Danny Cowan, Press ([info]sardius_) wrote,
@ 2007-11-25 16:10:00
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DS goin nuts
I think the Nintendo DS has finally gone crazy. It's not like you can blame it, since people keep developing things like a spelling quiz that pre-spells all the words for you and a number-guessing game where the correct number is the same every time you play. Then there's all those Bratz games (there's four now) and whatever the hell Build-A-Bear Workshop is, and soon there's going to be an Alvin and the Chipmunks rhythm game featuring music by Smashmouth and Blink 182. Or worse yet, the possibility of Smashmouth and Blink 182 as covered by Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Spanish for Everyone, though...my god. This is amazing. I know these videos have been out there for awhile, but seriously:

- Level 2
- Level 3
- Ending

It's like the DS has had enough of everyone's bullshit and finally cracked, and it's retaliating with an unstoppable Mexican-hating rampage. I mean, the theft and police cars and "I can teach you many things" I can ignore, but then there's "La Zorra", and the puffy dolls, and...are those gunshots? What?

It's so thoroughly insane that it comes off as unintentional or accidental, but the lead designer disagrees. I want more games like this.



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[info]kuniopt
2007-11-25 11:22 pm UTC (link)
But those are supposed to be "fireworks"! That just came right after a bunch of cars bursted into the front of the mexican kid's pad! Right after his mysterious uncle dropped him off and said he had to keep low! After he found the kid on a ghost town while waiting for a profilic rich guy to meet him up there for serious business!

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[info]solidbox
2007-11-25 11:57 pm UTC (link)
BE SURE AND MEET ME IN TIJUANA

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[info]solidbox
2007-11-25 11:58 pm UTC (link)
OF COURSE I WILL TEACH YOU THE LANGUAGE THAT WILL DEFEAT EVIL

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[info]bbh
2007-11-26 05:13 am UTC (link)
That was my favorite part right there. I mean, wow.

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[info]sardius_
2007-11-27 03:06 pm UTC (link)
Jeeps are cool!

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[info]katkabareh
2008-07-13 10:59 am UTC (link)
I believe that if people travel more, and learn more about the world, it will erase ignorance, it will defeat hate and evil, and it will allow people to seek further knowledge, resulting in, I hope, humble success.

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[info]monikafadeh
2008-07-15 02:24 am UTC (link)
I believe that if people travel more, and learn more about the world, it will erase ignorance, it will defeat hate and evil, and it will allow people to seek further knowledge, resulting in, I hope, humble success.

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[info]masterhibb
2007-11-26 01:17 am UTC (link)
Sounds exciting!

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[info]ahamster
2007-11-26 10:50 pm UTC (link)
It totally has that Y tu Mama Tambien feeling to it.

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[info]dezro
2007-11-26 03:30 am UTC (link)
Smashmouth and Blink 182 as covered by Alvin and the Chipmunks at Burning Man.

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[info]bmf54123
2007-11-26 06:35 am UTC (link)
Wow. I, uh...I think I want to go kill myself now.

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[info]sngingcircusdog
2007-11-26 07:41 am UTC (link)
Okay I'm just wondering how that game made it past ANYONE

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[info]ferricide
2007-11-26 09:21 pm UTC (link)
nobody had the time to do anything about it; nobody cares.

you're going to get in much more trouble for going to your boss and saying "hey, this spanish game, we got it back and it's fucked up and sucks" than you will for delivering a shitty game on budget and on time...

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[info]sngingcircusdog
2007-11-27 12:26 am UTC (link)
Not because it's a shitty game, but because it is incredibly racist and has implications of drug dealing and prostitution (which last I heard did not usually make it into kids' games). It's kind of a marvel because they would really have to skip every stage of software development besides coding to NOT catch any of this before it went to the programmers.

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[info]bmf54123
2007-11-27 02:40 am UTC (link)
I'm just waiting for the inevitable protests by Mexican groups and (possibly) some juicy lawsuits.

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[info]sngingcircusdog
2007-11-27 04:23 am UTC (link)
Yeah I am kind of expecting lawsuits to be honest with you. Of course it is not a popular game so maybe that will be avoided, but if some parent actually SEES this and cares, it could turn into trouble for the company that released it.

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[info]heavymetaljaq
2007-11-26 11:04 pm UTC (link)
haha these are so great. Insidious!

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[info]daphaknee
2007-11-29 07:29 am UTC (link)
i hope they come out with a learn german and learn chinese oh goddddd

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[info]daphaknee
2007-11-29 07:35 am UTC (link)
omg i can see the nazis and the teeth and the coolie hats and the eyes i thought the mainstream media was past this kind of blatant racism but i guess not

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[info]grunzen
2007-12-11 01:08 am UTC (link)
NO AMNESTY

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[info]zoe_and_me
2007-12-17 05:20 am UTC (link)
What the hell is with that music?

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