Welcome to Sakuga Summit, each month we will be delving into the world of Sakuga Animation. For those who do not know, Sakuga Animation means Full-Motion Animation.
Each episode of Sakuga Summit will feature footage of the most stunning Sakuga Animation of the month for your viewing pleasure. This month’s Sakuga Summit, features clips from several great series of the Fall 2011 season.
Sakuga Animation is a testament to the true capabilities of anime as an art-form. Find out for yourself by watching the Sakuga MAD below. Feel free to let us know your thoughts on Sakuga and the Sakuga Animation on display this month in the shoutbox and comments section.
While we have seen confirmations that Tecmo Koei’s Dynasty Warriors NEXT would be a PlayStation Vita launch title in Europe we had yet to hear about the North American state of the game, until now that is. Today Tecmo Koei has confirmed that Dynasty Warriors NEXT is indeed a launch title in North America as well and will be available on February 22nd.
From what we have heard of the game it seems like it will take advantage of everything the Vita has to offer, showcasing the features at their best. The game will involve use of both the touch screen, the touch pad, the camera and the gyroscope have all been built around the Dynasty Warriors’ usually formulaic gameplay style. Considering the title will also offer upwards of 65 characters including a character creation mode I find it hard to see this as anything but a launch day pick-up.
There are a few things you can spend a whole bunch of money on, but how about a fancy expensive version of a highly anticipated video game? Sure some people may have scoffed at the expensive $150 Skyrim bundle which included a very nice dragon statue and a bunch of other goodies, but how much would you be willing to drop on a video game?
Well today EA has revealed that Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning will have a number of various editions besides the normal $60 package. For $80 you will receive a parchment map, a seven-piece dice set, replicas of the 40 “Destiny Cards” found in the game, a soundtrack, and DLC weapons that increase XP gained from “Fate Shift Kills.”
Those with quite a bit more coin in their wallet can drop $200 on the Collector’s Edition which will include everything said before as well as a 12.5″ tall “Prismere Troll” statue designed by McFarlane Toys and a concept art lithograph signed by Ken Rolston that is limited to only 700 units.
Still if you have even more money to spend there is the $275 Signature Edition which includes everything above but instead the troll is signed by Todd McFarlane, R.A. Salvatore or Curt Schilling and a custom sketch by Todd McFarlane. Only 300 versions of this will be made and you can pre-order any of these versions here. I do believe that $275 is the most expensive special edition I have ever seen…
On the 15th of December, Mojo Bones will be unleashing their debt title, Tongue Tied – the rubbery physics-based adventure for iOS. The title will feature two lovable canine characters, Mick and Ralph, who will need to use their special tongue tied abilities to earn gold medals across 50 levels – filled with whacky obstacles like hanging tired, breakable Bone Bags and crumbling floors.
Mojo Bones have designed Tongue Tied to be take advantage of iOS devices touch screens, using the physics-based elasticity of Mick and Ralphs tied tongues to hang from platforms, swing from objects and leap into the air. All of which are performable with a few simple gestures.
Tongue Tied will have full Game Center support with leaderboards and achievements as well as ‘Mick and Ralph’s DogHouse’ featuring 30 separate challenges with some of the most interesting rewards you’re likely to see. If that isn’t enough, Mojo Bones also guarantee free updates through out the year.
Tongue Tied will be available on the App Store December 15 for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch for only $1.99. Check out the brand new gameplay video below, or visit Mojobones.co.uk for more information.
Among video gamers there is a certain game-tracking service that is widely popular known as Raptr. They often take note of how long a gamer plays their various games and tells them the total time throughout a yearly, monthly or weekly breakdown. Now the service has revealed what the top-performing titles of the year 2011 have been revealed and most of them aren’t a big surprise.
Modern Warfare 3 has taken the cake as the most played shooter, Skyrim being the most played RPG and FIFA Soccer 12 being the most played sports title thanks to everyone except the US. What is surprising however is the fact that despite being out less than a month Skyrim is the most played game of this year with the longest hours of game time sunk into it. Quite an accomplishment for the massive title… just another accolade it can ad to its long list of them.
