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Oct 24, 2007

Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure

Wii Review

Oct 24, 2007 Zack and Wiki tells the story of two pirates on their search for the legendary treasure of the pirate Barbaros. The first is the silent chocolate bar eating protagonist, Zack, and the other is his golden monkey companion, Wiki, who transforms into a bell to de-curse treasures and turn enemies into useful objects. Their quest sends them on a series of mini-episodic puzzles through jungle ruins, frozen temples, castles, an airship and more. The puzzles start easy but develop into ...
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Jan 11, 2007

Zatch Bell!: Mamodo Fury

PS2 Review

Bizarre monsters encased in small balls? Nope. How about mythical beasts residing in playing cards? Not here. Intergalactic demons possessing a child's doll? Bingo! Welcome to Zatch Bell!: Mamodo Fury, a game that features wacky Japanese antics, large tuna fish, and an utterly busted fighting system. Excited ...
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Dec 18, 2006

Zatch Bell!: Mamodo Fury

GC Review

We wish the GameCube could end on a higher note, but if Zatch Bell!: Mamodo Fury is any indication, gamers should just consider BatenKaitos Origins and Twilight Princess the only options this season. If you venture beyond these greats, you may encounter Zatch Bell!'s utterly busted fighting system, and that's a scenario none of us wants to ...
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Jun 12, 2007

Zendoku

DS Review

Zendoku allows for mathematical trash-talk of the highest order. Eat our logic and taste our deductive reasoning. Howd you like them rational apples? Its as vicious as number grids get. Its a two player race for Sudoku grid completion and for every 3x3 box, row or column you fill, your opponent is sent a screen-filling stylus-using or mic-blowing distraction - earning you precious extra seconds. Some are easy - tapping away paper tiles - but faced with chiseling away 30 minuscule stone blocks ...
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Feb 15, 2005

Zoo Keeper

DS Review

It's so simple. Like most block puzzlers out there your task is to match colours (or in this case coloured animal heads) into horizontal or vertical rows of three or more. You're presented with a grid of jumbled heads to match on the bottom screen and you're able to swap two adjacent heads in order to create your rows. However, you can't just swap any old blocks; you can only swap them if you're going to score from the move. The difficulty (especially later, when the pressure is on) is finding ...
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Feb 12, 2008

Zoo Tycoon 2 DS

DS Review

Remember the first Zoo Tycoon DS? If not, you're lucky. It was a watered down, glitchy port job from the PC that felt more like a way to kill a few minutes than an actual zoo management sim. Thankfully, the same isn't true of the sequel. Zoo Tycoon 2 DS is an involving, relaxing park builder that's literally packed with animals, exhibits, and the management options you need to create and run the wildlife destinations of your dreams.Forget the ...
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Nov 26, 2007

Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals

PC Review

Nov 26, 2007 There are certainties in life; the sky is blue, there will be yet another new reality TV show next week, and there will always be more Zoo Tycoon. Extinct Animals does what it says on the box, bringing long-since dead animals back to life by manipulating fossils, and challenging you to shoe-horn in said fauna into your budding zoo. The caveat is that these animals are not easy to deal with - notably the angry dinosaurs which occasionally become enraged, turning your zoo to rubble ...
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Apr 21, 2006

Zuma Deluxe - Xbox Live Arcade

360 Review

Matching colored items - will it ever get old? We used to think so, but Xbox Live Arcade games like Hexic, Astropop and Zuma Deluxe have convinced us otherwise. And even if you already own the other two, Zuma's worth your precious Microsoft Points too. If you're a Bust-A-Move fan (or if you played the old PlayStation game Ballistic), you'll recognize Zuma 's basic setup. Your pivoting gun (in this case, a frog idol) fires colored stones into an ongoing chain, with the goal of eliminating ...
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