Nintendo Street Team Photo

After the awesome Kotaku post by Stephen Totilo, people have been asking about seeing pictures of me with a TV on my chest. I looked through old photos and I've only been able to find one photo. I'm obviously the asian guy in the photo and my friend Pat is wearing the TV that day, I had 4 Gameboy Advances strapped to my belt. Oh and yes the guy we're posing with is indeed Coolio who absolutely sucks at video games.

Frobot PAX East Photos!

Bulbasaur, Mudkip and Bowser playing Frobot Multiplaya!


A Froman next to Frobot!



Picture of our Frobot Booth with people actually in it!

Kotaku Article about Frobot!

Kotaku just posted their initial impressions about Frobot and it's pretty awesome!
http://kotaku.com/5504408/a-nintendo-fanboy-made-this-game

OMG we're going to PAX East!

I don't know how it happened, but this morning Bill Butler from Penny Arcade Expo sent me an email and said that a last minute booth spot opened up!

So Frobot will be heading to Boston this week for PAX East Coast! I don't have all the details yet but there will be a dedicated 10x10 booth for Frobot. We'll have 3 Wiis running Frobot and we'll also be giving out Frobot Paper-Foldables!

If you're going to PAX East, please stop by our booth and play the game! For all media people please send an email to bizdev@fugazo.com if you want to schedule an interview.

DIY Gamer posts a preview of Frobot!

The articles keep coming in about Frobot! Check out this preview from DIY Gamer.
http://www.diygamer.com/2010/03/gdc-2010-gettin-frobot/

fan mail EXPLOSION!

After Fugazo's return from GDC, we've received a higher amount of fan mail than we usually would. Normally I wouldn't do this but a father and a young person sent me a beautiful poem I would like to share with everyone. If you enjoy it as much as I did, please learn it and recite it to your families. The poem is titled, RED SPROCKET HERO.

RED SPROCKET HERO

Frobot, Frobot! Warrior from space.
Conceived to save the robot race!

Robot of few words, but loves to dance.
Evil doers don't dare stand a chance!

Microshaft goons, they are on the run.
The war for peace is almost won!

The coolest robot since Optimus Prime,
Cuz only Frobot love females five at a time!

Bit Trip Runner and Gaijin Games thoughts!

So I got a chance to meet Alex Neuse of Gaijin Games last week at GDC and play Bit Trip Runner. Here are my thoughts:

It's by far the best game in the Bit Trip series to date. The simple low poly graphics look great in motion. The music ties really well with the platforming elements and if you can scan ahead you get a good sense of how the rhythm is going to play out. I also like that as you progress through the game you gain new skills like attacks and slides. There's also a bunch of great references to other Bit Trip games such as the Bit Trip Beat Paddle which is used as a shield in later levels.

On a more personal note, Alex is a really friendly guy and it was great to get some perspective from a WiiWare developer who's already been through the process a few times. I like how focused and small their game concepts are; I think it gives them a lot of room to polish and iterate.

I'm thinking for our next WiiWare title we build something a bit smaller in scope than Frobot. Personally, I'd like to try something in a 2d genre.