Mighty No. 9 may have blown through its original funding goal a while ago, but it hasn’t shown any signs of tapering off any time soon. But, with the final 24 hours of the Kickstarter about to become underway, now is the perfect time to check out what they have coming and what final stretch goals they will be able to reach for the retro platformer.
To show off, some of what has been accomplished prior to these final 24 hours Comcept has released an info-graphic, which the full version can be viewed by clicking on the image above or at the bottom. Needless, to say this Kickstarter has received a lot of love, which is why they have been able to add so many news things.
From NES/Famicom USB “cart” versions of the game, to physical disc; from the addition of Mega Man 2 composer Takashi Tateishi, to the Mega Man Zero, 9, and 10 sound producer Ippo Yamada; from backers getting to vote on the design of the heroine, to behind the scenes documentary; and final stretch goals from next-gen Xbox One & PS4, to handhelds PS Vita and 3DS.
Those that haven’t backed yet, should totally check out the Kickstarter, plus the team for Mighty No. 9 will be hosting a livestream for the final fews hours on Tuesday, October 1, from 3pm to 6pm PDT. Join in and see what all can be accomplished.
With the introduction to the pirates players will be meeting in Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Ubisoft has set the stage for the latest trailer to be released. Showing off what seems to be some main motivation, that will either band the pirates together and/or surely tear them apart, the new trailer has all the excitement of a bank heist movie trailer.
So, it seems that at some point in Black Flag a great some of gold will be playing an important role, so now is the time to get the speculation in. Will this be the end goal? Middle turn? Or, just the beginning? The trailer does do a great job showing off all the different pirates and just what roles they might have in the grand scheme of the heist itself.
Those wanting to see the score and the mark for what seems to be the greatest pirate heist ever shown can find the trailer embedded below. Those already prepped to take part in this pirate heist need only wait until Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag releases near the end of the month for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U, and PC, unless picking it up for Xbox One and PS4 as a launch title.
German based multiplatform publisher Immanitas Entertainment has today announced the worldwide release of a new platformer/runner game named ‘Aloha: The Game’. It is a great game that follows the journey of four crazy little penguins and hits app stores in October. The game is fashioned to run on smartphones and tablets and will be accessible and free-to-play on iTunes, GooglePlay, Amazon and other app stores.
The four entertaining penguins: Annie, Bob, Max and Ziggy, take a not-so-easy trip around the world looking to escape the dull, cold Antarctic to a more sunny Hawaii. The game up -holds the traditional that for some non-nonsensical reason, there are many baddies and creatures that are set to foil these cute adventurer’s plans.
The game features simple touch-based controls, and the gameplay style allows it to be suitable for all ages. It presents three amazing scenarios plus an additional endless mode which are all fully packed with challenges the players need to master. In addition, the game’s stunning cartoon-style graphics and hilarious cut scenes are hand drawn and promise fun for all players.
Highlights that have been listed include:
4 playable characters: switch among them and master their unique skills and special moves
Fantastic cartoon-style graphics with hilarious cutscenes
Story mode that spans across three different continents to discover
FIFA 14 is out now in Australia and New Zealand for the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, 3DS and PSP. This latest entry in the soccer series is also coming to the PS Vita on October 3rd, and will be launching on the Xbox One in Australia on November 22nd, and the PS4 November 29th. Check out the launch trailer embedded at the bottom of this article.
For anyone who will be attending the EB Games Expo 2013 this weekend, October 4-6, EA will be bringing FIFA 14 to the event, which will be playable on the show floor. Hopefully, we will be able to bring you impressions of the next-gen version/s, provided they are at the show… it isn’t exactly clear if only current-gen versions will be present. In the meantime, read our review of the mobile version!
Batman: Arkham Origins producer Guillaume Voghel has revealed tantalising details about the next Batman game in an interview with Eurogamer. In addition to an extra difficulty mode, the game will also feature an “I Am The Night” difficulty level in which players will only have one life and will not be able to save the game.
The mode will only be unlocked after completing the game and the “really difficult” New Game Plus, so even getting the chance to fail miserably will take a considerable amount of dedication!
