Video Games

Listen up, folks!  Tomorrow, Best Buy will be selling a minimum of 25 60GB PS3 units at each of their stores, with some of their stores having as many as 60!  Rainchecks, as always, aren’t an option.  Also, “one hour prior to store opening on Sunday, December 31,” Best Buy employees will be handing out ticket vouchers for the coveted PS3’s, just to keep things moving smoothly.  According to their Holiday hours, Best Buy will open at 10 AM, and the tickets thus distributed at 9 AM, so a word of advice: arrive there early if you really want one, and plan on spending a couple of hours waiting in line for the vouchers.  Here’s the internal memo from Best Buy about the PS3’s:

Siliconera presents this WarioWare video, which demonstrates the worthiness of this Wii game for a party, because can placate a dozen people at once!  Also, there are some very interesting ways the wiimote is used for this game, and a great ending, so check out the whole vid:

DigitalBattle has the word that the fan remake of the legendary N64 classic The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time in 2D has made progress.  The news come from a thread at SomethingAwful forums, which states:

Daniel Barras, an old friend of mine, has announced that Release Candidate 1 of OoT2D will be released soon. He’s waiting on his laptop to be airmailed to him (and he probably needs to put a couple finishing touches on it).

The game is basically the 2D translation of Ocarina of Time for N64. It will include everything from the original game, and i BELEIVE he was intentionally coding in the glitches found in 1.0 gold cart, but i’m unsure if this will still be a feature. It will also include a special dungeon and 3 extra items (i think it’s armor, boots, and another sword. The only thing i can say for sure is the armor).

Regardless of whether this project to remake the classic Zelda game is real or not, the screens still look great.  Check them the screenshots below:

Until January 14th, you can get $10 off any purchase of at least $40 if you use your Mastercard at Barnes & Noble and the coupon code L3D4H9G.  Happy Holidays!

Japanese PS3 owners recently discovered that Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, which was essentially a remade version of Tekken 5 with some new characters and modes, was available for download from the Playstation store at no cost.  The big difference in this version of Tekken 5, of course, is that it is High-Def (HD), running in 1080p.  There are many modes in this game, including arcade battle, ghost battle, versus battle, and a gallery for viewing and downloading images and movies.  At 830 megabytes and about $17 in value, Japanese PS3 owners must feel the Sony love.  Can’t wait for this one to come to the US!