Vacation Post

Sorry for the long wait for updates. I didn't have time to post that I was on vacation. But I'm back now, and with E3 starting, expect things to return to full swing!

Here's a couple updates I had waiting in the wings, but didn't have time to complete and "publish" as well as some new stuff.

-New Tatsunoko vs Capcom trailer! Beautiful flashy supers abound!

-Nester's nostalgic return to Nintendo Power. Older Nintendo fans will understand.

-New Final Fantasy: Dissidia trailer reveals new characters and Japanese voices.

-A translated interview with Game Musician Sensation, Hyadain.

-Here's something neat. One Piece is listed as the #1 TV Show download, even beating out Lost.

-Another video involving the weird Smash Bros turned Pokemon hack.

-Top it all of with an AMAZING MAD featuring the FFVI cast parodying the FMA Opening and Ending. The YT link also carries a HQ download.

The Return of DeviantArt Saturday: Shino Aburame

So this week, I actually had a grand double artwork update planned , but then my little brother asked me if I could do Shino Aburame from Naruto. Since that's what his friends are into and they're doing the whole "Name your friends after you favorite characters" thing that all the big Anime cliques do. So no problem! Even though I'm not a big Naruto fan myself, let's see what I can find!

Colored Shino by Daruma123

Shino by darkfong

Insect Wrangler AHINO by atanbz

Naruto__Shino Cosplay by Jellie

I would say this is an awesome cosplay, except the artists mentions the bugs are photoshopped. Still I think it would've worked quite well if you got tiny specks and glued them on your costume or something.

Final Thoughts: Commenting on the artwork as a whole, these artworks were the only ones that stood out to me. Everything else is pretty standard fare. A lot of it is simply sketches and traces from the Anime. Searches also came out pretty clean, so nothing to worry about there either.

Delays

Sorry for the delay, it's been a bit of a hectic week. There hasn't been a whole lot of news either.

-Batsu (from Rival Schools, YES!) and Tekkaman confirmed for Tatsunoko vs Capcom

-Well here's an allegedly "Insider" leaked pic of Megaman 9. The link also has new rumored details. My thoughts? Probably just a 'shop. I'm sure MM9 DOES exist and will be at E3, but it's all too common for people to take advantage of rumored titles to make their own fake leaks.

And now some Nico Video findings:

-Cool One Piece fanmade iPod commercial.

-My first Danjo video based on FFVI, subbed by me. Expect more from me in the future.

-A PotC MAD using One Piece's We Are. Also, my own version using the English We Are.

The fox is on fire!

Most important news in a while, Firefox 3.0 is out! If you're wondering what's so new and great about it, Lifehacker's got ya covered.

-New Rabbids Soccer promo video and artwork here.

-New scan and and screens from One Piece Unlimited Cruise. Features a new, original character designed by Oda himself.

-New official news regarding the latest PS3 firmware, featuring trophies and an in-game XMB.

-Oh and added at the last moment: New Impressive Sonic Unleashed trailer.

Music Monday

-Found some new musical videos over the weekend including a couple violin pieces from TAM: Final Fantasy Battle Medley, Nico Video Medley (on Violin while blindfolded), and finally, one of the songs from the Fatal Fury Pachislot: JOY JOY JOY!

-New Megaman 9 rumors here.

Behind the Kingdom

-New Bowser's Kingdom after a long time of spinoffs.

-Apparently, Megaman 9 is in development according to a rating of the OLFC (Australia's Rating Board, like America's ESRB), no official announcement yet (maybe for E3?). In any case my only gripes with this are A)It's not Legends 3 and B)Where are the Powered Up Remakes for 2-8 (or at least 2-6).

Retro Find

-Forgot to mention yesterday. Tidus and Jecht officially revealed for Dissidia as the FFX Hero/Villain reps.

-Kind of a "retro find". ScrewAttack's Captain N commentary. Really enjoyable, especially considering this was before the two big founders of ScrewAttack had their big fallout and hasn't been as good since.

-Be sure to check out Amazon's Movie+TV section, as they're having some good sales right now in lieu of Father's Day and.. Gay Pride month. Seriously a ton of movies have that as the reason it's on sale. Don't let it bother you, it's still a good time to buy DVDs.

-Some of my recent Nico Video findings include a MAD parodying FMA's First Ending done One Piece Style, an interesting twist on the caramelldansen with Mario, Okkusenman done by Japanese Internet Violinist TAM, and Transformers Caramelldansen. Oh and not found by me, but there's a really awesome, fan made Haruhi-style Lucky Star Opening. It uses CG and looks just as official as the Hare Hare Yukai used in the PS2 Haruhi Game.