C3: "Pretty much all of us have been there, that first day on the job. That quite weird mixture of excitement and dread, the thoughts of all those new possibilities, the new pay cheques, the workmates and the new secretaries to harrass. Now for most of us those thoughts are quickly quashed as soon as we are giving the lovely job of running down to stores to pick up some notepads and pens. You can take comfort in the fact, though, that your first day in a new job will never be as bad as Kage and Chihiro's."
Inspired by 8-bit movies like Wreck It Ralph, game developer and VFX artist Peter Tieryas is going through his old NES inventory and playing some of his favorite levels with running commentary. This segment is from Legend of Kage for the NES. Players have to rescue the princess a total of three times before the game ends, at which time the princess is kidnapped again. This rounds out the trio of Ninja games starting with Ninja Kid, then Ninja Gaiden, and now Legend of Kage.
411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Oboro Muramasa, Suggoi! Arcana Heart 2, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, Hammerin' Hero, Professor Heinz Wolff's Gravity, and Rhythm Heaven.
BCGaming writes: "The graphics in The Legend of Kage 2 are bright, colorful and serviceable but nothing compared to the best you can find on the Nintendo DS. The game almost looks like it was designed for an older platform and ported with dual screen additions. The art style is quite striking though and galleries are unlocked for achieving milestones in the game.
Audio is again serviceable with proper swishing, grunts, and attack noises sounding authentic. The music is minimal and again is competent throughout the game. It would be nice to see some high quality voice work or really great sounds, but at heart this is a straightforward action game and the audio is secondary".
