As of yesterday, Toonami Jetstream, the online video service that once streamed the english dubbed MegaMan Star Force animation, has closed its doors for good. Upon its closure, the following message was posted:
"We greatly appreciate all the fan support for Toonami Jetstream over the past years. Starting January 30, Naruto will make its new home on CN Video at CartoonNetwork.com. Fans of MAR, Blue Dragon, and other popular Viz Media series previously featured on Toonami Jetstream should check www.viz.com for future updates."
Sad to see yet another subsidiary of Toonami go. I never had the chance to enjoy Jetstream, but I was a veteran of ye' old Toonami block--back when the shows were good.
Still curious as to what that Wily Wars cartridge was all about? Thanks to PRC reader Hypercoyote, we have our answer. Before the auction was taken down/ended, Hypercoyote contacted the seller, who had this to say:
"It's an eprom with custom packaging, everything looks like a real sega release, but it only came out in the europe and japan. I didn't do it (solder), I bought it off someone from the sega-16 forums. From what I can tell it uses an eprom with the euro wily wars on there with the game genie region patch applied, then soldered into a nba jam tournament edition game or similar since it uses a specific type of save feature. He made the art and manual himself."
Simply put, the cartridge was homebrewed--a fine homebrew at that.
What's this? Some unseen EXE game or a blatant rip-off?
From the chibi sprites to the isometric camera angle, Otodamster for the Nintendo DS appears to be an EXE knock off, but in actuality, it's far from it. Other than the graphics, Otodamaster has nothing in common with Rockman.
What is it? Otodamaster involves the act of catching various monsters for use in combat. Sounds like Pokemon, right? Sort of. From here, things get really interesting: in order to catch creatures, you have to utilize the DS microphone to pick up sound. Simply hold up your DS to a barking dog, a car horn, a blender, or anything that makes noise to successfully make a catch. The better the frequency, the higher chance of a catching a desired creature.
Unfortunately, the title has yet to see a release outside of Japan's shores. A shame really, the DS could use something new and innovative.
GameSpot has put up
Part 4 of the Ultimate Street Fighter Showdown, SFIV
tournament. Our very own Seth Killian makes an appearance
for some commentary of the battle between Street Fighter
legends John Choi and Andry Kane. Check it out above, and
check out the previous
parts on GameSpot if you missed
them.
Daigo
Umehara may have the winning-est Ryu in Japan,
but that doesn't mean he has a monopoly on
awesome. Enter: Pungko Ryu, from Korea's
notorious Jungin arcade.
The guys
over at 1up
just uploaded a sweet video of some Dark Void action that
includes a tense battle with a UFO. It shows off some of
the cooler things you can do in the game with the freedom
of playing it however you want. Going from full out jet
pack blasting UFOs, to stealing the UFO, and then
hovering in for some close quarters combat with the
watchers. Watch, and enjoy.
Capcom fans everywhere! Seriously, even on
Yelp we're getting the fan love. Check
it out!Go add your review for us, and
spread the Unity love.
Thanks
to Gerald for finding this. He was doing some
searching, and decided to see if Capcom was on Yelp. Sure
enough, we were there with a few good
reviews.
Capcom of Japan have recently updated the Shooting Star Rockman 3website with a brand new section devoted solely to Wave Masters 2009.
Here, you can view four matches recorded from the World Hobby Fair. Simply click on one of the four images and the video player up at the top of the page will load it. Simple.
The monthly fan art contest is back with some
absolutely amazing art. There were tons of submissions to
go through! Seth and I had a hard time picking just one,
so we ended upchoosingthree. Above is
the work of Chris
H. Check out his
gallery here for more. Since we couldn't pick
just one, check out some other winners after the more
button! Read more...
As of yesterday, Toonami Jetstream, the online video service that once streamed the english dubbed MegaMan Star Force animation, has closed its doors for good. Upon its closure, the following message was posted:
