#sega making a good april fools joke that turns out to be real 2 years in a row

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#sega making a good april fools joke that turns out to be real 2 years in a row #self-portrait #shadow the hedgehog

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Yes, It’s Basically Persona But With The Golden Girls (I think)

With Persona 5 finally here, it’s perhaps worth also knowing about The Golden Girls Take Manhattan DX, which is yet another early contender for Attract Mode’s 2017 Game Of The Year.

Yup, 摩尼遊戯TOKOYO, the previously mentioned GOTY candidate (which recently started making the rounds, thanks to obscurevideogames) has competition! Though it remains to be seen if The Golden Girls Take Manhattan DX, which is the handiwork of grawly, will be finished later this year. Here’s another taste…

Though I’d also love to see his take on Puyo Puyo but with The Golden Girls and Rosanne (outside of a Little Caesars)…

So what else has been going on? Well, by far the most exciting bits of intel over the past few is The Flying Luna Clipper related! First there’s this awesome write-up, courtesy of Victor Navarro Remesal. Which Victor shared among his various circles, and the following was revealed to him: images from a calendar circa 2004, the same year that the supposed sequel was produced!

… Basically The Flying Luna Clipper 2 might actually exist! One that features the snow man with sashimi on his head and the Flying Luna Clipper surfing while playing the guitar.

In other news, April 1st has come and gone, perhaps the most annoying time of the year. Though there was at least one April Fools gag I genuinely dug, because I knew right off the back that it was a joke. Which was Takeshi’s Challenge VR, with the best part being the comparison images, between the Famicom original and the remake. Which mendelpalace was kind enough to compile already…

Then there’s Crazy Galaxy, which is the worst kind of April Fools gag, cuz I wished it was real. japanesenintendo has all the details, though if you’re like me, it’ll piss you off if you too have long wanted to see a spin off title starring Ashley from WarioWare...

And here we have something that I thought was an April 1 joke at first, but turns out, it’s not! That being this special, commemorative PaRappa menu that I first spotted over at miki800. Though I’ll never get a chance to actually eat a PJ Berri donut, so I’m still bummed out…

JC’s the one from I discovered that there’s a new Mega Drive/Genesis game coming out later this year. Not that anyone needs a reminder, but once again, we’re talking about the year 2017…

Oliver recently highlighted a discovery over at his end, one that he made sure to know that I was aware of, given my interest in the VHS format; it’s a surprisingly literal translation of the events detailed in Super Mario World, but reconfigured for an interactive VHS tape that it “controlled” via a fake telephone for little kids…

Oliver also passed along word, via Twitter, that we finally have the behind the scenes look at Dong Dong Never Die that all of us (okay, maybe just me and like four other people) have been patiently waiting for…

Back to obscurevideogames real quick, as well Takeshi’s Challenge; some snazzy looking ads from back in the day, which I’m going to just look at instead of watching Hollywood’s take on Ghost In The Shell (I may also re-watch my fave Beat Takashi flick, Sonatine, and the best anime to live action adaptation ever, Speed Racer)…

Speaking of movies, my soul brother when it comes B movies, Matt Rzepecky, recently turned me onto the Walk of Life Project, which states that Walk of Life by Dire Straights is the perfect song to end any movie. Including WarGames…

And back to the subject of old video game print ads; which do you prefer, this one featuring the backside of a person, for Real Sound….

... or this one featuring the backside of people, for Mother?

lunaticobscurity recently shared this photo, from urbex-exploration...

… which reminded him of Smash TV...

How about yourself? For me, Shadow of the Colossus instantly came to mind.

Please enjoy this reminder of why Fighters Megamix is such an amazing game (via lvrllnd)…

Speaking of AM2’s love letter to itself in the form of a fighting game that’s nothing like Smash Bros, for those unfamiliar with it, here we have the first legit mind-blowing revelation from Sonic The Hedgeblog…

“In Sonic The Fighters each characters’ 2P colors are just black and white versions of their normal selves. In Fighters Megamix on the Saturn however, Bean gets his own special extra colors. These colors, and the switch from a neckerchief to bow-tie, make him look like his original inspiration - Bin from Dynamite Dux, a 1988 Sega arcade game.”

On that note, now’s as good a time as any to present other recent fave entries. Including this reminder of his “appearance” in Illbleed, as Zodick the Hellhog…

Eggman going for the gold in Mario & Sonic at the Rio Olympic Games…

An image of former president and CEO of Sega of America, Tom Kalinske, from the pages of Next Generation Magazine. Am pretty sure I still have the issue, which is about Sega’s attempt at pitting the Saturn against the PlayStation…

This gif from a Japanese commercial for Sonic Heroes that I dig, due to the tears of sadness from the young boy, as he watches Sonic, Tails, & Knuckles depart after a full day of fun…

Plus the recent discovery of an unreleased arcade game, which would have featured two color swapped clones posing as his brothers…

Now, I had originally planned on presenting a generous helping of Supper Mario Broth as a follow up to so many choice cuts from the Hedgeblog, but Tumblr feels otherwise. Turns out, in addition to YouTube embeds, there’s apparently a limit to just regular ol’ jpegs as well!

So instead, here’s just one last bit of Mario for today, a mash-up with Fury Road from somewhere else (vice-s-assistant to be exact)…

This week’s piece of fan art that deserves some extra attention is this ode to Chrono Trigger by @touxi (via sixteen-bit)…

I love it whenever National Console Support discovers a box of old junk that they then try to unload, which in this instance is a box full of Darius Burst Another Chronicle iPhone cases. These are for the iPhone 3G/3GS btw…

And finally, remember the Averaging Gradius clip from last week? Well, here’s a video that showed up alongside, a recommendation from YouTube that’s actually appropriate: it’s the Vic Viper with a f*ckton of Options…

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Function: Nintendo's 2018: A Remarkable Year In Evaluation - Nintendo Life

After a remarkable very first year on the marketplace, which saw it smash sales expectations and play host to some amazing games, the Nintendo Switch could have endured a torrid sophomore depression in 2018. Nevertheless, that wasn't the case and the console's business success was preserved for the majority of the year, and while the blistering first-out output perhaps slowed rather, we still had sufficient amazing video games to savour on the unique hybrid system.

