Posts By Nick DiMola
An underwhelming set of four that will all be available via digital download anyway.
Yesterday, Sega revealed the titles to be released on their upcoming Dreamcast Collection title. The disc, meant to be a revival of the beloved system, is set to house a mere four titles. These four titles are games that have already been released or scheduled for release on XBLA and PSN.
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Great games, great experiences and great value led Nintendo to finish 2010 with the two top-selling video game systems in the United States. The Nintendo DS™ family of systems finished in first place with more than 8.5 million sold in 2010, while the Wii™ system topped all home consoles with more than 7 million sold, according to the NPD Group, which tracks video game industry sales in the United States.
Frank West and photography are back, but is it for the better?
Dead Rising 2, though similar to Dead Rising, changed up the formula and improved upon the gameplay elements set forth in the original. Case West, the latest expansion for Dead Rising 2, makes further changes to that core formula in its short two and half hour quest. True co-op play featuring Frank West, a new rescue and objective system, and the ability to take photographs distinguish this experience from the main quest.
If you haven’t purchased this game yet, good choice – if you have, you probably should’ve just waited for Black Ops.
It’s been awhile since the Medal of Honor series has had any amount of relevance. Unfortunately for fans, even with the release of the latest in this series, it remains irrelevant. Medal of Honor is, for lack of a nicer term, a Call of Duty rip-off. It borrows the same style of quest, features similar controls, and even bares semblance to the multiplayer mode. You would expect that if EA was to borrow all of these elements it would at least do them better, but what we are presented with is a game that doesn’t match up to that series at all. Without question, players would be better off checking out any of the past three games in the Call of Duty series instead.
The latest Wii title offers a blend of platforming, puzzle solving, and action. While not a unique combination of elements per say, the necessity to perform all of this by traversing shadows is.
Nintendo DS Becomes All-Time Best-Selling Video Game System; Wii Sells More Than 7 Million for Third Consecutive Year.
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The close of 2010 produced two sales milestones for Nintendo in the United States.
Creators of Flight Control and Puzzle Quest now under one roof.
Melbourne, Australia – 4 January 2010 - Games studio Firemint today announced that it has acquired fellow Australian studio, Infinite Interactive. The move further boosts Firemint’s strength in designing and developing original games, while providing the Infinite Interactive team with a channel for independent publishing.
A brand new WiiWare demo hits the service alongside two full games and three DSiWare titles.
This week's Nintendo Download brings a total of five new titles, two on WiiWare and three on DSiWare, and a single WiiWare demo.
Don't expect the same experience you got back in 1997; this is quite a different offering.
Yes, you read that right, GoldenEye is back. But it's not back like you're thinking. If you're reading this, chances are you have some fond memories of the original title, released on the N64 by Nintendo and Rare. At the time, the game set the standards for console-based first person shooters, as the genre really had no significant presence in the market. Fast-forward thirteen years and the story is quite different. The first person shooter dominates the market, though its construction has deviated significantly from the design of GoldenEye 007 years ago. Most recently, the Call of Duty series has taken the market by storm, and has clearly had a huge influence on this re-imagination of story and gameplay of the original title. As such, GoldenEye 007 straddles the line between old school and new school first person shooter design, making for an experience that's not nearly as memorable as the title it borrows so much credibility from.
It doesn’t quite match up to others in the bullet hell genre, but it’s unrivaled in the portable market.
There’s one important question you have to ask yourself before bothering to read this review: do you like bullet hell shoot-‘em-ups? If the answer is no, save yourself the trouble and move on. If the answer is yes, or “What the hell is a bullet hell shoot-‘em-up?” please proceed, though the next paragraph might be more than enough for you.
