Rare has posted three new screenshots for the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade port of the legendary Nintendo 64 FPS, Perfect Dark.  The three new shots show off much smoother texturing and slighter higher polygon counts.  However, the game still seems to retain the look and feel of its original version.  Online multiplayer will certainly be a treat to look forward to when the game is released later this year.

You can view the three new screenshots, as well as previous ones, here.

Media outlets have a new reason to fear the ire of angry Nintendo fanboys, and this time it’s not related to Mario, Zelda, or any other Nintendo properties.  Rather, the problem stems from certain inaccuracies, or shall we say, disagreements that gaming publication GamePro posted in its recent review of the Wii’s blockbuster FPS title, The Conduit.  And it essentially has little to do with the score.

Many of the most reputable review sites and publications scored the game around the 80 percent range – we scored it at 8.5, IGN gave it an 8.6, Nintendo Power and GamesRadar gave it an 8 – and GamePro actually followed fairly closely giving it 3 1/2 stars out of 5.

So what was the problem?  Aside from admittedly reviewing the game without even touching the online multiplayer mode – a feature which garnered the most praise from the gaming press – GamePro criticized The Conduit for “terrible motion controls” and “unimpressive graphics,” two features that other gaming publication lauded.  For instance, G4, which scored the game lower overall than GamePro at 3 out of 5 stars, still praised it for “engaging, responsive controls” and “slick visual effects.”
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