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Summary of Ys X:

So they replaced the party system with a weapon attribute type of systems.

Multi-platforms for Ys X release.

Young Adol and Heroine with their arms tied with a aura-cord.

Ys version of the Souls genre.

That's cool. Everyone nostalgias hard over SF64 (and I don't blame them), but the original is still my favorite and part of it is because of the art style. Definitely going to check this out.

Sega and Creative Assembly have announced Hyenas, a PvEvP shooter from the team behind Alien: Isolation and Halo Wars 2.

Set in a future where billionaires have colonized Mars and made Earth inhospitable, Hyenas is a fast-paced multiplayer FPS that casts players as anti-hero pirates stealing from the mega-rich. Each match hosts 15 players split up into five teams of three, and those teams compete to steal treasures from a spaceship and escape with the biggest pile of loot. It sounds a little like Hunt: Showdown, but with the slick and speedy sensibilities of Apex Legends.

Further complicating things are an AI-controlled security force that defends the vaults containing the treasures you seek; known as the MFPF (or murphs), these guards will fight anyone trying to steal from the billionaires.

These ships arent defenseless, explained creative director Charlie Bewsher in a chat with IGN. Theyre full of security, sensors, switches, interactive systems, and gadgets. Its a great environment for this competitive game to take place in.

Since the maps are set on freighter ships traveling between Earth and Mars, theres also zero gravity to contend with. Certain segments of the maps will have no gravity whatsoever, allowing you to float around and use 3D space in new ways. Other locations, such as individual rooms and corridors, also have on/off switches for zero-g. Characters have maglock boots to help overcome any gravity issues, should zooming around freestyle not be your preferred method of travel.

With numerous corridors, vaults, rooms, and hangar spaces, each Hyena map is pretty large. Creative Assembly says to expect something larger than a regular PvP deathmatch map, but something thats not quite as large as a battle royale map. Despite that, the team has been inspired by the kind of gameplay seen in games like Fortnite and Warzone.

We didnt want to make a battle royale, but we wanted to take that idea of creating this unpredictable, chaotic space where players would find this new gameplay, find new tactics, and ultimately find new player stories, said Bewsher.

We wanted to create this unpredictable, chaotic space where players would find new gameplay

Each match is set aboard a freighter spaceship that ferries items from the remains of Earth up to Mars. But those items, now traded for massive cash by billionaires, are perhaps not what youre expecting. In Hyenas' world, pop-culture artifacts from Earths past are the new diamonds, and so youll be stealing anything from Rubik's cubes and Sony Walkman tape decks to Sonic statues and green army men. Bewsher even says that you could end up looting the first album you ever bought, and promises youll see lots of different pop culture IPs represented in the game.

The cinematic reveal trailer shows off a freighter piled high with New York-themed memorabilia, including everything from subway cars to the Statue of Liberty itself. Hyenas definitely doesnt take itself seriously, and its colorful comic book-style art reflects that.

Creative Assembly has not yet detailed all the playable characters, but notes that they each fall into one of three categories: engage, evade, and exploit. Engage characters are action-focused, while evade heroes are focused on nimble movement and occasionally stealth. Exploit characters, meanwhile, are the hackers and support characters.

As part of the announcement stream on IGN, Creative Assembly namechecked a few of Hyenas heroes. The Pro is a classic-style bank robber with a shotgun, deployable turret, and a President Nixon mask. Commander Wright is an astronaut with a foam gun that can quickly create barricades, cover, and climbing platforms. Doc Hotfix is a gamer who believes hes a character in a game, and thus offers some fourth wall-breaking commentary. A few other characters can be seen in the trailer, but they have yet to be detailed.

No release date for Hyenas has been announced so far, but a playable alpha is planned and can be signed up for at playhyenas.com. When Hyenas does finally release, it will be available on Xbox and PlayStation consoles, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store.

Bah.

