News Tagged: Interviews

Monday 31st August, 2009 - 20:00 BST

Features: Metroid's Metal Makeover

Metroid's Metal Makeover

How five guys blasted the series' haunting soundtrack into a whole different genre - without sucking

The trouble with covering beloved music is that it’s so easy to lose something in the translation. Successfully capturing the original work’s intent and mood is atypical; what most often happens when things go south is the heart and soul of the piece are mangled with good intentions. It’s not..

18 comments | In Retro, Features, Metroid, Interviews, Music, Wii, GameCube, SNES, NES, Game Boy, Soundtracks.

Thursday 25th June, 2009 - 00:20 BST

News: Retro Game Challenge Needs to Sell 100,000 Copies to Justify Localizing Sequel

Retro Game Challenge Needs to Sell 100,000 Copies to Justify Localizing Sequel

The guys at XSEED set the record straight regarding Retro Game Challenge 2.

To say that the original Retro Game Challenge has a loyal following might be the understatement of the year, but unfortunately that following isn't quite large enough to justify XSEED localizing its sequel Retro Game Challenge 2. Of course this hasn't stopped the flood of fan emails to the company begging and pleading for..

49 comments | In DS, Interviews, Retro, Sales Numbers.

Thursday 2nd April, 2009 - 00:14 BST

News: Interview with Brian Fehdrau - Secret of Evermore

Interview with Brian Fehdrau - Secret of Evermore

We recently got a chance to talk with the lead programmer of Secret of Evermore and found out some very interesting information regarding the development of this unique Super Nintendo RPG title.

Brian Fehdrau was the lead programmer on the Squaresoft USA team that developed the Super Nintendo rpg hit Secret of Evermore. We were recently able to catch up with Brian and he was kind enough to take..

24 comments | In Retro, SquareEnix, SNES, Interviews.