Summary

GDC
– Iwata keynote, only first five minute are allowed to be filmed

– Punch-Out!! Playable
– Thinks looks like a remake
– 10 Characters return
– 3 original characters
– Looks like it plays like the old game
– Calls GAF out for bashing the SNES version

NPD Talk
– House of the Dead Overkill, pretty low
– Laughs at VGchartzzzzzzz
– Looking for MadWorld sales and will post it. Talked with the VP from Sega; they are happy with their first results of the sales of MadWorld

ExciteBots
– Everything you like about Excite Truck, times 10
– Spinbar controls are good
– Randomness makes no sense, but awesome
– Tracks and pieces of levels look identical to first Excite Truck
– Short game, but you keep playing for the S ranks
– Online multiplayer and more stuff they can’t talk about
– Controls are more tight and more responsive
– Don’t know for sure if Excite is at GDC

Boom Blox Bash Party
– Awesome game again
– More crazy and cool levels, zero gravity play
– Fast download option for user created content
– Yes, you can create multiplayer levels
– No online play vs. other players

Klonoa
– Visuals are very nice, water looks good, beautiful areas.
– Controls are good
– Voicework for US/EU, cheesy and bad though
– Remakes are nice, but more originals please!

Secret third party game
– Oh god not again…
– Being revealed in April
– “Totally badass, high quality”
– Dramatic reading by the guys
– Its for the hardcore

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