Ex-Zodiac is a fast-paced rail shooter with a stylized look reminiscent of early 90's 3D games. Join protagonist Kyuu as she fights to free the worlds of the Sanzaru Star System, overrun by the intergalactic terrorist organization known as Zodiac.

FEATURING:

- A retro, colourful, low-poly visual style
- 12 main levels (plus secret areas and side-paths)
- Multiple routes to complete the game
- Major bosses at the end of each level, each piloted by a member of the Zodiac
- A 16-bit style soundtrack by +TEK combining FM and wavetable synthesis

Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders

Final Sacrifice

Ruled by the evil Satoris, an ancient cult of Canadian wrestlers, the Ziox, are bent on world domination. Instrumental to their plan is a map to the ancient Ziox cult idol, recently discovered by a young boy, Troy. When the Ziox invade his home to recover the map, he flees and ends up in the bed of a passing pickup truck, driven by Rowsdower. Rowsdower and Troy become friends, and together search for the lost idol before the Ziox can claim it and take over the world

Released in arcades in 1985, The Fairyland Story is very much a predecessor to Taitos other cutesy platform games like Bubble Bobble and The New Zealand Story. A Famicom port was developed in 1986 with Taitos approval and as a relatively accurate port of the original arcade game. It made a brief appearance in Japanese magazines in March 1986 but was cancelled soon after and never heard from again.

This port was thought to be lost or, at best, in the hands of a Japanese collector. That was until 2022, when avid console modder FenrisWolfRetro found a copy of the game hiding in plain sight in an eBay lot of untested Famicom games. Doing some basic math, this one-of-a-kind prototype was bought for just over a dollar.

The cart is dated April 25th, 1986, and appears to be a debug build. The layouts are only rarely the same as the arcade original (even when they are matching, the enemies are often swapped). The arcade game ends at Level 101 with a boss fight; the Famicom port is never-ending, looping after Level 50. Pressing Select lets you skip around levels and if overused can result in some game-breaking fun.

Does the actual MST3K movie count? It's actually shorter than a typical episode. >_>

Princess Mononoke is a movie from 20 years ago that was made by Studio Ghibli and I am confident is more famous than the show you are talking about

I am confident is more famous than the show you are talking about

Oh, I thought this was about Mononoke-hime, not some Naruto crap.

Mononoke follows a wandering, nameless character known only as the "Medicine Seller" (voiced by Takahiro Sakurai). The series is made up of individual chapters in which the medicine seller encounters, combats and subsequently destroys mononoke. The mononoke are a type of ayakashi, unnatural spirits that linger in the human world by binding themselves to negative human emotions. The Medicine Seller always proceeds in the same manner, using his knowledge of the supernatural to fend off the mononoke until he can learn the spirit's shape (Katachi), truth (Makoto) and reasoning (Kotowari). Only then can he unsheathe his sword and exorcise the demon.

A livestream celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Mononoke anime revealed on Saturday that the anime is getting a film in 2023. The announcement stated the film will be a completely new work.

Nakamura will return to direct the film, with production at Twin Engine. Takahiro Sakurai will return to voice the Medicine Seller.

The above video also previews other projects to commemorate the 15th anniversary, including a crowdfunding campaign and a stage play. The crowdfunding campaign will launch on June 24. Another project will feature 12 artists each creating a visual for the franchise. The first visual (below) is from Yaeko Ninagawa, who drew the manga adaptation of the anime.

The Mononoke anime premiered in 2007 and aired for 12 episodes. The series is a spinoff of the Ayakashi - Samurai Horror Tales anime. Specifically, it follows the medicine seller from the "Bakeneko" (Goblin Cat) arc. The Mononoke anime has five arcs, the last of which is titled "Bakeneko."

Kenji Nakamura directed the television anime at Toei Animation, and Takashi Hashimoto designed the characters and served as chief animation director. Yasuharu Takanashi composed the music.

The anime is streaming on Crunchyroll and other streaming services. New Video Group released the series on DVD in North America in 2014.