The 2nd Generation of Gundam AGE is fast approaching and in order to promote it, Bandai have released a new poster for the series 2nd Generation.
The poster features the new 2nd Generation model of Mobile Suit Gundam AGE, known as Gundam AGE-2, along side the characters that will take the spotlight in this new generation in the 100 year long story that encompasses Gundam AGE.
Asemu Asuno who is the son of former protagonist Fleet Asuno, takes the forefront of the poster. You can view the new poster for Gundam AGE to the right. Be sure to let us know what you think of Gundam AGE and the new generation of the series Gundam AGE Generation 2, in the shoutbox and comments section.
Over the past few days there has been quite a big hubbub about the fact that Shigeru Miyamoto even mentioned the word retiring in the middle of an interview. Obviously Nintendo’s headman wouldn’t be retiring from the company entirely but in fact just stepping down from his higher position. On the other hand Nintendo PR has entirely refuted his claims and says that he isn’t going anywhere.
Still, in another interview today with the Wall Street Journal he explained that he simply believes that the company should be “structured” to work without him should he eventually leave the company or be unable to continue working. In fact Miyamoto said in the interview that he believes that the company “might be better without me. I mean that a different approach and different talent might emerge, though I shouldn’t dwell on this because then the article might indeed say ‘Mr. Miyamoto is thinking about retiring,’ because that is not the case.”
Earlier today news broke that the upcoming 8-part Black Rock Shooter anime series has had it’s premiere pushed back from January to February 2nd, 2012.
While this may be somewhat disappointing to fans, who were hoping to pick up the series in January, it thankfully is not too long a wait between premiere dates.
The series is based upon the immensly popular Black Rock Shooter franchise and marks the first time an anime series has spawned from it.
It is currently unknown why the series has been delayed, but for further information you can visit the offical Black Rock Shooter on TV website here.
A few months ago a problem arose with the Xbox 360 version of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, but it wasn’t due to the fact that the developer was having issues, but actually a distribution issue for certain regions of the world. You see, CD Projekt Red’s owners Optimus SA offered the distribution rights of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings in Western Europe, Central or South America, or the Asia-Pacific region to THQ.
The problem with this is that they had previously offered the distribution rights to Namco Bandai. Because of this Namco Bandai is now entitled to a new contract for distribution and can collect 15,000 euros a day if they don’t sign a new deal within 15 days of the ruling. Seems like Namco Bandai has won this time around, hopefully Optimus SA chooses to sign quickly to not cause a massive money hemorrhage.
Those hoping to hear about a certain risqué strategy RPG being brought over to North America by Aksys Games will be happy to hear that they are indeed localizing Record of Agarest War 2 in North America next year in 2012. Unfortunately however it seems that those hoping for an Xbox 360 version of this title, similar to what was found for the original Agarest War and Agarest War Zero are out of luck as this title is a PlayStation 3 exclusive.
Being a PlayStation 3 exclusive it has a number of new features, such as mini-games that take advantage of the PlayStation Move in unique and interesting ways, including bathing and massaging the various female characters… Besides that there will be a new battle system and a full HD upgrade. Also Record of Agarest War 2 will contain an entirely new Agarest Universe and storyline which Aksys Games have detailed below.
One day, the world was enveloped by a mysterious blinding light. The destruction it caused was terrible, even as the light itself was sublime in its beauty, and it made those who witnessed the awesome display think of the unrestrained rage and fury of the divine.
The central continent, from where the light is believed to have originated from, went silent, while at the same time demons began to spread throughout the world like a plague. Amongst the survivors of the catastrophe, that fateful day became known as the “Day of Light.”
Sometime after the events of the Day of Light, a young man by the name of Weiss, who had lost all memory of himself, encounters an enigmatic woman named Eva, who introduces herself as an Agent of the Divine. It is from her that Weiss learns that he has committed the grievous sin of deicide, and that in order for him to atone for his crime he is to become the “Vessel” in which the power of the divinity he had slaughtered will be stored. For it will be that power that will be used to resurrect the one whose life he stole.
For those who betray the divine will pay for their sins in the space which separates salvation and damnation, as will their progeny…
