GamesRadar - Wii Features

The 15 stupidest game types Wii invented (Active Life: Outdoor Challenge)

17/04/2009

Who would’ve thought in the years after the Wii unveiled its dual white wands that the system’s defining genre would become multiple genres? Don’t you dare call them cheap knock offs! They’re called “Party” games, mister! Why are they so prevalent? ...

The Top 7… greenest games (ActRaiser - Virtual Console)

20/04/2009

How noble, the human species! Once a year we selflessly take a break from wrapping products in toxic plastics and burning piles of old tires to appease this stupid, stupid planet we live on. How dare it demand more trees, breathable air and animals that don’t choke to death on our trash? ...

All Star Cheer Squad melts our hearts (All Star Cheer Squad)

22/10/2008

The staffers at the GamesRadar towers are lovable tricksters. Case in point: earlier today, THQ brought by All Star Cheer Squad, the new Wii game combining motion controls, cheerleading and saccharine adorableness. But what handsome dope would take such an appointment? That’s right; Associate Editor of “Tha Ladies” Shane Patterson was ripe for embarrassment. ...

Cheerleader Deathmatch (All Star Cheer Squad)

1/09/2008

Cheerleading is an extremely important and historic sport, beloved by fans around the world and totally deserving of not one, but two motion sensitive Wii games this fall. Personally, I can't wait to "spin, kick, jump and dance" to the "hottest music" and customize my "perfect competition outfit" to look "super cute"...

No, I'm not writing this article only because I get paid to do so. ...

Alone in the Dark's six worst ways to die (Alone in the Dark)

4/06/2008

Alone in the Dark invented the survival horror genre. Hell, the original Alone in the Dark was arguably the first to introduce fear itself into the gaming experience. You wouldn't believe how terrified we were of a couple of shadowy strategically placed polygon blocks back in 1994...

Now imagine what the franchise can do with cutting edge graphics, surround sound, real world physics and cinematic storytelling. More importantly, after ...

An evening with Uwe Boll (Alone in the Dark)

29/05/2008

Thanks to his videogame-based cinematic failures, Uwe Boll is one of the most loathed men on the internet right now. In fact his detractors hate his work so much that most of them have never watched any of it.

So in the interests of scientific endeavor, we picked up three Boll DVDs and commited ourselves to watching them all in one night. Does Boll deserve the vitriol he so readily receives from the gaming community? Read on and find out. ...

Eight amazing games that prove Wii isn't dead (And Yet It Moves)

14/10/2009

Wii is the punching bag of the games industry, regularly (though not undeservedly) saddled with the “kiddie crap” moniker and more associated with forgettable shovelware than legitimately good games. Those of us who own and actively play Wii obviously don’t share this view, but it’s almost impossible to read any piece of Wii news, be it feature, review or just straight reporting, without weeding out the “Wii sux who cares" crowd. ...

The best fake video game movies you'll never see (Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City)

27/11/2009

We love games. We love films. And most of all, we love a good pun. That’s why we’ve taken some of our favourite movies and games and stuffed them into a giant blender for mighty mash-up results. Ever wondered what would happen if Kratos collided with the Corleone crime family? Or if Sackboy met Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes? Well wonder no more, because we've answered your day-dreaming prayers with the following mash-up movie ...

GamesRadar presents: Video Game Idol (Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City)

28/10/2009

Getting up on stage in front of an audience is nerve-wracking at the best of times. But what if that audience included Simon Cowell? Yup, in celebration of the UK X Factor and its unending choke-hold on our social lives, we've put our favourite videogame characters up in front of Simon in the style of American Idol and The X Factor.

Not even Cheryl Cole can help them ...

The Pikmin Suicides (Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City)

14/07/2009

You may be familiar with Andy Riley's superb book The Bunny Suicides. We liked it so much, we thought we'd create an homage to it, using everyone's favourite flower-headed people.

These Pikmin burned too bright for this world. Rest in pieces ...

Nintendo's most-failingest peripherals (Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City)

8/07/2009

Long before we had stacks of plastic guitars and enough withered dance mats to blanket all of San Francisco’s homeless, Nintendo was dropping superfluous add-ons at an alarming rate. And each time they shoved a new one out there, we lapped it up like a delicious treat, fully expecting longtime support for this latest and surely greatest peripheral. ...

Games that would be better with a Mature rating (Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City)

8/07/2009

Just because a game gets rated 'Mature' doesn't mean it's going to be grown up and serious and any better than something deemed suitable for younger gamers. However, chances are it is probably going to be more fun, simply because it'll have more violence, more sexy, more swearing, more alcohol. And all of those things, as any responsible adult will tell you, are the main ingredients for a good time. In our opinion, the following games could ...

Videogames versus the real world – second showdown! (Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City)

26/02/2009

Breaking news! Toad isn’t actually a toad... street fighting doesn’t involve fireballs… guns rarely come with chainsaws attached… and a theoretical physicist has never spent his scientific career smashing zombie head crabs with a blood-soaked crowbar.

As we demonstrated last week, however, the real world would be a hell of a lot more interesting if any of the above was true. ...

2008 sucked compared to 2007 (Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City)

12/12/2008

December is always good for a fight. We award our favorite games, mock our least favorites and shout at anybody whose opinion differs from our own. The one thing we can usually all agree on, however, is that gaming has progressed. Gaming has evolved. Right? Not this year. ...

Animal Crossing's dark side revealed (Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City)

25/11/2008

Anyone who listens to TalkRadar knows I’m something of an Animal Crossing fan. Been playing since the first week it was released in the US some six years ago. Always found it a nice relaxing break from all the head-shotting, eff-bombing Mature games that dominate the market. Nothing wrong with ‘em, no sir, just need a goddam vacation once in a while. ...

22 kickass Animal Crossing patterns (Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City)

21/11/2008

Love doing chores and slowly carving out a living for yourself but hate the too-cute clothes and drapery that adorns the Animal Crossing universe? Why, then it’s high time you made your own, and with our by-the-grid guide to pattern creation you’ll be walkin’ the walk in no time. ...

The Top 7... games that affect real life (Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City)

4/08/2008

You know that phrase people use when something "stays with you long after it's over?" Nothing fits that statement better than video games, and here we've collected the seven best examples of games that leap out of the screen and infect, impede or enhance your daily existence. In other words, you're still playing these reality-altering games even when the power's off.

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E3 08: Nintendo Press Conference (Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City)

15/07/2008

As we did with Microsoft, we jotted all this down as it happened.

Nintendo's big day, where they'll allegedly announce their biggest games for the rest of the year, began with a Shaun White Snowboarding reveal. As expected, it's all about the Balance Board, leaning and tucking to race down a rocky mountainside or pull off tricks in a halfpipe. Based on what we saw, Mr. White himself didn't do much other than simply lean to execute ...

Next-Gen's 30 most anticipated games of E3 (Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City)

7/07/2008

In choosing games for this list, we kept an eye on games most likely to succeed at the market. We also tried to keep in mind potential critical reception based on developer track record, previous franchise performance, and how the titles have been presented in the media thus far. Naturally we also picked the titles we are most excited to play at the show, but in short, these are the games to keep an eye on, because these are the games that ...

Console Cameos (Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City)

20/02/2008

Most of us play games to escape reality. For a few brief moments, the trials of the material world trickle away and your only concern is how many goddamn gold coins you can collect in an hour. Then, out of nowhere, a friggin' Xbox 360 console shows up in the actual game and all your suspended disbelief goes right out the window. And it happens more often than you'd think. So often, in fact, that we had little trouble in amassing a large ...