This week there’s not one but TWO movie tie-in games with Harry Potter and Ice Age getting new Wii and DS titles. Roogoo hits both systems as well. On the downloadable side, WiiWare gets a new FPS from Hudson, but using water guns and some Sudoku action for your DSi. There’s a pretty decent selection of Rock Band 2 DLC songs, too! Click on in for the full details.
There are more than 300 classic video games available for download on Wii. So which one do you play the most?
Not a bad week at all with The Conduit, Resident Evil for Wii, and Overlord coming out. Click on in for the full mega-list!
[Insert lame who-you-gonna-call joke here]! Besides Ghostbusters, there’s also the possibly rad Flower, Sun, and Rain by Suda 51. What’s on deck for you this week?
First it was Mario RPG, more recently the UK saw Swords & Soldier first, and this Friday they’ll be treated with the original Super Smash Bros on Virtual Console! It’s not that bad of a trend though - we get just about everything else first, and hopefully we’ll see this one stateside the following Monday.
It’s not often Nintendo needs to fulfill special requests on Virtual Console games, but it would be nice if this particular N64 release didn’t require the Classic Controller or gamecube pad to play - being able to simply pick up a Wii-Remote and join in was one of my favorite features of Brawl, and I hope this simple control scheme can somehow be implemented in this monumental re-release.
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Personal Trainer: Walking for DS, Bubble Bobble and Adventure Island for WiiWare, and much more in this week’s New Game Get. Head on in for the full list!
[UPDATE: more songs added for Rock Band 2 DLC including free GLaDOS "Still Alive"!]
The folks at Sega were no strangers to offbeat games. A look at some of their earliest examples on the Sega Master System like Alex Kidd, Space Harrier, and Fantasy Zone reveal that the arcade game developing powerhouse of years past had a knack for creating games that were based on familiar gameplay elements, but adding their own twist to the genre. That tradition carried over to the Genesis console with games like Alien Storm and Sonic the Hedgehog hitting the scene in the early 90’s. It was during this period year that Kid Chameleon was released for the Genesis. It turned out to be a game that wasn’t your run-of-the-mill platformer.
While it did borrow trademark elements of Super Mario Brothers (smashing bricks, discovering “secret” blocks), the game still had one unique aspect that separated it from the vast number of similar games available at the time. It was enough to strike a chord with my older brother back then after he had come home from spending a weekend over his friend’s house. He excitedly began telling me about this neat Genesis game featuring a boy who was sure to end up having some sort of multiple personality disorder by the time his adventures came to a finish.
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Highlights this week include portable puzzler Puchi Puchi Virus for DS, Bloom Blox Party Bash for Wii, plus some more tracks for you Guitar fiends to play in Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero. We also have the launch of The Legend of Zelda Majora’s Mask on the Virtual Console, along with an Art Style game for the DSi and two tactical games for Wiiware. A good week of releases all around.
“The Hobbit” was written, many people have been enthralled with the idea of warriors, with various traits and personalities, doing battle with some powerful force of malice in a medieval setting. As the years rolled by, strategy board games, such as Dungeons & Dragons, gained much popularity with kids (and many more adults) that were willing to devote their time to understand the game.
For the most part though, playing such games almost automatically gave you the “geeky kid” label as well. However, that all changed in the 80’s, when home consoles and arcades became the driving force of why we got out of bed in the morning. Sega eventually caught on to the idea and released Golden Axe in the arcades back in 1989. With its bright graphics, simple controls, and 2-player co-op action, Golden Axe became a big hit with avid gamers looking for a good challenge. Sega saw fit to make it part of their initial wave of games to be available soon after the launch of the Sega Genesis. Years later, Golden Axe had been made available on the Virtual Console, ready to fulfill your medieval side-scrolling brawler needs.
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It’s Crystal Clear: Mario, Magic and Monsters — Oh My!
The first Nintendo DSiWare game starring superstar Mario enters the fold this week with the launch of Dr. Mario Express. The Master of Illusion Express series adds another installment that promotes portable prestidigitation. WiiWare users will find precious crystals to defend in CRYSTAL DEFENDERS R1, while Virtual Console players face a classic race against the clock in Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair. Read on to learn all about the latest downloadable games from Nintendo, then log on to choose your favorites.
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