Voghel also spoke about the Inititation DLC, revealing that Arkham Origins will mark the first game in the series to feature a locale other than Gotham City. An Asian monastery will feature heavily in the additional content, which is said to add a decent chunk of backstory to Batman’s origin story. It is the second chunk of DLC to be announced for the game, after the PlayStation 3 exclusive content Knightfall.
Batman: Arkham Origins will be released on October 25.
Sunday is usually family fun day… when your kids remember that they have a father, who has been working tirelessly throughout the week to support you all. Ungrateful cretens! Sorry… I might be working through some daddy issues myself. Anyway, if you’re looking for that great Sunday day out with the family, EB Games Expo 2013 has you covered!
The EB Expo Sunday Family Day kicks off at 10am (doors open at 9:40am) this Sunday, the 6th, with a Skylanders SWAP Force event where 2,500 free Skylanders toys will be given away during a very special EB Live presentation. Resident villain KAOS will appear to do battle with Master Eon; the classic struggle of good vs evil enacted on stage for the enjoyment of all the kids in attendance. The entertainment continues with a Good Game Live Show in the EB Arena at 1pm, starring the hilarious Jimmy ‘Giggle’ Rees, Dave Callan, Andrew Hansen, Gus Ronald, James Cottee and the TV show’s co-hosts Hex & Bajo, of course.
The excitement doesn’t end there as the expo will host the first ever Video Game Parade in Australia, celebrating video game culture from 3:30pm. There will be twenty-two floats that will circulate the showgrounds with a selection of EB Games’ favourite gaming characters and personalities, including EB’s infamous hero Buck. Also taking part in the parade will be a legion of Storm Troopers from the 501st alongside a life-size tank (kids love tanks!!), the Just Dance Crew, CosPlay winners, and Hex & Bajo making a reappearance. Other free activities for the little ones will include a roaming magician; Balloon Artist; Colouring-in Activity Zone Water Transfer Tattoos; Face Painters and a Caricature Artist.
The Showgrounds Map
Nintendo Australia has also announced their lineup of titles on show and playable for the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, including Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Words; Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze; Super Mario 3D World; Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy; The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD; Wii Party U and Sonic Lost World. Fans can also get their hands on the soon-to-be-released Nintendo 2DS, launching October 12th alongside the above-mentioned Pokemon X & Y. Other kid friendly titles present are:
SWAP Force
SIMS 4
Just Dance 2014
Disney Infinity
Lego Friends
Lego Movie: Video Game
Leo Marvel: Super Heroes
Pacman and the Ghostly Adventures
Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don’t Know
Hot Wheels: World’s Best Driver
Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure
General Admission, Multiplayer, and Family Passes are all still available for purchase in over 380 EB Games Australia stores, through www.ebgames.com.au and www.ticketek.com.au. The Family Pass admits 2 Adults and 2 Children access to the festivities from 9am to 4pm for $119.
Fall approaches… The titans have fallen silent, the goddesses have been conquered, but now approaches a fresh wave of anime, in numbers greater and far more powerful than we ever could have prepared for. They come bearing mechanical monstrosities larger than the eye can believe, swords that pierce the heavens themselves, and hair that could rend the universe asunder. Are you ready to face … The Autumn Anime Season! … Because I know I’m not! Hi, everyone it’s James here and for my first time at Capsule Computers let me run you through my top 5 picks for the fall season.
Weirdly enough, the season hasn’t even started and this seems to have already fallen under a lot of people’s radars which I was not expecting. Granted, I am a sucker for a good romcom, especially when it seems like it will prioritise jokes and plot over simple fanservice. However, what everyone seems to be forgetting is that Golden Time is written by the same person that brought us Toradora, one of the best anime series ever made in my opinion. But aside from the female protagonist looking almost exactly like a more mature Aisaka Taiga (which was reason enough for me to watch) the actual plot itself seems to have a bit more depth to it than your average romcom. Being of the seinen demographic and set in a university/college, should mean that the characters demonstrate more ‘real-life’ feelings and the relationships should hopefully have more to them than the ‘girl sees boy, boy EVENTUALLY sees girl’ approach that has become exceedingly stale over the years. There are rumours that Golden Time will be a 2 season long affair in which case I will be keeping a box of tissues by my side for the next 6 months to soak up tears of sorrow, tears of joy, and hopefully not tears of disappointment.
