Today in Joystiq: May 20, 2008

by Ross Miller { May 20th 2008 at 11:59PM }

A dedicated Nintendo fan finishes one helluva sleeve tattoo on his leg. (Thanks, Dave S) Check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
The best of WoW Insider: May 13-20. 2008
A guide to homebrew on the DS
Meet the Team: Jason Dobson
Metareview -- Wii Fit

News
Sony not amused by Uncharted replica gun
FFXII composer bringing his music to non-Japanese games
Metal Gear Solid Mobile coming to N-Gage
Street Fighter, Mega Man going mobile
MEGAowch: Haze handed 4.5 review by IGN
Nintendo shifts Wii Fit 'launch' to tomorrow
Square Enix considering stakes in competing developers
E3 Santa Monica cost ESA $5 million in fees
This Wednesday: Penny Arcade Adventures onto XBLA
Nintendo calls EU's $234m price-fixing fine 'illegal'
Spore 'Cell Phase' flOwts into view
Microsoft talks XBLA future, loosening download size limit
The Cars drive up next week as Rock Band's second full DLC album
No Gun Metal Gray PS3 for U, K?
Jake Gyllenhaal is The Prince of Persia, says Hollywood Reporter
Epic Games takes seat, acquires Chair Entertainment Group
Viva Pinata DS / Xbox 360 connectivity figured out, not happening
Sega talks Platinum Games deal, franchises
Judge: Jack Thompson is guilty on 27 of 31 misconduct charges
Game consoles contain harmful materials, Greenpeace finds
Casual games cost marketing moolah, Ubisoft says
XNA Community Games go 'Live' for indie devs
What's Sony up to? Community websites abound!

Rumors & Speculation
Rumor: Splinter Cell Conviction delayed until 2009-10
Rumor: New DS 'colours' hitting Europe

Culture & Community
Sign-ups begin for the Battlefield Heroes beta
Niko Bellic has second career as folk singer

Tags: dailyrecap, nintendo

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Cliff @ May 21st 2008 12:10AM

Who knew a tattoo could actually prevent you from getting laid.

hornetscubsrule @ May 21st 2008 12:14AM

Wow. I'm amazed and scared at the same time

343 Guilty Fart @ May 21st 2008 12:34PM

Can someone tell me what I'm looking at exactly? It looks like someone's crotch and legs.

Fernando Rocker @ May 21st 2008 12:14AM

That's what I'm talking about... appealing characters that will last forever.

Nintendo for life...

=p

chez @ May 21st 2008 5:46AM

Exactly! I lolled when some sony fanboy said that these new, sony exclusive characters are going to have such an impact and long term lasting appeal as these old Nintendo characters.

xGeneral DEATHx @ May 21st 2008 8:01AM

Is there a gang sign associated with "Nintendo 4 Lyfe"? I'm trying too hard to picture one in my mind.

fred @ May 21st 2008 9:06AM

you take your left hand to make a sort of half N and the other hand makes an L right beside it

ThePremierAssassin @ May 21st 2008 12:22AM

Today in Joystiq the console wars reached an epic level of intensity with several members of the SDF and sony fanboys in general getting owned, humilated, and scorned by other games due to the debacle that is HAZE.

I wonder what tomorrow will bring...

Fernando Rocker @ May 21st 2008 12:39AM

Don't you mean H4.5ZE?

Noshino @ May 21st 2008 1:10AM

"getting owned, humilated, and scorned by other games due to the debacle that is HAZE."

wow, so it seems you get excited about that kind of stuff?...damn, not even the worst trolls are at that level...

You remind of this other kid, CaptainAmericaX or something like that...hopefully you don't think that the Folding project is worthless, right?

Curtis the Claw:PSN-ctclaw @ May 21st 2008 1:31AM

Noshino your just still pissed over how bad you guys got owned today. Where is krazy ken during all this? Just when the PS3 fanboys needed him most he left. Today seriously was an epic day in joystiq, more haze posts please!

Noshino @ May 21st 2008 1:39AM

hey Curtis, I'm not pissed about that, its cool, what I did get pissed over was the fact that many of the people that complained about Haze's faults overlooked those same faults in other games, either way, what other people say doesn't change my perspective of Haze.

Ask nando, all he could complain about with me was that the character design was horrible...and that he doesn't like the yellow colors on the helmet...

Oh, and for the record, Curtis, you should check ThePremierAssassin's comment history, he/she hates Sony with passion, and unlike Fernando (believe it or not), he hates Sony for no reason...

Curtis the Claw:PSN-ctclaw @ May 21st 2008 1:43AM

I wasn't aware that Fernando had a reason to hate Sony.

chez @ May 21st 2008 5:47AM

Yesterday was the best day to read online.

Reading all the screaming sony fans "oh it doesn't matter I'm still buying it!". Well done, you're better than me. I don't spend money on low rated products.

Ridgecity @ May 21st 2008 1:29AM

someone told him chicks dig tattoos. Never mentioned "get every Nintendo character"...

goboColossus @ May 21st 2008 1:37AM

I can understand a discreet 8-bit variation Mario, Super Mushroom, Link, a Metroid and what have you... But that's officially taking it too far. Ew.

On the other hand, some people have really nice "full" body tattoos. They can pull them off very well, and on the occasion can do it in a manner that actually increases their sexy factor. It's only ever accomplished with a certain artistry that can't be found in such hideous works of noisy, vibrant, nausea-inducing stencil art from famous character art poses.

Abhinav Kumar @ May 21st 2008 2:08AM

That tat is very, VERY creepy.

xGeneral DEATHx @ May 21st 2008 8:04AM

Like an ice cream truck with no decals driving slowwwwwly through your neighborhood.

*Cue stupid ice cream truck music*

CPG @ May 21st 2008 2:17AM

I am sure that tat will get Runnen Late laid many times over......not that he needs the help.

Runnen Late @ May 21st 2008 3:37AM

;)

Chris @ May 21st 2008 2:26AM

I think it's pretty cool... apparently I'm the only one... besides the owner of the tattoo of course. :-)

Saria the Cat @ May 21st 2008 2:51AM

Sorry, but I think having the balls to do this makes you cooler than overcompensating for your own lack of balls and ridiculing. As nerdy as full video game sleeves can be, they really are one of the more honest forms of tattoo expression, and you know that person has to be fun to talk to. What's so great about getting a full sleeve of "normal" tats, like snakes or flowers anyway?

Runnen Late @ May 21st 2008 3:39AM

Hey girl, how you doing?

xGeneral DEATHx @ May 21st 2008 8:05AM

LOL...that didn't take long.

xGeneral DEATHx @ May 21st 2008 8:07AM

On the subject of tat's, however, I do think it takes more guts to get something like this as opposed to something like a serpent or skulls or my personal favorite (not)...flames. All the same, the sheer amount of characters on there makes me worry. :-p

Runnen Late @ May 21st 2008 3:16AM

I was informed I made front page, sure is a lot of sass coming from this site.

Magetto @ May 21st 2008 3:14AM

Oh boy! I can only wonder what that will look like when he's old and wrinkly.

Jai @ May 21st 2008 8:23AM

Well, he'll have Kranky Kong instead of DK. Kirby will have taken the powers of something old. Link will be Old Old Link (And by that time the time-travelling LoZ series may have come up with such a character). Mario will look more "mature", finally. And so on.