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require 'database_cleaner'

DB = Sequel.sqlite # logger: Logger.new(STDOUT)

DB.create_table :countries do
  primary_key :id
  column :name, :string
  column :country_code, :string
  column :rating, :integer
end

DB.create_table :cities do
  primary_key :id
  column :country_id, :integer
  column :name, :string
  column :rating, :integer
end

DB.create_table :rating_cities do
  primary_key :rating
  column :country_id, :integer
  column :name, :string
end

Sequel::Model.plugin :chewy_observe

module SequelClassHelpers
  extend ActiveSupport::Concern

  class AdaptedSequelModel < Sequel::Model
    # Allow to set primary key using mass assignment.
    unrestrict_primary_key

    # Aliases for compatibility with specs that were written with ActiveRecord in mind...
    alias_method :save!, :save
    alias_method :update_attributes, :update
    alias_method :update_attributes!, :update

    class << self
      alias_method :create!, :create
    end
  end

  def adapter
    :sequel
  end

  def stub_model(name, &block)
    stub_class(name, AdaptedSequelModel, &block).tap do |klass|
      # Sequel doesn't work well with dynamically created classes,
      # so we must set the dataset (table) name manually.
      klass.dataset = name.to_s.pluralize.to_sym
    end
  end
end

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.include SequelClassHelpers

  config.filter_run_excluding :active_record
  config.filter_run_excluding :mongoid

  config.before(:suite) do
    DatabaseCleaner.clean_with :truncation
    DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
  end