For me, this series will determine whether I continue believing that KyoAni are the golden gods of the anime world or whether they will fall into the sea of humdrum that lies below that pedestal. Hyouka was the last masterpiece series that came out of Kyoto Animation before they decided it would be a good idea to retreat into their shell, only producing anime that received an honourable mention in their self-run light novel competition. Since then we have seen Tamako Market which was moe-blob garbage that couldn’t hold a candle to K-ON!; Chuu2koi which was good, but fell short in the end; and Free which despite handling its plot well, rehashed the same sport manga story we’ve seen a million times before. Not only that, but they recently confirmed a second season for Tamako Market, and teased one for Free which makes my blood boil thinking that their beautiful animation style is being wasted on these severely below average anime.
It is time for some plot! Luckily for us that is exactly what Kyoukai no Kanata is bringing to the table. Falling under the rare, dark fantasy genre, this anime follows a girl with the power to manipulate blood called Kuriyama Mirai. Ostracised from her fellow students, she readies herself to jump from her school rooftop when she is saved by a second-year boy called Kanbara Akihito. This triggers a chain of strange and disturbing events and that leads me to believe that this might be the series that I have been waiting for KyoAni to make for so long. Plot, feelings, beautiful animation, and that signature touch that only they can put on a project. Let’s hope it lives up to its title and goes beyond the boundaries.
Autumn seems to be the season of awesome female protagonists and girl power is exactly what you’re going to see in this hot-blooded action thriller. All you should need to know about this anime is that it is being made by the same people that made Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann so it is guaranteed to be pure unadulterated insanity. Trigger are an animation company renowned for their extremely stylised animation techniques, their no holds barred approach to action, and the ever unique and beautiful worlds that they create. Kill la Kill seems to tick all of those boxes judging by the trailers, but what is interesting about Kill la Kill is how little of its plot has been divulged. Remember, Gurren Lagann was simply described as an anime about a digger and his big bro who wanted to see the world above them and look where that ended… Kill la Kill’s plot goes as follows:
On a quest to unravel the secrets surrounding the death of her father and to locate the, “woman with the scissor-blade”, Ryuko Matoi found herself at a school called Honnouji Academy. There the school is under the command of an elite group of students granted superpowers by their “goku uniforms”. At the top of the chain of command is the school council president, Satuki Kiryuin, who it emerges knows the secret behind the scissor-blade. After being granted powers by a rogue, sentient goku uniform, Ryuko is ready to fight. What will she discover? Who or what lies at the end of the mystery? Make sure you watch and find out!
As I mentioned earlier, I am a sucker for a good romcom, but then again I always end up watching every gimmicky romcom that is released and nothing is more gimmicky than Noucome. One thing that always remains constant with fanservice-y, silly romcoms other than being hilarious is that they always try to differentiate themselves in weird and wonderful ways which never cease to amaze me. In this particular case the protagonist is cursed with “absolute multiple choice” which means that quiz-style questions will fall before him at random intervals and he has to pick one of the options given to him. This could mean he’d be walking through school and be asked whether he wanted to take off his uniform or jump out of a window and have to pick one or the other. One day though he is given an obvious choice, does he want a) A beautiful girl to fall before him, or b) To fall from the roof in girl’s clothes. Of course, he picks a) and all of a sudden a radiant, blonde girl called Chocolat literally falls before him, thus triggering the most silly harem/comedy that I have had the pleasure of hearing of in a long time.
My faith in this show, while slim, comes mainly from the studio, Diomedea. Any studio that can produce both Shinryaku! Ika Musume, and Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai Kara Kuru Sō Desu yo? has earned their stripes in comedy as far as I’m concerned, so I hope that Noucome will follow in their recent trend of excellent anime.
Last on my top 5 list comes the darkest anime of the season by a country mile, Pupa. I decided to check this one out after hearing from a close friend that it is the best manga they have ever read, and from another that it is the worst. Upon finding out what it was about, I was instantly intrigued. Ever since I read the visual novel Saya no Uta, I have been fascinated with anime that can exhibit that same depth of darkness and Pupa can certainly do that. The synopsis is this:
The story follows a boy and his little sister called Utsutsu and Yume Hasagawa. Utsutsu loves his little sister dearly as any good big brother should. When Yume sees a strange red butterfly though she begins to change. All of a sudden Utsutsu is plunged into hell when his dearest sister is turned into a man-eating monster. He tries to do everything he can for her, letting her devour his flesh while searching for a way to save her. But when he is infected with Pupa, his normally friendly attitude is shattered and he develops an unusual, violent side.
