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Shinji Mikami thinks True Motion Control is 10 Years Away
The mastermind behind Resident Evil and the upcoming Vanquish had this to say about the motion control gaming landscape:
“I don’t think motion controls will be in the gaming mainstream in the next ten years..When the technology gets to the point where you can just flick your eyeballs around and the computer can pick it up, you won’t need a controller anymore. Obviously it’s going to take a while to get there.”
I guess the definition that needs clarifying here is the idea of “motion gameplay” – if the success of the Wii is dictating anything than motion gaming through a controller is mainstream right now.
However, if we take motion gaming to be the more similar to Kinect where gamers abandon the handheld inputs altogether, Mikami has a very solid point.
[Source: Industry Gamers]
Alicia Melchiott in PVC now available for Pre-Order – Hooray!
Easily one of the best characters – both in terms of her abilities to fight for justice and bake delicious bread – Alicia from the first Valkyria Chronicles is now available for pre-order in PVC form.
Alicia has been known to steal a few sighs from me – I’m still looking for my real life Alicia…I thought I met her once – but this PVC figure is downright classy compared to a lot of other ones out there. Lot of great details though it does seem to pull more from the anime than the game.
Hit the jump for more shots: Read the rest of this entry »
Shining Hearts Delayed in Japan, “Improved Quality” Cited as Reason
SEGA’s next entry into the Shining series won’t be going head-to-head with the next installment of Monster Hunter Tri…rather it will be delayed from December 2nd to December 16th.
The website cites that the time will be used to improve the quality of the title…but it seems to be a savvy business decision as well.
Monster Hunter in Japan is likely to sell incredibly well cannibalizing all other titles during its launch phase.
[Source: Andraisang.com]
Black Panther Yakuza Promotional Video
ImpressWatch uploaded this music video from the band responsible for the theme to the upcoming Yakuza PSP title. Check it out.
Fast Striker Headed For the Dreamcast Via NGDev Team
Hooray! Another shooter is making its way to the Dreamcast – the little 128 Bit system that is seeing a massive resurgence as of late – probably because it still works in a wasteland of red ring Xbox 360s!
Fast Striker is a vertically scrolling shooter with a emphasis on points (classic arcade style). It also feature “largest” megabit count of any NEOGEO title.
The title is scheduled to land sometime this winter. Fast Striker is a NEOGEO vertical scrolling shooter that will feature some nice updates on Dreamcast such as VGA compatibility: Read the rest of this entry »