Splatoon has become one of my favorite franchises in the past decade, if not all time. It’s just such a splendidly executed game world, and the music is a huge part of why I have all the emotions about it. I feel this soundtrack is related in spirit to Sega’s Jet Set Radio, but done…
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Music: 52 Women VGM Composers You Should Know About – Manami Kiyota
Manami Kiyota Kiyota has been a professional composer for various forms of media well before she got involved in video games, producing several albums (including a Final Fantasy song book), serving as a radio personality, singing and creating music on various musical productions for TV, film, anime, theater and more, and producing themes for various…
Opinion: The Best of the Worst – Like Likes (Legend of Zelda series)
Like Likes (Legend of Zelda series) This may not be a popular opinion, but I find enemies that provide a serious threat to be very memorable. The kinds of foes that scare you, even if their appearance isn’t all that intimidating; it all comes down to how they make you feel when you see them….
Music: 52 Women VGM Composers You Should Know About – Minako Hamano
Minako Hamano Hamano joined Nintendo R&D1’s sound department in 1991, with her musical debut being Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (alongside other composers including Kazumi Totaka). Following that Hamano would mostly be involved with the Metroid franchise, co-composing several titles in the series and providing some of the moodier examples of those soundtracks. Outside of…
Opinion: Rest Well Sweet Wii Shop Prince
Tonight brings the end to the ability to purchase Wii Shop points, effectively shutting down the long running service that introduced the world to the Virtual Console and Nintendo’s first stab at digital content. Both certainly had their faults, and the interface was a bit clunky to navigate, but it was very Nintendo in how…
Opinions: SMASHHHHHHHHHHHHH for Switch
YESSSSSSSSSSSS As noted in my Splatoon post, we have a new Super Smash Bros. on the way! While Nintendo hasn’t confirmed if the game is an enhanced port of the Wii U Smash or an entirely new project, I am beyond stoked to learn more about this! In the interim while I rewatch this trailer…
Opinion: Splatoon is one of Nintendo’s A-Tier Franchises if the Direct is anything to go by
Yep, that’s a thing. That’s also a thing. Today Nintendo committed to the popularity of its youthful franchise Splatoon, and it was glorious. The Direct devoted nearly a third of its run time to the series, with a bevy of free content and the first paid expansion Octo shown off (the latter looks fucking insane…
Opinions: My Favorite Women in Video Games – Playable Characters who are not Primary
This is a work in progress! Aika (Skies of Arcadia, Sega/Overworks) Aika is a member of the Blue Rogues — in particular Captain Dyne’s band of sky pirates until her best friend Vyse forms his own band later in the game — and serves as a scout and fighter for both groups. Aika is energetic,…
Music: The Last 5 Songs from my Top 100 VGM!
Finally! It’s time to put an end cap on this feature as I round out the last five songs from my Top 100 VGM! Of course, now I need to do my favorite soundtracks properly…my work is never done! lol Open the World (Part I), Culdcept, Kenji Ito, PS2, NEC/OmiyaSoft, 2002 This is a definite…
