Recent Buys: Episode 4 - Migoy finally goes HD

Not only was I late to current gen gaming, I was also late to the HD party. That is no longer an issue as I finally bought an HDTV.

Shout-outs to my dad for hooking me up with the money for the tv as it was an early birthday gift from him to me so that's awesome. I got a Panasonic Viera 32" LCD TV (model TH-32C4X). It was going for 14,490php at Gamextreme, which is the same shop where I got the iCore Arcade Sticks. Games look amazing in HD. I can actually read stuff on screen now, legit. I've tried playing using both HDMI and Component cables. To stream and capture footage, we'd have to use the component cables because that's the input jacks of the capture box that we have. You can really tell the difference with how crisp the image output of HDMI compares to component but using component cables is still very playable.

Aside from the new TV, I passed by Datablitz to get a game that's been on my waitlist even before I got a PS3. That game is Bayonetta, the flashy and sexy action game by Platinum Games. I've only gotten past the first level and you can really see the frame drops of the PS3 version compared to the smoother Xbox 360 version but I was still smiling the whole time. As a person who needs more single player games right now, I'm glad I finally picked this game up. I was lucky too as it was last copy that Datablitz had available. My copy of Bayonetta is an R1 release and went for 950php cash.

Today I hooked up the Wii to the new TV and set the output to 480p (the closest thing we'll get to HD Wii gaming that's not emulated). Tried out The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword which still looks really good but I can see why people complain about the Wii not being in HD. You can notice the jagged lines since the Wii has a lower resolution. Aside from Zelda, I also popped in Rhythm Heaven Fever. Since Rhythm Heaven Fever relies mostly on sprite animations, the jump from a CRT TV to an LCD TV wasn't that big of a difference but still having a bigger display just adds to the fun.

Panasonic Jungle Gets Cancelled

For anyone who read our posts back when we were in blogspot maybe you caught one of my earlier posts. It was about the Panasonic Jungle which was supposed to address the "MMO on the go market" which I still think isn't large enough (or if there even is one) for a device dedicated to only that to exist.

To be honest, when I first heard about the Jungle, I thought it was already a bogus idea and reading more into it didn't help. This comment from Panasonic just proved my point; "Panasonic decided to suspend further development due to changes in the market and in our own strategic direction,”. They enforced their decision by stating that there are "changes in the market" and "changes in our own strategic direction" which basically means "no one wanted it", "that's bullshit" or "you're crazy, it looks stupid".

I'm actually kind of bummed that it isn't going to be released, I would've loved to see it join the epic failures in video gaming along side the Gizmondo and the Virtual Boy. At least then it would have been a part of video game history.