Posts Tagged ‘Simulation’

DateDec 22, 2005
Metroid Prime Pinball

Fans of our major popular franchises such as Mario, Metroid and Zelda are frightened of one thing, change. Any time that we’ve gotten wind of a seemingly bizarre new concept for a great franchise, fear is immediately widespread. It happened with Super Mario Sunshine and Wind Waker. Now we have Metroid. [...]

DateOct 25, 2005
Sprung

When the Nintendo DS was first revealed, I was excited. I couldn’t wait to see what developers did with this new toy. To date, Kirby’s Canvas Curse and Trauma Center, among others, have shown some truly creative ideas in action. There was a time, however, if you can recall, when the DS was off to [...]

DateOct 24, 2005
The Movies

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to play a game that spans a century of years? Well, if you haven’t it doesn’t matter. In Lionhead Studio’s The Movies, that is exactly what you’re able to do. From the years 1910 until the futuristic 2010, you will take your studio [...]

DateSep 20, 2005
Sea Trader: Rise of Taipan

One instance of the proverbial slap in the face is going into a game knowing it’s not going to be that great and finding out you were absolutely right. This has been my experience with Sea Trader.

The name of a game can tell you a lot. Sea Trader is, not surprisingly, all about sea trading. [...]

DateAug 8, 2005
Nintendogs

Shigeru Miyamoto tends to be classified as a genius when it comes to developing games and coming up with ideas for games. Without him, we wouldn’t have the likes of our beloved Mario, Zelda and Pikmin. Now with the Nintendo DS, he has something even more to be proud of. For those that either can’t [...]

DateJul 24, 2005
Nintendogs

First of all, before starting with my preview, I’d like to point out that it is based on the Japanese version of the game and that I don’t understand a single Japanese word, thus making it very difficult for me to fully understand it. I’ve still been able to enjoy Miyamoto’s latest creation and thought [...]