Wii Archive

  • Review: Dead Space Extraction

    Review: Dead Space Extraction

    As the industry has moved into an era of open-world games where we as players are afforded so much free-form choice and control over our virtual avatars, on-rails shooters have quickly fallen out of favorability. And that’s really sad. I enjoy the latest and greatest […]

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  • Review: JU-ON: The Grudge – Haunted House Simulator

    Review: JU-ON: The Grudge – Haunted House Simulator

    Who here likes to go to haunted houses for Halloween? I went to a few when I was younger, and I remember them being a spooky good time. Actually, it was only a couple years ago now when I was with my family at Busch […]

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  • Review: Guitar Hero 5

    Review: Guitar Hero 5

    Some games almost seem pointless to review. I know I probably shouldn’t say that as a reviewer, but it’s true. Take Guitar Hero 5: I could rant and rave about how the series lost its mojo when Harmonix left to start up Rock Band – […]

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  • Sunday House Cleaning: Trailer Round-Up – Rocket Knight, Metro 2033, No More Heroes 2 and More

    Sunday House Cleaning: Trailer Round-Up – Rocket Knight, Metro 2033, No More Heroes 2 and More

    Doing a little Sunday house cleaning here today, clearing out my inbox and download queue of various odds and ends. There were a bunch of trailers I didn’t get around to posting this week, so as to not let them go to waste I decided […]

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  • Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked Comes Out of the Oven Golden Brown and Delicious

    Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked Comes Out of the Oven Golden Brown and Delicious

    Namco Bandai’s Wii cooking game Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked went gold today, and yes, it is a game I am very much looking forward to as a long-time watcher of cooking shows and someone who enjoys cooking. Food Network’s first game, which is […]

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  • DJ Hero’s On-disc Set List Features 93 Mash-ups

    DJ Hero’s On-disc Set List Features 93 Mash-ups

    DJ Hero‘s full on-disc set list has been confirmed today, and boy is it a doozy, topping even Guitar Hero 5‘s staggering set list of 85 tracks! DJ Hero‘s set list features 93 exclusive mixes, including the likes of 2Pac’s “All Eyez On Me” vs. […]

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  • Half-Minute Hero, JU-ON: The Grudge Ship October 13th

    Half-Minute Hero, JU-ON: The Grudge Ship October 13th

    I guess XSEED Games likes to ship games in pairs. Last week saw the releases of Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga and The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road on the same day, and come next week on October 13th the publisher will launch […]

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  • Box Art Alert: New Super Mario Bros. Wii

    Box Art Alert: New Super Mario Bros. Wii

    The final box art is in for New Super Mario Bros. Wii to go along with last week’s ship date announcement — it’s coming out November 15th, in case you hadn’t heard. Everything you’d expect to see on the box is here: Mario, Luigi, Toads, […]

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  • Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers TGS Trailer

    Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers TGS Trailer

    Man, I still don’t know what to make of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers on the Wii. The gameplay looks great and all, but the main character continues to turn me off. Square Enix has created many effeminate heroes before, but Layle (yes, […]

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  • New Super Mario Bros. Wii Hops Onto Store Shelves Nov. 15

    New Super Mario Bros. Wii Hops Onto Store Shelves Nov. 15

    Tucked away inside the Wii price drop announcement, Nintendo also confirmed the North American launch date for New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Wii owners, go ahead and mark your calendar for November 15th, as that’s when you and three other friends will be able to […]

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