After the announcement that Nintendo would be releasing Earthbound on the Virtual Console following a great deal ofspeculation, Mother 3 fan translator Clyde Mandelin has extended the offer to Nintendo to use his translation script completely free of charge.
Mandelin expressed hopes that Nintendo would localize Mother 3 (presumably under the titled Earthbound 2) and feels that his offer may help make their job easier in doing just that. He even further states that he would make any edits required to the translation should Nintendo choose to use his work.
You can check out the trailer for his fan translation of Mother 3 below. It is quite unlikely that Nintendo would take Mandelin up on his offer but you have got to commend him for reaching out to them and even offering to do the job for free – a real class act.
What do you think of the chances of Mother 3 getting localized in the West? Let us know in the comments section below.
Have you ever dogged a mate? Don’t know how to apologize? Well why not say it with chicken? KFC Australia has just launched it’s ‘Mate of the Month’ promotion, which gives you the chance to get it all off your chest and possibly win some awesome prizes in the process.
The KFC ‘Mate of the Month’ promotion will run from 01/04/13 until 31/04/13. All you have to do to enter is head on over to KFC Australia’s Facebook Page and beg for your best mate’s forgiveness!
Up for grabs with this awesome promotion is a year’s supply of KFC chicken for you and your mate as well as a bunch of of other goodies as part of a special mateship package to share between the two of you.
Even Nova FM’s Fitsy and Wippa are in on the fun. You can check out their hilarious promo video below, highlighting these two mates saying it with chicken.
So whether you killed your mate in Call of Duty, rage-quit a game or even if you deleted his save file – don’t just say ‘sorry’ – say it with chicken over at KFC Australia’s Facebook Page and be in with a chance to win some cool prizes for you and that special mate of yours.
Ubisoft have just announced that Call of Juarez: Gunslinger will be slinging its way onto the Xbox Live Marketplace (1200 MS Points), PSN Store and PCs ($17.95) on May 22nd.
The Techland developed Western is a homage to the tales of the Wild West era. Players will live the epic journey of Silas Greaves, a ruthless bounty hunter who spent his life on the trail of the West’s most notorious outlaws. The telling of Silas’ story is linked to the history of the Wild West with a mix of myths and historical facts. Live the legend of the Old West, experiencing memorable encounters with some of the West’s most notorious names such as Pat Garret, Jesse James and Butch Cassidy.
All digital PC version pre-orders will grant you immediate, full access to the 2nd entry in the Call Of Juarez series: Call Of Juarez: Bound in Blood. Preorder from Uplay and you will also get access to an exclusive pack of legendary weapons. Finally, check out the brand-new trailer – “Code of the West” – below.
Fallen Enchantress – Legendary Heroes, the upcoming game by Stardock, is set to be released on May 22nd. The game will be released on Steam, with pre-orders pricing the game at $39.99. Owners of Fallen Enchantress (released back in late 2012) are able to upgrade their existing game for $19.99 with a standalone expansion. Fans of Stardock’s previous title Elemental: War of Magic, provided that they purchased the game before October 31st 2010, are able to receive Fallen Enchantress – Legendary heroes for free, as promised by Stardock way back when in the year of 2010.
Legendary Heroes is said to build upon the successes of Stardock’s previous Fallen Enchantress title whilst also addressing some of fan’s concerns. It is set to add new monsters (including Liches and Banshees), more spells (such as “Wall of Fire” and “Raise Horde”) new champions, larger maps, new tactical battle maps and is also said to re-imagine the role of heroes in the world of Elemental.
Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes is an expansion to Stardock’s popular Fallen Enchantress fantasy strategy game. The world of Elemental needs your help, the Fallen Enchantress seeks to destroy the fragile civilizations that have arisen from the ashes of the cataclysm. Fortunately, your fame has spread far and wide attracting the great heroes to aid you.
As with all Stardock games, Legendary Heroes will not require an expensive PC set up and can be played on relatively low end systems. The game requires a minimum:
Sentai Filmworks has announced that along with Crime Edge they will be releasing the new anime Yuyushiki through select digital avenues with a proper retail release planned for later this year.
The show’s Japanese cast include voice actresses from anime such as Yuruyuri (Rumi Ookubo), Oreshura (Risa Taneda) and Fractale (Minami Tsuda).