  config.before do
    DatabaseCleaner.start
  end

  config.after do
    DatabaseCleaner.clean
  end
end


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Nintendo Museum exhibition, Osaka - part 2
Yesterday I posted an interview with Isao Yamazaki regarding the Nintendo Museum that was held in Osaka in the spring of 2007.
This short exhibition (eleven days only) was conducted as part of the celebrations around the 100th birthday of the Hankyu department store. On display were a broad selection of items from Nintendo's past, showing the full history from early Hanafuda cards up to the Wii and everything in between.
Here are some more pictures from this great event, kindly provided by Florent Gorges. They give a behind-the-scenes view on how the exhibition was put together.
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Nintendo Museum exhibition, Osaka (2007)
As frequent readers of this blog will know, Nintendo has a history that is over 120 years long. A past that deserves to be shown.
There are a number of museums around the world that depict the history of video games in general, including Nintendo's role in this. But there is no place where the public is presented the full history of Nintendo, including their days as maker of cards and toys. The only permanent exhibition that I am aware of, is the one on the second floor of Nintendo World in New York. This includes some nice items, but it is quite small and does not really do the rich history justice.
Nintendo World, New York
These showcases at Nintendo's American flagship store, though modest in scale, are even an exception for this company, as they usually do not dwell too much on their (pre video game) past. They rather focus on the future and the latest, newest game systems and games.
Modest Nintendo history exhibit at Nintendo World, New York
The company history page on Nintendo's US website even starts in 1985, with the NES! Completely skipping the first hundred year since the company started in 1889. A period, admittedly, when the focus was primarily on the Japanese home market. For that matter, the Japanese site shows the full history, but with very short statements only and without any illustrations.
According to nintendo.com nothing of note happened before 1985...
In recent years, the Iwata Asks series of interviewes have given glimpses into Nintendo's past. But overall, Nintendo provides the general public very limited options to see all the great toys and games that they produced over the course of their long history.
Up until now there has only been a single event in the world that presented Nintendo's past in its full breadth. This was a temporary exhibition that was held in 2007, in a department store in Osaka, close to Nintendo's Kyoto homebase.
The event was called "Nintendo Museum" (ニンテンドー ミュージアム), and Isao Yamazaki, who was featured on this blog in a recent Meet the Collectors episode, was involved in its inception. The items on display also stemmed for a large part from his collection.
The 2007 Nintendo Museum exhibition in Osaka lasted only eleven days
In the interview below, Isao relates how this unique one-off event came about. Hearing his tale and seeing the pictures from this exhibition, I really hope a simliar event will happen again sometime in the future.
1 reacties Related topics: Isao Yamazaki, Meet the collectors, Nintendo Museum
Meet the collectors - #4 - Isao Yamazaki
It is a great joy for me to introduce today's participant in beforemario's Meet the Collectors series: Isao Yamazaki (山崎功).
A serious collector of vintage Nintendo toys and games for many years, Isao also has been actively involved in documenting and spreading information about Nintendo's illustrious past. One of the highlights of this was the unique one-off exhibition in Osaka in 2007, titled 'Nintendo Museum', for which Isao acted as curator.
Isao supported Florent Gorges with The History of Nintendo volume 1 and 2
In recent years, Isao teamed up with Florent Gorges for the first two volumes of the bible of Nintendo archaeology: 'The History of Nintendo'.
Colophon of The History of Nintendo volume 1
7 reacties Related topics: Isao Yamazaki, Meet the collectors
beforemario on Facebook
If you like things "beforemario", then please join our new Facebook page. It has regular updates that complement the posts on this blog.
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Nintendo Copilas - part 2 (コピラス, 1971)
The Nintendo Copilas (コピラス) was a revolutionary budget-price photocopy machine, released by Nintendo in 1971. After the introduction in a previous post, it is now time to take a look at how this wonderful machine actually works.
Nintendo Copilas (1971)
The Copilas runs on mains power, which is 100 volts in Japan.
But before we watch it in action, let's first take a closer look.
0 reacties Related topics: Copilas, Nintendo, 任天堂
Nintendo N&B Block Leisure House (レジャーハウス, 1968)
I just completed my collection of Nintendo N&B Block sets. The first one I got - many years ago - was a Leisure House set. Fittingly, the last one was the other Leisure House set.
Nintendo N&B Block Leisure House (1968)
0 reacties Related topics: Block, N and B, Nintendo, 任天堂 ブロック
Nintendo Copilas (コピラス, 1971)
Regular readers of this blog will be familiar with Nintendo's explosion of ideas in the early 1970s. Besides an array of toys and games (like the Light Telephone and Ultra Scope), there were attempt to make it in the world of kitchen appliances (Candy Machine candy floss maker), baby products (Mamaberica stroller and Twins seesaw) and musical instruments (Ele-conga electronic bongo).
Yet another product category which Nintendo entered during this period (and soon would leave again) was that of office machines.
Like many of Nintendo's other endeavours from around this time, it only led to a single product. In this case it was a photo copier (複写機), called the Nintendo Copilas (コピラス), which was released in 1971.
Still, it seems that Nintendo had great plans for this market, or at least wanted to give the impression that they meant serious business, as the product was provided by the Nintendo Office Equipement Division (任天堂 事務機事業部).
Nintendo Mamaberica magazine picture
While Googling I found a picture that I hadn't seen before. It is from a 1970 magazine and shows the Nintendo baby stroller called Mamaberica.
Nintendo Mamaberica (1970)
The full story about this interesting Nintendo product can be found here.
2 reacties Related topics: Mamaberica, Nintendo
Nintendo N&B Block Universe Set (任天堂 N&B ブロック 宇宙セット, 1968)
The Nintendo N&B Block sets were a successful attempt by Nintendo to step into the block-building market-segment created by LEGO. Thanks to good product design and clever marketing, Nintendo even managed to upstage the Danish company for a while in Japan in the late 1960s.
Nintendo N&B Block Universe Set(1968)
The N&B Block Universe Set is the largest, most luxurious set in the Nintendo N&B Block series.
It was released in 1968 and cost ¥2,800, which also makes it the most expensive of all N&B Block sets.
0 reacties Related topics: Block, N and B, 任天堂 ブロック
Ever heard of the Nippon Game company?
Some time ago, I posted a story about the various logos used by Nintendo over its long history.
I forgot to mentioned one interesting piece of information, though. When Nintendo branched out from playing cards to board games, they decided to do this under the name Nippon Game. This name was only used for a brief time, but if it had stuck we would be waiting for the Nippon Game Wii U right now!
In the early 1960s, Nintendo released games under the name Nippon Game
0 reacties Related topics: board games, Kateiban, logo, Nintendo, Nippon Game
Meet the collectors - #3 - Tomoyuki
Today we continue our meet the collectors series. After tours around the great collections of Simon from Australia and Fabrice from France, we now travel to Japan.
Maybe this episode should be called meet the seller, as all the stuff you see below is for sale. But as we will find out, Tomoyuki is a collector as well. Let's go and meet him.
