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Hey, guess what? There is a game called Super Smash Bros. Brawl coming out this weekend for the Wii. You may have heard a little something about it.
In celebration of the occasion that either makes some people ridiculously excited or others completely annoyed, this week’s Great Retro Quiz is all about the characters featured in the original Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64. Why the original? Well, this is a “retro” quiz after all and that was the most retro I could get concerning this series.
Keep in mind that this quiz is not really about the actual game as much as it is about the characters featured in it. I just don’t want anyone to yell at me for not asking about the difference and subtle nuances between “Break the Targets” and “Board the Platforms.”

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Over the next few days on GameSetWatch, we’re going to be reprinting some of the more interesting GDC lectures which might have potentially got ‘lost in the shuffle’ of the show. In this piece, Brandon Boyer writes up the most canonical retelling of the always-intriguing ‘Developer Rant’ session.
In a special designer-focused rant that showed a surprising amount of thematic overlap, Clint Hocking, Jenova Chen, Jane McGonigal, Jon Mak, and Daniel James ‘expressed opinions forcefully’ on the state of games, all seeming to agree that the industry is too scared to say anything with real meaning.
First up, and with seemingly the most actual fire, Ubisoft designer Clint Hocking said that though he originally planned to rant on creative stagnation, he eventually concluded it was a “tired generic topic,” and “can’t get pissed off about it” as he was “not sure that it’s there.”
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Just when I was starting to adjust to the the idea that two games a week were enough, Nintendo decides to take advantage and give us only one title for this week’s VC releases. Sometimes, I feel a little abused by it all, you know?

Anyway, this week we get Super Turrican: (Super NES(R), 1 player, Rated E 10+ for Everyone 10 and Older – Fantasy Violence, 800 Wii Points), which is the first of two games following the adventures of Bren McGuire and his fight against the Machine. While I can’t tell you how great this game is or isn’t because I don’t remember it well, I can tell you Gamasutra reported in April of last year that Factor 5 is working on new concepts for a Turrican title.

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