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In this issue: I gloat about being right about a Wii redesign and the drop of GC backwards compatibility.

Oh, don't worry, that's not all this week's PB & Jason is about, but it does take up a substantial amount of airtime. With it is talk of the recently announced Europe-exclusive PSP model, the PSP E-1000, along with a little bit of analysis of what it means to drop the PSP's wifi capabilities.

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Gaming media mascot characters inside the games they review?!

This week's issue of PB & Jason brings lots of news and lots of opinion!

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While the game was just announced today, some slick internet readers managed to uncover the remaining characters on Capcom's website.

Earlier today, Capcom revealed that its popular fighter, Marvel vs. Capcom 3 would be receiving a new iteration complete with a set of twelve new characters. Four of those characters were officially revealed: Strider Hiryu and Firebrand from the Capcom side and Ghost Rider and Hawkeye from Marvel. As it turns out, some readers of the Capcom website managed to stumble on the remaining eight characters and grabbed their corresponding character art. To many fans' chagrin, Mega Man is not included in the final roster. The full listing for each side with character art is available below.

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Four Spider-Men are better than one.

It seems that each and every year a new Spider-Man game is released, and every year that Spider-Man game seems to be a disappointment. My last exposure to a Spider-Man game was Spider-Man 2, which featured open-world exploration and tasks. The game controlled well and was moderately enjoyable, but the structure was a bit too loose, causing the game to eventually become tedious and boring. Shattered Dimensions, the latest Spider-Man game, is quite the opposite. For the first time ever, the essence of Spider-Man has truly been captured through the game's characters, levels, presentation, and solid gameplay.

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