April 28th, 2008 Chris "Kramez" Kramer
How the heck did this get past us? Back in March, the Guinness people published the Guinness World Records: Gamer’s Edition 2008, which contains an amazing amount of gamer ephemera and questionable records. Amongst the records recorded is “Most Number of Games In a Single Series,” handed to our very own Blue Bomber.
That’s right, the Mega Man franchise has been recognized as being milked like no other milking in the history of video game milkings! The Guinness Book recognizes 46 games, but I’m pretty sure that the actual total is far more than twice that number (even Wikipedia lists more than 100 titles). According to IGN, Guinness sez that:
There are 17 games in the “classic” series starring the original character. There are also 11 Mega Man X games, four Mega Man Zero games, two Mega Man ZX games, three Mega Man Legends games, six Mega Man Battle Network games, plus three Mega Man Star Force games
Let’s fix this number! Fer instance, off the top of my head, they are forgetting:
Mega Man Soccer (fun fact: Mega Man’s first appearance on the SNES!)
Mega Man Battle & Chase (only hit the US in the Mega Man Collection)
Mega Man Powered Up! (PSP remake of MM1)
Mega Man Rock Board (Japanese-only, Mega Man-themed board game)
Mega Man Power Battle (arcade game designed for kids)
Super Adventure Mega Man (Dragon’s Lair-stylee anime adventure, released in Japan around Mega Man’s tenth birthday)
Somebody get on this project and figure out how many friggin’ Mega Man games there have been, please. We’re counting Mega Man games only, not appearances in other games (Marvel Vs. Capcom, Dead Rising, Cannon Spike, etc. do not count) Semi-Official Capcom Gold Star of Complementarianism and some kinda random prize to whoever completes this assignment successfully!
Posted in general awesomeness, Awards, Mega Man® | 9 Comments »
April 7th, 2008 Seth Killian
Evoking ancient Egyptian obelisks might seem over the top for a videogame award, but you won’t think so after you actually see the Devil May Cry 4 trailer that just won this beauty from game trailer-experts, Gametrailers.com.
DMC4 has been out for a while now, but if you somehow missed this, you owe it to yourself to see the award-winning madness. Watch it with someone you love (here). Then buy this game already.
Posted in Awards, Devil May Cry® | 2 Comments »
February 25th, 2008 Seth Killian
The Producer of Devil May Cry 4, Hiroyuki Kobayashi has received a prestigious lifetime achievement award from France’s leading videogames retailer Micromania at its annual awards ceremony held at La Cigale, in Paris. The award recognised Kobayashi-san’s contribution to the videogame industry over many years through titles such as Resident Evil, Dino Crisis and of course Devil May Cry.
Pictured above is Kobayashi-san cold lamping back at his hotel, doing what you do when you win lifetime achievement awards: cradle them.
Posted in Dino Crisis, Awards, Resident Evil®, Devil May Cry® | No Comments »
January 15th, 2008 Chris Tou
It’s official. Both the GameSpot reviewers and its readers has confirmed what we knew all along: Zack & Wiki, despite their cutish looks and child-like charm, is more than a match for the formerly most powerful duo of them all, Batman and Robin. They went on the hunt for some bearded dude’s treasure, and came back with GameSpot’s Best Adventure Game of 2007 Award instead.
Not only that, but they are currently running away with the Readers’ Choice votes as well, receiving twice the votes of their next closest competitor and a few presidential candidates.
Posted in Wii, Awards, Zack & Wiki | No Comments »
January 2nd, 2008 Seth Killian
Capcom picked up two of the five nominations (for DMC4 of course, as well as Resident Evil 5) from Gametrailers.com and even got a special mention for the Street Fighter IV trailer. Check out the award-winning trailer here, and if you think the trailer is hot, just wait until you play this thing. Best DMC ever. Bet it.
