As weird as an 8-bit style promotional DSiWare game made for a high-end next-gen game is, the weirdest thing about Dark Void Zero is definitely the Jimmy Fallon connection. According to the fake history Capcom and Other Ocean concocted for the DSiWare game, a young Fallon won a contest in the '80s and won both placement in the fictional game and the only known copy of the title, which Capcom "tracked down" to port to DSiWare (and now iPhone and PC, as well). We assumed it was just a desperate celebrity endorsement on the part of Capcom, but the truth is actually even weirder.
Other Ocean's Mike Mika thought up the "contest winner" angle to make the game seem more authentic, but decided that having someone well-known win the prize would make it even more identifiable. Speaking to GameSetWatch, Mika said "So, in this case, we worked on a game a while ago with Jimmy Fallon back with a company I was working for before Other Ocean. He's an incredibly smart guy who knows a lot about games. He knows a lot about computer engineering. And he had this game that he wanted to get made that was actually fantastic."
Alex S. from Link Cable Gaming writes: "One day Nintendo will pull the plug on DSiWare, such is the fate of all digital stores, and so we’ve decided that this is the perfect time to take a look at the best DSiWare games of all time."
XMNR: Amazon brought a fresh batch of digital download deals for PC gamers on Thursday with a collection of Capcom titles. This includes two different versions of Street Fighter highlighted by the Arcade Edition of Super Street Fighter IV and Street Fighter X Tekken.
VGW: Staff writer Chris Totten’s XBox 360 got the infamous Red Ring of Death during a playthrough of L.A. Noire and as a result, he has decided to tackle his ever-growing backlog. In this article mini-series, Chris chronicles his quest to prove that games do not have a mere 2 week shelf life by revisiting some of his forgotten classics. This week, it's off to some DSiWare favorites.