Strange and violent, this dark horror will entice anyone that wants something a little different as the cold autumn settles in. Enjoy…
Make sure to check out our Autumn reviews week by week as the episodes are released. I will be reviewing Golden Time and Noucome so if you’re a fan of drama, comedy, and romance, then make sure to keep an eye on the Anime Impressions section, only at Capsule Computers.
Gaming hardware maker and eSports supporter Razer has announced that it will be the official organiser of the Capcom Cup Asia Finals 2013 and its qualifiers. The Razer Atrox Arcade Controller is the official arcade stick for the tournament, repurposed into the Atrox Streetfighter IV AE Collector’s Edition for the Xbox 360.
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition will be the main attraction, with qualifiers to be held in Korea, Taiwan and Singapore, November 8-10. The top two players will represent the Asian region in the Grand Finals in Norther California, December.
Have a look at the qualifier details below:
Korea – 19 October 2013, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. B1 CafeID Team House Doksan-Dong 963-6 Gasan-Dong Seoul
Taiwan – 26 October 2013, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
1F., No. 57, LN. 10, Jihu Road
Neihu Dist., Taipei City 114
Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Singapore – 2 November 2013, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Tough Cookie Gaming Café,
35 Selegie Road #02-25B Singapore
If you’re a Street Fighter player and if you think you have what it takes to land the hadoukens, feel free to register on the official site.
The Xbox One is little more than a month away from release and Ryse: Son of Rome, as one of the Xbox One exclusives has been gathering its fair share of attention. The Crytek powered game has had its supporters and its dissenters, but one thing most people have agreed on is that the footage that has been shown has been absolutely stunning.
Well now you can see just how far the visuals have come with this brief video. The clip shows how the original E3 build of the game looks in comparison to later builds that we have seen. Take a look for yourselves:
Looks pretty sweet hey? A few editors here at Capsule Computers managed to get some hands on time with Ryse: Son of Rome, as well as a few other games just last week, so click here to check out our thoughts the game. However, more important than our thoughts are yours, so let us know in the comments below what you think of Ryse. Will you be picking it up, or is it just not your thing? Remember that for all the Ryse: Son of Rome news as it becomes available, be sure to stay tuned to Capsule Computers
Oh have you not heard? I was under the impression that everybody had heard…
That’s right comedy fans, bird is the word as the Family Guy: Season 12 DVD hits store shelves this week. Follow the exploits of one of TV’s funniest families with Peter, Brian, Stewie, Meg, and the rest of the Family Guy cast in one of the most outrageous seasons yet. Giant chicken brawls, Quagmire getting giggity with Meg, and Brian and Stewie traveling back in time to the pilot episode (and highlighting just how different the show has become over the years) are all par for the course in this season.
The season 12 contains 23 different episodes, all of which are uncensored and contain the footage as it was originally intended. In addition, fans are treated to over 3 hours of never before seen special features, including;
Scene animatic from “Seashore Seashell Party” with Slide-by-Slide Commentary
Looking Back to the Pilot
Full Episode Animatic from “Back to the Pilot”
Fishin’ Around With Ricky Gervais
Audio Outtakes With Ricky Gervais
Ron MacFarlane Reads Viewer Mail
Scene animatic from “Family Guy Viewer Mail #2” with Side-by-Side Commentary
Never before seen “Deleted Scenes”
That’s a whole lot of satirical, in your face comedy for animation lovers to really sink their teeth into. Family Guy: Season 12 from 20th Century Fox will be out on October 2nd all across Australia, and with this season’s crossover episode with the Simpsons, what better way to get you ready for it than with an entire season’s worth of Family Guy. Will you be picking it up, or are you too afraid that you will be asked the inevitable question ‘have you heard?’ Either way, let us know in the comments below, and for all things Family Guy, be sure to stay tuned to Capsule Computers… Giggity
