Sunday 31 July 2011

Eledees

Eledees (or Elebits in some country), is a shooting and hide-and-seek game by Konami made for Nintendo Wii. The game has a unique and addictive gameplay of shooting and puzzles. This game brilliantly uses the motion control of the Nintendo Wii. As shown in the box-art, this game is full of cute characters and accompanied with cuter environments to play in with. The game has a level editing mode where players can make and share their levels with their friends via online. However this game has a messy multiplayer and the graphics are not up to current visual level. Eledees is too easy, and not suitable for those who are searching for some challenge. 

Verdict: 7.5/10

Saturday 30 July 2011

Batman: The Brave And The Bold: The Videogame

Batman: The Brave and the Bold: The Videogame is one of the first Batman game to ever hit Nintendo Wii console. The game utilises the franchise very well by bringing the cartoon style Batman to fight all the evil in Gotham city. There a abundance of jokes during the cut scenes and gameplay. Furthermore, this game also have a multiplayer co-op that is very seamless and enjoyable. This action game also packed with a lot of gameplay style, that will certainly get the players being motivated throughout the game. Batman: The Brave and the Bold: The Videogame could have been great game, if only the game is a little bit harder.

Verdict: 7.5/10

Friday 29 July 2011

Shaun White: Snowboarding: Road Trip

Shaun White Snowboarding is a snowboarding game by Ubisoft for Nintendo Wii. The game can be played with or without the Wii Balance Board. The game intelligently use the motion control and the Wii Balance board. The cartoony graphics were also welcome. This game also enjoy a multi-player mode where others could join in easily. Even so, this game does not have a character customisation option that some snowboarding fans would really love. There aren't many objective to achieve in this game, but thoroughly, Shaun White: Snowboarding: Road Trip is a great snowboarding game.

Verdict: 8/10

Thursday 28 July 2011

Karaoke Revolution: American Idol: Encore 2

Karaoke Revolution: American Idol: Encore 2 is the second game based on the American Idol. This game has added three new venues from its predecessor, and again listing up 40 new songs inside the disk. This game also features the judges lineup from the American Idol, and players can hear their comments after each song. This game does not have any more addition from the first game, and buying this game will surely looks like a rehash. Karaoke Revolution American Idol Encore 2 is a singing game that one could pass. There is nothing special in it, and Konami should have made it a downloadable content instead of a new game.

Verdict: 3/10

Wednesday 27 July 2011

Pac-Man Party

Pac-Man Party is a party game by Namco using their own Pac-Man franchise. For players who are eager to relive their memories of the old Pac-Man eating up all the dots, cherry, and ghosts, I'm afraid they are going to be disappointed. That is because this game does not have any resemblance with the ever challenging Pac-Man experience. This game is only a party game that requires players to get a random number, and play some mini games. The graphics are nice, and the learning curve is very easy. Little children can learn to play this game easily. Pac-Man Party is a suitable game for kids who are bringing their friend for sleepovers... nothing more.

Verdict: 5/10

Tuesday 26 July 2011

Mad Dog McCree: Gunslinger Pack

Mad Dog: McCree: Gunslinger Pack is 3 shooter games that are successfully ported for Nintendo Wii. Instead of a computer generated targets like any other shooting game, this game uses a real life actors as targets. The players will feel like they're inside a western cowboy movie once they play this game. The game's rule is easy... shoot the bad guys and leave the innocent. Even though they use a life action people as target, the only problem with this game is that the enemies will always appear from the same place. Players just need to make sure where to target and this thing gets boring easily. This game just too easy, maybe suitable for those trying to get accustomed with the Wii Motion control. Mad Dog McCree is a mediocre game.

Verdict: 4/10

Monday 25 July 2011

Geometry Wars: Galaxies

Geometry Wars: Galaxies is a futuristic shoot em up game by Sierra and Kuju entertainment. This intense shooter has a marvellous control accuracy that makes this game ever more engaging. The game is addictive and deep. It has a colourful and sharp graphics, just like other games in this franchise. There is an intense offline multiplayer game, however too bad the developer didn't go the extra miles to develop an online multiplayer mode that will surely be more engaging and add more replayability to this game. Geometry Wars: Galaxies is certainly a great shoot-em-up game if there is an online multiplayer. Even so, players will surely come back to this title just to have fun challenging friends offline.

Verdict: 8/10

Sunday 24 July 2011

The Princess And The Frog

Disney: The Princess and The Frog is a game from a motion animated movie with the same name. Players are advisable to watch the movie first because this game is about the main protagonist, Tiana reminiscing her experience throughout the whole ordeal of becoming a princess. This game is practically a compilation of many mini games with the movie theme. Even though this game is quite suitable for slumber parties, this game only lasts for several hours, and with a low replay value. The Princess and The Frog is a good party game for all fans of the Disney animated movie. It would have been great if the gameplay add more depth and length.

