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We spent some time reviewing the highscore replays and they are very impressive. It really is amazing what skilled players can do, and moreover what they can make look so easy! There’s a real elegance to the replays: they are a carefully choreographed succession of restrained, efficient moves and yet despite that palpable determination and [...]
Yes, the N Holiday Contesque is now closed. Thanks to everyone who participated, and to everyone who provided feedback on N v2.0 so far, we really appreciate it. We’ve got a lot of hard work and bugfixing ahead of us, but we’re bursting with renewed enthusiasm because of yours — your support and comments have [...]
After many frustrating days and sleepless nights, we have for you a small holiday gift: a quick beta test of N v2.0, in holiday contesque form. Yes, that’s right, there’s a new Contesque! (For those of you just joining us, “contesque” is a delightful and non-legally-binding portmanteau of contest + the suffix -esque. We coined [...]
First of all, we have a few new winners for Contesque #3, at long last. The first win goes out to Duncan, who sent us a whole bunch of drawings of N+ costumes. We chose the one we thought was the most fun Duncan’s Ninja Mask And next, we have to share what may be [...]
A few years ago, at Slamdance, we were introduced to a game we liked very much, called Rumble Box. A beat-em-up game with characters made of cubes and spheres, cel-shaded graphics and a cool mechanic whereby the parts of your bested opponents assist you in your climb to the top — what’s not to like? [...]
Before we get started on the continuing saga of Robotology, we should quickly give you an update on Contesque #3, The Creativity Contesque. Thanks so much to everyone who entered! We saw some really great work. However, since we received far fewer entries than expected, instead of immediately awarding a prize, we thought we’d keep [...]
We recently ran into several copies of N+ (both DS and PSP) in Tokyo (at import stores in Akihabara), and noted that some of them had sold when we revisited the stores later on. We had assumed N+ DS/PSP would, like N+ XBLA, be sold worldwide — with any luck that will happen someday. For [...]
The third (and final… well, for now, anyway) N+ levelpack is now available on XBLA, and it’s free! This one features levels from the original N, reworked and restyled for N+, in the form of: 150 singleplayer, 50 co-op, and 50 race. So the three level packs give you 675 new levels total — that’s [...]
Edit: Thank you all for entering, this Contesque is now closed! So the third N+ level pack debuts Wednesday (the 15th of October, 2008), and that means it’s time for another contesque! For this open-ended contesque, if we like your submission you could win whichever version of N+ you want! This one is [...]
As you may know, the second (of three) N+ expansion packs was released yesterday. To our surprise, several gamers who post on the Xbox forum had finished the SP levels within hours (and they’re definitely not easy!) — congrats, guys, your ninja skillz are honestly amazing. On to the Contesque. Thanks to all the participants [...]