"Hi there, everyone! My name is Tomoyuki. I live in Osaka, Japan. But I grew up in Saitama, which is close to Tokyo. I work at the e-commerce section of One company, selling old vintage Nintendo items on Ebay and other platforms. But I personally collect Nintendo items as well.
So far I sold a lot of Nintendo items, but none from my private collection. I am not going to sell mine though.
I want to thank Erik for his awesome work. This blog is really something. It is neatly classified according to history, and I am always looking forward to reading it. I can't remember when and how I found this blog, but anyway, I just happened to find it last year, and have been checking it out almost everyday, because I like these before mario toys. Funny, as I did not grow up with most of them. Actually, I was an after mario age boy."
Tomoyuki with his favorite Nintendo toy: the Ultrascope
"When I was seven years old, I really wanted a Nintendo Family Computer. Most of my classmates had it, but my parents were old fashioned and we (me, my brother and sister) did not get one at that time. Instead, they gave us Shogi (Japanese Chess), playing cards, and Karuta. I now totally understand this was good for us.
So when I was young I did no play the Family Computer. I loved to go to the forest to find insects such as stag beetles."
0 reacties Related topics: Meet the collectors, Ultra Cope, Ultra Scope
Nintendo Kôsenjû Duck Hunt - How it works
In a previous post, we saw what Nintendo's Kôsenjû Duck Hunt (光線銃 ダックハント) is capable of: it projects life-like flying ducks, that crash down when hit by the light-beam shotgun.
Today we will take a peek inside this wonderful machine, to try and understand how it actually works.
Nintendo Kôsenjû Duck Hunt (1976)
Duck Hunt is an electro-mechanical toy from 1976. It combines various technologies Nintendo developed for the Laser Clay Shooting System as well as for Kôsenjû SP and Kôsenjû Custom light-beam guns and targets.
Nintendo's engineers managed to pack all this technology into a small, relatively affordable device, fit for home use.
10 reacties Related topics: Duck Hunt, Kôsenjû, Kousenjuu, Light Gun, Nintendo
Nintendo / Namco Bomb Bee-N (ボムビーN, 1979)
From the early 1970s, Nintendo was active in the arcade market, with electro-mechanical games and games using new video technology like EVR Race.
The Japanese arcade scene famously exploded in 1978 when Space Invaders became a nation phenomenon, allegedly leading to a temporary shortage of ¥100 coins.
Seeing the success these new micro-computer based systems had, Nintendo also started releasing a string of arcade video games, with many different titles appearing in 1978 and 1979.
Nintendo produced these games mostly in-house, but also distributed licensed games from other game makers, like Sega and Namco.
Nintendo / Namco Bomb Bee-N (1979)
The game shown here is one of the earliest examples (if not the first) of a third-party game released on a Nintendo system.
Bomb Bee was designed by Namco. A version of this game - called Bomb Bee-N (ボムビーN) - was designed to run on Nintendo arcade cabinets. The 'N' in this name indicated it was the Nintendo version.
0 reacties Related topics: Arcade, Namco, Nintendo, 任天堂レジャーシステム
Nintendo Kôsenjû Duck Hunt (光線銃 ダックハント, 1976)
Duck Hunt is one of the classic Nintendo 8-bit video games. It was released in Japan in 1984, about one year after the introduction of the Family Computer.
Duck Hunt (ダックハント) was part of the Family Computer Video Shooting Series (光線銃シリーズ), together with Hogan's Alley (ホーガンズアレイ) and Wild Gunman (ワイルドガンマン).
These games were played with a pistol-style light Gun (ガン), which could be bought loose or in a set together with the Wild Gunman game.
Nintendo Family Computer Gun and Duck Hunt (1984)
In Europe and the US, Duck Hunt was probably even more well known than in Japan. Included as pack-in game with, amongst others, the popular Action Set version of the Nintendo Entertainment System, it reached millions and millions of homes. The Western version of the game was identical to the Japanese, but was played with a different, more futuristically looking light gun, called the Zapper.
The Famicom/NES Duck Hunt isn't the first one, however. Eight years before, Nintendo already introduced a duck hunt simulation under the same name.
Nintendo Duck Hunt (1976) and Nintendo Duck Hunt (1984)
This original Nintendo Duck Hunt saw the light of day already in 1976.
5 reacties Related topics: Duck Hunt, Kôsenjû, Light Gun, Nintendo
Nintendo Custom Lever Action Rifle poster
A few posts ago, we already saw that Nintendo wasn't afraid to show some flesh in the 1970s (case in point: Nintendo pin-up playing cards).
Today we look at a promotional poster from that era, featuring a scantly clad cowgirl.
0 reacties Related topics: Kousenjuu Custom, Light Gun, Nintendo, Rifle
Nintendo Wild Gunman Game (荒野のガンマン ゲーム, 1972)
The Wild West was a popular topic in the 1970s, and the subject of many movies and television series. Not surprising, Nintendo used it for a number of their games and toys at the time.
Some examples are Nintendo's Kousenjuu light gun games (1971) and Sheriff arcade game (1979).
Another of these Western games is the one shown here: Wild Gunman (荒野のガンマン ゲーム).
3 reacties Related topics: Gun, Nintendo
Meet the collectors - #2 - Fabrice Heilig
After starting Meet the collectors in Australia, we now move swiftly to France, where we meet the second collector in our series: Fabrice Heilig.
Fabrice will introduce himself, and share his wonderful collection of vintage Nintendo toys and games with us, which he has on display in a real museum-style room.
Fabrice's collection room
"Hello. My name is Fabrice. I am 36 years old and live in France, in the beautiful Alsace region. I have been working for 15 years now at a company that manufactures industrial water meters."
"Twelve years ago I started collecting video games and after three years I started focussing on the Nintendo universe."
Fabrice during his trip to Japan, in front of an old Nintendo building in Kyoto
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Meet the collectors - #1 - Simon Sharratt
Today we are starting a new series of posts here on beforemario. There is a growing number of fellow collectors of Nintendo toys and games out there, and I thought it would be cool to get to know some of them, and to take a look at their collections.
Part of Simon's Nintendo collection
We kick-off by travelling down-under, where we meet Australian collector Simon Sharratt. He will introduce himself, and guide us through his quite impressive collection.
Nintendo Pin-up Playing Cards (ca 1970)
Following the previous post on Nintendo's playing cards, here's a somewhat surprising item.
"Nintendo" and "Pin-up" are two words you don't expect to see close together on a product. At least, not in today's world. But in the past this was different, as this pack of Nintendo Pin-up Playing Cards shows.
Not sure about the date, but the packaging is similar to Nintendo's 1972 Miracle Trump, so I'd place it around that time.
In the 1960s and (early) 70s, Nintendo was still very much a standard playing card manufacturer. And pin-ups have long been a popular theme for playing cards, so it is not really a surprise to find this in their then product portfolio.
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Nintendo Playing Cards (early 1960s)
Today we will take a look at what for a long time has been Nintendo's core business: playing cards. With over a hundred years of company history in this area, there is a lot to show and tell.
We will start with the playing cards sets below, that are some of my favourite packs. I really like these because of their graphic design.
Nintendo Playing Cards No 22, 160 and 50 (ca 1960)
Nintendo used numbers to label the many variations of cards in their portfolio, and these numbers are displayed prominently on the packaging. The playing cards shown here are numbers 22, 160 and 50.
Nintendo N&B Block set 500-14 (N&B ブロック, 1968)
My collection of Nintendo N&B Block sets is nearing completion.
This nice little set, simply called NB 500-14, is a recent addition.
0 reacties Related topics: N and B, Nintendo, 任天堂 ブロック
