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Since Nintendo has been lax in providing a portable version of its legendary fighting game Smash Brothers, fans are taking the matter in their own hands. A German man known as Fuzzy is working on Super Smash Bros Rumble. The first demo of the game was released July 1, 2008 and is 873kb.

The YouTube video of Super Smash Bros Rumble gameplay gives an idea of how the demo of the game works. A user boots up the game, chooses the single player Solo mode and then begins fighting as Mario against another Mario. Everything looks very polished and the characters look good so far. The menu screen also shows a Wi-Fi button, indicating that future updates of the game may include either local Wi-Fi or maybe even Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection support.

Click through to watch the YouTube video of the demo…

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Today’s a groovy day to celebrate our nation’s independence with your family.

Go eat some grilled food products, consume a age-appropriate chilled beverage, ignite a state-approved firework or two and, of course, get in some extra time with your favorite, neglected videogame.

If you are hell bent on being at your computer, then head on over to our Gamertell Exclusive Explosive Mashup post from 2007.

Otherwise, go away.

It’s a friggin’ national holiday.

- Gamertell

The team behind the R4 slot one flashcarts think piracy is wrong. Well, at least when it effects them. They’ve had enough with knock-off R4 flashcarts, and have decided that, after September 15, 2008, they will change the programing in the R4 kernels so they will only work on official R4 carts.

Let’s say you already own a fake R4 cartridge. Well, you better not update the firmware for it after September 15. The new update will not only not work with the fake card, it will also turn your DS into a very expensive brick. R4’s development team has issued a firm statement that owners of the fake carts who ignore their warnings and render their DS units useless will have to complain to the shop they purchased the fake cart from.

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Chris Chike has obliterated his own Guitar Hero record. You know, the one they just published in that Guinness Book of World Records for video games? Maybe they’ll release booster packs so you can rip out the offending pages and replace them with fresh greatness.

Chike put down a 100 percent on the punishing “Through the Fire and the Flames” song by speed metal legends DragonForce…

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I know that everyone and their dog seems to write a blog post about Zero Punctuation every week, but this is different. Yahtzee, the motor-mouthed misanthrope who hilariously reviews games every week on the escapist; has turned his sights to webcomics. In the video, he brutally dissects the tropes of the gaming webcomic (and the entire culture of game humor, really) while maintaining a sort of ironic stance.

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Nexon has just begun the open beta period for its first, free MMOFPS, Combat Arms” title="Combat Arms">Combat Arms. The open beta began July 1, 2008, and will run until Nexon launches the commercial version of the game is launched before the end of Summer 2008.

In Combat Arms, players are able to completely customize and arm a soldier. They can then go off and play in multiple gameplay modes against other players around the world, choosing to either to team up or fight alone. The game has in-game messengers and a clan system, in case players want to team up to succeed. The open beta update also includes a new map, new match settings and a Deathmatch mode. The game also has a tracking system built into it so you can determine how well you and your clan are doing.

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As depicted in the screen shot from Nintendo Power above, Simon Belmont might just be stronger than Alucard. But who is the strongest Belmont? You’ll have to wait until Fall 2008, when Konami will release the first Castlevania fighting game, Castlevania Judgement on the Wii.

The game was announced in the August 2008 issue of Nintendo Power, which devoted four pages to the upcoming fighter. In the article, Simon Belmont, Shanoa, Maria Renard, Alucard and Dracula were revealed as playable characters and it was announced that subweapons (like the classic holy water, daggers and crosses) would be returning and hearts would still determine how many could be used. The game will also feature wiimote and nunchuk controls, Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection multiplayer, conversations between characters and classic Castlevania music.

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I adore Final Fantasy games. It is definitely one of my favorite game franchises and Square Enix is easily one of my favorite developers. I own every game in the series and a few of the remakes and ports as well. (I have three versions of FFVI, and in a few weeks I’ll have three versions of FFIV too.)

But there’s one Final Fantasy game I don’t own and don’t plan on buying - Final Fantasy Tactics A2. It isn’t because I’m an RPG fan who can’t handle strategic RPGs. I have the the PS1 and PSP version of Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and nearly every NIS game released in North America.

Simply put, Square Enix dropped the ball…

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A first has just happened at the Playstation Store - a third party PSP game is available for purchase. Gurumin: A Monsterous Adventure, from Mastiff and Nihon Falcom, is now available for $14.99. It’s a 716mb download, so make sure your memory card has enough space.

Gurumin stars Parin, a young girl who is sent to live with her grandpa in a deserted mountain town. She’s the only kid there, so initially she’s a bit lonely. Then she meets two friendly monsters, and is invited to the Monster Village adjacent to the town. She makes friends and everything’s cool, until some bad spirits known as the Phantoms abduct all the friendly monsters. Parin steps up, grabs the Legendary Drill, and goes to save her monster friends. 

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Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2, the sequel to the original DS game Trauma Center: Under the Knife is now in stores and ready for purchase. The story of Trauma Center 2 picks right up from the first game - Dr. Derek Stiles and Angie Thompson R.N., along with the rest of Caduceus, are dealing with the aftermath of the terrorist virus GUILT.

I’m excited about the way the game’s been improved. Each surgery’s directives are much clearer and the tools supposedly work better. There is also an Easy-Play mode. Since I had trouble with the first DS games’ missions, and wasn’t able to finish, I’m definitely starting on easy.

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