Draven

No shit. That's the one big misstep I think MS has made with the 360. Bigger hard drives should have been available last Christmas at the latest. Stick a 60 G flash drive or something in there at least.

Schloob1

TMNT Arcade is now confirmed over on IGN.com 2 great parts about the story, that it will be coming out this month and will only be 400 POINTS.
Thye were not kidding when I read somewhere that since last month was pretty pitiful for XBLA they were going to step it up. We had Alien Hominid right at the end of last month, we are getting Worms shortly and now this. If only they bring out SOTN by the end of the month it will perfect.

DJ_Longfellow

I would assume TWO weeks for TMNT to coincide with the movie release....I thought it was a Summer thing, where have I been.

Michael Corvin

Perfect would be more than 1 game a week. You know, an actual selection.

DJ_Longfellow

What's wrong with one a week. It only opens the door for more bitching. "We had 5 games this week, then you may have nothing the next one." is what people would say.

I think XBLA is GREAT. I just wish they would BUNDLE some games (at a discount of course)...like the Midway Classic stuff. That would be great.

actyper

Anybody tryout DDR yet? Do they sell extra mats yet?

KurrptSenate

ive only played it on PS1 and PS2. I was never a fan of the floor mats, as they slide and around too much

Schloob1

1 a week is just fine, but there's the point that they need to make sure and release 1 a week. We will wait and see if this release consistency can be maintained or we go back to say only 1 or 2 new titles a month.

Michael Corvin

Sure, if you happen to like that particular game every week. They aren't all winners. Nintendo has it right doing 3-4 games. They aren't all winners here either, but with 3-4 a week, chances are pretty good that you will like one of them.

xmiyux

And the one a week needs to be some decent titles and not:

1. Updates to current titles (eg. the patch and resetting of the Texas Hold Em leaderboards)

2. Lame retro releases (Pac-Man and then Ms. Pac-Man - please) without some cool update like multiplayer online.

lotsofdvds

Anyone download the South Park episode yet? Wondering how it looks, if it's 16x9, what resolution, etc.

xmiyux

I'm content with them not all being my taste (i would hate to really want to buy every game every week) but i want to actually see updates to the retro titles and see some new stuff. Actually i'm really chomping at the bit for some XNA titles. Especially if they allow very cheap titles done by small independent programmers or classes in universities. Something inexpensive to gain a cult following and hopefully get the creative programmers a job somewhere cool.

eatntae

I downloaded it. I assume its 720p since that's what it said on the download page. I watched the first 2 minutes just to see how it would look, and it is 16x9. I believe it was about 1000MB.

I didn't have any non-HD versions of South Park to compare, but from what I saw it looked good.

Xbox69

I don't get HD for an animated show. What, are they supposed to look more animated?

pinata242

Just read on Kotaku that Blue Dragon is coming in August and will have 3 "huge" DC packages within the first 4 months of release. Also the original Japanese voice work will be included as well as English.

Lost Odyssey for the Holidays.

aktick

Have you seen the trailers for The Simpsons movie? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think they've been in HD (widescreen, at the very least) and I think they look considerably better than the regular 480i show.

lotsofdvds

Wouldn't the benefits of animation in HD be the same as, say, video games?

edstein

A 3D animated movie like Toy Story yes. But 2D Simpsons and South Park, not so much, IMO.

fumanstan

Cool, been waiting to hear more about Blue Dragon's release.

Michael Corvin

I don't either. Especially for one that is supposed to look rough, like construction paper. Crisper line detail? Fuller, brighter colors?

Flay

Just finished watching and I was impressed with HD South Park. Perhaps it was specific to the episode and its anime tie-in, but everything looked much cleaner and more defined in high-res.

Noonan

I'm watching it now and it looks really good. All the parts that were letterbox before are now full screen since the whole program is 16x9. It's hard to describe but it does look a lot better.

SteelgearX

It looks awesome and the episode is fucking funny.

xmiyux

I'm looking forward to checking it out. I haven't seen South Park since the 2nd season.

Nosmo Rex

This truly is the reason for which HD was invented.

Cartman's schlong in HD is a marvel to behold.