This Month's Most Viewed Games Tagged 'Capcom, core' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg en-us Link awoke one day to find himself deep in a strange forest. As he started to walk through the woods, he heard cries for help coming from just up ahead of him. Link hurried toward the voice, only to find a group of monsters surrounding the woman who was screaming. When the monsters saw Link, they immediately fled.

The woman who was being attacked was none other than Impa, nurse to Hyrule's Princess Zelda. Impa said she had come to the forest to search for a singer named Nayru.

As they traveled even deeper into the forest, they found a young woman singing. Invited to sit by the group of animals that listened to the girl's song, Link joined in the circle and let the beautiful song fill his ears and penetrate his heart. This was surely Nayru, the singer Impa was searching for. Just then, Impa erupted in a cackling laugh.

"Nayru! Oracle of Ages! I, Veran, Sorceress of Shadows, shall make you my own!"

The shadow that called itself Veran began swooping about the forest before flying straight into the body of the frightened singer. A blinding light shone forth from Nayru's body.

"Now the power of the Oracle of Ages is mine! I can travel through time at will! Now a new age shall begin -- an age of shadows!" And with that, Veran and Nayru vanished.

Nayru was actually the Oracle of Ages who controlled time in this land of Labrynna. When the oracle was kidnapped, the flow of time in Labrynna was distorted, and strange things began to happen. Before vanishing, Veran said, "When the past changes, so does the present." Her plan was to travel to the past and gather power from the sorrows of the people of Labrynna so that she could create her age of shadows.

Will Link be able to free Nayru from Veran's evil clutches? Such is the quest that Link must now undertake.
(from the Game Boy Color Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages manual)

]]> 10 Feb 2007 01:31:59 PS2 action game with a dark, gothic look that stars a silver-haired descendent of a long-forgotten hero. Dante has inherited heroism from his ancestors, and along with it, vampiric genes, to boot. These generic attributes enable Dante to perform several important actions that make Devil May Cry unlike any action game Capcom has created before. Dante can shoot with guns and slash with several kinds of swords, but he's also able to transform into a hovering nightmare that's even more powerful. As Dante progresses through the game, he unearths numerous weapons (including his dual-pistols and shotguns), and powerful swords, each possessing various elemental powers. Among the enemies Dante fights are the low-class Demonic (which normally are slow but fight surprisingly fast), the grim-reaper like Death, which hover in air and travel through walls, and attack with scissors-like weapons and scythes, and the high-level castle rulers, the Phantoms.

]]> 01 Feb 2007 12:07:44 Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles is the first Resident Evil game to make an appearance on the Nintendo Wii. It is set to launch sometime in 2007. Not much information have been revealed at this point, however we do know that it takes place before Resident Evil 4 and after Resident Evil Code Veronica X.

]]> 04 Feb 2007 03:58:43 Resident Evil 0 marks the first totally exclusive, original survival horror title for Nintendo's GameCube system. Starring Rebecca Chambers, and a new character Billy Coen in a prequel to Resident Evil 1. Explore new areas of Raccoon City, and search to uncover the secrets of the T-Virus.

Control both characters simultaneously, switching between back and forth and splitting up to solve new puzzles. Items can now be dropped anywhere in the game, replacing the traditional item boxes in previous games. Detailed character models and realistic backgrounds (mixing pre-rendered pictures with animated effects) take the horror to the next level.

]]> 31 Jan 2007 10:58:42 Experience a side chapter in the popular Biohazard franchise with Resident Evil - CODE: Veronica X. After narrowly surviving the horrific onslaught in Raccoon City, Claire Redfield now seeks clues in search of her missing brother, Chris. To her horror, she discovers Umbrella Corporation's insidious activities are not isolated to the remote, mid-western city. No. Something much larger is going on here. Flesh-eating zombies and horrific beasts haunt Claire's every move. Just how far does this twisted conspiracy extend? What is Umbrella Corporation really up to? And who is behind this biotech terror? The answer lies within this port of the Dreamcast original, with slight enhancements and added cut scenes. As an added bonus, the first printings of Veronica X shipped with a demo Devil May Cry demo disc.

]]> 01 Feb 2007 12:28:05 Dante is back!

Prepare for the next, stylish chapter of Capcom?s ultimate action thriller, Devil May Cry! Dante, the mysterious half-man, half-demon action hero is back to battle the legions of the underworld. Sporting trash-talking attitude and rock star good looks, Dante launches into a new adventure with twice the environments, twice the graphic sizzle and twice the gameplay of the original!

]]> 01 Feb 2007 12:12:57 Survival horror spreads across the Internet in Capcom's new Resident Evil Outbreak for PlayStation 2. Play either in the single-player mode, or join others online against the terrifying setting of a zombie infested Raccoon City. Choose your own path in Outbreak, as the game's story adjusts to the player's decisions. Escape the city quickly as a clock ticks down the seconds to the moment a government missile eradicates the infected citizens of the doomed town. Be brave and play alone, or join up to four other survivors in a horrific battle to uncover the dark secrets of Umbrella, the biological company responsible for the chaos.

]]> 01 Feb 2007 08:46:50 Continuing the dramatic story of an epidemic caused by a secret biological weapon infecting the people of Raccoon City, Resident Evil Outbreak File #2 brings longtime survival horror fans back into the world of online terror. Citizens are turning into flesh-eating zombies and swarming the streets, while only a few desperate survivors remain. Totaling eight characters in all, each survivor has different and unique abilities that they must use to escape the city before the government annihilates it with a deadly hydrogen bomb. Brand new scenarios, improved computer AI, additional character powers, and faster load times are but a few of the game's new additions since the previous version. Developed exclusively for the PlayStation 2.

]]> 01 Feb 2007 08:57:30 Resident Evil 5 is the first Resident Evil game for both the XBOX 360 and the PS3. The events in Resident Evil 5 take place after those of Resident Evil 4. Capcom has been very tight lipped about Resident Evil 5. All they have released is the trailer below, and that was two years ago. The game is to be released sometime in 2007/2008. But don't be surprised if the push it back to 2009.

]]> 04 Feb 2007 04:06:17 Vampire Savior is a fighting game by CAPCOM. It is the sequel to Night Warriors and it is the third game in the DarkStalkers game series. It features characters based on famous myths and fantasy rather than standard martial arts fare. It also emphasizes on the use of special attacks.

Vampire Savior adds in new characters such as Q-Bee, B.B.Hood (Bulleta in Japan), Lilith and Jedah.

Due to space limitations of the CPS-2 (Capcom Play System 2), the arcade version does not include the entire 18 character cast (however the console ports do). As such, another version dubbed Vampire Savior 2 replaces two characters with Huitzil and Pyron. This version was only released in Japanese arcades.

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