Join us as we have a look back over the past twelve months, recounting the highs, lows and bits in the middle that were Nintendo's 2018.

January-- A Bold Start

2017 may have shocked pretty much everyone-- consisting of Nintendo itself-- but that didn't stop the Kyoto veteran from kicking off the year with a vibrant prediction; president Tatsumi Kimishima mentioned that the company expected to move a massive fastest-selling console in U.S. history-- the prediction didn't seem all that outlandish.While some were concerned that the Switch would have a hard time when it concerned software application thanks to Nintendo's policy of'front-loading' the system's first year on sale with amazing video games, news that the legendary Dark Souls series was Switch-bound brought back some confidence, although the game wound up shipping later on than other variations. Perhaps the greatest news in the month of January was the unveiling of Labo, Nintendo's' New Way to Play'that included cardboard model packages which connect to the Switch in interesting methods. We were lucky adequate to be one of the few outlets in the UK that were afforded pre-announcement gain access to; we were thrilled then, but after months of unsuccessfully discovering space in your home to keep all of these blocky monstrosities, we're a little less enthused by the entire thing.

In rather less worldwide news, we paid a check out to silliest accessory the Switch-- or perhaps any console-- has ever seen. While we're on the topic of silliness, take a look at our evaluation of the very first computer game 'mockumentary', Opting for GoldenEye . It's a hoot!

Prominent releases were rather thin on the ground due to the time of year, but we still had the likes of Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King, The Escapists 2, Romancing Legend 2, Super Meat Kid and No Gunner 2 to keep us pleased.

February-- Heating up

The month started with the confirmation that Mario would be getting his high scores come under analysis in a drama that would continue to unfold throughout the year. Mitchell eventually showed he can hitting his previous finest later in 2018, but it unfortunately appears like his name is permanently tainted; an unfortunate chapter in the life of a man who has turned into one of the most famous video games players in the world.

The month had a few juicy rumours, one of which related to the next entry in the Sonic racing series. The word on the grapevine was that the next speed-fest from Sega would focus buddies, instead of pulling in all manner of characters from other well-known Sega IPs. This showed to be real as Sega would later reveal Group Sonic Racing, which sadly would slip into 2019, missing its original launch window. Sticking on the topic of heaven Blur for one second, we were also tickled by the idea of his creator doing an impression of the late, great Michael Jackson. In the realm of retro video gaming, the huge news was the release of the Analogue Super Nt, a FPGA-based clone of the SNES which we can't suggest highly enough. We also took a good, long appearance at how to get the very best image out of your N64 using an RGB mod. Releases continued to be reasonably thin on the ground; we saw Dragon Mission Builders, Owlboy, SteamWorld Dig 2 , Bayonetta, Bayonetta 2 and Payday 2 all hit the console, as well as more than a couple of eShop releases, but it was clear that the very best was yet to come.

March-- Smash and Luigi Raise the Temperature Level

Those of you who are old sufficient to recall the days of the NES and SNES will no doubt have fond memories of Toys R United States, the toy giant which specialised in video games for what felt like permanently. The business collapsed in March, activating a profusion of fond memories. We'll disregard the truth that the firm seems on the Luigi's Estate would be resurrected for the plucky handheld, providing gamers the possibility to experience it in 3D-- which Nintendo wanted back when the title was originally launched, however could not attain.

We also covered a couple of interesting topics in March, consisting of the awful tale of the man who assisted to co-create Tetris, perhaps among the most significant games in the history of Nintendo thanks to the way in which it easily offered the Video game Young boy to countless people all over the world. Somewhere else, the video games market responded passionately to a showreel provided by The White Home on the hot subject of violence in video games.

Oh, and March was likewise the month in which Luigi's crown gems became a subject of discussion over the water cooler. Yes, video game journalism is very strange sometimes.

There were a few good video games to get stuck into in March, too. We were talented with Outlast: Package of Fear, Subsurface Circular and Kirby Star Allies on Change, while Investigator Pikachu kept the memory of the 3DS alive.

April-- Cardboard Craziness

April started with plenty of jokes, and we signed up with the celebration by recommending that Nintendo had actually gone cardboard-crazy with its next Labo efforts. Were you among the few that were fooled? If so, you ought to feel absolutely embarrassed of yourself. Tut.

Meanwhile, rumours of Sega Ages banner, and that it would be developing a Mega Drive Mini console to match the similarity the NES and SNES Classic Editions. AtGames-- which, if we're being sincere, does a quite substandard line in clone consoles despite having well over a decade of experience-- declared it was helping out before the tweet was deleted and the console postponed up until 2019. SNK also got in the act, announcing it was making its own traditional system based on the NeoGeo. At the random end of the scale, F1 fans were thrilled to discover that the Sonic prize provided to the legendary Ayrton Senna still exists-- however they were less pleased to know it had been relegated to a dirty store cabinet at McLaren's HQ. Given the current sorry state of this famous racing group, you 'd think McLaren would wish to flaunt as lots of past glories as possible. Perhaps a lot more random was the news that drugs had been discovered inside NES cartridges. Eek.The month was rather light on prominent releases, however Sky Rogue, Wild Guns Reloaded and Football Supervisor Touch 2018 were all worth a look.