Nintendo SF-Hisplitter (SF-ハイスプリッター, 1979)
Here is another one of these great arcade flyers from yesteryear.
Nintendo SF-Hisplitter (1979)
This one is for the Nintendo arcade game SF-Hisplitter (SF-ハイスプリッター).
1 reacties Related topics: Arcade, Nintendo, Space Fever, 任天堂レジャーシステム
Nintendo Monkey Magic (モンキーマジック, 1979)
In previous posts, we looked at early Nintendo arcade games like EVR Race (1975), Computer Othello (1978), Space Launcher (1979) and Sheriff (1979).
Over the next couple of days, we will take a look at some more of Nintendo's arcade releases from the year 1979.
Around this time Nintendo moved away from creating straight copies of other companies' successful computer arcade games (like Block Fever and Space Fever) and started developing original ideas within established formats.
Nintendo Monkey Magic (1979)
Nintendo's Monkey Magic is a game within the block breaking mould set by Atari's Breakout in 1976. Although clearly based on it, enough new ideas are added to call it a game in its own right, not a clone.
1 reacties Related topics: Arcade, Block Breaker, Monkey Magic, Nintendo, 任天堂レジャーシステム
Beforemario in Retro Gamer magazine
Retro Gamer is one of my favourite magazines. This UK publication has been going strong for years now. It continues to deliver informative and entertaining stories on classic games, including interviews with their makers.
Retro Gamer (issue 106)
In this month issue (#106), there is a feature on 20 Nintendo games you've never played. By it's very nature this is a subjective list, but an interesting list nonetheless.
Strictly speaking, the images in this post are completely out of place on a blog about Nintendo's history up to the launch of the Family Computer.
Nintendo's toy and game era - roughly from 1965 to 1983 - is a fascinating topic in its own right, with many stories to be told. About inventions, creative design and bold innovation. About original as well as copied ideas. About entrepreneurship, risk taking and trying the market to see what works. It is really Nintendo's coming-of-age period.
It cannot be denied, however, that the interest in Nintendo's past is created to a large extend by the events that followed since. If Nintendo had somehow retired or gone out of business in the early 1980s, or ventured in a completely different and less successful direction than it did, this blog would most likely not have happened.
And venture in the right direction they did. The picture below is testament to that. Just seeing all these gaming devices together makes my heart sing.
Nintendo 1983-2011
All platforms are present here. The home consoles: Family Computer, Super Famicom, Nintendo 64, Game Cube and Wii. And the handhelds: Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, DS and 3DS.
0 reacties Related topics: blog update, Nintendo, 任天堂
Nintendo Power Lift (パワーリフト, 1973)
In the early 1970s, Nintendo released a number of battery powered toys. Most of them where racing themed like Lefty RX and Mach Rider, both from 1972.
These toys answered the market demand for more sophisticated, and increasingly expensive, high quality gifts.
Nintendo Power Lift - a remote controlled forklift - is another example of this.
1 reacties Related topics: Nintendo, Power Lift
Nintendo Monster Copy (怪獣コピー, 1971)
Ever since Ultraman first aired on Japanese television in 1966, he has been a popular license figure, appearing on a multitude of products.
Nintendo also released a fair amount of Ultraman based toys, including multiple boardgames, playing cards and even a clock.
The set shown here is called Monster Copy (怪獣コピー).
0 reacties Related topics: Nintendo, Ultraman, 任天堂
Nintendo N&B Block promotion (1970)
At the start of the 1970s, Nintendo ran a campaign in order to push sales of the N&B Block series. This campaign must have started sometime in 1970, judging by the end date (January 31st 1971) listed on the promotional poster. The poster also mentions television adverts supporting the campaign.
Nintendo N&B Block promotion poster (1970)
With each N& B Block set purchased (N&Bブロックで) a free pack of cards was gifted (任天堂絵本トランプをプレゼント).
At this point in time, Nintendo's N&B Block construction sets had been out in the Japanese market for two years and had been quite successful. This give-away must have been devised to bolster sales even further.
As one of the largest cards manufacturers in the country, using cards as gift item was an obvious choice for Nintendo. In fact, even today cards are offerred as one of the gifts to choose from in exchange for Club Nintendo points collected by buying Wii and DS games.
0 reacties Related topics: Disney, Donald Duck, N and B, Nintendo, Spaceboy Soran, Trump, 任天堂, 任天堂 ブロック
Nintendo EVR Race (EVRレース, 1975)
Recording, watching and sharing video has become so much part of our daily life, that it is hard to image a world without easy access to a 'rec' button. Of course, this has not always been so.
The first video recording and playing machines for professional use appeared in the 1950s. Since the late 1960s, electronic firms together with broadcasting companies have worked on equipement for home use.
In the mid 1970s, Betamax and VHS emerged as widely adopted competing standards, of which the latter became the ultimate victor. VHS was extremely successful, before sinking into obsolescence after the introduction of the DVD and digital video recorders around the turn of the millenium.
EVR video tape used in Nintendo arcade machines
But before the world settled on VHS, a plethora of different formats was developed. One of these was called 'Electronic Video Recording' or EVR for short.
Nintendo used this system in a number of its arcade cabinets.
Nintendo EVR Race arcade (1975)
Two different lines were created based on the EVR technology: EVR Race and EVR Baseball.
15 reacties Related topics: Arcade, EVR, Nintendo
Nintendo Electro Poker (エレクトロ ポーカー, 1971)
In a previous post, we looked at the Jumping Bottle light gun target. Now that made perfect sense: shooting at bottles, be it in a safe electronic toy format.
Today it is the turn of a slightly less obvious shooting target: Electro Poker.
The idea here is to combine playing a variant of poker with light gun shooting. A bit like an indoors biathlon.
Each time you hit the target, the five wheels holding pictures of various playing cards will start turning individually. After some time they stop and show a certain combination of cards, which then determines your score. Much like throwing dice in dice poker.
4 reacties Related topics: Electro Poker, Kôsenjû SP, Kousenjuu SP, Nintendo, 光線銃SP
Nintendo Ultra Machine - instructions
The 1967 Nintendo baseball pitching toy Ultra Machine came with a large instruction sheet. This sheet was a fraction smaller than the box, and placed on top of the plastic tray that holds the various parts of the Ultra Machine.
There are (at least) two different versions of this sheet. The oldest one has a nice full-color picture of the Ultra Machine on the front.
Nintendo Ultra Machine instruction sheet - first release (front)
The Japanese katakana name for Ultra Machine is ウルトラ マシン. On the packaging this is writing in a stylized way: somewhat slanted to give the impression of speed and the three short strokes in last two characters (シン) are made to look like flying balls.
The Ultra Machine runs on a single D (UM-1) cell, and the instructions claims that one battery is good for 3200 pitches (「乾電池1本で3200投球」).
0 reacties Related topics: Gunpei Yokoi, Nintendo, Slugger Mate, Ultra Machine
Nintendo Color TV Game Racing 112 - Leaflet
I recently found a leaflet for Nintendo's Color TV Game Racing 112. The leaflet is a bit stained on the back, but still a nice relic from the late 1970s. It is dated June 26 1978.
Nintendo Racing 112 leaflet (1978)
During these early video game days, game play was portrayed as something for the whole family. With only a single tv set in most houses, it would usually take place in the middle of the living room.
Racing 112 in double player mode, using the paddles
2 reacties Related topics: Color TV Game, Leaflet, Nintendo, Racing 112
Nintendo N&B Block Universe Set (任天堂 N&B ブロック 宇宙セッ...

