Posts Tagged ‘Action’

DateApr 30, 2006
Sadness

Sadness was just recently announced to be an exclusive Wii title by Polish developer Nibris. According to the company head, the premise of the game surrounds conditions like narcolepsy, nyctophobia and paranoid schizophrenia. Don’t worry, if you don’t know what those are, you’re not alone. The game is set to take place during one of [...]

DateApr 29, 2006
Final Fantasy III

Square-Enix seems to be on a rampage of bringing back their older Final Fantasy titles. They’ve brought us updates of I-IV, excluding III on the GBA. Soon V and VI will be arriving to the GBA as well. But what about III, what happened to it? Well, it wasn’t dropped by the wayside, it’s getting [...]

DateApr 29, 2006
The First Wii Game – Red Steel

Red Steel is the first title to be officially announced for Nintendo’s next console. Being developed by Ubisoft’s Paris division, it was also the first to have screenshots released for it. Game Informer magazine was the lucky first to host this monumental unveiling. They recently provided an insightful article along with a satisfying collection of [...]

DateJan 28, 2006
Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll

Super Monkey Ball is one of the strangest concepts to come out of any gaming generation. First exclusive to the GameCube, SEGA really brought us something original when developing these games. So far we’ve gotten two console Super Monkey Ball games and the GBA Super Monkey Ball Jr. Next month we will be receiving the [...]

DateJan 5, 2006
Tony Hawk’s American Sk8land

My first experience with the Tony Hawk video game franchise led me to believe that skateboarding was easy. I ended up bruising my backside several times just by trying an ollie. In a decision probably for the better, I stuck with video games. Considering how many of these skateboarding games exist, there’s no time to [...]

DateDec 16, 2005
Animal Crossing: Wild World

Animal Crossing: Wild World is Nintendo’s follow up to one of the quirkiest and original games released on the Nintendo GameCube. If you’ve played the original Animal Crossing, you know it’s not a game for everyone. While many enjoyed the game’s simple, open-ended, unguided gameplay, others saw it as slow, boring and unfocused. While Wild [...]

DateDec 10, 2005
Gunstar Super Heroes

It was difficult to believe that the Game Boy Advance would continue to stand as a “pillar” in Nintendo hardware after the release of the DS. The little handheld hasn’t given up so easily, however, with titles like WarioWare Twisted, Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap, and Sigma Star Saga coming out just this last year. [...]

DateNov 9, 2005
Mega Man Battle Network 3 White

When I was standing in line to ride Splash Mountain at Disney Land, a boy suddenly asked what game I was playing on my GBA. Upon telling him “Mega Man Battle Network,” he said, “That’s not the same Mega Man. He’s just not the blue bomber anymore.” And I suppose this Battle Network is a [...]

DateOct 19, 2005
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse

Last year, X-Men and superhero fans alike were treated to something never expected in terms of a videogame inspired by the X-Men universe. Raven Software decided to undertake one of the most difficult tasks in terms of making a game based on the popular superhero team. Utilizing a very intuitive leveling up and battle engine, [...]

DateOct 17, 2005
Super Mario Strikers Hands-On

Mario has just about seen and done it all. He’s a platformer, athlete, partier, fighter and just about anything else we could come up with. Strange thing is, his profession is a plumber, yet we’ve really never see a videogame starring Mario actually doing is job, rather ironic isn’t it? Well, come this December (wait, [...]