Let’s face it – the Wii is the best choice out of the current home consoles for puzzlers. WiiWare was practically built for the creation and sale of various types of games that challenge your brain and your patience. There’s nothing wrong with that, though the system has so much more potential. In addition, the majority of most puzzlers are, in some way or another, carbon copies of games from the past. One game in particular, Groovin’ Blocks, has been done before under a much more popular name – Lumines. However, the Wii has never been privy to such a slick and entertaining block-dropping puzzle fest until now.
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Impressions: Groovin' Blocks
On September 15, 2009
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Impressions: Little King's Story
On September 5, 2009
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The Wii has proved its worth several times over as a viable host for RTS-lite titles aiming for a much wider audience than something such as say, StarCraft or similiar games would reach in the eyes of game developers. This, combined with the timeless allure of ruling over subjects as a revered king must have been what XSEED Games had in mind when publishing the diminutive Little King’s Story. I must admit the title is a bit misleading, as it lulls one into a false sense of security that the game will be as small in scope as the word “little” suggests. In fact, it is much more than a “little” story, and more like a giant’s story both in scope and the amount of entertainment it dishes out.
Impressions: Go Play: Circus Star
On August 5, 2009
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At the circus you always expect a good time to be had by one and all. Subsequently with a circus title released for the Wii in Majesco’s family-friendly series with Go Play Circus Star, you’d expect some fun and interesting circus antics or perhaps a bit of a career mode in which you vie to become one of the most popular circus stars around. Instead, you get a lackluster collection of mini-games that, just like Go Play Lumberjacks, is held together by shoddy production values and hastily thrown together for some quick ‘n simple casual gameplay. While that’s a respectable goal in itself, the genre has seen better and I sincerely hope that future Go Play titles do not end up as lazily created as this one.
Impressions: Go Play Lumberjacks
On August 5, 2009
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Designed with families (and budgets) in mind, Majesco’s Go Play series is the publisher’s new brand of themed mini-game fun for the Wii console, aimed at those looking for a casual gaming experience and others who may have picked up Wii Fit and are looking for some further fun utilizing the Balance Board. I do not own a Balance Board, but ownership is not required to play the games in this series. I dived in headfirst with Go Play: Lumberjacks. What did I discover? Yes, the Wii really is piling up with mini-game compilations, and no, this game is not a lumberjack simulator.
Impressions: Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled
On August 5, 2009
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RPGs are tricky subject matter. If you can’t get together an intriguing cast of characters, solid gameplay that rewards your grinding, and a great storyline that should keep you playing, then they become throwaways that are little more than copies of games that came before them (and usually did better jobs). In the case of Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled, the game seems to fail at all it accomplishes. What looks as if it should be a venerable attempt at reviving the traditional RPG in the style of Chrono Trigger is really a dull, lifeless exercise in drudgery that belongs in the bargain bin. Don’t let the artwork or the price tag fool you – this game does nothing of what it seems to promise!