Previews
Wii 2008 sleeper hits dissected, discussed
If you take out all of the obvious highly anticipated Wii titles coming out in 2008, you’d probably be left with some kind of “sleeper hit list” of titles that could very well be the silent but deadly killers in the console’s arsenal. Conveniently, Planet Wii assembled a list of 10 Potential Sleeper Hits for Wii that are worth a look. Some titles, like Mushroom Men, Boom Bl...
Preview: De Blob walks bounces the line between kid and adult
Blake was snooping around the Infendo offices the other day asking the writers about original IP due out for the Wii this year, and I was honestly less than helpful. I think I grunted something about how Disaster: Day of Crisis might be out this year and then went back to playing Super Mario Bros. 2, which I had dusted off in a fit of nostalgia over the weekend. Unfortunately, I forgot about De Bl...
IGN’s new No More Heroes media are delicious
The first step on the path to recovery is admitting you have a problem. So those of you with self-destructive penchants for flamboyant assassinations and slicing your foes in half with crude glowing lightsabers should probably stop reading. Really, it would be for the best.
NGamer: Mario Kart Wii as “nippy as can be”
The British magazine NGamer posted an updated set of Mario Kart impressions on Thursday, complementing their extensive August preview. Collectively, NGamer has provided some of the most comprehensive Mario Kart Wii coverage available and has revealed some interesting tidbits that seem to have slipped under the radar. One of the more interesting revelations from their recent preview, Mario Kart Wii...
Kotaku’s Bashcraft loves (most of) Mario Galaxy
According to a 2004 census, there are approximately 127 million people living in Japan. We can logically assume roughly half of them own a Wii. In addition to hogging the global Wii supply, they also get Super Mario Galaxy eleven excruciating days before it reaches North American shores, more than two weeks before Europe and – ah, poor Australia – almost a full month before our friends...
WiiFit: First major game to not be a game
Edge has a preview of the upcoming (and controversial) WiiFit. Wii Fitness is a simple concept executed very well, and the fact that it angered some of the gaming world at its announcement is more an indictment of the industry than an understanding of how it can change the way non-gamers see consoles. It should be interesting to see how “gamey” the title ends ups being… (i.e. the...