it live. If that is the case I will do a post-event recap. I will also be doing post-event recaps for the NOE and NCL events, as they are being streamed at the same time as the NOA one, so I won't be able to do live coverage of 3 at once most likely. Here's the event times:


  • NOA - 7 AM PST/10 AM EST
  • NOE - 4 PM CEST/10 AM EST
  • NCL - 23:00 JST/10 AM EST





The Google Translated version of NCL's tweet is: "Good evening [Iwata] is Iwata of Nintendo. Tomorrow, from 23:00, I will broadcast a recording Nintendo Direct 2013.5.17. This time, I will deliver to center their Wii U title scheduled to be released this summer. # NintendoDirectJP http://www.nintendo.co.jp"

Source: AllGamesBeta, GoNintendo (1, 2, & 3), NOA Facebook Page, NOE Twitter Account, & NCL Twitter Account



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Shin Megami Tensei IV (3DS) - The Ritual - Trailer

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