Posted in Trailers, Awards, Devil May Cry® | 1 Comment »
December 19th, 2007 Chris Tou
For most, the end of the year usually is a time for too much eggnog, finally getting to touch a member of the opposite sex thanks to the magical Mistletoe, and making resolutions that you know you will never keep. However, the end of the year also signals the time for the reason you couldn’t keep those resolutions, videos games, to be given the proper recognition they deserve. 1up.com is getting the ball rolling, and among its nominees were several of our very own Capcom titles. The Best Adventure Game category looks really tough, especially as we’re competing with ourselves with 3 games our own games.
Best Action Game
Resident Evil 4 (Wii)
Best Adventure Game
Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure (Wii)
Monster Hunter Freedom 2 (PSP)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations (DS)
Best Console Downloadable Game
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (PS3, 360)
Game of the Year
Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure (Wii)
Cast your vote now for your favorite Capcom games by heading on over to 2007 1up Awards page.
Posted in Wii, PS3, Nintendo DS, PSP, 1up, Xbox 360, Awards, Zack & Wiki, Ace Attorney™, Resident Evil®, Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Monster Hunter | 1 Comment »
December 4th, 2007 Seth Killian
Well, okay, it’s Detroit prosecutor Kym Worthy’s list of the Top 10 violent video games for 2007.
According to our sales figures, it seems… “unlikely” that anyone at her offices has actually *played* killer7, but it’s true that the name does suggest a lot of mind-warping killification. And as any top scientician will tell you, once the kids get a taste of playing as a geriatric, wheelchair-bound assassin, they’ll all be out there trying to assassinate their friends in cheap homemade wheelchairs and fake old guy beards.
If you’re feeling rebellious, you can pick up killer7 HERE, directly from us, your friendly local purveyors of eeeeeevil. Muhahaha.
Thanks to Kotaku.
Posted in general cluelessness, PS2, Awards | 1 Comment »
December 3rd, 2007 Chris "Kramez" Kramer
1up.com just spilled the beans on their categories and nominees for Game of the Year 2007, and we’re pleased as punch to see that there are several Capcom games included on their list.
We’re both amazed and excited to see Zack and Wiki on the 1up list for Game of the Year. Of course, we’re also realistic, seeing as how it’s a very long list and contains games like Bioshock and… well, other games, but Bioshock is on there, so I’m pretty sure I know right where that particular award is going: Ken Levine’s desk. And you know what? I’m alright with that.
If you’re not too busy now, might we suggest you follow the jump to 1up and vote for some of our fine, fine products? Danke! Remember: Guitar Hero, Call of Duty, Mario, Bioshock, etc. are all selling just fine, but Z-Dub could use some serious love!
Here’s how the award season is looking for Capcom at 1up:
Best Action Game:
- Resident Evil 4 Wii edition
Best Adventure Game:
- Zack & Wiki
- Monster Hunter Freedom 2
- Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations
Best Console Downloadable Game:
- Super Puzzle Fighter II HD Remix
Game of the Year:
Posted in News, Capcom News, Awards, Puzzle Fighter™, Resident Evil®, Zack & Wiki, Ace Attorney™, Monster Hunter | 2 Comments »
October 24th, 2007 Chris Tou
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) recently announced their winners for the 2007 British Academy Video Games Awards. Our own Okami came away as the winner for Artistic Achievement as well for Original Score. All this, and soon you will be able to play Okami the way it was intended to be played, on the Wii!
Via Gamasutra.
Posted in PS2, Wii, Awards, Okami | No Comments »
October 2nd, 2007 Chris Tou
Back on September 21st, Microsoft Japan held an invitation-only awards ceremony in Japan. At the event, Capcom was surprisingly awarded the “Great XBLA Award” (The XBOX Live Arcade “GOTY” award) for Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting.
Now this is definitely great and all, but what’s odd is that Hyper Fighting wasn’t even released/published on Japan XBLA, meaning it was just Japanese players playing on accounts registered elsewhere that have made the title a smash success over there as well.
Japanese gamers. They’re in our region, playing our games.
Posted in Awards, Street Fighter® | No Comments »
How the heck did this get past us? Back in March, the Guinness people published the Guinness World Records: Gamer’s Edition 2008, which contains an amazing amount of gamer ephemera and questionable records. Amongst the records recorded is “Most Number of Games In a Single Series,” handed to our very own Blue Bomber.
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