On Spawn Kill's fifth episode of the Kill Kast, Molotov Cupcake, Tigresa, Snarkasaur, and The Herp discuss their nominations and personal game of the year decisions as a companion to the game of the year post. Join the staff for a colorful discussion regarding some of the year’s best, including Dragon Age: Origins, Retro Game Challenge, and more!
The staff over at Spawn Kill have come up with some not so run-o-the-mill game of the year categories and have finally chosen their picks for the year that was 2009. Check it out and let us know if you agree or disagree!
Let's face it. Without the XSEEDs, Atluses, and Working Designs of the world, playing these odd games from Japan in English with no real Western backing would be a wet dream. We would at the mercy of the giant publishers and their wholly-established brand names, and at the general blandness of video games today. The mainstream US publishers have stopped to consider what Japan has to offer, and even the big publishers from Japan only localize their bigger games.
But these are the compani...
Back in February, XSEED Games localized Game Center CX, a game based on the Japanese television show of the same name, here in the US as Retro Game Challenge for the Nintendo DS. The game is one of the better games to have been released this year, even being the highlight of its release month. However, there is the infinitely-better sequel Game Center CX 2, which has not been announced for localization by XSEED. Why is that? Not enough of you so-called hardcore gamers bought Retro Game Ch...
In 2007, Namco Bandai introduced one of the best games to hit the Nintendo DS system: Game Center CX: Arino's Challenge. It was a game based off of the Game Center CX TV show, where it depicted Yoiko's Shinya Arino as an employee of the fictitious Game Center CX company, whose job is to clear the challenges given to him for popular video games. The Game Center CX game had the player sent back in time by the Evil Game Master Arino back into the 80s, in the time of 8-bit and gaming magazines....
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