Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Recommended Reading
Some absolute visionary by the name of "NinSage" (hope I got that right) just posted a nifty read over at Negative World.
Check out the feature here.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Nano Assault box art blunder?
As many of you know, Christmas 2011 was the day I joined the ranks of those who live in the third dimension ... of gaming! Or something... basically, it's when I got a 3DS. One of the games I had been most interested in was the alarmingly budget-friendly ($20!) Nano Assault.
I had dabbled in Nanostray 1 and 2 for the DS. But the third installment in the series, Nano Assault, really looked like the shmup fix I'd been jonesing for. After picking up the game and savoring its gorgeous visuals and glorious shmuppy-good gameplay, I turned to admiring its snazzy box art when I realized.... the ship is completely backwards!
Observe...
If you look at the in-game ship, the rounded surface is the front and the back has several metallic pillars (shafts?) sticking out - one from the center and then one on each diagonal corner. The center pillar emits propulsion exhaust to propel the ship forward while the other pillars act as back-swept wings of sorts.
However, the box art seems to have a trail of propulsion exhaust bending from around the alien cell in the background to the rounded surface of the ship. Meanwhile, laser blasts are firing from the metallic pillars and culminate in some kind of explosion. Seems like if I were designing a (nanoscopic) fighter jet I would put the weapons facing forward, wouldn't you? This all implies a forward-swept design in the wings and thus that the layout of the ship is entirely backwards!
So what's the deal? Am I crazy or is this an honest to goodness gaff? How could such a major error make it to the box art's final design? Who could be responsible?
What do you think?
I had dabbled in Nanostray 1 and 2 for the DS. But the third installment in the series, Nano Assault, really looked like the shmup fix I'd been jonesing for. After picking up the game and savoring its gorgeous visuals and glorious shmuppy-good gameplay, I turned to admiring its snazzy box art when I realized.... the ship is completely backwards!
Observe...
If you look at the in-game ship, the rounded surface is the front and the back has several metallic pillars (shafts?) sticking out - one from the center and then one on each diagonal corner. The center pillar emits propulsion exhaust to propel the ship forward while the other pillars act as back-swept wings of sorts.
However, the box art seems to have a trail of propulsion exhaust bending from around the alien cell in the background to the rounded surface of the ship. Meanwhile, laser blasts are firing from the metallic pillars and culminate in some kind of explosion. Seems like if I were designing a (nanoscopic) fighter jet I would put the weapons facing forward, wouldn't you? This all implies a forward-swept design in the wings and thus that the layout of the ship is entirely backwards!
So what's the deal? Am I crazy or is this an honest to goodness gaff? How could such a major error make it to the box art's final design? Who could be responsible?
What do you think?
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Happy New Years Nintemple! Site Chat Tonight!
Happy Near Years NinTemple! It's Supa, and I just want to take this time to say thank you to everyone here at NinTemple for such a great year.
I remember feeling really bummed out one day, about not having anyone to talk to about videogames, (especially Nintendo ones) at the level I wanted to talk about them. This feeling struck me after hearing an old E3 recording by Mr. Metts on the NWR website. He delivered such passion, such knowledge, and he was about the same age as me. And that's when I realized... "Hey I want to do what he's doing."
Well a man by the name of Ninsage reached out to me, and invited me with open arms to his website, highly dedicated to the thing I loved. The rest is history. That being said, I really appreciate you all, and you don't know how awesome it is to be able to talk to the same group of people about not just videogames, but life as well.
Happy 2012 there NinTemple! Take it easy... ;)
Friday, December 30, 2011
Nintendo Direct Show
I just found a video of the whole Nintendo Direct show. However it is in Japanese but there is a CC button on the video so whatever language you understand it will translate the Japanese language. Here is the steps to do so. Click the CC button and then click transcribe audio, and then transcribe captions and then select your language. Here is the video.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Site chat in 1 hour
Well this I believe is the last site chat of the year so we can talk about the past year and future plans for the site among other things. Can't wait to talk to all of you.
Monday, December 26, 2011
Nintendo holding another Nintendo Direct broadcast
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Merry Christmas!
I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! I hope that you and yours are having a joyful holiday. Stay warm and cozy out there.
And remember folks, Santa Claus is real. I don't mean the one who flies around the world and delivers presents to everyone in one night, that's a crock. Santa is anyone who thinks of another before themselves, and goes through the effort to find the perfect gift. I'm sure that each of us knows at least one Santa: all you have to do is believe.
And remember folks, Santa Claus is real. I don't mean the one who flies around the world and delivers presents to everyone in one night, that's a crock. Santa is anyone who thinks of another before themselves, and goes through the effort to find the perfect gift. I'm sure that each of us knows at least one Santa: all you have to do is believe.
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