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The online version of this article (doi: 10.1007/s10554-010-9590-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Indeed, there was a volleyball game on senior night. We were playing the dreaded Spuds from Moorhead. Accordingly to my sources we had not beaten the Spuds in volleyball since I had hair on my head – but that's only hearsay (or is it heresy?). And the game started as many of recent vintage have – the Cards looked like they could beat Penn State for the first half of Game 1. Then there must come a realization that it shouldn't be this easy – aren't all games suppose to be 2 points, either way? An early 12 – 4 blistering gave way to a slow catch up by the Spuds the rest of the game. They may have even tied it, but who knows – it happened a long time ago (yeah, I know, I'm late publishing). The Cards held on for a 26 – 24 win. It was a good thing it was a Tuesday, rather than Thursday, so I didn't have to worry about being late for date night!
Go Cards! State soccer tournament will begin with a first round game against Blake in Roseville @ 7:00 on Thursday. Jess Syvrud (11) in the Echo Press photo.


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America Trying to 'Rule the World,' Says Russian Spy Chief
by David Phillips
June 25, 2020September 23, 2020
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In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Sergei Naryshkin, the chief of Russia's foreign intelligence agency, SVR, said America has been trying to "rule the world" and this could lead to "disaster".
The SVR is the successor to the Soviet-era KGB. It is less well-known that the GRU, the military intelligence agency of the Russian armed forces, and the FSB, the domestic security service, the equivalent of the American FBI.
By granting an interview to the BBC, the SVR is creating a higher profile for itself, a move that was presumably blessed by President Vladimir Putin.
The interview is a window into Russian thinking. With understated style, Naryshkin makes clear that Moscow will not accept Washington as the center of the international order.
Naryshkin doesn't deny British charges that Russia was responsible for the poisoning of Sergey Skripal, a former Russian intelligence agent in Salisbury, England. He merely says "we don't trust the information" that the British have put out.
(Bellingcat, the crowd-sourced investigative site, and the Associated Press confirmed that two GRU agents were involved in the attempted assassination.)
Naryshkin makes the valid point that many young people in the West believe that it was the USA alone that defeated Nazi Germany and do not know of the extraordinary suffering that Russia suffered to insure victory over fascism.
"Such ignorance is not accidental," he says. "It is deliberate."
In this brief interview, Naryshkin makes Russia's talking points sound reasonable, even if you don't believe them. I wonder if he is being groomed for a more public role in explaining and defending Russian actions to the West.
Source: America trying to 'rule the world', says Russian spy chief – BBC News
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Mayor Busy McBusy
I couldn't help rolling my eyes at this Toronto Star file photo of our mayor, John Tory, stepping through the subway turnstiles, all the morning papers in hand. Mayor McBusy. Busy, busy, busy. Off to tend to the city's business and keeping on top of all necessary and pertinent Toronto information a mayor needs to know.
Relentless PR.
The mayor is everywhere. Mayor Tory is on the job! The era of the absentee mayor is over. Full steam ahead!
But a year into his first term now, what's really been accomplished? The rollbacks of the previous administration, most specifically on the transit file, have been slowed. The police budget continues to grow. Road repairs have sped up with the corresponding cost increase to getting the job done. A war on rush hour parking infractions has been waged when Mayor Tory's needed to look like he's very serious about combating congestion. Then, back to business as usual.
We have a poverty reduction strategy that, at this juncture, is about as valuable as the paper the report's written on, all good intentions but, as of yet, lacking any serious funding. And Mayor Tory talks of keeping any sort of property tax increase – the city's biggest source of revenue — for the 2016 budget 'at or below the rate of inflation'. So yeah, don't expect the bucks to be flowing in to start fighting poverty.
A short, permeable list of done deeds, amplified by plenty of do-good rhetoric and posturing. Or, more generously, as David Nickle wrote last week in his The City column, "…baby steps are better than none…a very tiny step in the right direction." Or, more generous still, as now mayor staffer, director of strategic initiatives, Siri Agrell, put it back in March: "I respect @JohnTory approach to governing and think it should be the model: small, tangible actions that add up over time to real progress."
An argument for incrementalism (h/t @JohnTory_) after 4 years of radical reactionism of the Ford era. Keep Calm and Carry On, and all that.
But what if every, say, 3 tiny, incremental steps forward are countered by one massive cock-up clusterfuck? A horrendous policy pursuit which will invariably set the city back decades? What's the sum total of that calculation?
Mayor Tory's continued obstinacy in the face of increased pushback on the Scarborough subway threatens to derail proper transit planning in this city. Never mind his own SmartTrack where all signs point to an equally monumental grievous transit planning setback. Those two backward steps alone overwhelm any incremental gains he may've made since taking office.
His pursuit of a Gardiner East hybrid solution flies in the face of any progress he hopes to achieve in attending the climate change conference in Paris later this week. As he coddles car drivers in this city, our chief planner points out that 40% of Toronto's greenhouse gas emissions come from vehicle use. Forget incrementalism. The mayor's actions are outright counter-productive and working at cross purposes to his public stance.
Besides, a very strong argument could be made that, at this point of time, municipalities need much more than incremental leadership. Not just in terms of environmental issues but on the governance and financial files as well. If Toronto regressed on those fronts while Rob Ford was mayor, less regression isn't necessarily a step forward. Bold initiatives need to happen. A boldness Mayor Tory proclaims to be driven by but a boldness not much in evidence in the actions he's taken.
The mayor and his team spend an awful lot of time carefully crafting the image of a dynamic, energetic man of action, wrestling civic matters into a positive submission. A resolved future-facer, boldly (did they mention 'bold'?) grappling mightily with our 21st-century problems and challenges. Yielding 'baby steps…in the right direction', leaving crises looming larger, image is everything, the only thing, in fact.
Look busy and everyone will assume things are getting done.
— busily submitted by Cityslikr
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Advised: Radio Silence
So when does any publicity become bad publicity?
The thought came to me while listening to Sunday's The City radio show with Mayor Rob Ford and Councillor Doug Ford. "Well, you're married to the Pollack," brother Dougie said to Rob during their conversation about the Euro Cup. "A term of affection," the mayor said later, responding to his brother's apology for using the term which he claimed not to know was derogatory. All would be forgiven in Fordland later over polish sausages and pierogies watching some soccer at the mayor's house.
Would that be the case, however, outside the family circle?
