Mario and Sonic will hit the Wii with their new game on the 20th November (US). Play as your Mii character, or the characters from either Mario or Sonic’s worlds and try to earn the gold medal. Comepete in events including speed rally table tennis, 10,000m diving, hammer throwing and dueling. The environments include real stadiums that will be used in the 2008 Beijing Games.
There is still much unrealesed information about this game, but we do know of 3 modes so far. A single player mode, a circuit mode, and a mission mode that challenges you against a series of competitors. Personally i think this game looks great and would get boring quickly if it wasn’t for the various events and characters.
The MySims look is very different from previous sims games, very similar to animal crossing. But the plot of the game much reminded me of The Sims 2 on DS. As this game has a new cute look, it will appeal to more of a younger generation of fun-loving DS players.
The game drops you into the role as the town hero, as you’ll have to get this ruined town back on its feet. Like the Sims 2, you have to work for the mayor and improve the towns rank. It lacks a creative side though, as it only involves dressing your character and furnishing your new home.
Players have a map of the town, showing the villagers living there. Its very similar to animal crossing in that respect, as you have to introduce yourself to villagers, and save up for things. Overall, i can’t wait to buy it for myself. But it does sound like a game i could quickly get bored of!
I’m pretty sure that I’m not the only person that’s had to send their Xbox away for repairs and it’s a frustrating experience, you know, not being able to play your favorite games and all. So, here are some tips to help keep your Xbox from overheating.
- Keep your Xbox on an open shelf, or other open area (DUH!)
This allows for air to flow and for heat to escape which is essential to your Xbox not cooking itself.
- Don’t put your Xbox on carpet, a couch or other similar surface (Again, DUH!)
Refraining from doing the above helps with air flow and the reason to not use those surfaces is that they cover the vents and other openings more, which is already bad enough but what’s even worse is that they trap heat. Yep. It’ll just be sitting there, festering near your console which isn’t good for it.
- If console is horizontal, use a cooling rack for cookies
This allows for better airflow underneath which also contains plenty of air holes. This should help your 360 get better air circulation and decrease chances of a certain dry solder from breaking and causing you to get the dreaded three red lights, AKA the “Red Ring of Death” and you won’t get mad.
I hope this helps increase the longevity of your Xbox 360 console so that you can experience many late nights chainsawing, shooting, tackling and just plain beating your opponents in your favorite Xbox games.
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Name a game other than Dead Rising where you are locked in a mall that is being over run with zombies and anything can be used as a weapon. Just try. I dare you. Can’t do it? Well, that’s why I have a review right here.
Graphics: 8.5/10
Ah…nothing like blood splahed all over a grown man wearing little kids clothes, women’s slippers and a MegaMan helmet and you get what my character looks like. The character models look amazing, that includes the zombies.
Audio: 9/10
I never thought that zombies moaning as a lawnmower runs over them could ever sound so great, but, this game does a great job of making that happen. The voices and other, non-zombie related sounds are great as well.
Controls: 7/10
They just take a few minutes of getting used to and then…they’re still a little awkward. Don’t let this deter you though!
General Gameplay: 8/10
The gameplay is fun. Shooting, impaling, stabbing, smacking and kicking zombies never gets old. Especially in a large environment with other hazards about and plenty of characters to interact with ranging from a survivor (who will be talking about their trip to the mall with therapists for years to come) to a maniacal, chainsaw-weilding clown who won’t let kids get off of a roller coaster that’s easily going 60+ miles per hour. Challenging, yet forgiving, this game will provide hours of fun.
Overall: 8/10
If you ever find yourself looking at a shelf of videogames wondering what to get, this game definitely deserves a second look.
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As previously announced Animal Crossing is coming to the Wii, the only question missing is, when? Currently, we don’t quite know. The very popular title is going to have a sequel though on the Wii.
In a one-on-one interview Shigeru Miyamoto about the future of Animal Crossing he stated that ,
“The Animal Crossing team has been very busy working on a variety of different projects. Actually, the Mii Channel was put together by the director of the most recent Animal Crossing game. His name is Mr. Nogami. Recently he said he really wants to get back to work on Animal Crossing again, so hopefully we’ll be able to show something to people before too long.”
Hopefully we can start to see some solid development. The game is also expected to make good use of Nintendo Wi-Fi, like the previous title did for the DS.
The last game announced today at E3 was easily the most interesting or at most clever.
It showed some kind of pad that people stand on to play games, do exercise and compete against other players on a graphical stage.
Mr. Miyamoto wanted to show off this game himself, not Zelda, not SM: Galaxy. He wanted it to be a whole family game.
He had 3 fitness trainers show off the game. The first trainer showed off an stretching exercise that develops leg muscle. The Wii pad ensures that it’s done right and at the proper pace.
The second trainer showed off a game that looked a bit more fun. It reminded me of DDR but with only two pads. One for each foot. The idea is to watch the pads on screen and match them.
The third trainer demonstrated a sideways twist. She did it very well, though it seemed that when the game was moved out onto the floor it lost a bit of it’s calibration. It seemed a bit off. He encouraged people to take a look at it on the floor where it would be better calibrated.
The name of the extra bit of hardware, the pad, is called the “Wii Balance Board”. It measures the pressure put on the board and as your weight shifts around the board.
Brain Age 2, a huge hit in Japan, will be hitting stores on this side of the pond August 20th. With all new challanges that have made it even more popular than the first.
Get our brains on those digital treadmills, August 20th we’re ready to gain a few IQ points.
As Reggie describes it, these are the games of skill intended to reach out to an even further audience and maybe make this audience a little smarter.
Today at E3 a new hardware announement for the Wii was released. The Wii Zapper. Play as a military official shooting down terrori
sts or shooting Zombies in Resident Evil. Third partys will be making announcements regarding their plans for the Wii zapper later this week.
You also won’t be missing the zapper when you play your games. It will be packaged with Wii software and also available for a low retail price of $19.99.
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Konami just doesn’t think that a $100 price cut will have enough of a positive impact on the PS3’s sales. Konami just doesn’t think it’s enough for Metal Gear anymore.
“I wonder if Sony can win back user support by the price cut of just $100,” speaks Kazumi Kitaue, head of Konami’s North American and European operations.
Konami is considering releasing it on other formats to pay for the development costs that went into the game. They would like to hold it as a PS3 exclusive since it was “born” with Sony, however with the PS3 costing as much as decent personal computer they’re reconsidering keeping it with Playstation.
In response to Sony’s price cuts of their PS3s, and to maintain the price advantage Microsoft enjoys, Microsoft has announced price cuts on all three versions of the XBox 360.
The Elite’s price is going from $479 to $399, the price of the Premium version is going down from $399 to $349 and the price of the Core version is going from $299 to $249.
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