Cruise the USA in 2008?? - Maybe not....

So Cruisin' USA is coming out on the Wii Virtual Console Monday (the N64 version). I actually played this game to death as well as Cruisin' World on the arcade and N64 because I was young at the time didn't know better. The first two Cruisin' games weren't that bad at the time and they could be fun racing games with my age of the time. Cruisin' USA was a good old-fashioned arcade racing game of Point A to Point B against 7 other racers at various locations of the United States within a time limit with checkpoints to increase time. Now these days, it is likely not worth it pay 10 bucks for this game on Virtual Console, but if you're very nostalgic for 90's arcade racing games, then go for it especially this N64 port seems pretty bad compared to the arcade version (YouTube comparison videos ahead - Arcade is above, N64 is below, thanks to users eVoluci0n and Eric4372). Its okay if they're not the same track, you'll get the idea.

Clip of the Day (3/28/08) = Guitar Hero: Aerosmith

Thanks again to Gamevideos for putting up this trailer even though it was up on GameSpot last night, today's clip of the day since all the other major gaming sites will get it later today likely is the first trailer for Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. I still think this should have been a download of sorts instead of a brand new retail disc (like 30 bucks pending on XBL Marketplace and PSN while Wii and PS2 owners get the disc). Then again, people are going to buy anything Guitar Hero these days like me especially that weird DS version, On Tour (I don't have a DS anymore). It will probably be worth it for some Aerosmith songs and some other tacked on songs from other artists, but like most songs that have been out as GHIII DLC, its way better on Rock Band.

Okay No Riot Tonight.... + Smackdown vs. RAW 09 announced

This looks like a new trend for Wrestlemania weekend announcing this year's entry for their games. Smackdown vs. RAW 2009 is official as expected and the focus this time is tag teams with momentum meters combined for a team, hot tags, and more double team moves. The story mode, aka Road to Wrestlemania, can be done also co-op along with single player, which is cool. Some other new features like Create-A-Finisher and upcoming DLC for updated rosters makes this year's Smackdown worthwhile. If u want to read more about this one, IGN has the exclusive preview with the first trailer and a long / good interview that is a good read if u liked the recent Smackdown games. Honestly, the last WWE game I bought was Here Comes the Pain back in 2003 and I always like maybe this is the time to buy them again, but I don't. I rather buy TNA's video game instead, TNA Impact!, since I'm getting to be more of a TNA fan than WWE now even though TNA has its own problems of being a good wrestling promotion. In addition, Impact is currently looking way better than this one graphically currently. Let's see if THQ and Yuke's can step it up with the graphics, but the amount of content in this year's game is good enough to please fans.

Lastly, looks like no riot tonight with Jabbawockeez winning America's Best Dance Crew = Yay!!! I guess America voted right after all. Since it is spoiled already before the West Coast viewing, I'm still watching the finale tonight anyway. Hopefully Season 2 is bigger and better, but it will be hard to top this first season with Jabba and Kaba Modern blowing away the competition.

Everyone's A Rat..... (Last GTA IV Trailer)

After killing some time playing Tekken 6 again getting my ass whooped (still fun times), I got home and I watch this trailer below... (Thanks to GameVideos again)

The final GTA IV Trailer has arrived and this month wait couldn't get any longer. Rockstar is going out of a bang on this one being the best trailer out of the 4 official ones released. There is some serious stuff in there, and likely will be my game of the year. The game looks good for its graphical style and I'm willing to pony up for the limited edition, which is already pre-ordered. All the multiplayer details have been pretty awesome, which makes the package feel even more complete besides the single-player craziness. April 29 is going to be a good day indeed.

If Status Quo wins, We Riot!!!!

Hey, a blog about a TV show...

So the season finale of America's Best Dance Crew is tonight and hopefully the right crew wins, you know the JabbaWockeez. Last night, supposedly there was 30 million votes already before the big show and it could be all a lie if Status Quo, the crew that just do flips to me, wins meaning it is rigged and America doesn't know what true dancing skill is. Word from the streets seems it is true, but we can all wait till tonight to see if MTV did the right thing choosing the most deserving crew to win. Here's a reminder why they should and better win.

50 Cent says hello to games again.....

Let's get this out of the way first: The background surrounding naming myself G Unit Ver1 is not because of I'm a fan of 50 and his crew, rather than being called G so many times, I just added in the Unit since it kind of made sense at the time. Then the Ver1 kicked in because I liked WWE's Matt Hardy's heel (Mattitude) gimmick with Version 1 on the end and giving facts about himself as he enters the ring. He should bring that back someday, but enough with that.

Since 50 Cent Bulletproof sold enough copies to be a "greatest hit" for the PS2, I guess Vivendi decides to try again for another game titled 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand. MTV News has the official exclusive story and details on this one, but already we know it is probably going to suck like Bulletproof did horribly even though it sold a lot of copies by likely the name itself. According to the story and the first screenshots, it has Gears of War and Army of Two all over it and probably it won't be that bad of a decision for the developers to copy even though it will suck in some way (the game is using Unreal Engine 3). 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand is currently targeted for a Fall 2008 release and will probably sell again because it is 50 and his products actually sell, but so far it is better than Bulletproof and that's all I can say about it being good.

The Resident Evil 5 footage Famitsu promised this week

Thanks to Gamevideos.com for putting up the footy as this is new gameplay (not much) of Resident Evil 5. This is from the Famitsu DVD that came with the new issue in newsstands now (at least that Japanese market / mall at Newport Beach). I'm glad I played Resident Evil 4 on the GameCube in 2005 having never played a RE before that, and good thing since RE4 is still one of the best games of this decade so far. With rumors of more versions of RE4 (refer to this thread at NeoGAF) before RE5, I won't mind even though Capcom has milked that game to death already to me. Back to RE5, I can't wait to witness the evolution of the gameplay of RE4 in this one. I don't care if it comes out next year, let Capcom take their sweet time because it worked for RE4, and sure it will for RE5. Here's the video below.