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May 25, 2007

Carnival Games - Hands-on

Wii Preview | Carnival Games

Is there anyone out there who doesn't have fond, wistful memories of hanging out at the carnival or county fair when they were little? Okay, other than Voklov from Soviet Russia, is there anyone? No, there isn't. The flashing lights, the "can-that-possibly-be-safe?" rides, the cotton candy and clowns… it's a universally adored childhood experience. And one of its most important parts is the time you spent wasting away months' worth of allowance on the invariably rigged carnival games and ...
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Sep 2, 2008

Castlevania Judgment

Wii Preview | Castlevania Judgment

You can please some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time, or so the saying goes. Well, it’s certainly hard to please Castlevania’s legions of bloodthirsty fans, who demand consistency and innovation in equal measures – a nigh-on impossible task. ...

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Nov 14, 2006

Chicken Little 2: Ace in Action - hands-on

Wii Preview | Chicken Little: Ace in Action

Look at the launch lineup for the Nintendo Wii and you'll notice that the games tend to separate themselves into a couple of categories. There are the marquee titles that will eventually convince you to pick up the system - Zelda, Tony Hawk, Super Monkey Ball - and then there are the bait titles that will convince little kids to convince you to plunk down $250... preferably before the holidays. Stuff like Cars, Barnyard, SpongeBob and Ice Age are all hoping to cash in on the much touted ...
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Sep 12, 2006

Chicken Little: Ace in Action - first look

Wii Preview | Chicken Little: Ace in Action

Chicken Little. Videogame adaptation. Sequel. Not exactly the most inspiring words, are they? However, after getting our first look at Chicken Little: Ace in Action, the second game to be based on the animated Disney flick, we're not ready to write it off just yet. To begin with, the game you're afraid of was already created and released. And while you may or may not have played the original Chicken Little (it's okay - we won't judge), the big studio folks did and liked what they saw. So, with ...
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Mar 28, 2008

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Wii Preview | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

The Chronicles of Narnia books remain high on their pedestal of nostalgic childhood memories; the movies, perhaps a bit less so. Fans of either probably hanker for the ability to frolic through the Narnian fields equally, and so the games keep coming.In case you aren’t familiar with the story behind the second chapter known as Prince Caspian, or need a refresher, it begins one Earth year after the events from the first book/movie. ...
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Oct 15, 2007

Code Lyoko: Quest for Infinity - hands-on

Wii Preview | Code Lyoko Quest for Infinity

Oct 15, 2007 When we think of Cartoon Network, a dozen other shows jump to mind before Code Lyoko - and none of them have video games of their own. But the little French anime series that could has bagged a Nintendo DS game and is now onto the Wii with Quest for Infinity. For those of you too caught up in Adult Swim to notice a school-child soap opera, heres the rundown: a group of five friends attend boarding school in the “real” world (2D) and periodically jump into the ...
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Nov 13, 2008

The Conduit

Wii Preview | The Conduit

Championed by many in the press as the prettiest game on Wii, The Conduit truly is the belle of the ball. Journos paw at her silky framerate. They ogle her depth of field. Little bits of their slobber fleck her real-time shadows, particle effects, bump mapping and hi-res textures. But they don’t get to know her. ...

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Apr 28, 2008

Crash Bandicoot: Mind Over Mutant - first look

Wii Preview | Crash Bandicoot: Mind Over Mutant

Here's a mind-boggling statistic - this year's Crash Bandicoot game will mark the fifteenth installment of the series in just over a decade's time. Fifteen. What could Mind Over Mutant, the newest adventure of the marsupial omnivore (seriously, look it up), possibly do that we haven't seen... well, fifteen times before?

You might be surprised, especially if you haven't tried a Crash game in several years. Mind Over Mutant breaks free ...

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Jul 26, 2007

They've stolen Crash's brains!

Wii Preview | Crash of the Titans

Crash of the Titans, developer Radical tells us, "is not a kid's game." We might have to disagree. After all, Crash has always been a kiddie-friendly, non-edgy platform hero, and within two seconds of our latest viewing of the game Crash blew off a fart, seemingly for his own amusement. All right, so maybe we sniggered just a bit. But it's hardly award-winning comedy gold, is it? What we think Radical really means is that Crash of the Titans "isn't just another brainless platforming game." And ...
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Apr 20, 2007

Crash of the Titans

Wii Preview | Crash of the Titans

We're going to be completely honest about this. When we saw the name Crash of the Titans on publisher Sierra's list of upcoming titles, our first thought was of a monster truck car combat game where all the oil-gulping vehicles are named after Greek gods. Upon realizing the emphasis was on crash and not titans, our entire mood slipped a little. The guy's not had much luck lately (though arguably better than Sonic's), but after spending a little time with his latest run-and-jumper, it's fair to ...
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