Technabob » hack and slash http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:31:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Gauntlet Ds Hacks Its Way Out of Cancellation http://technabob.com/blog/2009/06/15/gauntlet-ds-hacks-its-way-out-of-cancellation/ http://technabob.com/blog/2009/06/15/gauntlet-ds-hacks-its-way-out-of-cancellation/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:55:15 +0000 Alisha K. http://technabob.com/blog/?p=14981 Gauntlet DS needed a publisher badly. Eidos was set to bring the classic hack-and-slash game to the Nintendo handheld, but the game faded away with little fanfare. Gauntlet DS has resurfaced, though, with Majesco apparently backing the project. Gauntlet DS… disappeared from retailer lists earlier this]]> For a long time, Gauntlet DS needed a publisher badly. Eidos was set to bring the classic hack-and-slash game to the Nintendo handheld, but the game faded away with little fanfare. Gauntlet DS has resurfaced, though, with Majesco apparently backing the project.

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Gauntlet DS disappeared from retailer lists earlier this year, but the title–with its new publisher–has returned, and was spotted on the ESRB website with its fancy new rating.

The game has no new date yet, nor have there been any formal announcements, but it certainly seems like the classic team is finally set for release on the DS.

[via Joystiq Nintendo]

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2009/06/15/gauntlet-ds-hacks-its-way-out-of-cancellation/feed/ 1 Wield Carrots, Hack Up Childhood Icons in Fairytale Fights http://technabob.com/blog/2009/06/11/fairytale-flights-video-game/ http://technabob.com/blog/2009/06/11/fairytale-flights-video-game/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:07:40 +0000 Alisha K. http://technabob.com/blog/?p=14769 Fairytale Fights… will almost certainly be remembered. It’s all about using one fairy tale legend to beat up other fairy tale legends, in crazytown stages based on fairy tales, all while wielding the most ridiculous weapons imaginable. But will it be known as the point at which the hack-and-slash really]]> Fairytale Fights will almost certainly be remembered. It’s all about using one fairy tale legend to beat up other fairy tale legends, in crazytown stages based on fairy tales, all while wielding the most ridiculous weapons imaginable. But will it be known as the point at which the hack-and-slash really jumped the hell out of that shark, or as one of the most hilarious ideas ever?

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The teaser trailer has me thinking it’s the latter. Little Red Riding Hood’s bouncing gait is certainly silly, and considering the game included lollipops as weapons and encourages the slicing off of limbs for hilarity’s sake (dynamic slicing! it’s a selling point!), all signs point to a game worth watching.

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So sweet. So innocent. So psychotic. So short on a release date, as in there isn’t one. Yet.

[via Joystiq]

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