Evil is fading, now its time to get corrupted!

I would be lying if I said that I picked up a Nintendo Wii just for the Resident Evil games. I had strong faith that Metroid Prime 3: Corruption would be one of the first games to fully utilize the Wii controller based on the information that I had read about it around when the Wii was announced. Well, I just picked up Metroid Prime 3 yesterday and it is fantastic so far! My right wrist is actually sore at the moment from a boss fight so I decided to take a break for a while and type out a blog entry.

I'll have a full review up in a few days once I get finished - and I have plenty to say so far. :)

"You toxic creature - did you imagine I'd simply allow you to run loose, corrupting everything you encounter?"

Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition guide

You would think with the lack of posts on this blog that I have been avoiding games or something. Heh, far from it actually. Whenever I write a guide for a game, I tend to run that game into the ground - trying boss fights over and over, trying different strategies for a particularly hard part, multiple playthroughs with multiple saves at key points, stuff like that. It's strange how one portion of a game that usually takes a player 5 minutes to complete will take me about 30 minutes or longer, well with the way I go about writing a guide - everything must be confirmed andall details will be showcased.

Anyway, long story short, I posted up my new guide for Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition on the gaming sites a few days ago. The game doesn't really need another walkthrough but I figured one more along with the other 15+ guides on GameFAQs wouldn't hurt. I have been tossing around the idea of writing a guide for RE4 quite a while now and finally decided to go ahead and see it through now that the Wii version is out. I must say, the surge of RE5 info got the best of me - yeah, I blame it mainly on that.

I've recently been playing through the RE games in order. It's been about 3 years since I have last played through all of them so the experience felt a little new once again. The only thing I regret is having played through Resident Evil 2 so much back in the day. I have really overplayed that game and it still shows just a bit - it just doesn't amuse me near as much as the others. Resident Evil 3 and Code Veronica are still my cup of tea. RE3 has such a good amount of action with the constant Nemesis pursuing and Code Veronica still holds up well with its graphics and story even now. REmake still has that atmosphere down pat as well, I'd like to add!

Anyway, with that said, maybe now I can move on to other games and let the Resident Evil series rest for a while. I wonder? With the Tokyo Game Show (TGS) coming up soon, I might get obsessed once again.

"Everyone's gonna' die!"

Founder of GameFAQs stepping down

A couple of weeks ago the founder of GameFAQs, Jeff "CJayC" Veasey, mentioned that he is planning to step down from his role as administrator of GameFAQs as he said in this Daily Grind thread. SBAllen, also known by the username of "Sailor Bacon" will be the new administrator when CJayC leaves.

His site has helped many a gamer in their times of need and still is the best site to surf over to when in need of help with a video game. Even though he is not stepping down at this moment, I wish him the best for whatever future goals he may have.

We'll miss you Ceej!

"Don't say Goodbye. Say Good Journey."
"Live the journey, for every destination is but a doorway to another."

New extended trailer for RE5

Kind of late on this, but the extended trailer for Resident Evil 5 is now up and looking damn nice.

"YAHOOI!"

More Resident Evil 5 news

Some more information on Resident Evil 5 has been revealed from translated details of an interview with the game's producer from Famitsu magazine.

"According to Takeuchi, if, after seeing the E3 trailer, you feel RE5 looks like RE4 now, you'll be left with a completely different impression following the next trailer."

Here's a collection of images from the actual magazine article:



It has also been revealed that the game's release is set for 2009:

"The latest issue of Famitsu has revealed some bad news today. Capcom's Resident Evil 5 producer Jun Takeuchi had told Famitsu that Resident Evil 5 will not be making a 2008 release. He also stated that a 2010 release would be to late. So Takeuchi expected to ship Resident Evil 5 for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 sometime in 2009.".

thanks to absolutezero

On a brighter note, here is a new screenshot of the certain girl discussed in the interview.


thanks to Nickbrix for the screenshot

Popular belief has pointed to the mystery girl being Sherry Birkin, though that has yet to be confirmed or denied.

"What's the matter? Don't you trust me?"

Mmm...Sony press conference

To me, Sony had the best showcase this year. The PSP selection is gourgeous - God of War, Silent Hill: Origins (can't wait for this), Final Fantasy: The Lion Wars (those new cutscenes match SO well), Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (*gasp*).

Their Haze trailer was my first time to see it in motion. Wow. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune still has my attention as well.

I was expecting a good MGS4 trailer as well and Kojima really looks like he's going to deliver once again on this one. I was pleased with how happy he seemed about the game and how open he was with the audience as well. He seems like he's giving this one his all.

The PS3 RE5 trailer seemed a bit different also from the Microsoft show, or either the footage was mixed differently.

Ahhhhhh...2008...RE5. :D Sorry.

"But this is not where or how it ends. Fate promises more twists before this drama unfolds completely."

Microsoft's E3 '07 press conference was evil, in a good way.

Just got through watching Microsoft's press conference for this year's E3 and I must say that I am now totally hyped! As if Virtua Fighter 5 with online play wasn't enough to make me grin, Peter announced a game that wouldn't be available until 2008. Since he had just mentioned Devil May Cry 4, I thought for sure he was showing a trailer of it since I could have sworn it was pushed back to 2008.

What followed made all time stop around me as I entered a state of shock and extreme happiness.


Needless to say, I wasn't expecting to see anything about Resident Evil 5 at this year's E3. What a shocker!

Let me just post another image since I feel like it.


Chris Redfield certainly has bulked up hasn't he? The full trailer hits Xbox Live on July 26.

Oh man, now to see some more Umbrella Chronicles action later today or sometimes this week. I think I'll feel complete then - well, actually a little overfilled.

Thanks to TheBigG753 from the IGN boards for the clearer second pic.

"Long time no see, Chris."