Much like the trains here in England, my arrival at SEGA Media was delayed. Hello and welcome to SEGA Media, my new home for all things SEGA. What have I to report and/or spoil? In the madness of it all, quite a few different things.
Well, I have been busy playing Sonic Colours on Nintendo DS today. I’m very pleased with the Special Stage, but then again, I’m a sucker for 3D half-pipes. The use of the stylus makes for an interesting twist on the idea. I am, however, somewhat irritated by dialogue and usually skip by furiously and repeatedly pressing A until the action starts again. It’s a minor detail that can be overlooked. Apart from that, it’s good-old fast and furious action from start to end, apparently. I’ve not got to the end just yet!
Soon-to-be my best friends, Grindstore.com are selling a variety of Sonic merchandise both retro and more recent styles. I swung by and bagged myself a Sonic buckle – if I don’t see snapsies at SOS 2011, I’ll be thoroughly disappointed. Also, quite apt at present, there is a Sonic Colours poster. So, if your room isn’t already full of Sonic merchandise and your relatives were stuck for gift ideas, you know what to do…
Where’s Phantasy Star Online in all of this? Often pushed to the side because of a small cocky rodent, PSO doesn’t get the praise it deserves. While I have found no news on PSO2 apart from the fact it’ll be made of Windows, it deserves a mention for the hell of it. Well, there is more to it.
Recently, BBC News published an article about the state of Japanese video-gaming. It states that the market in Japan is behind the rest of the world and that Japanese gamers enjoy a different sort of game, PSO and Final Fantasy being classic examples. Why is this so? Japan is a non-belligerent nation, in which warfare sits uncomfortably with Moe and the concept of kawaii. These and ultra-violent themes can be found in abundance throughout Japanese art, primarily manga and anime, but it is a combination that has yet to full take hold in the video-game market. Of course, there are always exceptions. Most notably the Yakuza series, which plays on the quintessentially Japanese approach to organised crime and ‘legitimate’ business. The fourth installment of this series is released in Spring 2011.
Well, that just about wraps things up for now. Mr Stream over and out.
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