Share the love! Forward OtakuBoy Online to a friend. You'll be glad you did. :D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Zine Scene - O t a k u B o y O n l i n e - Zine Scene The best news from the best vid-gaming sites http://www.otakuboy.com -- Feb. 20, 1999 Vol. 1 No. 62 I push rhymes -- written by OtakuBoy - "like weights?!" Now on superriffic, magical ICQ! # 21176515 AND THE WEB!! http://www.otakuboy.com Resouces obtained through Gaming Central! http://www.startpath.com/gamingcentral/ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OtakuBoy loves you. OtakuBoy cares. That's why OtakuBoy unleashes his virtual scrubbing bubbles onto all the online console video game sites -- even on sites you've never heard of before -- to scour out the best features, reviews, previews, and news. Then OtakuBoy tells you where to go get them. OtakuBoy loves you. Now, love OtakuBoy back. =OtakuBoy Speaketh ========================================= YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW! Lots of nifty, nifty stuff about the PSX2 tonight! Super, super stuff. I'm so excite, I just messed my pants. Hmmm... I wonder if the laundromat is open this late? ----------- P l a y S t a t i o n (PSX) -- A confirmation? PSX2 to be revealed?? - News Hmmmm.. PSXMax reports that CJNN, a computing magazine in Japan, has said that Sony WILL introduce a prototype at the big-wig convention in March. I'm horribly septible. I'm skeptical, too. Also, my butt hurts. (Where did that come from?) You see, guys, lots of people have been wondering whether we'll see the PSX2 here. Is CJNN just goin' out on a limb? -- http://www.consolecity.com/psx/ -- Sony speaks to EETimes - News Well, well, well. Looks like Sony doesn't understand the idea that LOOSE LIPS, SINK SHIPS! (Heh. That's really funny. But you have to understand the context of the phrase. - Literary OtakuBoy.) Anyhoo, a couple of Sony engineers, including Ken Kutaragi, spoke on their new chip to EETimes and revealed what they'd like to do. -- http://psx.ign.com/news/7001.html -- FF8, Square and the NEXT consoles! - News Well, well, well. Good ole GameSpot spies an article with quotes from Square's head. He talks about the PlayStation, the next PlayStation, FF8 and what the next RPGs could look like. It's the kind of mind-blowing quotes you've come to expect from the videogaming world. -- http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_02/19_vg_sqoff/index.html -- WOW! Designer Diary for MK:SF - Interview This is huge. Block off nine bazillion hours to read, ok? Videogames.com calls it a Designer Diary, but it's more like a really long interview with members of the MORTAL KOMBAT: SPECIAL FORCES design team. Really extensive. Eep. Read. Consume. -- http://www.videogames.com/features/universal/mksf_dd/021999/index.h tml -- Dragon Quest DELAYED!!!! - News/Movie! FGNOnline reports that Enix has delayed DRAGON QUEST VII! NOOOOOOOOOO! Why GOD? WHY?!?!?! Check out FGNOnline for the details. Don't fret too much, though. Check out GameFan for links to brand new movies of the game in ACTION! Mr. De Mille, I'm ready for my CLOSE UP! -- http://www.fgnonline.com/web/fgn_archives.html?publish_date=1999-02 -18 -- "Dragon Quest Delayed" -- http://www.gamefan.com/NewHotInfo/hotinfo.asp?storyid=445 -- Shadow Madness - Movie/Preview Do you like games that seem to be clones of others? I don't know if that's true, but GameFan says SHADOW MADNESS is a clone of FFVII. See if you agree. They have a movie. RPGamer has the introduction movie! -- http://www.gamefan.com/gmx/standardPRE.asp?game=733 -- http://www.gamefan.com/gmx/standardMEDIA.asp?game=733 -- http://www.rpgamer.com/newmedia.html#021899b -- Guardian's Crusade - Review Knight? Meet Baby. Treat Baby right and he'll be like a Pokemon, turn into something and kick your enemies' butts. Also, make sure you look in every nook and cranny, even where the sun don't shine. Those toys you're gonna find everywhere can help you out in the long run. Don't know what I'm talking about? It's GUARDIAN'S CRUSADE, a wacky RPG. Console Domain reviews. The one on GameCenter is good one, too, with a few thoughts from the translators. -- http://www.consoledomain.com/psx/previews/Guardians_Crusade.html -- http://www.gamecenter.com/Consoles/Previews/Sony/Guardian/gd2.htm l -- On OTAKUBOY.com -- King of Fighters '98 - Pics -- FF8 TIPS! - Feature -- Final Fantasy VIII First Impressions - Review -- MORE! -- http://otakuboy.com/sony.html N i n t e n d o 6 4 (N64) -- YOIKS! BIO HAZARD!!!!!!!! - News WOW! RESIDENT EVIL: BIO HAZARD is comin' to the N64! What's the story like? How will they fill all that stuff on a cart? Why are my shorts too loose? Answers to ALL these questions and more in IGN64's really cool whiz-bang preview. VIVA LA CAPCOM! -- http://ign64.ign.com/previews/10798.html -- WOW! Designer Diary for MK:SF - Interview This is huge. Block off nine bazillion hours to read, ok? Videogames.com calls it a Designer Diary, but it's more like a really long interview with members of the MORTAL KOMBAT: SPECIAL FORCES design team. Really extensive. Eep. Read. Consume. -- http://www.videogames.com/features/universal/mksf_dd/021999/index.h tml -- Castlevania 64 - OTAKUBOY Review Yeppers! I do my OWN review of CASTLEVANIA 64. I got it. I like it. And I give you my battle-worn, stretch-marked thoughts, in the form of a letter to good ole' Drac. -- http://otakuboy.com/castlevania.html -- On OtakuBOY.com -- What happened to Ghosts & Goblins 64? - News -- Z is for ZOMBIE! - Feature -- Castlevania 64 2? - News -- MORE! -- http://otakuboy.com/nintendo.html G a m e B o y C o l o r (GBC) -- Dragon Quest? - News This is an example of what OTAKUBOY tries to do for you. GameFan ran a story about someone from ENIX, creator of the Dragon Quest series, noting on a radio show that he'd like to see DRAGON QUEST I - III on GameBoy Color. But, GameFan said, this was only a wish. Well, kids, GameInformer has pics. Maybe it's all a hoax, but the GameInformer pics look pretty good. -- http://www.gameinformer.com/news/feb99/021899c.html -- On Otakuboy.Com -- Pokemon Pinball starts a-rumblin' - News -- WOW! Spy vs. Spy - Preview -- http://otakuboy.com/nintendo.html ===========OTAKUBOY SAY TO VISIT THIS DUDE, EH!============= Want to have a second opinion on anime/manga? Don't know where to surf for good images and fan contri- bution? Want to decorate your desktop with over 200 anime wallpapers? Sick of listening to the same music all the time? Browse over to Anime Genesis dot com at http://anime-genesis.com Your online anime/manga companion. ============================================================ D r e a m c a s t & S a t u r n (DC & SAT) -- Yu Suzuki talks SHENMUE! - News GameSpot spied an article somewhere out there where Yu Suzuki, creator of the SHENMUE game (and soon to be series, read the article for more info) talks about making RPGs -- and why bananas are much better than apricots for penny- farthing lubrication. ;) -- http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_02/19_vg_suzuki/index.html -- Alone in The Dark 4 - News WOW! Next-Generation ONLINE finds it out for ya! ALONE IN THE DARK 4 is comin' out for both PC and Dreamycast. WOW! Check out the details, what few there are. -- http://www.next-generation.com/jsmid/news/5879.html -- Gundam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Preview WOW! I know someone told me recently that GUNDAM was like old and stuff. BUT I'M LIKE SUPER EXCITED about a GUNDAM on the Dreamcast! Bandai's gonna bring it, fo' sho! Check out IGN Dreamcast for the info. -- http://dreamcast.ign.com/news/6993.html -- On OtakuBOY.com -- Marvel vs. Capcom - Preview -- No Cliche - Interview -- Sega to rent LA Coliseum - News -- MORE! -- http://otakuboy.com/sega.html M u l t i - F o r m a t & M i s c -- Interplay Sports - Interview Next-Generation Online asks Interplay Sports which next generation console they'll be a-developing for. I gotta tell you, the answer is like so freakin' obvious and very non- commital, but HEY! It's an interview with a company head. Whaddya want? FACTS?!?! -- http://www.next-generation.com/jsmid/news/5876.html -- AOU Movies and Stuff - Movies GameFan ran a bunch of links to movies related to the big arcade AOU show this last week. They all come from a site called GRAFITTI. So, these links come from OtakuBoy Online, who got them from GameFan who got them from Grafitti. My kingdom for original content! Here are the movies the links show: ZOMBIE REVENGE, GUN BEAT, GIANT GRAM, GIGA WING. -- http://128.11.10.58/video/zomb.mpg -- http://128.11.10.58/video/gun.mpg -- http://128.11.10.58/video/giant.mpg -- http://128.11.10.58/video/giga.mpg AND REMEMBER, folksies. There's MORE on www.otakuboy.com!! Cheers, OtakuBOY ----------------------------------------------------------- And, hey, when you wanna go out and surf on your own, stop on by Gaming Central. They're linked to every gaming site in the world! They kick TOCK! (As in But-TOCK!) -- http://www.startpath.com/gamingcentral/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Thus ends another ish of OtakuBoy Online. The place for the squeeky clean zine scene... and those zines better get to writin' better features. Zine Scene - O t a k u B o y O n l i n e - Zine Scene -- Feb. 20, 1999 Vol. 1 No. 62 I push rhymes -- written by OtakuBoy - "like weights?!" http://www.otakuboy.com Now on superriffic, magical ICQ! # 21176515 AND THE WEB!! http://www.otakuboy.com !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hey, do you like OtakuBoy? Please forward it to a friend and tell 'em to send a "hey, subscribe me" to Otakuboy@bigfoot.com