With The City, Mayor Ford has been given an even bigger bully pulpit than the already impressive one the mayor of Canada's biggest city inherently possesses. Every week he gets to expound on his political views, his council pet peeves and his one true passion, sports. Except for the last topic, he goes largely unchallenged, tolerating little dissent from any callers who have the temerity to chime in with opposing opinions and filling the guest list with like-minded councillor colleagues.
Why, for example, after last week's bizarre plastic bag debate at council, didn't the mayor invite the culprit behind the ban motion, Councillor David Shiner, on to the show to have a further debate on the issue? Maybe he did and the councillor declined. Who knows? But surely one of the 24 councillors the mayor named who voted in favour of the ban was willing to come on the show to discuss the matter.
Instead we got plastic bag loving and part time Ford foe, Councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby phoning it in. This, despite the fact, as my colleague Cityslikr pointed out to me, Councillor Lindsay Luby was the real impetus behind the ban when she brought up Seattle as a city that does not charge anything for plastic bags, having been there recently, shopping. You're right, councillor. Seattle no longer charges for plastic bags, its bid to do so overturned on an election proposition. So as of July 1st, the city will ban plastic bags outright. Councillor Shiner saw that memo passed around council chambers during the debate and ran with it.
Ooops. No matter. The councillor and brothers Ford prattled on, talking up all the benefits of plastic bags and fielding calls from listeners who felt the same.
In the show's previous iteration, originally helmed by Councillor Josh Matlow, there was an actual attempt to discuss municipal matters from the basic left-right dynamic with the host in the role as the moderate centre. Sure, the set-up was a little cutesy but it brought a substantive dialogue to City Hall proceedings in a much more inclusive way than its bastard offspring. The City versus The City as seen through the Ford brothers' eyes.
And it is a very narrow, skewed perspective, one that includes ethnic slurs as family nicknames, it seems. If the idea behind getting the Fords a wider audience through a 2 hour, weekly radio show was to circumvent the other, less friendly forms of media in town and get their message out there, unfiltered, the negative repercussions to such increased exposure were probably never fully considered. In the hands of a truly media savvy public figure, there might not be much of a downside but to the gaffe prone, like our mayor and his even gaffier happy brother?
Maybe the constant reminder of just how ill-informed the mayor is on almost every subject outside of sports serves to shore up the basest of his base. He's just one of us! Maybe the regular placing of a foot in the mouth endears them to those who don't care for the slick, knowledge based type of politician. As a then councillor, Rob Ford's regular appearances on AM640's The John Oakley Show show established his brand and helped develop an audience that followed him to the polls on his quest to be mayor. Maybe Team Ford hopes to keep that loyalty alive and kicking through to 2014.
But is it possible to have too much of a bad thing? While little quirks of character might be endearing in small doses, serving them up in weekly helpings could eventually get tiresome even to the most devoted of fans. "Did he really just say that?" is the response radio shock jocks aim for but is it the sort of result a mayor of Toronto seeks? Despite the emphasis during Sunday's show on the plastic bag ban and subways, subways, subways, what lingers is The Polock, and brother Doug's search for an appropriately WASPy soccer team to root for.
Yep folks, them thar's our mayors, warts and all.
It's hard to believe that such a continued assault on common sense and common decency can be parlayed into a winning re-election formula. These personality tics often do work when a candidate campaigns as an outsider but after 4 years of being the most powerful elected official in Toronto? It suggests a failure to grow into your role and can only remind voters that they may have miscalculated when they cast a ballot for you the first time around.
— wonderingly submitted by Urban Sophisticat
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Blockchain to Push Paper Bill of Lading into Retirement
(Bergen, Norway/Antwerp, Belgium). In today's digital world, one would think the paper Bill of Lading was an anachronism. A recent test of the CargoX Smart B/LTM solution, done by G2 Ocean and Manuchar NV, show it is possible to retire the paper B/L.
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"G2 Ocean and Manuchar are among the most advanced companies in cargo shipping industry. They have recognized the potential of using tools of the future today – to secure trust, digitalize paper document processing, and reduce operating costs. All of this is obtained while investing minimally into the solution's adoption," said Stefan Kukman, CEO and founder of CargoX.
"We will thank Manuchar for their open mind and eagerness to test out this new technology. We look forward to further develop and digitalize our joint manual processes. That will change the way trade is being done and at the same time secure trust and reduce operating costs," said Leif Arne Strømmen, of G2 Ocean.
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reservation to file such civil action separately shall be allowed.
Instead of instituting two separate cases. the payee uses the intimidating effect of a criminal charge to collect his credit gratis and sometimes. It should be stressed that the policy laid down by the Rules is to discourage the separate filing of the civil action. The Rules even prohibit the reservation of a separate civil action.Where the civil action has been filed separately and trial thereof has not yet commenced. 22 cases as creditors actually use the courts as collectors.P. Because ordinarily no filing fee is charged in criminal cases for actual damages. If the application is granted. the trial of both actions shall proceed in accordance with section 2 of this Rule governing consolidation of the civil and criminal actions. upon being paid. the trial court is not even informed thereof. only a single suit shall be filed and tried. x x x This rule [Rule 111(b) of the 2000 Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure ] was enacted to help declog court dockets which are filled with B. which means that one can no longer file a separate civil case after the criminal . it may be consolidated with the criminal action upon application with the court trying the latter case. It is also expected to expedite the disposition of these cases. The inclusion of the civil action in the criminal case is expected to significantly lower the number of cases filed before the courts for collection based on dishonored checks. one for criminal and another for civil.
Where petitioners rights may be fully adjudicated in the proceedings before the trial court.complaint is filed in court. burdensome and time-consuming for both parties and would further delay the final disposition of the case. resort to a separate action to recover civil liability is clearly unwarranted. This multiplicity of suits must be avoided. the Rules encourage the consolidation of the civil and criminal cases. We have previously observed that a separate civil action for the purpose of recovering the amount of the dishonored checks would only prove to be costly. Even then. (Emphasis supplied) . The only instance when separate proceedings are allowed is when the civil action is filed ahead of the criminal case.


