Today I received my HK edition PSVITA in the mail! So far this next generation portable from Sony is only released in Japan and HK, the rest of the world will have to wait till Feb 2012 on the 22nd for the worldwide release, but many anxious gamers including myself has imported from HK or Japan for a 'premium' price, of course. No color choice, all black only, Iphone 4 anyone? and it has the WIFI or WIFI/3G edition, Ipad anyone? looks like Sony is taking cues from Apple for product decisions. And mine is the value pack, which besides the console itself, comes bundle with accessories and uncharted:golden abyss. Accessories includes a glossy screen protector, handy but bulky casing, microfibre cloth (to wipe the touch screen), 4GB vita memory card (this thing is so small) and a case for you to keep the games in). Yea the vita memory card is again proprietory (how typical of sony) and is so tiny that if you sneeze while opening the package, you might not be able to find it again. Comes in 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB (sold out at most places). Games are pretty 'japanese' at the moment, of course I buy it for uncharted!
So far I meddle with the interface, its so smooth, if you've played with Ipad2 before, it felt just like that, everything is so natural with the touchscreen. You can flick, swipe and tap just like iOS interface!
Only dissapointment so far is, you cannot transfer videos, music and picture over to the PSVITA if you have Mac PC, only windows supported so far, and its no drag and drop like previously, instead you have to run Sony's software. Maybe to fight piracy is guess?
Okay enough talk, pictures time!
Glossy screen
Me likey, shiny-ness...
Size Comparison with other stuffs... (iphone4 looks small)
The analog sticks and buttons
Envious 3DS at top right!
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Super Mario 3D land and Zelda Skyward Sword Controller Bundle!
I've preordered these 2 Nintendo gems, and yeah my wii is collecting dust in the box, now I found myself a very good excuse to bring it out and hook it on my new LED TV to play. I seriously dont know where I've misplaced my wiimotes + nunchuk already, so when I heard there's this bundle with a Wiimoteplus controller, I quickly make my preorder! Not only does the package comes in a shiny golden box, it also contains the 25th annivesary Zelda orchestra Music CD inside, Woot!!
Can you feel the EPICNESS!!!!
Everything inside the box, including gold batteries! Muahahaha!
The Super Mario Land 3d, just the normal edition, in the US they are bundling the game with a Flame red Nintendo 3DS, which is a dope! Too bad I got my 3Ds way earlier. Nothing to brag about the Mario, just your usual 3DS game casing, minimally designed.
CD also Gold in color!! This is the Limited Orchestra symphony CD!
The Music CD, consisting of 45 mins zelda soundtrack all fullly orchestrated, featuring tunes from previous zelda games. These are the tracklisting and below is the link to youtube music sample!
1. The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Medley
2. Kakariko Village Twilight Princess Theme
3. The Wind Waker Symphonic Movement
4. Gerudo Valley
5. Great Fairy’s Fountain theme
6. Twilight Princess Symphonic Movement
7. The Legend of Zelda Main Theme Medley
8. Ballad of the Goddess from Skyward Sword
Some pictures of the beatiful golden wiimote, isnt it lovely! This is the new version of wiimote which means it has wiimotion plus in it without needing you to connect motion plus like the old version!
Imagining this as the skyward sword! Yehaaa!
With Zelda Emblem design, all gold in color!
Now I got to go hunt for new nunchuk since I cannot find my old one, grrrr! Things always went 'missing' after moving house! My next bunch of pictures will probably be my Metal Gear HD:Limited Edition, yeah I'm pretty crazy, I admit!
Ah uncharted 3, one the most highly anticipated 2011 title exclusively
for the ps3, for those in the dark, this is the 3rd installment of the
adventure of Nathan drake, an adventurer hunting for lost treasures,
think again modern day Indiana jone or male counterpart of tomb raider.
And the first 2 on the series were dope! Hands down my top 2 favorite
games for the ps3. Naughty dog previously work includes the famous
rachet and clank series also exclusive only for the playstation.
Uncharted series is famous for its excellent hollywood style story
telling, boast one of gamings best voice acting cast, superior next
generation graphics and effects, and amazing gameplay and puzzle solving
level design.
Huge beautiful Package! Its almost as big as the PS3 itself! gulp!
Once open you will find the steelbox version of game on the left side, with the statue of Nathan Drake on the right side!
All content in the compartment, wearable necklace and buckle belt! also some codes for the unlockable exclusives!
Totally wearable! In fact I'm alreadying wearing it, yes I am such a nerd!
The statue is beautifully crafted by Slideshow, company famous for making collectibles!
Outdoor shot for the figurine.. Nathan Drake ready for some action!
You will notice fine details including the belt, necklace, guns and ammo!
Steelbox casing for the game, an inside look on the packaging!
