Chibi Robo Guide 77 The Tao War - Free Rangers Vs Tao (YouTube)
Hey, I guess we never got the New Play Control version of Chibi-Robo in America? That's one I might pick up again. Maybe NOA has been unnecessarily shamed into silence on future New Play Control releases.
All Dogs Go To Heaven: Kenichi Nishi's Tao Passes (GameSetWatch)
I had no idea that Tao the dog (see above) from the well-remembered Chibi-Robo was based on a real dog. And Tao has since passed away.
Fils-Aime: Nintendo Offers 'Full Meal' To iPhone's 'Small Chunks' (Gamasutra)
I do enjoy Reggie Fils-Aime:
"Consumers have only a limited amount of time for entertainment, so we compete with Apple," Fils-Aime said in a televised CNBC interview today. "We compete with your program [on CNBC]; we compete with books and magazines; we compete with everything people do for entertainment. From that standpoint, we're battling it out minute by minute."
When somebody finally does make a deep, complex iPhone game, only then will Reggie have to worry. Two years in and it still hasn't happened.
5th Cell on Scribblenauts' control scheme, and more insights (Joystiq)
Fact: Scribblenauts' dorked-up controls ruin the game. 5th Cell flubbed another one.
The OS Opportunity (Daring Fireball)
Interesting position from John Gruber that Dell and Sony (and others) should eschew Windows and have a go at making their own operating systems.
New to Me (Mice Age)
If Clark knew that DisneyWorld had Haunted Mansion action figures and we completely missed seeing/buying them, he would likely be quite upset.
Disney XD uses out-of-the-box thinking to promote out-of-this-world TV movie (Jim Hill Media)
Cute marketing story... how Disney used street theater to push SkyRunners at ComicCon.
Chibi Robo is a fantastic IP. Really hope that Nintendo and skip Ltd. will come out with a true sequel. I'd definitely buy a Play Control version though. Even the kids love the GC version.
I've always wanted an American version of Giftpia. I got stuck in the Japanese version and stopped playing it. Then my Japanese GC stopped reading discs so.... /cry. skip is an amazing developer that makes really fun games. Too bad they don't sell well at all.