Verdict: 6/10

Saturday 23 July 2011

SingItStar: 90s

Sing It Star 90s is another singing game for Nintendo Wii. The game is full packed with 30 songs to sing along with. Among others that have made into the song list are the Barenaked Ladies, Aqua, Seal, Spice Girls, R.E.M, and The Cranberries. This game is also available in Playstation 2, however the Wii version is lack of Playstation Eye (video) capabilities to show the singers' face inside the game as a background which is what makes the game quite great. Sing It Star 90's is a good singing game if players want to relive their 90s dreams... once more.

Verdict: 7/10

Friday 22 July 2011

Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3 from Disney is an adventure game published in order to celebrate the third instalment of the movie. There are a lot of things to do in this game and most of it is enjoyable. There is a 'toy box' mode where there are tonnes of different tasks to do. There are also a lot of unlockables that players will try to unlock. The addition of a two-player mode also add to the excitement of this whole game. However this game has some issues with its control that might take away the fun from all the games. Disney Toy Story 3 game is a good game but not advisable for those experienced games that like to get some challenge. 

Verdict: 7.5/10

Thursday 21 July 2011

Thrillville: Off The Rails

Thrillville: Off The Rails is a game by LucasArts where players can manage and at the same time play in the theme park they own. There are a lot of things to do in the theme park because everything in the park is accessible for play or can be ridden. Most of the mini-games are fun and can be enjoyed by adults and children alike. However this game has a low quality graphics and some framerate issues can take away all the fun. There are also some rehashed mini games from its predecessor that players who have played the earlier version would find it a little bit boring. Thrillville Off The Rails is a fun game and good game to have. Suitable for the whole family.

Verdict: 8/10

Wednesday 20 July 2011

Super Mario: All Stars

Super Mario All Stars is a game compilation in order to celebrate Super Mario's Silver Jubilee. The game has been in the hearts of many gamers for the whole 25 years. There are 4 games available in this retail version, and they are: Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 2, Super Mario Bros 3, and The Lost Levels. The Lost Levels is actually Super Mario Bros 2 (Japan Version). All of these 4 graphically revamped games are more than enough to reminiscence all the glory of the Super Mario quarter century legacy. The game also comes with a soundtrack and historical booklet, even though it does not truly mirrors the legacy that Mario Bros has left. Super Mario All Stars is a good compilation game, but are strictly for hard core fans.

Verdict: 5/10

Tuesday 19 July 2011

SSX Blur

SSX Blur is a snowboarding game produced by EA Big. The game has a loveable cartoonish characters that goes well to the whole environment of the game. The soundtrack is awesome. The learning curve of the game is well designed and easy to understand. All the basic controls are quite precise however there are some glitches when it comes when players trying to do a difficult tricks. However, this game has some occasional minor animation hitches and issues with the framerate. Other than that, SSX Blur is truly a good and solid snowboarding game to have.

Verdict: 7.5/10

Monday 18 July 2011

Karaoke Revolution: Glee

Karaoke Revolution Glee is what all the Glee fans around the world was waiting for. The game is full with up to 30 songs from the Glee TV series. This game includes some never been seen before clips, unreleased and unreleased show moments. Players can test their pitching in singing the high and low notes to relive the experience of watching their favourite TV series. This game also has a multiplayer mode which will let players to sing along with their friends at home. A lot of unlockable contents that will surely rewarding all the Glee fans. Karaoke Revolution: Glee is a great singing game for any Glee fans to have.

Verdict: 7.5/10

Sunday 17 July 2011

Luxor 3

With the poor effort of its predecessor, Luxor franchise come again onto Nintendo Wii with Luxor 3. The franchise has dropped the Pharaoh's theme in the game so that it can venture to other places. However, this game still have all the problems of its predecessor. It doesn't have an in-depth game play, and the whole game should have been a mini-puzzle in other game. Even though Luxor 3 comes with a colourful theme, this game fails to be a good game. It is flat, and shouldn't have been a retail game. This game is suitable for arcades and for mobile devices only. Luxor 3 is just repetitive and boring, poor effort.

Verdict: 1.5/10

Saturday 16 July 2011

Rooms: The Main Building

Rooms: The Main Building is another puzzle game for Nintendo Wii. This game is full with puzzles to solve even though some players might not like it because of its not-so-neat presentations. Puzzle game lovers will surely love this game as it serves a lot of puzzles inside the game, and all the puzzles are very well designed. The artwork and visuals are not up to par, thus sometimes makes it difficult for players to find puzzle elements, which might lead to frustration. The game also requires high dexterity in some tight blocks where players need to aim precisely in order for the puzzles to fit. Rooms: The Main Building is a good puzzle game to have.

