I’m very excited for this game to come out. I’m a huge fan of the original Super Mario Bros., and I still own it! So when I heard a new Mario Bros. was coming out for the Wii, I had to get as much information about it as possible. Check out the New Super Mario Bros. Wii Preview.
Here’s the first gameplay video for the new game… Enjoy!
We tag along in Starfy’s underwater adventures in this upcoming platformer for the Nintendo DS.
Nintendo has another insatiably cute leading character in The Legendary Starfy, a platformer about a star-shaped prince who lives in Pufftop. Starfy isn’t new to the video game world; this is developer TOSE’s fifth game in the series known as Densetsu no Starfy in Japan. This rosy-cheeked and gregarious star is sure to win over the same crowd that adores 2D Nintendo platformers, and we were easily taken by Starfy and his band of merry underwater crustaceans.
Virtua Tennis makes its debut on the Wii just in time for the launch of Nintendo’s new MotionPlus peripheral.
Although we’ve seen relatively little of Nintendo’s new MotionPlus peripheral, it’s clear that developers are anticipating its release in June. Wii Sports Resort is likely to stake its claim on the charts fairly swiftly, and EA is bundling the peripheral with Grand Slam Tennis and Tiger Woods 10, in Europe at least. Further support comes from Sega, whose Virtua Tennis 2009 will also take advantage of the increased motion sensitivity when it launches this summer. We managed to get an impromptu play with the game during a recent visit to Sega’s offices, as well as talk to a member of the UK-based development team.
We take a stab at excavating fossils and incubating baby spectrobes in Disney’s upcoming action role-playing game.
The last time we saw Spectrobes: Origins, we were given a quick overview of the game but didn’t actually get a chance to play it. But more recently, at Disney Interactive Studios’ event in Anaheim, we were able to play for ourselves to see how well this original series translates to the Nintendo Wii. We not only got our hands on the fast-paced battle system, but we also got to excavate a fossil with a variety of tools and even play with some baby spectrobes in the incubator.
Origins follows the lives of Rallen and Jeena, and you can choose to play as one or the other, depending on who you relate to. The story is similar regardless of who you play, but the dialogue will be slightly different to accommodate the two personalities. Battles are fought in real time once the fight is initiated, and you can rumble with your spectrobe sidekick. Up to six spectrobes can be taken with you, and you can scroll through at any time if you feel like calling on another. Your pet will fight on its own, but you can get it to attack a specific enemy by locking on to the target and swinging the Wii Remote forward. You can also call it back by waving the remote toward you. The controls are really easy to get the hang of, given that you’re spending most of the time using the A button to attack. After landing several consecutive attacks, the enemy gets tossed into the air, which gives you an opportunity to follow up with a combo. When the enemy is airborne, you swing the remote so that your spectrobe follows up with a combo. If you time it correctly, your friend can unleash a stronger attack. We didn’t get to try it out because there wasn’t a second controller, but you can play Origins with a friend who will control the spectrobe.
We go hands on with Disney’s upcoming action title where you play as a guinea pig action hero.
We’ve often wondered what would happen if filmmaker Jerry Bruckheimer, of such action classics as Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop, and Armageddon, incorporated guinea pigs into his oeuvre. Disney’s upcoming G-Force answers that question and goes one better by also answering the question of what kind of a videogame would be the result. We just had the chance to try out two levels in the upcoming game on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and check out the game’s 3D mode.
