Posted on June 26, 2008 by Pete Dorr
According to the latest Nintendo Power magazine Mega Man 9 will be appearing on Nintendo Wii’s WiiWare service. The game is to maintain the traditional two-dimentional and retro graphics from the NES games (a step backwards from MM8, very unexpected!). Games of the future are moving faster and faster toward downloadable and doing away with [...]
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Posted on May 30, 2008 by kicknz
Developer/Publisher: Frontier
Year: 2008
Lostwinds is one of the premier launch titles for Nintendo’s new Wii Ware service and the only platformer among the lot. Developed by Frontier, the game aims to show just what can be done with only 49 megs. The presentation and gameplay presented are undeniably great but even those don’t tell the whole [...]
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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 [...]
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Posted on April 22, 2008 by Pete Dorr
It has been a dry week for news, however this should cheer everyone up. Earthworm Jim, one of the most requested games for the Wii’s Virtual Console will be making it’s way onto the service later this year and it’s bringing some friends. Earthworm Jim 2 along with Boogerman will bring the total up to 3 [...]
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Posted on April 10, 2008 by Pete Dorr
WiiWare’s future looks very bright indeed if it can pop out more unique titles such as ‘LostWinds’ being developed by Frontier Developments exclusively for the upcoming Wii download service WiiWare. It’s games like this that make me proud to be a gamer. The video below shows how the game will work, however let me break [...]
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Posted on April 1, 2008 by Pete Dorr
Initially a release in the arcades and then ported over to the Sega Master System, Wonder Boy is your typical platformer that resembles Super Mario Bros. There is a “timer” of sorts shown as a life bar on the top of the screen which got lower and lower as time went on, this bar can [...]
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