Paul Brownlee

Three interesting things about Summer Carnival ‘92: Recca ⊟

1. It’s out today in North America on 3DS.
2. Nintendo is charging the standard $4.99 price for NES Virtual Console games, instead of tacking on the $1 “import tax” we used to see on Wii.
3. The VC version is actually still published by Taxan – but under the name Kaga Electronics. Taxan still exists as a division of this electronics firm, but now acts as a manufacturer and exporter of electronics. 

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Resident Evil Chronicles HD Collection will be free for PlayStation Plus subscribers in the U.S. this month, Sony have announced.

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Comcept, Mega Man 9 developer Inti Creates, and 8-4 are teaming up to create The Mighty No. 9. In this game you play as Beck who gains different powers and the ability to transform after defeating bosses. Beck, of course, has a sister and her name is Call.

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It’s official—the version of Bravely Default that the west is getting is indeed based on Bravely Default: For the Sequel, the enhanced version of the game headed to Japan this fall.

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Sony have created a new department called “Third Party Production” for their PlayStation business.

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The girl with the beret is Alyssa L'Salle, the protagonist in Cosmic Space Heroine and a spy that saved the galaxy at least once before the story begins. When she uncovers a conspiracy involving her government, her identity is revealed and her old enemies want to hunt her down.

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Ready for "Hello Ladies"? Stephen Merchant certainly is.

Merchant -- who will star in HBO's new comedy as Stuart, a web designer who recently relocated to LA from England "in hopes of finding excitement, romance, and maybe even a soul mate" -- tweeted the below poster on Friday.

Excited yet? Good, because Stuart is single and ready to mingle.

"Hello Ladies" premieres Sunday, September 29 at 10:30 p.m. ET on HBO.

New Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate trailer ⊟

I’m a bit wary about this Batman-vania for 3DS/PS Vita (the footage here is likely from the latter version), even with the involvement of Metroid Prime vets from Armature, but I’m digging what’s been shown so far. And while I know it’s a cost-saving measure, I’m also really into the Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel-style cutscenes.

Please be good.

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Spelunky has a way of making you hate it, while worming into your heart and making you play to the point of obsession.

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Bravely Default: For the Sequel ⊟

While we wait for Bravely Default: Flying Fairy to come out next yeer, this follow-up will ship in Japan this December. Don’t be fooled by the title, it’s actually an expansion of the original game — there’s some funny speculation that this release could be used to fund a full sequel.

Here’s what’s in the expanded game, according to Duckroll: new story events, adjusted controls, additional difficulty options, more save slots (three instead of one), an auto-mode to speed up battle, and support for old save files. The hope is that this is the version we’ll get in the West, which would explain the localization delay — the original released in Japan last October.

This news and page come to us from Jump (s/o to Wjdals for the scan).

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This console has a GamePad decorated with gold symbols and Hyrule's crest, a code to download The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, and a code to download the Hyrule Historia book.

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The King of Fighters is going from fighting game to MOBA–a multiplayer online battle arena game.

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New Samurai Gunn trailer ⊟

Three tips for game developers, if you want to get your game featured on Tiny Cartridge:

1. Riff on Ninja Gaiden's opening (or any variant of the classic moonlight sword duel)
2. Make the whole game about said duels
3. Hire Cory Schmitz and Maré Odomo to make your logo

Samurai Gunn releases for PlayStation 4 and PS Vita some time next year

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Katsuya Terada’s Legend of Zelda sketches ⊟

Scanned by History of Hyrule, these sketches of Adult Link and The Great Fairy come from Terada’s 2002 artbook Rakuga King. You can see more of the artist’s Zelda illustrations from the Nintendo Power Player’s Guides on HoH’s Flickr page. Credit to Kotaku for the link.

While we’re featuring Zelda art, you absolutely must check out and maybe buy Bill Mudron’s latest tribute to the SNES game, a 36x24” print/map detailing A Link to the Past’s Hyrule.

It’s available with both labeled and unlabeled variants.

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In the languid wake of slowed-down Dolly Parton, Jason Kottke offers a splendid guide on how to make your own slow jams, with a few of his own to listen to. The trick, he writes, is to remember that music is keyed to specific frequencies--notes!--and failing to scale in accordance with them may produce uncanny results.

Here's the formula for slowing or speeding up a recording to shift the pitch but generally stay in tune:

(2 ^ (semitones change/12) - 1) *100 = Percent Change

So -- as one does when procrastinating from remunerative work -- I made an Excel spreadsheet.If you want to drop two semitones, you shift the speed down by 12.2462 percent; drop three, you shift by 18.9207 percent, which significantly changes the track.

For your enjoyment, I have already produced Slow Yakety Sax.

Xseed will release a limited edition version of Ys: Memories of Celceta, Falcom’s action RPG for the PlayStation Vita.

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This will need to be updated when The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is released, but until then it’s pretty darn accurate.