Zelda: Skyward Sword is Well... Still a Zelda Game

During Iwata's GDC Keynote this morning, he revealed a new trailer for Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword which finally shows new stuff from new levels, characters, and so on. I'm still not sure about the Wii Motion Plus sword controls even though it puts a "new" spin into the combat, but then again I'm not as excited for this game as I thought I would be. Its still a Zelda game, which is still cool and all, but its starting to become too little, too late for me regarding the classic formula they keep refreshing on every iteration. Also, this is the only reason I'm keeping my Wii, so this better be good whenever it comes out this year.

Get Ready to Flip the Fighting Script with MK's Challenge Tower...

Mortal Kombat's Challenge Tower mode is among some of the most insane things I have seen in a fighting game. The fighting script will change dramatically once you delve into this tower with the stipulations and obstacles Netherrealm Games will throw at you. Fighting with no arms, no head, no jumps, flaming floors, and killing waves of zombies are just examples of what to expect here. I'll let the video above explain more about it though, but this is nuts. Mortal Kombat is still coming out next month and looking pretty good so far.

One Shooter Already Leaving Its Mark...

Just watch the latest Battlefield 3 trailer above and I'll let it speak for itself. All I have to say is the shooter landscape has now changed again and BF3 is ready to take down the competition.

Hands-On with MvC3's Shadow Mode

Capcom released their first wave of DLC today for Marvel vs. Capcom 3 with the free Shadow Mode and alternate costumes for Ryu, Dante, Chris, Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor. As of now, Shadow Mode consists of facing off against AI opponents, but against the game's developers, Capcom employees, and soon the best tournament level players in the world. As of now, we get the producer Nitsuma, and two other tester dudes as they're not that hard to defeat. There is a star rating when selecting shadow opponents as the higher the star rating the harder to defeat. These three are a start as Capcom expects to release more on a regularly scheduled basis, so you can unlock more of those titles you can't figure out how to get them till now. Also as expected, it is in the Capcom tradition of being on the disc at the get go as you're pretty much downloading the unlock key for them. Don't expect much out of Shadow Mode till Capcom releases tougher "tourney-level" opponents for us to challenge in the coming weeks.

The Cat's Out Of The Bag, But We Knew Its Gonna Happen

As predicted and expected, Atlus finally announced Catherine for a U.S. release this summer for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. The different covers are intact for both versions from their Japanese releases. Since the cat's out of the bag, there are still questions for how this release is going to happen. Will it be the exact same game Japan has been playing for weeks or a toned down version difficulty-wise after hearing such feedback about that? What about the voice cast? Will English voices be present or a more preferable dual-voice option happen? Hopefully we find answers to these as soon as possible, but I'm happy about the announcement regardless.

Ninja Gaiden III Is Still Happening...

Its GDC week in the world of games and usually people are expecting to hear bombshell announcements, but that's what E3 is for. However, it doesn't mean they can tease away till June, which is the case for Team Ninja and this quick clip for Ninja Gaiden III. Unmasking Ryu is a big thing for the "modern" franchise (he's been unmasked before in the old school games on NES and that DS game Dragon Sword, but that doesn't count to me), so expect that at E3 along with lots of blood.

Music Video of the Day for 2/28/10

Yup... its Gaga's video for "Born This Way" (Just another weird & crazy video by her as expected)