TASBOT PUSHES THE NES AND SNES TO THE LIMIT WITH INSANE ARBITRARY HACKS

So Games Done Quick has finally done it again. They have raised over $1 Million towards Prevent Cancer Foundation and has been a major success. But however. TASBot has shown yet a another trick that actually vowed everyone. So we had Pong & Snake in Super Mario World at AGDQ 2014, Super Mario Bros. in Super Mario World and Twitch in Pokemon Red at AGDQ 2015 and then we had Super Mario Maker in Super Mario All-Stars. But this year, it went in a whole new direction. Wanna take a guess? It's not a NES game in a SNES game. It's actually FULL STREAMING video on an ACTUAL Super Nintendo hardware which showcased TAS videos of Super Mario 64 and Portal. Not just that, real time Skype video chat was running too. It's crazy to see an actual SNES also running Skype as well.

You know, running real-life videos on Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past really surprised me. Feel free to see the insane tricks below. Let's hope we get to see more Arbitrary tricks later down the road at future GDQ's.

HONEST THOUGHTS ON THE NINTENDO SWITCH

Image Source: (c) Ars Techinica

So Nintendo has finally revealed so much information regarding Nintendo's brand new hybrid game console/handheld system that due to come out 3rd March 2017. And holy crap, there are so many good games coming out for the Nintendo Switch. You got a new Super Mario game that takes place in different worlds rather than the Mushroom Kingdom, a new Splatoon sequel, Mario Kart 8 DX, EA Sports FIFA, new Shin Megami Tensei game from Atlus, new Zenoblade Chornicles sequel from Monolithsoft, a new Fire Emblem Musou Warriors titles possibly from Koei Tecmo, Skyrim from Bethesda and heck even Puyo Puyo Tetris is finally getting localized with many thanks to Deep Sliver. And oh, Sonic Mania is also confirmed it's on getting a Switch port. Overall this is all great news.

The question is, can it sell very well and will it gain more 3rd-party support from other AA developers? The thing is, I really hope so since the Switch looks like an interesting piece of hardware and has many many great games in development. Buuut no Metroid unfortunately.

On the bright side, the Switch is region free and thank god Nintendo actually listened for once. But what I want Nintendo to see is re-consider their copyright restrictions on YouTube and possibly decent games. Just hope Nintendo doesn't slip up and drive away third-parties again like what happened to the Wii U. And what Nintendo also needs to re-consider is their censorship policy. 

However, the £280 launch price seems quite steep for a Nintendo console as there not many games in the launch line-up. And yeah, I know there is going to be shovelware and gimmickly type games at launch. Mostly being Just Dance from Ubisoft (yuck!).

Overall, let's hope the system sells well and gains decent games this time.  

HOW SONY DOMINATED THIS YEAR'S PSX

So last weekend Sony hosted their 3rd PlayStation Experience event and holy crap!! Sony Interactive Entertainment are actually listening to their fans. Not only a new remastered Crash Bandicoot has a new trailer AND is even playable at PSX. We even got re-remasters and re-releases of PlayStation's classic titles such as WipEout, Parappa the Rapper, LocoRoco, Patapon. And heck, we even saw some great surprise releases such as Let It Die, Lara Croft Go (thanks to KOOP for handling the PlayStation port), SNK's Garou Mark of the Wolves. And finally. FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 gets a PS4 port with all DLC included in which I guess Capcom's contract with MARVEL may have gotten renewed.

I'm glad Sony is focusing much more on the games than actual hardware and that makes me happy. And to me I find Shawn Layden a very awesome guy. Because one, he listens to his fans and two, he cares about the games even classic franchises. I'm just really excited and happy that my classic childhood in video gaming is finally coming back. We had a Abe's Oddysee remaster, a Shadow of the Beast reboot with the classic Amiga game included, a Ratchet & Clank remaster. Everything is coming back to me now. Now if only we can get a Spyro classic trilogy next.

And with all this success, the PlayStation 4 even managed to break the 50 million unit mark.

Even though that we don't have any more information on God of War and Days Gone. I can forgive that Bend Studio and Santa Monica weren't ready to reveal it just yet. I'm just going to leave the whole PSX Experience video here in case you have missed it. No wonder why Shawn was teasing me with that WipEout shirt. Me wants.

FOR THOSE WHO DON'T USE DEVIANTART

So I had many commissions done for other people but sometimes I barely get any sales what so ever. So what I was going to do is take PayPal commissions as well for my fans who doesn't have a DeviantART account and prefer to pay me in real cash. Here are my planned prices:

TRADITIONAL ART:
Sketch: £3.00

Sketch with Pen Ink: £3.50

Sketch with color: £3.75

DIGITAL ART:
Black Lineart only: £4.00

Coloured: £4.50

Lineless Coloured: £4.75

50p for an additional character
50p for a background

Not only, I also do avatars, logos, wallpapers and even banners for other social media users such as Facebook, Twitter and even YouTube. Here are my samples of work that I have created in the past months:

Here are the prices for the following content that I can work on:

AVATAR: £2.50

WALLPAPER (1920x1080): £5.75

BANNER: £5.50

CUSTOM LOGO: £5.00

If you are interested with any of works being created for you or have any questions regarding my work. Simply contact me at retrok3000@yahoo.co.uk. 

Thanks very much for your interest and hope you can get in touch soon.

PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE COMMISSIONING:

• Unfortunately I can only do Original Characters and Original Content created by you as I DO NOT use other content made by other people. I'd love too but it's against the law to sell stuff I don't own. Sorry.
• I will only take PayPal payments as of right now.
• I will work on your order once the payment has being received.
• Please keep your questions related to my creations. I do not answer questions related to different topics.
• I do not do porn, extreme violence, sex related material or even disturbing content. 
• Please be patient, I will work on your commissions as soon as I can.
• If you live outside the UK, you can also pay in your currency since PayPal is an international service and will transfer into my currency once paid.

WANTS PHOTOSHOP SO BAD NOW

So finally during my Level 2 Games Design course at college. I was tasked into making animated people at college. One being puppet animation and the other my personal favorite. The traditional animation. At first, I wasn't that good at using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Flash Professional. But however, after a few practices and few play-arounds later. This is the results:

With that kind of style. I could like minisodes or even quick pliots with this style. If I only had Adobe Flash that is. But here's the kicker, it's too expensive and it's now subscription based. But however, I was supposed to do the stick figure for the game. But hey, it was fun doing them. No wonder why animation worns me out. Just hope I can get it sometime and make some at home. If only.

HOW ARE TV NETWORK FORCING PEOPLE TO PIRATE THEIR FAVOURITE CHILDHOOD SHOWS

You know, I have been meaning to talk about this for a very long time now and I think it's now a good time to talk about this. Remember back in the early 2000's and the 1990's. Now before I nitpick about cartoons, I've started using Netflix again in my opinion, half of their content is actually quite good, you have the 2000's version of Doctor Who, House of Cards, Breaking Bad, every single Power Rangers show, every single Star Trek show, Top Gear, the whole series of Thats 70's Show, Big Bang Theory, and 3rd Rock from the Sun. And hell, we even just gotten Cowboy Bebop and Adult Swim's Rick & Morty joining the Netflix party. And not to mention, Netflix's original shows such as Daredevil, The Crown and Better Call Saul are receiving excellent reviews and ratings from critics and fans. The thing is, what about cartoons?

TV Networks such as Cartoon Network, TCC and even Boomerang used to air great favorite Saturday Morning Cartoons such as the excellent video-game based Earthworm Jim and WB's finest show called the Animaniacs? As of today, none of these childhood favorite doesn't seem to be on British TV anymore and there is NO way to watch or buy the shows legally, even on digital platforms such as Amazon Video, Google Video and even it's company YouTube. For me, I used to love watching Cartoon Network shows, as of today, I can't find a legal way into watching them, and yes, uploading them onto YouTube doesn't EVEN help as networks may tend to get serious with their content being uploaded illegally by other users and can even take them down and cause the user to get suspended off YouTube. This is a forgivable tactic toward the companies as they own the rights to the series.

But one thing that has gotten me bothered about them, why do they never release their content on DVD or on digital platforms in the UK? I mean get this, the only time Cartoon Network and Warner Home Video has released a show as a complete series box set is Ben 10 Alien Force, that's it. And the only time I get to see Cartoon Network shows again is on Netflix for only a mere two years. Nickelodeon's Spongebob Squarepants and possibly even Dora the Explorer has been Netflix UK's streaming platform since it launched in the UK back in 2012 and here we are in 2016, they still remain on the service but with episodes being removed and replaced throughout. And what's worse, Codename: Kids Next Door has yet to be on any streaming service as of yet, not even on NOW TV or Amazon Video and only Season 6 is available on iTunes. Because this show I really want to watch isn't even available, I had no choice but to do something that I shouldn't done just to watch the show, what's worse, the entire series or the Operation Z.E.R.O. special never saw a DVD release even in North America because the CEO Stuart Snyder wanted to ditch cartoons for live-action which received major backlash from the fans.

So as of right now, if there is a great TV show that we really want to watch again, we have no choice but to visit torrent sites and risk ourselves into getting a virus or get fined. And worse, YouTube removes them or block them due to licensing. You know what's sad, I feel really sorry for kids today who don't know what cartoons were really mean't to be as we are now stuck with crappy CGI shows and overrated junk. Oh and before I go, Peppa Pig, Spongebob SquarePants and Transformers Prime is available on all three streaming platforms.

Now if you excuse me, I will watch these shows in the first paragraph that are worth my time.

  

AFTER 24 YEARS, THE SNES RAYMAN PROTOTYPE IS ALIVE!!

So when I was browsing on Twitter this morning. I found out that the creator of Rayman Michel Ancel has found a working ROM prototype for the Super Nintendo that he and his team been working on 24 years ago according to his Instagram posts. However, Ubisoft wanted Ancel's team to completely scrap the Super Nintendo version in favour for 32-bit/16-bit consoles which uses more power and colours. He states that the unfinished SNES ROM is shelved for 24 years before showcasing it to the public. As of today...

The ROM still works and only 4 people seen this prototype in action!! He even considered this to Ubisoft on making a new Rayman game based on the actual gameplay used in the SNES build for Nintendo's new hardware. For me, that would be an excellent idea to both Ubisoft and Nintendo. Even though there is no gameplay videos of it, I'd love to see Unseen 64 cover this build if Ancel provides an actual ROM file to the team in which I think it is very unlikely as I seen numerous developers not releasing their prototype builds to the public. But hey, it can happen. : P    

UPDATE 2:

And now, there is gameplay video also posted by the creator himself. And trust me, it looks interesting, check it out for yourself here: https://www.instagram.com/p/BL_wNhGALF8/?taken-by=michelancel