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Revamp
June 2, 2008 |
Star Wars Q&A, Figure of the Day Updated at Galactic Hunter
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  Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A column this week! Be sure to click through and read up on the latest!
Also, Figure of the Day has been updated! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of the 30th Anniversary Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!
From left to right: Stuff, things you should click on. Go to Galactic Hunter for the next update, with the latest installment in our ongoing series!
--AP
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Wal-Mart Bumblebee Three Way
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  The people at ACToys.net posted-- a while ago, sorry-- a boxed three-pack for Wal-Mart. The set features movie-style packaging with three versions of the classic character. One, the "classics" mold repainted with racing stripes, just like the movie. Two, the movie "premium" mold, complete with battle-helmet head. (It's pretty cool.) And three, the animated version of the toy, apparently with no changes. No release date (or official announcement) has been given, but it's a nice set, no?
--AP
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Wii Fit: Pretty Good
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  After snagging it a few days ago, we play-tested Wii Fit a little on Sunday. While we heard reports of people being declared unfairly overweight, both test subject in 16bit Labs were delcared underweight, and under their actual weights. Perhaps there is something wrong with the scale, but it seems our users were something like 5-10 pounds lighter. In light of reports indicating users were being called fat, either it means we're far thinner than we thought, or they're far fatter than they thought. (Update: Apparently this is why they gave carpet extenders. Odd, as our carpet is incredibly un-thick.)
The early mini-games (we hesitate to call them exercises) are pretty neat, and some are a little maddening to figure out. Slightly more specific instructions would help in some cases, but some just seem to be simply a matter of discovering the rules. If you're a guy standing around with soccer balls, severed panda heads, and shoes flying at your head, what's your initial reaction? Should you hit some, or avoid them all? It's issues like this that make some parts of the game more than a little tricky.
While we're still playing with it and unlocking parts of it, the game itself aspires to be a cross between some basic exercise program and a sequel to Wii Sports. Several of the minigames involving your Mii feel like a part of the pack-in sports package, which isn't necessarily a dig at them. They're fun, mostly fairly easy to understand, and enjoyable so far. A "running" game was particularly interesting in that, like Duck Hunt of old, you'll probably want to outrun the pacing guy-- which, like shooting the dog, you really can't do. Well, you can, but then your guy gets lost and you have to wait for your guide to catch up to show you where you're supposed to go when you hit a fork in the road.
At a price tag of US $89.99, it's expensive-- and popular. In this new era of video gaming which seems to be largely defined by the kind of input device you use more than anything else, this should fit right in with the Rock Band drums and Guitar Hero instruments you're collecting. Given that Nintendo now has discovered a great way to boost profits-- bundling enticing hardware with software-- we fully expect to see a lot more of this in the future, or at the very least one or two titles of this nature per year.
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Revamp Coming
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 We're posting a little less news lately because we're in the midst of a potentially difficult revamp-- some things are being reformatted, moved around, reorganized, and so forth. As such, updates may continue to appear in their usual spotty way, and we thank you for your continued patience and continued readership.
--AP
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Ain't Gonna Get Me
June 4, 2008 |
Star Wars Figure of the Day Updated at Galactic Hunter
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Galactic Hunter has updated Figure of the Day! The daily feature on figures you might have but might not-- either way, here's what you've been missing! Spanning from the original Power of the Force series of 1995 to the latest of the 30th Anniversary Collection, it's almost like a history lesson!
Go to Galactic Hunter for the next update, with the next installment in our ongoing series!
--AP
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Transformers Animated Onslaught Of Newness
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  We went hunting last night to find lots of Transformers Animated toys. Specifically, the Battle Begins 2-pack, Grimlock, Lugnut, Blackarachnia, and some other stuff in cases we left sealed. This was at a Los Angeles-area Wal-Mart, and yes, we picked up some, and yes, we posted impressions of Grimlock (so far) here. It's a new project, read it won't you?
You'll excuse us for not dawdling, but we've got a flight in a few hours and lots of crap to post before then.
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LEGO Castle 2008 Hitting Now
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  During our toy run, we spotted piles of newly released LEGO Castle toys. Not all the sets were available but several other kits were out there for the buying. Good stuff, too. Expensive, but pretty awesome.
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Xbox Live Arcade This Week
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  This week, you can grab two games. Aces of the Galaxy is described as yet another space-shooter. There's a lot of them, many coming from Japan and therefore being pretty great, so it's unlikely yet another one will tickle your fancy unless you're crazy for such things.
The other new selection on the menu is Roogoo, which is a puzzle game whose graphics seem to take a cue from preschool toys and the Katamari Damacy series. We haven't heard much of it yet but it certainly looks distinctive.
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Wii Downloads This Week
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 Fans of the newly launched WiiWare service, this is another decent week. Toki Tori is a remake of the classic GameBoy Color title, except with a crazy gorgeous facelift and the kind of 2D gameplay you live for, if you run a site with a name like 16bit.com. Protothea from UUUbisoft is, shock, another shooter. It used to be a PC game, and now it's a Wii game. It's a start, we guess.
For the Virtual Console: Neo-Geo's Ninja Combat, a game we have been told sounds more fun than it actually is. Which makes sense, as we love ninjas and combat, and putting the two together can only mean suffering for us all.
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Ad: Entertainment Earth Reveals New Hasbro Exclusive
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  AD: ...sort of. Online merchant Entertainment Earth posted a sneak peek of its new 2008 Hasbro action figure exclusive. There are six shadowy figures, but it isn't clear which is actually part of the set. Click through to see if you can determine what they are, or pre-order the box of 6 for $35.99.
--AP
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Hulk opened in the USA with an estimated $55 million take-- not bad! We took out lunch at Burger King last week and got this little monster.
