While we’re happy to see any new media related to Metroid: Other M, this new trailer isn’t doing much to build excitement. Here’s a short list of Metroid standards missing from the video:

• Samus’s suit
• Metroids
• Weapons

But on the other hand, it has:

• The catchphrase used by the annoying AI guide that nobody liked in Metroid Fusion

At least, now we know we’ll be able to skip the cutscenes between the awesome shooting sequences.

Metroid: Other M trailer features a Samus soliloquy originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ignition opened the official North American Muramasa: The Demon Blade website today, confrming two important facts for us:

1. Ignition is still planning to release the game this year (we need constant reassurance that not every game is being pushed to 2010)
2. The art is still bangin‘.

In fact, the website allows you to take some of that art for your very own in the form of desktop wallpapers. You can also check out screenshots, video, and character profiles while you’re there, and offer Ignition your own Muramasa art in a fan art contest.

Ignition opens sharp Muramasa: The Demon Blade site originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The central mechanic in Square Enix’s Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers is Layle’s telekinetic ability to pick up objects (and people!) and toss them around. These videos from the Japanese Crystal Bearers website demonstrate that Layle can use this ability to do some pretty sophisticated stuff, thanks to the behavior of the things he picks up!

For example, in the video above, picking up this archer guy makes him start firing his weapon uncontrollably, for some reason. Layle can then aim his arrows at enemies! After the break, see him using a Cactuar in much the same way. In two other videos, he grabs surfaces with his ability like he’s using a mental grappling hook, and, uh, throws gold into a Malboro’s mouth to make coins come out. It’s a mysterious power.

[Via Siliconera]

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How to bear arms in FFCC: The Crystal Bearers originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Remember Enclave? It’s back … in Wii form! Oh, you don’t remember Enclave? It was a 3D fantasy action game for the Xbox and PC, developed by Starbreeze Studios immediately prior to its breakout hit The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay.

According to Eurogamer, some progress was made years ago on a GameCube port of the game, which the site speculates is the basis for this Wii version. However, Starbreeze isn’t working on the Wii game — instead, a German developer called Village1 Entertainment is handling the port. Village1 expects to release the game in “early 2010,” though without a publisher, it has basically no way of knowing when the release date will be.

Starbreeze’s ‘Enclave’ being ported to Wii originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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