Category: Nintendo WII

Family Party: 30 Great Games Winter Fun Genre: Sports Developer: D3 Publisher: D3 Release Date: 02/09/2010 Family Party: 30 Great Games Winter Fun is clearly going to be on everybody’s short list for GOTY come December. Seriously, how could it not? It says right in the title – “GREAT”! You are not allowed to call…

Rage of the Gladiator Publisher: Ghostfire Games Developer: Ghostfire Games Genre: First Person Action Release Date: 03/22/2010 When I first saw trailers and info appear about Rage of the Gladiator I said to myself, “That looks like a fantasy version of Punch-Out!!” What a simple yet brilliant concept, right? Well, after playing through both the…

Tomena Sanner Publisher: Konami Developer: Konami Genre: Timing-based Platformer Release Date: 02/08/2010 When I imagined that digital distribution would break down the barriers between the various regions around the world, perhaps I jumped the gun a little. Japan continually receives goods on the Nintendo Wii that have yet to surface in the United States, and…

Alice in Wonderland Developer: Etranges Libellules Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios Genre: Action Release Date: 03/02/10

Calling Publisher: Hudson Soft Developer: Hudson Soft Genre: Adventure Release Date: 03/09/2010 Horror games have a lot of parallels with the RPG market. Both were started in the west. Early US RPG’s were things like Ultima, Wizardry, The Bard’s Tale the SSI Dungeons & Dragons video games and so on. Early horror games included Haunted…

Data East Arcade Classics Genre: Compilation Developer: G-Mode, G1M1 Publisher: Majesco Release Date: 02/19/2010 Back in the eighties, arcade games were a whole lot more prolific than they are now, and often a lot more creative to boot. Granted, the games all fit into the genres of the time, be they sports, shooters, beat-em-ups and…

Endless Ocean: Blue World Publisher: Nintendo of America Developer: Arika Genre: Simulation Release Date: 02/23/2010 The first Endless Ocean is one of my favorite games of this console generation. I raved about it in January of 2008, and at the end of the year, Endless Ocean would go on to win our “Nintendo Wii Game…

No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Genre: Beat ‘Em Up Developer: Grasshopper Manufacture Publisher: Ubisoft Release Date: 01/26/2010 I’m a fan of over the top style action, whether it is infused into the games I play or the movies I watch, so it should come as no surprise that I enjoyed the original No More…

5-in-1 Solitaire Publisher: Digital Leisure Developer: Digital Leisure Genre: Card Game Release Date: 02/01/2010 This is interesting. 5-in-1 Solitaire was released for DSiWare the same day as the WiiWare version. The DSi version was only 200 Nintendo points ($2), while the Wii version if 500 ($5). You would think the portable one would be more…

Muscle March Genre: Mini-Game Developer: Namco Bandai Publisher: Namco Bandai Release Date: 01/18/2010 As the gaming industry expands and more games are released, we’re beginning to see more and more bizarre games filter their way into the regular expected release lists. Third person shooters and RPG’s with pretty male leads only attract so much attention…

The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces Developer: Namco Bandai / Project Aces Publisher: XSEED Genre: Flight Simulation Release Date: 01/12/2010 When I first heard about Namco-Bandai’s Wii bound flight sim, The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces, I was at that time unfortunately not familiar with Hiroshi Mori’s novel series, or the recent Mamoru Oshii (of Ghost in…

Walk It Out Publisher: Konami Developer: Konami Genre: Exercise/Bemani Release Date: 01/12/2010 Long-time readers know that I’m the go-to guy for exercise or Bemani games on the Wii. Walk it Out is Konami’s attempt to cross the two over. With Rhythm games, Konami has generally done a really good job with DDR Hottest Party 1,…

Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom Publisher: Capcom Developer: Eighting Genre: 2-D Fighting Release Date: 1/26/2010 2009 was a bit of a disappointment for fighting games here in North America. Street Fighter IV was good, but nowhere up to the level of previous Capcom titles, a point made abundantly clear with the re-release of Marvel Vs. Capcom 2,…

Pallurikio Publisher: Playstos Entertainment Developer: Playstos Entertainment Genre: Platformer Release Date: 12/29/2009 Story/Modes: A group of chubby cheeked children are playing with a strangely titled board game, the titular Pallurikio, and get sucked inside of it. Really, that’s the whole of Pallurikio‘s plot. Pick whichever children’s movie with a similar plot to compare it to,…

Castlevania The Adventure: ReBirth Publisher: Konami Digital Entertainment Developer: Konami Genre: Platformer Release Date: 12/28/2009 Back on December 27th, 1989, a game was released for the Nintendo Game Boy called Castlevania: The Adventure. This 2-D platformer was not only the first Castlevania game for the black and white portable system, but was also considered one…

Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 Genre: Sports Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release Date: 11/10/2009 I became a fan of soccer, or “football”, as it is called in the majority of the world, a couple of years ago when my local USL team, the Montreal Impact, opened a new stadium 15 minutes away from where I live.…