Verdict: 7/10

Friday 15 July 2011

Puzzle Quest: Challenge Of The Warlords

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords is a different kind of game. This game combines two way different genres, Puzzle and RPG into one. These two genres that usually doesn't mix together have been designed perfectly in the game that it supports each other. The 'one-more stage' effect of puzzle game makes players coming back for its RPG, and the RPG gameplay put an in-depth experience towards a supposedly familiar puzzle game. Even though there are some problems with the Wii Controls, and the cramped presentation, this game is recommendable because of its gameplay. Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords is a must have for any puzzle game lovers. 

Verdict: 8/10

Thursday 14 July 2011

Pinball: Hall Of Fame: The Williams Collection

Pinball: Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection is surely a long name for a pinball game. This game serves players with 10 Williams pinball table to play with. Even so it is just a pinball game, the tables available here is very different from each other and gives a different feeling of satisfaction to players. The physics in the game is believable and there is also a dynamic camera option that will hook players to play more of this game. This game is a great pinball game to have, and players will find themselves playing this game for hours before even realising it. Pinball: Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection is a must have for any pinball lovers.

Verdict: 8/10

Wednesday 13 July 2011

Disney: Sing It: Pop Hits

Disney Sing It: Pop Hits is a singing game by Disney containing a lot of songs from the Disney's franchise. The game contains more than 30 songs of the pop hits from 2007 to 2009. The songs are from famous singers such as Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, Colbie Caillat, Vanessa Hudgens, Taylor Swift, One Republic and Coldplay. Players will have several modes to choose from such as 'Sing It Pro', 'Sing It Encore' and 'Run The Risk'. The songs are easy to follow and contains video clips that many Disney fans must like. Disney Sing It Pop Hits is a good singing game to have, but can easily be forgotten once finished.

Verdict: 7/10

Tuesday 12 July 2011

Order Up

Order Up! is a game by Zoo with a cooking theme. The game will require players to manage all the short-order cook. This game has a responsive and easy to understand controls, making it an easy game to be played. Even though the controls seems easy, the game is full with challenges for the players' phasing and timing. The are a lot variety in recipes, and the visual style is nice, fun and well put. This game could have been a better game if only there is a multiplayer cook-off. Order Up! is a good and joyful game to play. 

Verdict: 7/10

Monday 11 July 2011

Nights: Journey Of Dreams

Nights: Journey of Dreams is a flying platforming game by Sega. Players will control the character is a flying manner and go over each obstacles put in front of them. As the box cover art may have suggested, this game has a nice graphics and a beautiful environments. The boss-fight also very contending for all type of players. However, this game has some drawbacks in its level difficulty inconsistencies, where some levels are awesome, and some are just too easy. This game also lacks good implementation of the motion controls, making it quite difficult to play. Nights: Journey of Dreams is a good flying platforming game by Sega. 

Verdict: 7.5/10

Sunday 10 July 2011

MLB: Power Pros

MLB Power Pros is game by Konami and 2K Sports with license from Major League Baseball (MLB). This game uses all the players in the league however the character models are all roundy and cute. The control are simple, making this title available to a larger audience. Not to be deceived by its looks, this game has a nice and quite accurate physics engine and all the statistics of the game are intact. If players are not contended with the lineup, they can make their own players and play them inside the game. The only problem with this title is that it doesn't have any online updates available to keep the game up to date. MLB Power Pros is a nice cute game any baseball fan should have.

Verdict: 8.5/10

Saturday 9 July 2011

Metal Slug: Anthology

Metal Slug Anthology is a game by SNK. Easily put, Metal Slug is Contra with humor.  It is a side scroll action shooter where players will control one of the four characters in order to fight hordes of enemies coming their way. Unlike other side scrollers, players can save their mid game advances without having to replay much portion of the stage. The game is humorous, with loads of funny moments. However this game do suffer from long load times that might kill the buzz. The motion controls too have been giving a hard time to players as it is not perfectly implemented. Metal Slug Anthology is a good game for past time, however don't set high hopes as it might disappoints players with the controls. 

