Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons Rereleased May 30, 2013

For those of you who may have missed out on two classic portable entries in the Legend of Zelda series, you now have a second chance to experience them.  The Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages and The Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons are out now for download on the Nintendo 3DS through the Nintendo eShop.

I first became aware of these games during The Angry Video Game Nerd’s exploration of the Zelda timeline.  While James Rolfe admits he wasn’t that angry in the video, it was a great video on the history of Zelda video games.  What interested me about these games was that they made use of a special Link System, which enabled extra sequences for gamers who played both games.  Nintendo has announced all of the Link System features are intact in this rerelease.

Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages are out now for download on the Nintendo 3DS through the Nintendo eShop.  You can download these games for $4.99 US each until June 20th, 2013.  After that they’ll be at their normal price of $5.99 US.

Resident Evil Restaurant May 30, 2013

What we call Resident Evil in the United States, Japan refers to as Biohazard, and boy did Capcom decide to go all out.  They opened up their own Biohazard Grill and Café in Japan!  While the cafe’s designers admit that seeing zombies is not analogous to a pleasant eating experience, they were able to recreate the look and feel of the game’s environments.  Designed to take place after the events of Raccoon City has passed, the restaurant recreates areas like the S.T.A.R.S. headquarters, with props, replicas, newspaper clippings, and more!

So take a trip back to 1997 and take a look at it for yourselves!

Why can’t we have nice things like this in the states?

rain Story Trailer May 30, 2013

I’m really excited about rain.  It was announced some time last year as a Playstation 3 exclusive downloadable game.  In most cases, I don’t write too much on this site about a downloadable game’s development, but in this case I just can’t resist.

rain tells the story of a young boy chasing after an invisible girl.  When he goes after her, he becomes invisible as well, and only the raindrops can make his form visible.  He’ll have to traverse the very Parisian-looking rainy night to seek out the invisible girl, all the while avoiding dangers as a beautiful soundtrack plays.

Nothing I write here about the game can be as impressive as seeing it for yourselves.  Here’s a look at rain’s latest trailer.

rain is coming Fall 2013 exclusive to the PS3.