Category: Nintendo WII

  • Review: Tournament of Legends (Nintendo Wii)

    Tournament of Legends Developer: High Voltage Software Publisher: Sega Genre: 3-D Fighting Release Date: 07/06/2010 Although younger or more casual gamers might know High Voltage as the makers of The Conduit, older gamers know that they have a history reached back to the 16-Bit era and have made games that are as diverse in genres…

  • Review: Sin and Punishment: Star Successor (Nintendo Wii)

    Sin and Punishment: Star Successor Developer: Treasure Publisher: Nintendo of America Genre Rail Shooter Release Date: 06/27/2010 I love Treasure. They’ve given me so many great games over the years. Ikaruga, Radiant Silvergun, Gradius V, Bangai-O, Gunstar Heroes and of course my favourite video game of all time, Guardian Heroes. They are one of my…

  • Review: Pirates Plundarrr (WII)

    Pirates Plundarrr Publisher: Majesco Developer: Boomzap Genre: Action Release Date: 06/15/2010 What a strange journey pirates have had in the media in the last fifteen yarrrrs. A few decades ago, pirates had become laughable, a bad idea that no one wanted to see. Films like Cutthroat Island cemented that opinion. Then, slowly, they started making…

  • Nintendo Download Wrap-Up for June 28th, 2010

    Welcome to another week of Nintendo downloads, of which you’ve got plenty of options (especially on the DSiWare). First, let’s look at this week’s Virtual Console release starring our favorite mustached plumber… Mario Tennis Developer: Camelot Publisher: Nintendo Original System: Nintendo 64 Original Release Date: 08/24/00 Price: 1000 Points/$10 Chris Bowen: I’ve never been a…

  • Review: Secret Files: Tunguska (Nintendo Wii)

    Secret Files: Tunguska Developer: 10tacle Studios (Wii Port)/Fusionsphere Systems (Original PC version) Publisher: Deep Silver Genre: Adventure Release Date: 06/22/2010 Dr. Raymond Stantz once referred to the the Tunguska Incident as the biggest interdimensional cross rip up until the time the Gozhr the Gozharian tried to destroy all of humanity by taking the form of…

  • Nintendo Download Wrap-Up for June 14th, 2010

    E3 is well underway, and Nintendo’s press conference is due to occur today. The staff there will be posting E3 updates here (and presumably on their Twitters) all week, and you can also follow the announcements as they unfold here. In the meantime, there’s a big batch of Nintendo downloadables up for perusal. First off…

  • Review: GSN Presents Family Gameshow (Nintendo Wii)

    GSN Presents Family Gameshow Genre: Gameshows Developer: puzzle.tv Publisher: Storm City Games Release Date: 05/04/2010 Family Gameshow is a game that is hard to judge at first glance. First of all, the cover looks as generic as you can possibly imagine. However, when you look closely, you realize that the game is backed by the…

  • Review: Trauma Team (Nintendo Wii)

    Trauma Team Developer: Atlus Publisher: Atlus Genre: Puzzle Release Date: 05/20/10 From the first time I picked the first Trauma Center: Under the Knife, I was hooked to the series. With subsequent releases would come additions, including the introduction of another Healing Touch and a new character in Second Opinion and co-op in New Blood.…

  • Nintendo Download Wrap-Up for June 7th, 2010

    Things were looking up last week with a solid Virtual Console release in Wild Guns (and if you haven’t snagged that yet, what are you waiting for?), but alas, the Virtual Console’s time in the limelight was short lived. At any rate, let’s take a look at what’s new in the world of Nintendo downloads.…

  • Nintendo Download Wrap-Up for May 31, 2010

    Even though today was a holiday, Nintendo still managed to put out its standard amount of downloadables, including a Virtual Console title that’s nigh impossible to get a copy of elsewhere of these days… Wild Guns Developer: Natsume Publisher: Natsume Original System: Super NES Original Release Date: July 1995 Price: 800 Points/$8 Chris Bowen: Wild…

  • Nintendo Download Wrap-Up for May 17th, 2010

    Another week arrives and lo and behold, the Virtual Console did not have to suffer through another week of neglect. But was it worth the wait? Let’s take a gander… Kirby Super Star Developer: Hal Publisher: Nintendo Original System: Super NES Original Release Date: 09/20/96 Price: 800 Points/$8 Chris Bowen: This is a great collection…

  • Nintendo Download Wrap-Up for May 10th, 2010

    Another week, another set of releases… and no VC release. Come now, Nintendo, surely there must be some games that haven’t seen the light of day here – don’t hold back on our accounts. That aside, the other two download services did see activity, so let’s take a gander at those. The big news this…

  • Nintendo Download Wrap-Up for May 3rd, 2010

    This week marks the arrival of a new month and… comes without a Virtual Console release. Ouch. However, both WiiWare and DSiWare services still received new releases, so let’s take a look at those. On the WiiWare service comes two new games. Zombie Panic in Wonderland for 1,000 Wii points/$10 is reminiscent of Little Red…

  • Review: Monster Hunter Tri (Nintendo Wii)

    Monster Hunter Tri Genre: Action RPG Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release Date: 04/20/10 After a poor start on the consoles in the US, the Monster Hunter franchise managed to build up a fairly large cult fanbase on the Sony PSP with the series, thanks to positive word of mouth and a dramatic expansion of the…

  • Review: Red Steel 2 (Nintendo Wii)

    Red Steel 2 Genre: First Person Shooter Developer: Ubisoft Paris Publisher: Ubisoft Release Date: 3/23/2010 Everyone remembers the Wii launch title Red Steel. Unfortunately for Ubisoft, it’s for all the wrong reasons. Many people expected the game to show off the capabilities of the then new Wiimote in enriching the gameplay experience with its sword…

  • Nintendo Download Wrap-Up for April 26th, 2010

    The DSi has certainly been getting some love lately, with a whopping six new titles released on the DSiWare service this week. But first, this week’s VC release, which has been ported to various systems and released in the The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga compilation… The King of Fighters ’95 Developer: SNK…

  • Review: Sushi Go Round (Nintendo Wii)

    Sushi Go Round Developer: Southpeak Games Publisher: Southpeak Games Genre: Casual/Simulation Release Date: 03/30/10 The porting of internet Flash games onto consoles and portables appears to have become a trend, as Line Rider 2 received such treatment on the DS and Wii. Both versions were summarily panned. Sushi Go Round started out as a flash…

  • Review: Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love (Wii)

    Sakura Wars V: So Long, My Love Developer: Red Entertainment Publisher: Nippon Ichi Genre: SRPG/Dating Sim Release Date: 3/30/2010 Long time readers know that Sakura Taisen is my favourite video game series of all time. The cast, the animation, the battle system, the music and the relationships all combine into games that I would rather…

  • Review: Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon (Nintendo Wii)

    Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon Publisher: Xseed Games Developer: Tri-Crescendo Genre: Action RPG Release Date: 03/16/2010 Prior to actually having a copy of this game in my hands, I hadn’t given it more than a passing glance as far as pre-release research is concerned. From what I had seen though, it came across…

  • Review: Max & The Magic Marker (WiiWare)

    Max & The Magic Marker Publisher: Press Play Developer: Press Play Genre: Platformer/Puzzle Release Date: 03/08/2010 If you knew that the things that you drew would come to life, what would you draw? I could think of a number of things, though given how crudely I use a writing utensil, I don’t think I would…