Tag: wii
Ironclad Wii Review
One of the rarest, most expensive, most sought-after shooters ever made for the Neo Geo, Ironclad has been a collector’s treasure for years — and now you can have it for just ten bucks. This side-scrolling shoot-’em-up from the mid-’90s
Diner Dash Wii Review
Diner Dash is a six-year old casual PC game with plain Jane visuals and simple time management challenges. It can be fun — Diner Dash has sold millions of copies since its release and you don’t usually do that unless
Shiren the Wanderer Wii Review
ChunSoft, you did it! You finally upgraded your mystery dungeon formula and created a bigger, better roguelike (a randomly generated dungeon crawler). However, this babysteps approach has only made Shiren the Wanderer marginally better than its contemporaries. But some progress
Data East Arcade Classics Wii Review
Admittedly there are a couple of key properties in this disc: Burgertime from 1982 is probably the most recognizable game in the bunch (and one of the most challenging and creative), and Burnin’ Rubber — also 1982 — is a
Major League Baseball 2K10 Wii Review
The Wii version of MLB 2K10 is significantly stripped down when compared to its big brothers on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. There’s no MLB Today functionality, no online play, and no My Player mode. Basically all you get are
Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love Wii Review
It’s a bit of a surprise, then, that it took a whopping 14 years for the Sakura Taisen series to finally make it to the States. In stark contrast to, say, Nippon Ichi’s Disgaea or Atlus’ MegaTen games, however, it’s
Calling Wii Review
Calling is a first person survival horror game that follows four people who have been transported to this netherworld between the real world and ghost world (the space between spaces). They wander around shining flashlights in hallways, trying to find
Monster Hunter Tri Wii Review
When it comes to high levels of difficulty in videogames, there can be two types. There’s difficulty built to pose a challenge and that can be overcome with careful planning, perseverance, and skill, and there’s the type of difficulty that’s
Rage of the Gladiator Wii Review
From a first-person perspective, you face off against each villain, memorizing their patterns and exploiting weaknesses. Players have a choice of three different control schemes, allowing you to play with the remote held horizontally for an old-school NES experience or
Castlevania X: Rondo of Blood Wii Review
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood is like the missing link between those two eras of the brand. When I left Castlevania in the early ’90s, it was still a linear adventure — a whip-cracking Belmont hunting Dracula through straightforward, timed stages
