Posted on July 4, 2008 by nealp
For those of you eagerly awaiting news about Wario Land: Shake It!, the arrival of Japan’s site for the game may sate your thirst.
Japanese Wario Land: Shake It! Site
The first button leads to an introduction to the game. Clicking down on the purple ‘next’ button guides you threw the button configurations and ends at [...]
Filed under: Nintendo, Wii | Tagged: Nintendo, Wario, Wario Land, Site, Captain Syrup, Shay King, Melful | No Comments »
Posted on June 29, 2008 by kicknz
Developer/Publisher: Capcom
Year: 1990
Fun Fact: the title screen just says “Mega Man” - nothing about “Wily’s Revenge”
Whether or not you like this game is going to depend on several things. Are you a fan of the classic Mega Man series? Do you like it when an NES series goes all Game Boy on you and plays [...]
Filed under: Gameboy, Nintendo, Reviews | Tagged: Game-Boy-Reviews, Game-Boy, Mega-Man, Mega-Man-reviews | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 27, 2008 by Pete Dorr
Platformer fans must be happy to see a rivival of a great series, and better yet it is going to retain a traditional 2D gameplay style along with hand drawn graphics. Sure the game will have plenty on remote shaking action, if that wasn’t apparent from the title already, but since it is being made [...]
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Posted on June 26, 2008 by Pete Dorr
While a new Prince of Persia is coming to consoles following an upgraded cel shaded look and is geared more towards its action than platforming, a new Price of Persia game has been announed for DS titled Prince of Persia: The Fallen King. Ubisoft says it features unique controls as well as a new playable [...]
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Posted on June 16, 2008 by Pete Dorr
Under the Office of Film and Literature Classification (the Australian ESRB) Capcom has registered the name ‘Mega Man 9′. Great news for fans of the classic series, as it is without an X, ZX, Battle Network, Kart Racing, Capcom has finaly decided to go back to its numeral roots. The last game in the “classic” [...]
Filed under: General, Nintendo, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 | Tagged: capcom, mega-man-9, megaman, new-mega-man | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 8, 2008 by kicknz
Developer: KCE Japan
Publisher: Konami
Year: 2004
Fun fact: Uses the GBA Castlevania engine
Yes, you read the fun fact correctly, this game uses the engine created for Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance and Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, and yes, it does play quite a bit like them. If you’re a fan of Konami’s long-runnin, vampire-hunting series, then you may [...]
Filed under: Gameboy, Nintendo, Reviews | Tagged: Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Advance Reviews, Game-Boy, Game-Boy-Reviews, Shaman King, Shaman King Master of Spirits review | 2 Comments »
Posted on May 29, 2008 by kicknz
Developer/publisher: Nintendo
Year: 2007
Fun fact: Mario’s 3rd 3D platformer
It’s hard for me to hide my admiration of the Super Mario series. It seems to be the standard to which I hold all other platformers. When a new installment occasionally makes it onto the shelves, I usually experience strokes, heart attacks, fainting spells, etc. Unfortunately, when Galaxy [...]
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Posted on May 28, 2008 by nealp
The Wario Land series enjoyed four classic platforming titles on the Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance. Wario has since become better known for his quirky party games in the Wario Ware franchise. It looks as if a return to form may be in order.
Nintendo of Japan updated its upcoming releases list [...]
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Posted on May 21, 2008 by Pete Dorr
If you had not heard of the game Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa before don’t feel bad. It is a platformer for the Famicom Disc System which has never seen a release outside of Japan. It stars a baby with a rattle, which probably would not have appealed to anyone in the US anyway, however it [...]
Filed under: Import, Nintendo, Virtual Console, Wii | Tagged: alex-kidd-miracle-world, Bio-Miracle-Bokutte-Upa, import-platformers | No Comments »
Posted on May 17, 2008 by nealp
Gaming forum GameFAQs has daily top ten lists that are submitted by users and carefully sifted through to find lists suitable for the site. Today’s top 10? The Top 10 2D platformers.
Will you agree with the list? Check after the jump to see.
Filed under: Cool Stuff, Nintendo, Sega | Tagged: Sonic, donkey kong, wonder boy, metroid, Mario, Mega-Man, top 10, list, Castlevania, 2D platformer | 2 Comments »