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I was born in Eastbourne, East Sussex, in 1969, and as I was growing up, for all intents and purposes, we were 'Eastbourne People' - a phrase my mum likes to use. Living near the sea was rather taken for granted, as summer days were spent playing on the pebbled beach with our buckets and spades, waiting for the tide to go out far enough to reveal the sand. We would paddle and swim in the sea, and it's difficult to forget how painful it was to walk on the pebbles with our small feet, or accidently swallow a mouthful of salty seawater . I remember the annual carnival which ran along the seafront, and trying to see through the crowds of people lining the route. When I got older and joined the Brownies, I rode on one of the floats, shaking my collection tin. The procession would finish at the fairground, and it was here that I tasted my first candyfloss. Each year the Red Arrrows would visit the town for one of their aerial displays, and this was met with squeals of excitement as they flew over my primary school.
I grew up and moved away to land-locked Berkshire, although returned to my 'home town' to marry in 1990. It was only after I started to research my family 5 years ago, that I began to realise that living by the seaside was very much in my genes, and perhaps explained why I'd never felt really settled in my adopted home.
My maternal grandfather was born in Eastbourne in 1897, so I imagined that's where his family had originated from. His wife, my maternal grandmother, was born in the Sussex village of Fletching in 1907, whilst her mother was born in London. So I knew that branch wasn't going to be local. As I started to research my maternal grandfather's family, I discovered that his father, who had arrived in Eastbourne in time for the 1891 census to work as a gardener, was from a long line of farmers from Rotherfield, Sussex. His mother had come to the town, around the same time to work as a domestic servant. This is where they met and lived for the rest of their lives, although they returned to her home village of Maresfield to marry in 1893. Rather interestingly I have discovered that my great grandmother's paternal line also originated from Fletching, and that her first cousin's son married my grandmother's first cousin in 1923 - 9 years before my grandparents married!
This pattern of ancestors coming from the Sussex countryside to work in the 'new town' of Eastbourne continues through my paternal line. My father's mother was born in East Hoathly in 1898, and by the time of the First World War had come to Eastbourne to work as a servant. Two of her three brothers joined her - one to train with mules on the Downs in preparation for the Western Front, and the other to work for the local newspaper. He went on to run a hotel along the seafront just after the Second World War. My paternal grandfather's family originate from Seddlescombe, near Battle, but by the 1870s were to be found in Hollington, just north of Hastings. However, by the turn of the century they too were living in Eastbourne.
My parents were born in Eastbourne in the 1930s, however their seaside childhoods were to be shattered as both were evacuated away from the town until peace was declared in 1945. I can remember my father telling me how exciting it was to walk on the beach again once all the wartime 'obstacles' had been cleared.
As I said earlier in this article, my maternal great grandmother was born in London. So it was rather a shock when I discovered that her paternal line had actually come from Brighton. A fellow researcher has been able to take this line back to the 17th century, with ancestors working as ship's carpenters and fisherman. They would have seen the first visitors arriving in the town to 'take the waters', as well as seeing the first bathing machines. I wonder if they knew Martha Gunn or Dr Russell? They would have seen the building of the Royal Pavilion, which was literally a pebble's throw from where they lived and mended their nets. Did they ever catch a glimpse of the Prince Regent? They would have seen the building of the chain pier and the arrival of the packet boats from France, as well as seeing their small fishing village, being drastically changed into a popular seaside resort. The arrival of the railways in Brighton in 1841 assisted that change, but on a more personal level, my 3x great grandfather took a job as a railway guard, and it was literally his ticket away from the town.
So you can imagine my surprise where I found him on the 1851 census - yes you've guessed it... Eastbourne! It appears that when the railway arrived in the town in 1849, he took up residence in one of the railway company's cottages beside the new station. The town had yet to grow into the elegant resort which I grew up in, so perhaps he found it too quiet a backwater and that's why he moved his family away, never to return.
However, they stayed long enough for my great great grandfather to be born there in 1850. He's my earliest born ancestor in my home town, and ironically I was born in the same month 119 years later, just a few hundred yards away from his birthplace, at the local maternity home. All of my cousins on this side of the family, who are his only great great children, were born there too, proving that we are 'Eastbourne People' after all.


