Archive for the ‘Wii’ Category

Game Spotlight: Zack & Wiki: The Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure

5 December 2008 at 11:56 PM (GMT+10)

Some games get all the attention while others are simply swept under the rug and forgotten. Most of the games swept under the rug really do belong there, but there are some that deserve to be among the others in the spotlight. I’d like to take some time to educate people about one these games because it truly deserves to be bought and enjoyed.

Zack & Wiki: The Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure

Many people who have played this game will tell you that if you own a Wii, you MUST own this game. I happen to be one of them, and also one of the few who actually seemed to have bought this game in the first place.

What Capcom has achieved with Zack & Wiki is a well balanced point and click adventure by combining great gameplay, great visuals and a tonne of style and fun.

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Animal Crossing: Coloured Folk

17 November 2008 at 9:47 AM (GMT+10)

Animal Crossing: City Folk (also known as Animal Crossing: Let’s Go to the City in Europe and Australia) has only just come out in the US and will be available in Japan, Europe and Australia in coming days. So far, the reviews I’ve read about the game have suggested that Nintendo hasn’t really done anything new and have only remixed certain aspects of the DS version of the game, Animal Crossing: Wild World.

While I am disappointed that City Folk/Let’s Go to the City isn’t anything special over its last installment, the issue I want to talk about is a little different. You see, while Animal Crossing features a wide variety of Animals who end up living in your town, there seems to be a lack of ethnicity for the humans in Animal Crossing…

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Posted by Lynk Former in Articles, Wii | Permalink | Comments: 22

Wii Would Like to Play PS2

14 June 2008 at 6:34 PM (GMT+10)

I’m still quite tired from setting up the site so I’ll start off with a small article…

Many gamers would have you believe that Nintendo is responsible for the flood of casual gamers and non-gamers who have been introduced to the videogame industry. While I agree that Nintendo is succeeding greatly as they focus their effort appealing to new and untapped audiences, I disagree that they are the ones that encouraged growth in this direction in the first place. Nintendo is taking advantage of the foundation another company had already lain. The true leaders of this gaming revolution are in fact, none other than Sony with its PlayStation 2.

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Posted by Lynk Former in Articles, PlayStation 2, Wii | Permalink | Comments: 8