Wii-kly Update: Strong Bad’s here!
Monday, August 11th, 2008 at 11:03am by Jack
Strong Bad fans, rejoice. The plucky email responder extraordinaire hits WiiWare today for $10.
It’s episode 1 in a series of zany, snarky cartoon style games from Telltale Games. Anyone interested?
More info on the two TurboGrafx titles hitting Virtual Console after the jump. Here’s a tease: Billiards and… a shooter parody?!
WiiWare
Strong Bad Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner (Telltale Games, 1 player, Rated T for Teen—Crude Humor, Mild Cartoon Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes, 1,000 Wii Points): Charming. Suave. Awesome. These are the words Strong Bad would use to describe himself. In a world gone mad, only one man can be trusted to save the day. A man with an attitude. A man called Strong Bad. As the star of the Homestar Runner Web cartoons, Strong Bad has been answering e-mails (in boxing gloves), pranking his friends, pummeling his enemies, and making people with questionable taste snort milk out of their noses for years now. And he’s branched out to star in Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People, a monthly five-episode series. In Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner, Strong Bad’s plans to beat the snot out of Homestar backfire, and he ends up with an unwanted houseguest cramping his style. Now he needs to get life back to normal by any means possible. But wait, there’s more: Teen Girl Squad comics, achievements, funny costumes and arcade games. You can even send pictures and messages to Wii Friends using Strong Bad’s computer. So how about it? Can you handle Strong Bad’s style?
Virtual Console
Break In (TurboGrafx16, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone—Tobacco Reference, 700 Wii Points): Gather up to four players for an authentic game of pool right in your own home. Choose from six billiards games including 9-Ball, Rotation and Carom (a game played without pockets). Use Simulation mode to calculate the perfect shot, or select Action mode and check out what went wrong with your missed shots. With all that to choose from, Break In gives players—from beginners to experts—all the elements necessary to enjoy a great game of pool. But it doesn’t stop there. Select Technique to practice your angles or even go for a trick shot. Get some help from the CPU and hone your skills. With Break In, you’ll be a pro in no time.
Star Parodier (TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone—Mild Cartoon Violence, 900 Wii Points): Star Parodier is the hilarious spoof of the classic Hudson shooter Star Soldier. In this parody, there are three playable ships for players to choose from: the ingratiating PAROCEASER, the hot-headed BOMBERMAN, and the ever-so-introverted PC-ENGINE. Players control one of these unique and original ships and set off to blast their way through eight stages on the planet PAROSON. The comical characters take the color and flavor of the Soldier series to the next level and are guaranteed to leave players mesmerized. In addition to the normal game mode, there are also the familiar two-minute and five-minute attack modes, making Star Parodier the complete package that is sure to have players coming back for more.
August 11th, 2008 at 11:29 am
why do i keep seeing the internet spelling of Homestar Ruiner? It’s Homestar Runner.
August 11th, 2008 at 11:34 am
i may just get strongbad
August 11th, 2008 at 11:38 am
@Brandon:
Maybe because the first game is about Homestar RUINING Strong Bad’s lifestyle? It’s a play-on-words.
August 11th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
If Star Parodier is half as fun as Parodius (another famed shooter parody), then this is one of the best WiiWare/VC weeks yet!
(reaches for wallet)
August 11th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Homestar Ruiner is the name of the first episode of SBCG4AP, and it is a great point-and-click adventure.
August 11th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
star parodier is awesome.
I have a japanese wii and already got this a while back.
Fantastic game if you like the Star Soldier Series.
August 11th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
It’s probably too soon to ask, but how much play time is Strong Bad, given that one is not a retard?
August 11th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Played it for an hour or so thus far… pretty funny stuff.
But 317 blocks!??! I had to delete Lost Winds.
WHERE IS MY STORAGE SOLUTION NINTENDO!??!
August 11th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
I deleted the “My Nintendo” channel for this, but now I’m completely full. I don’t think I even really have room for many more game saves.
August 12th, 2008 at 1:34 am
I think this is a PC download. No offense, but it’s cheaper and probably looks better on the PC…
August 12th, 2008 at 9:35 am
SBCG4AP’s Wii version has a couple extra features, it doesn’t look any better (or worse I’d imagine) on the PC, and it’s a totally spectawesomeular download from WiiWare. Which I have been playing a lot of since last night. It was worth the wait and is exceeding all of my expectations. SNAKE BOXING 5!
August 12th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
can somebody tell me what you do in the game and how is it
August 12th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
It’s a point and click adventure, that pretty much looks like an animated cartoon. It’s pretty fun and funny. It’s definitely very good, very polished. In my opinion it pretty much ties with Lost Winds for best WiiWare game. (Although, this and Lost Winds are the only two I’ve purchased!) I kinda like them better than many full length titles. I like short cheap games way better than long expensive games.