This week on Arcade: Boogie Bunnies

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takovacs — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

They probably can't release it until the lawsuit is finished

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King of Fun UK — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

What? Still no Rez HD? :( I'd give my right arm to play that right now.

Oh well... Maybe next week :'(

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Ruthless Image — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:31:32 GMT

hmmm @Litheon isnt all the content on american servers though,so it shouldnt really affect people in other countries cause its not actually downloaded from their country?

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XanderSan — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:23:49 GMT

Consider any 'Bubble Bobble' comments a jab. The joke is that 'Boogie Bunnies' is pretty much a clone, with some tweaks and quirks. Noting the common alliteration between the two.

At least it's not a retro-remake, although I suppose you could argue that it is. Still, you can't help but agree that Ikaruga, Rez, Castle Crashers or Trigger Heart Excelia would be much more exciting choices than something until just recently we had no idea existed. And our lives are pretty much the same regardless of that.

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Smallywood — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:29:45 GMT

Major - Another source is reporting Bubble Bobble this week as well... Any truth to this?

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Mr Fisty — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:26:47 GMT

I agree with what others have said about the declining quality of arcade games lately. Please, no more side scrollers or games that no one wanted to play the first time round. And, um, can someone explain to me why upgrading to a 120GB HDD has turned all my full arcade games (30+) into trials? Not happy.

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drewjube — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:39:31 GMT

Well, at least I guess I'm not missing much, judging by the poor reviews of this game. A believable explanation would still be nice, though.

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ElektroDragon — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:34:23 GMT

800 for this?! Sure a joke, right? This is an insult. Nothing truly good or innovative on Arcade since Puzzle Quest MONTHS ago. And this is just a slap in the face. Where is Feeding Frenzy 2??

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Big Guino — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:28:58 GMT

we won't get the free arcade game for months now, due to 3 stupid texans.

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Big Guino — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:27:52 GMT

i'll think i'll pass, the DRM needs sorting out, as i reckon my 2nd xbox is about to die, so pointless me buying this.

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drewjube — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:23:08 GMT

Thanks for responding, but that explanation is far too general and frankly, does not hold water. There is obviously something about Korea that is causing MS problems. I simply want to know what it is. I don't buy Major Nelson's explanation because: "In every region we offer content these factors are unique. There is not one single Video Game Rating Board that governs the ratings each video game receives. The United States and part of Canada have the ESRB. Japan has CERO. Australia and New Zealand have varying forms of the OFLC (Australia OFLC / New Zealand OFLC). Germany has the USK. Roughly twenty-five European countries have the widely adopted PEGI. And so on and so on." Korea's game ratings board site is public and searchable. I have searched every Live Arcade title not released in Korea and not found one instance where MS had applied for approval and was rejected. Needless to say, many of the content unavailable in Korea, such as Boogie Bunnies is inoffensive. "Not all governments are the same. Laws are different. Regulations are different." The Korean government has nothing to do with this. If laws and regulations are keeping you from releasing content (which I doubt), then tell me which ones? Believe it or not, I'm a lawyer -- I might understand. But what law could possible allow you to release, say, Galaga in Korea, but not Carcassone? Think about that -- it just not make sense that a country would legislate something so inane. "Cultural preferences are different." Is this the reason Korea only got one game in the last two months?? I'd like to know how Major Nelson or the Gamerscoreblog crew has any clue what cultural preferences here are. But if that's their excuse, then why does Exit for the PSP sell, while MS won't release it as a Live Arcade title, for example? Again, a facile explanation that does not hold up to examination. "And let's not even start in on the licensing model for the entertainment industry." Fine. Then please explain to me how you can license gamer pics and themes in a market, for example, but not the game itself. Explain to me what it is about Korea that makes licensing more difficult than any other single nation in the world. Again, we are full paying customers out here and we deserve honest explanations rather than snide comments. And finally, I can't believe Major Nelson thought we would be stupid enough to buy this line: "Content is not region exclusive because we want it that way. Trust us. We don't like it any more then you do." THEN WHY DID YOU REGION CODE THE XBOX360????????????????????????? GIVE ME A BREAK

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litheon — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:45:13 GMT

drewjube, read the FAQ before you complain: www.majornelson.com/.../MarketplaceFAQ.aspx

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Scene for chaos — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:14:17 GMT

I WANT PEGGLE!!!

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drewjube — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:53:20 GMT

And, once again, you screwed Korea. Good job, twitter man.

In the past two months, you've only released ONE Live Arcade title in Korea. And you don't even have the decency to explain why...just arrogance.

I see that MS is being sued by customers who are paying full price for less than full service. Well, you are charging your Korean customers full price for our Gold memberships and giving us nearly zero DLC. I hope the guys in Texas win.

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ImaginedBug — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:53:30 GMT

Yo Major, why does your site keep insisting I'm not signed in once I've viewed a few pages of comments? I'll then need to (hard) refresh several times before it'll recognize me as signed in again, otherwise it'll just show me the 1st page of comments no matter what page I'm trying to view.

I guess at least I'm doing my bit in getting your gamercard viewed a couple hundred times extra this year... that might do the trick to get a bigger distance between you and Trixy in next year's top 10.

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Mehar — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:28:02 GMT

So what is this and is it worth the $10?