The 13-episode anime adaptation of a 4-panel manga of the same name follows the school life of three girls, Yuzuko, Yukari and Yui, in a data processing computer club. The slice-of-life comedy show written by Komata Mikami is currently airing in Japan and is also being streamed internationally by Crunchyroll.
Nordic Games has proved you don’t just find bargains on games in discount bins.THQ’s implosion has made picking up entire franchises as affordable as buying into Sydney real estate, with several titles proving to be even cheaper. Spending $4.9 million over all, Nordic Games have claimed over 10 individual franchises to add to their catalogue. 505 Games cleaned up what was on offer, rounding out THQ‘s final sales figure to $6.55 million.
If you’ve ever been a fan of Darksiders, Red Faction, MX vs ATV, Destroy all Humans!, Summoner, Marvel Super Hero Squad or Supreme Commander then you can expect Nordic Games to be giving you something new in the coming years. They’ve also acquired Titan Quest, Frontlines, Stuntman, Juiced and Full Spectrum Warrior. CEO Lars Wingefors has indicated they’re not going to rush out any titles. Rather, they’re going to take a look at the health of each franchise and individually assign sales strategies to them depending on their strengths.
Sentai Filmworks announced that it has acquired the TV anime Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge, titled The Severing Crime Edge, for North America. It is due to release digitally first before being distributed as a home release late in the year.
The series protagonist, Haimura Kiri, has an obsession with cutting people’s hair. He comes across Mushiyanokouji Iwai whose hair cannot be cut due to a curse. Coincidentally his mysterious scissor, “Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge”, can. This sparks an old murder game to kill the girl known as the “Hair Queen” using these cursed murder tools. Kiri is then forced to protect Iwai from the participants.
Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge was a Spring 2013 pickby one of our editors and is currently airing in Japan and streaming on Crunchy Roll.
We have some great news for fans of the Corpse Party series. Today it was announced at Famitsu.com that a brand new Corpse Party game, called Corpse Party: Blood Drive, is going to be released on the PlayStation Vita in Japan sometime this year.
Famitsu is reporting that Blood Drive will continue the story from Chapter 8 of Corpse Party: Book of Shadows, which coincidentally is also called Blood Drive. Apparently Blood Drive will be ending the storyline of Heavenly Host Elementary School. This marks the first time that Corpse Party has appeared on the PlayStation Vita and it is worth noting that XSEED has brought both the first gameand Book of Shadowsso it will be interesting to see if this final game will head also West.
Deep Silver have today announced that there will be a special edition for Saint Rows IV titled ‘Commander in Chief Edition’. If you pre-order Saints Row IV you will automatically receive this ‘Commander in Chief Edition’.
The ‘Commander in Chief Edition’ comes jam-packed with patriotic goodies for all lovers of good ole’ Merica! Included in the special edition are the ‘Merica’ Gun, Uncle Sam costume and Screaming Eagle jet.
Saints Row IV ‘Commander in Chief Edition’ will cost $59.99 on consoles and $49.99 on PC. The game is set for release on the 20th of August in North America and the 22nd of August in New Zealand and Australia. Considering how crazy Saints Row the Third was it seems that things are only getting more crazier with Saint Row IV.
Developer Dontnod Entertainment and publisher Capcom probably had a lot of options to choose from when deciding on who would compose the musical score for their upcoming game Remember Me. Regardless of all the options available, they seem to have chosen a great fit with composer Olivier Deriviere.
Having previously done composition work for Alone in the Dark and Of Orcs and Men, Olivier has uniquely created the score for Remember Me by taking live recordings of Philharmonia Orchestra at Air Studios in London by John Kurlander and then electronically remixing at Universal Mastering Studios in Los Angeles into multiple layers to fit with the futuristic setting and theme of rebuilding Nilin’s memory. For those missing the deeper meaning there, by utilizing the purely organic sound of the orchestra and modifying it digitally, the score perfectly reflects the main character’s state of mind. Heavy stuff.
Even more so, the score has been designed to adapt to how the player controls Nilin, while also incorporating hidden messages. Players wanting to check out how the game will sound can listen to samples HERE, else they just have to wait until Remember Me releases for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC in North America on June 4th, then in Europe on June 7th.