Verdict: 7.5/10

Friday 8 July 2011

Karaoke Revolution: American Idol: Encore

Karaoke Revolution Presents American Idol Encore is a game produced by Konami and developed by Blitz Game. This game is a singing game where players will need to have a mic and test their voices to follow the pitches in the game. At the end of each song, players will be judged by three American Idol judges, Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson. This game has a quickplay mode where players will need to sing 1 song, and judged after that. For fully reliving the American Idol experience, there is a 4, 8, 13, 18 rounds of singing competition that players can play with. With 40 songs to choose from, this game should be great. However, it does suffers from a mannequin like judges, fixed stage and dull presentation. And... the host is not Ryan Seacrest. Karaoke Revolution American Idol Encore is a OK game to have.

Verdict: 6/10

Thursday 7 July 2011

Luxor: Pharaoh's Challenge

Luxor Pharaoh's Challenge is a puzzle game with a Egyptian theme for Nintendo Wii. In this game, there are several colours of balls adding up in a rail. The task is for the players to shoot a coloured ball into the queuing balls of the same colour so that it will disappear. Players have to make sure that the queuing balls will never hit the final part of the rail. Basically, this game is what people can usually get in their mobile devices nowadays. Even though there are some several powers/ability given to the players, this game is quite repetitive and will be quite boring after several stages. Luxor Pharaoh's Challenge is a mediocre game that should have stayed in the mobile devices. Poor effort.

Verdict: 1/10

Wednesday 6 July 2011

James Cameron's Avatar: The Game

James Cameron's Avatar: The Game is the game from derived from the movie with the same name. Players are now able to go back and relive their science fiction experience in the magical world of Pandora. This game is different from the other game with the same title that are released on other consoles. Players will control a native Na'vi in order to get back the race's artifacts that have been stolen by the humans. This game has a short story, and players might find it too hard to digest if they didn't watch the movie first. This game also suffers a low video framerates and a dull co-op gameplay. James Cameron's Avatar: The Game is just another example of how bad a movie to game porting can be.

Verdict: 4/10

Tuesday 5 July 2011

Haunted House

For players who thought that all the games on Wii are for children, they thought wrong. Haunted House is a game where players will having their goosebumps fights in exploring the Graves Mansion. Players will fight for their lives as the descendent of the disappeared original character from the first game. Poltergeists, skeletons and creepy creatures were full in the game and will certainly frightened the players through the whole game. This game however do have a poor graphics and players might find the game a little bit boring and repetitive. Haunted House is strictly for those puzzle game junkie and not recommendable to others.

Verdict: 4/10

Monday 4 July 2011

Ghostbusters: The Video Game


Even though this franchise has come long from the 80's, Ghosbusters The Video Game is something to look at. Ghostbusters never lost its charms after almost 30 years in the world. This game comes with loads of funny scenes and scripts that will make players love all the characters all over again. This game is not just point and shoot game. Players will also need to solve puzzles, scan spirits, combat and most of all... capture the ghosts! This game also has a great sound works that will make players feel more immense into the game. However this game do fell a little bit short in the story line, and some missable glitches. Ghostbusters: The Video Game is a new fresh game from a long lived franchise, a must have for all.

Verdict: 8/10

Sunday 3 July 2011

Disney: Sing It: High School Musical

Disney: Sing It: High School Musical game comes with either a microphone or on its own. The game took the High School Musical franchise and brought it to Wii so that all the fans can join the casts into their world. This game comes with 30 songs, and players can unlock a lot of the franchise such as the characters, areas, outfits and styles. If those characters aren't suitable, players can make their own. The game utilises good motion capturing, thus all the moves are quite smooth. All Zac Efron fans should have this game, and play it to relive the excitement with the stars of High School Musical.

Verdict: 6.5/10

Saturday 2 July 2011

G-Force

Disney's G-Force is a game that lets the players take control of the cuddly and cute guinea pig named Darwin. Unlike other movie to game half-hearted porting, this game boasts with fast combat, a feature that every action gamer usually wanted from an action game. There got some mind bending puzzles and exploring the environment is truly satisfying. Players will fight abundance of unique enemies with weaknesses of their own. Even though the game is fast-paced, players might some dragging issues in the game. Other than that, Disney's G-Force game is a great game to have. All the way Mister Darwin!

Verdict: 8/10

Friday 1 July 2011

The Last Airbender

The Last Airbender game is a different game from any other previous games from the Avatar: The Last Airbender franchise. This game did not take the cartoony look of the previous games, but instead took the more realistic look from the live-action movie with the same name by M. Night Shyamalan. Players can control not only the main protagonist Aang, but they also can control two others character, Prince Zuko and Blue Spirit. Players will feel more involved in the franchise as they can do a lot of bending techniques such as: tornadoes, air vorteces, fire bombs and fireballs. However, just like any other games that derives from a movie, this game is just plain shallow and does not have much replayability. The Last Airbender is OK to play.

Verdict: 5/10
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