http://www.metafilter.com/tags/bitgenerations Posts tagged with 'bitgenerations' at MetaFilter. Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:11:32 -0800 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:11:32 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/53415/bit%2DGenerations <a href="http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/720/720397p1.html">bit Generations</a> is a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN28iqydM5c">line of Japanese budget-priced Game Boy Advance games </a>Nintendo released these past two weeks. Most of the titles feature <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgx2EM5c2ZY&search=dotstream">minimalist graphics</a> combined with <a href="http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/bit_g/dialhex/index.html">simple</a> but <a href="http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/bit_g/orbital/index.html">engaging</a> gameplay, echoing the company's <a href="http://www.nintendo.com/channel/ds">recent </a><a href="http://wii.nintendo.com/home.html">philosophy</a>. Perhaps the most intriguing of the games is <a href="http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/bit_g/soundvoyager/index.html">Soundvoyager</a>, in which the player relies almost entirely on audio positioning to progress- a bit <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/51054">reminicent of this</a>. No word on a US release yet, but if <a href="http://electroplankton.nintendods.com/flash.html">Electroplankton </a>made it out here, maybe there's a chance. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.53415 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:11:32 -0800 bitgenerations cool gameboyadvance japan nintendo videogames Dr-Baa