Archive for July, 2009

Daisy Fuentes Pilates!!

I don’t know about you guys, but there are some things that I am extra particular about. Things that when they happen, or don’t happen, I get annoyed to a point that verges on anger. Some people call them pet peeves, but I don’t like that phrase. What the hell does it mean? Peeves is like angry, I get that, but where does pet come in? I like my pet, almost all of the time. I never like being annoyed, so that phrase doesn’t work. We need to come up with a new one. By we, I mean you guys need to because I’m more than happy to just call them things that really annoy me, and then correct people when they call it a pet peeve. Anyway, one of the things that bothers me the most is punctuality. I hate being late, and I hate it when others are late. Like, when you call and ask a contractor to meet you at the house you are buying to check out the driveway and they say they will meet you at 3:30 only you wait there until 4:15 and never even get a courtesy call, even as late as 9:00pm. Yeah, that bothers me a whole lot. In fact, it really burns my bottom, it’s that serious. There’s just no excuse for that sort of rudeness. Especially when I was going to pay the people to fix the driveway!! WTF?!?

So, now that we’ve all vented I think we deserve a pick-me-up. During our time together I’ve shared with you several important aspects of childhood from Transformers to Star Wars, some of the things that helped shape little Mike into the man you’ve come to love, or like, or at least tolerate. Well, there’s something else that was a part of my childhood that is getting a new lease on life in game form. Actually, I should say someone. Back in the day, when MTV was more than The Hills and pregnant teenagers, they used to actually be centered around music and things that revolved around music, like fashion. They needed people to talk to us about the music, introduce the videos, interview the singers, and the basic things you’d expect them to talk about. One of the most popular of these “VJ’s” was Daisy Fuentes. Ahh, Daisy. She was the bomb. It didn’t matter if it was House of Style, MTV Spring Break, Totally Fit w/Daisy, or the Rock-N-Jock Softball games, she had my heart for a decent chunk of my adolescence. I know that I’m not the only one that was enamored with the Cuban born model. She was like the original Eva Mendes, only better.

Did you think that GI Joe, Ghostbusters, and Transformers would be the only childhood loves to make a comeback on the Wii? Wrong. That’s right, the lovely Daisy Fuentes is coming to the console to teach pilates with Daisy Fuentes Pilates. They should have just called it Daisy Fuentes. That would have been enough. I say that knowing there is no way I will buy this game. I don’t do pilates. I went to a class once with my wife and it hurt. I just hope it doesn’t hurt Daisy because that would make me sad. While I won’t be buying, or even playing this game, I’ll definitely post the trailers and whatever other videos I can find for your enjoyment. By your enjoyment I mostly mean mine. I mean, it’s Daisy Freaking Fuentes!!! If the release of this game could somehow coincide with a Parker Lewis Can’t Lose reunion and a 21 Jump Street marathon, I think I would die. I won’t die before I watch the trailer for Daisy Fuentes Pilates, which releases exclusively for the Wii on August 4th. I just noticed that the price was only $29.99, maybe I could get this as a gift for my wife… Enjoy the trailer.

Red Steel 2 & Muramasa!

Apparently when you become an adult and decide it’s time to buy a house, the work begins after you make that decision. You have to do home inspections, have appraisals arranged, and hand over documents that would make an identity thief drool. Not only that, but you realize that due to the stress you’ve put yourself under you’re ridiculously exhausted. All of these things aren’t really that bad, but when they come piled on top of a “My in-laws and my mom and my sister and her kids are in town and I have to squeeze in time to visit all of them even though I just want to curl up and sleep” sandwich, then you’re set for disaster. So, that’s where I’ve been lately, hoping the thumping behind my eyeballs will stop and I can finally rest. I don’t really see that happening for the next month though, but when it’s all said and done I’ll be a homeowner. That is awesome.

I don’t usually deliver bad news, but there is some that I’ll mention very briefly because it makes me too sad. Red Steel 2 has been pushed back. Delayed. It’s being held hostage until next year. I know I’m a bit late with this news. To be honest I hope to be the last site to officially report on something. I like to make sure you’ve got it everywhere else first, then you can come here and be all, “Finally. I was waiting for my friends at WiiSpin to drop this.” See, I’m here just for you, I deserve a medal. Anyway, the “official” reason Ubisoft is giving us for the push back is that the devs wanted more time to polish the maps and gameplay. That’s a reasonable excuse but when you say that the same day you publish reports talking about how poor your selling in ‘09, then it seems like you think we’re dumb. We’re not that dumb though Yves Guillemot, you sneaky French-Canadian. We know that it’s the poor sales and we’re okay with that. Don’t sleep, I’m uber-upset about RS2 being delayed, but I get it. Now you better put out a game even better than I was already hoping for. You wanted time to polish the game, so it better be damned pretty and super violent when it comes out sometime at the beginning of 2010.

Muramasa:The Demon Blade. It’s a game I’ve not paid very much attention to. It’s also a game I don’t know very much about. I do know that it’s developed by Vanillaware, and published by Ignition Entertainment. I also know that the game is a visually stunning 2D Hack-N-Slash game set in ancient Japan. The hand drawn, yes you read that right, game is paired with music that makes the experience one that looks like it must be played to fully appreciate. You’ll play one of two Ninjas, who will have two separates storylines, and multiple paths in each story. Basically, you’re gonna want to play this game more than once. Okay, enough of the small talk, I know what you want, videos. Well, you’ve all been good boys and girls so you shall get your videos. Now, now, not all at once, there’s no rush. Muramasa:The Demon Blade is set to invade Wiis all over America on September 8. In the month leading up I promise to deliver more on this game as I get it. Now, enjoy the videos below.

Punch-Out!! Sequel Could Be Coming

If you were a fan of Punch-Out!! on the Nintendo Wii, then you should be pleased to know that a sequel could be in the works. Two of the main developers who worked on Punch-Out!! spoke with Official Nintendo Magazine .

Zero Punctuation – Wii Sports Resort

This week, Zero Punctuation reviews Wii Sports Resort.

CO-OP 0206 —

Creators of the popular video game show CO-OP now on Revision3 Battlefield 1943 and Wii Sports Resort reviews
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