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Race Driver: Grid
Discover a stunning world of motor sport brought to life, from racing muscle cars through the iconic streets of San Francisco and competing in the legendary 24 hours of Le Mans to drifting around the docks of Yokohama. Jump behind the wheel of exhilarating racing cars in the most aggressive, spectacular wheel-to-wheel races you've ever experienced ...Read More- then prove yourself online.
When focusing on the main objectives, Race Driver: Grid is about 20½ Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 36½ Hours to obtain 100% completion.
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Main + Extras 35	 24h 37m 24h 20m 18h 14m 34h 44m
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What Are The Best Seats For a Tennis Match?
For fans, there is nothing like seeing a sporting event live. Those lucky enough to attend in person get to experience the game with all of their senses and get to feel a part of the magic of sports. If you're heading to a live tennis match, seat selection is an important decision.
What are the best seats for a tennis match? The best seats in general to watch a tennis game are seats behind either of the baselines or at the corners. This allows you to see both players and helps ensure that you aren't tempted to just follow the ball back and forth.
Buying Tickets and Picking Seats
There are many ways to watch tennis, whether you're going to a local tournament, seeing high school or college players compete, or looking to see the pros at any of the tournaments throughout the year.
In a lot of these cases, there are many options and price points, so fans may feel some analysis paralysis when it comes to choosing their seats. This guide is designed to alleviate some of that stress.
The best way to ensure that your tickets are valid is to purchase them through the official website of the event. These websites will usually walk you through their unique process for choosing seating and what is included with your ticket so that you can make the most of whichever options you purchase.
These are the 4 most common seats to choose from:
Courtside Seats Very Expensive 2/5
Corner Seats Affordable 4/5
Midcourt Seats Expensive 3/5
Behind The Baseline Expensive 5/5
Outside Courts
While not all tennis matches are played in sports complexes, many professional-level tournaments do take place in areas with a variety of courts. This is just a practical consideration, allowing multiple matches to go on at the same time.
Fans know and love the iconic photography from the center courts, but there are lots of benefits to exploring the matches happening on the outside courts, as well. These courts generally allow fans to get incredibly close to the action and the players.
Some outside courts offer limited bleacher seating that doesn't provide the option for fans to be at the baseline. At that point, we would suggest finding a seat as close to one of the corners as possible. It may seem logical to want to sit in the middle of the action, but that would place you behind the umpire.
If it is possible to head to one of the baselines, you'll be more or less on the same level as the players on the outside courts. This unique vantage point is one that all tennis fans should experience, and the players on the outside courts will appreciate the fans who stop by to support them.
Of course, fans know that the most dramatic matches tend to happen on center court, and those seats are coveted by tennis fans the world over. Depending on the design of the stadium and how big it is, fans could be quite far away from the action, so try to choose lower rows if they're available.
In big stadiums, baseline and corner seats offer some of the best perspectives for the game. Also, seats near the scoreboard mean that you will likely be shown on the television quite a bit, which could be great fun for your friends and family back home, or it may be something you want to avoid.
Folks that fork out their cash for tickets to see live tennis definitely want to get their money's worth, but it is critical to keep in mind the weather conditions where you are. Trying to strategically find spots in the shade may provide a more enjoyable experience than sitting in the blazing sun.
Although tennis is generally considered an outdoor sport, many stadiums have installed retractable roofing systems to provide shelter to fans and the courts. This allows matches to continue on when they previously would have had to be postponed, but they can also help fans watch the match in comfort.
Of course, there are some tennis fans with more financial means than others, and if it's possible for you to splurge on-court seating or box seats, these unique and high-quality experiences are some of the best that sports have to offer.
Best Seats at Australian Open
The Rod Laver Arena is the center court at the Australian Open, and it offers 14,820 seats.
Given the unpredictability of the weather Down Under, this stadium was built as the first tennis venue in the world to have a retractable roof installed. It was also the first arena of any kind in Australia to feature such a roof.
The Margaret Court Arena and show courts do not have retractable roofs or coverings at all, so finding a seat in the shade may be preferable in this case.
Australian Open Ticket Prices:
Day Session (First Week) Starting From $62
Evening Session (First Week) Starting From $62
Semi-Finals Starting From $215
Final Starting From $305
Best Seats at French Open
For center court experience, try and snag tickets at Philippe Chatrier Court, where you can sit with 14,840 other French Open fans.
In the Philippe Chatrier Court, the Stade Suzanne Lenglen, and the Simonne-Matthieu Court, tickets are sold in various categories that more or less correlate to how far up the seats are in the stadiums, with category one being as close as possible.
Category two tickets balance budget and view, since they are located on the first section of the upper level of the Philippe Chatrier Court. If shade is a consideration, look into the Borotra section, which is on the west side of the stadium, meaning the afternoon sun will be behind you as you watch.
Fans looking for a unique experience on the clay courts should try to get seats for the night matches, if they're ready to get to bed in the early morning hours.
In 2021, Roland Garros hosted night matches to empty stadiums due to the COVID-19 restrictions still in place in Paris, but looking ahead to 2022, these sundown sets will be open to fans for the first time.
French Open Ticket Prices:
Outside Courts (First Week) Starting From €34
Philippe Chatrier (First Week) Starting From €55
Suzanne Lenglen Court (First Week) Starting From €50
Quarter-Finals Starting From €75
Semi-Finals Starting From €80
Finals Starting From €155
Best Seats at Wimbledon
The best seats at Wimbledon are really whichever ones you get assigned. Just like Wimbledon has a wild card system to admit tennis players, there is also a bit of a wild card system to admit tennis fans.
Most years, the majority of tickets come from the UK and global ballots where fans can sign up for a lottery to see if they can get tickets. Since there are almost always more entrants than tickets, fans have to wait to find out if they've been selected and then determine if they want to purchase the seats they got in the draw.
However, due to the unusual circumstances in 2020 and 2021, there is no current public ballot. Instead, those who received seats in 2020 will get the same day and court offered again in 2022.
Of course, it would be remiss to not mention the invitation-only Royal Box at Wimbledon, which is located behind the baseline and offers 74 exclusive seats. This means that fans will have one fewer baseline to choose from, but there are some seating options on either side of the Royal Box, the opposite baseline, and the corner sections.
Centre Court also offers multiple levels, so the few first rows of those upper decks also have great views of the matches. Beautiful as British summers are, there has been a history of rain delays at Wimbledon, and in 2009, Centre Court and No 1 Court were fitted with accordion-style roofs to protect spectators, players, and (most importantly) the court from precipitation.
This installment brought with it some controversy and a section of seats underneath the roof overhang. These seats offer some shade to viewers whether the roof is open or closed.
Wimbledon Ticket Prices:
Ground Passes Starting From £27
Centre Court (First Week) Starting From £70
Outside Courts (First Week) Starting From £40
Quarter-Finals Starting From £210
Semi-Finals Starting From £240
Finals Starting From £240
Best Seats at US Open
Arthur Ashe must have been proud that the largest tennis stadium in the world (23,771 seats) bears his name. Fortunately for fans, this huge stadium offers a large number of seats in those quality sections behind the baseline, on the corners, and in upper levels.
The south, west, and north sides of the Arthur Ashe Stadium all receive some shade throughout the day, but those in the east section get no relief from the sun. The roof structure is also mostly transparent, so there is not a ton of shade offered by the overhang, as at other stadiums.
Tennis fans may want to be up close and personal at the outside courts or in an upper level of Arthur Ashe Stadium where they can feel the energy of the crowd. If you can, get as close to the baseline or corners as is reasonable within your budget, and remember to plan for where you'll be able to sit in the shade, as well.
US Open Ticket Prices:
Ground Pass (First Week) Starting From $115
Grandstand Stadium (First Week) Starting From $245
Louis Armstrong Stadium (First Week) Starting From $275
Arthur Ashe Stadium (First Week) Starting From $275
Finals Starting From $1495


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Q: How to implement  tag in bootstrap button Demo JS Fiddle:
I can't implement the href into the buttons.
It will work if I put it this way :

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But this will result in this mess :

Is there any simple way I can fix this? Thanks alot!

A: Apply the btn class to the a instead.
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Also take a look at the docs.

A: I updated your fiddle for the buttons to work properly:http://jsfiddle.net/ettmujvg/9/

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Check Out The XBO And PS4 Exclusive Stage In Dead or Alive 5: Last Round
By Ishaan . November 5, 2014 . 10:29am
Team Ninja have shared gameplay footage from Dead or Alive 5: Last Round, featuring The Crimson, a returning stage from Dead or Alive 2 that has been updated for the new game. This, along with another stage, will be exclusive to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions of the game.
The Crimson is a multi-level stage set in an urban locale in Asia. You start out on rooftops, and proceed lower down to street level. Team Ninja have claimed that they could not get this stage running on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 due to hardware limitations.
Dead or Alive 5: Last Round will be released on February 17th in North America and February 20th in Europe.
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