I had received my collectors edition and by far I am most impressed by the package as compared to my previous purchase of collector editions. The highlight is the statue of Nathan drake himself in almost 10" tall in his uncharted 3 costume, beautifully sculpted and colored to the finest details, equipped with his weapon, necklace and buckle bet. And in the package you'll get 2 wearable items, a ring necklace, and a buckle belt, very coo for nerds like myself! Then the game come in the steel box case along with 2 redeemable codes for exclusives items. The whole package is fit into a cardboard designed to resemble a closet. All costing me around RM 300 only, totally worth every penny!
Two days ago I received my copy of dance central 2, my highly anticipated dance game on kinect! The most talked about feature of this game has to be the two player simultaneous dancing which is a big miss in the first game as kinect has always been able to detect more than one player on screen since its launch last year! A quick recap for those who doesn't know about dance central, basically its a dance game which uses the xbox kinect to detect your body's movement and by far the most accurate dance game in terms of body recognition! So how was it ? Let's find out!
Two player Mode! Yes!
I played through a new sort of career mode and won the first crew, riptide, over medium difficulty, and it will unlock stuff, story wise it's very simple not cutscenes or whatsoever, don't expect an RPGs-esque story telling here, it's just a dance game. Just some chat between the crew and then you start dancing already, so to me basically you will want to play over for the unlockables only.
Dance central 2 BoxArt
The usual dance option let you select all the songs from the start of the game, and dance central one music is no where to be found when upon first load up the disc. You will have to enter the code found on your first dance central disc's back cover and then pay 400 MS point for the game to download from the online server! (what....??? Paying again for something which you already paid for? Ridiculous!) but I still pay considering how much fun now I can challenge my sister to Lady Gaga's Just Dance side by side, how awesome is that! And then the third mode which was already available since the first game was fitness option where you will just dance song after song for calories burning.
All DLC from the first game is playable directly on Dance central 2 and I just read from the twitter today, Harmonid is going to have a special discount promotion for all their DLC this november, sweet! New music include hit songs from Lady gaga, Rihanna, Bruno mars, David guerreta, Justin Bieber and Far east movement. So those who has a kinect should definitely grab this gem, and those who have an Xbox who are still waiting for a reason to buy kinect should definitely give this game a try!
So in my quest to becoming the next abs model in mens healths magazine (I wish), err, farcry? well sometimes people need dream yo! Gimme a break. Okay, call me vain now and I will admit it, but sometime a year ago I don't really care if I'm fat or if I have a tummy, was going to go with the excuse of having fat genes (yes! My grandpa was in the local newspaper back then being one of the fattest guy around). And of course I started rethinking about my life and how I should start losing weight and live healthier in terms of lifestyle and be more active physically. Also, I want to look more sexy and determine to abandon my twinky look (yes I still consider myself a twink at 27 of age, lol).
Your shape fitness evolved.
So I got myself an xbox slim and kinect last Christmas as an excuse to do exercise, with ubisoft fitness game called, yourshape fitness evolved. It's a very comprehensive game as it has multiple program selection, some for weight lost, some for body toning, and then they track your progress online to be compared to your friends and families. Then it was updated with more fitness Options, yoga classes, bollywood dances, boxing classes, and cardio classes.
A typical screenshot from the game, the person on the right is a miror image of yourself.
TV ad for Yourshape fitness evolved!.
The game tracks how much calories was burn, and the information on screen tells you if you are in sync with the instructor. A typical timer on the top, and exercise information on the top right. You are presented with a virtual version of yourself (how cool is that), and every movements is mirrored on screen so you can do comparison with the instructor on the left, very useful! The graphics here are very well done, interface is very intuitive and modern ala in minority report, cool x10!
Ea Active sport come in a box bundled with resistant band, and heart rate sensor!
Graphics are more cartoony and colorful as compared to ubisoft's your shape.
Trailer shown in E3 demonstrating the game modes.
The second fitness game I got was ea active sports 2. This game is very cool, it comes with a heart rate sensor that you wear over your arms and as you do exercise your heart rate will be displayed on screen! How cool! This game also has online component, and the exercises concentrates on different body part you wish to target, extremely customizable! Kinect is really meant for exercise games. The instructor will constantly give you feedback saying your too slow, you have to jump higher, your arms not straight enough, every angles matters! Highly recommended game as well and it comes with a resistant band for more effective workout and for those who are more serious you can add weights (buy from furthers shop) over your wrist and feet so you'll burn more calories.
Harmonix crafted a masterpiece, yet again!
The 3rd games is not really a fitness game but it is the game I had most fun with! It's called dance central only available exclusively for kinect made by the genius behind rockband series, Harmonix! This is probably the best kinect game ever, essentially a dancing game with great song list, updated monthly and downloadable through xboxlive but with a fee. It's also a great party game and it's such a blast to have danceoff in your living room with friends and family. It's does has a workout mode, although not too comprehensive, basically just cardio workout. By just playing game itself, you'll not only guaranted to sweat profusely, your muscle will ache as well!
Ellen degeneres introducing dance central!
So, who said games are for lazy, fat bum? Think twice!
