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Jun 30, 2008

What is a Dokapon Kingdom?

Wii Preview | Dokapon Kingdom

Dokapon Kingdom seems like one of Dr. Frankenstein's experiments at first - at its heart it’s a traditional, turn-based RPG, but its exterior looks more like a board game style party game. The two genres couldn't be further apart, but put them together and you get a highly competitive multiplayer experience in the guise of a party game, but with the deep structure of an RPG.

The goal of Dokapon is simple: whoever earns ...

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Apr 30, 2008

Don King Presents: Prizefighter - exclusive...

Wii Preview | Don King Presents: Prizefighter

At first glance, Don King Presents: Prizefighter seems like it’ll be doomed to play second fiddle to the current champion of boxing games, Fight Night. But Prizefighter may offer boxing fans what they never got from Fight Night: Round 3, a level of realism that transcends the beads of sweat that fly from your next-gen boxer’s head.

According to Don King, “[Prizefighter] is more than a game - it is a glimpse at what ...

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Oct 12, 2006

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 - hands-on

Wii Preview | Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2

When plans to put Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 on the Wii were first announced, imaginations went wild. Would players be able to hold Wii remotes in each hand to beat down space-karate enthusiasts with their actual fists? Could they throw fireballs with the same motions the characters use? Now that we've actually played the game on a Wii, we know Tenkaichi 2 isn't quite as mind-blowing as we first imagined - but it's still pretty cool. Like in the PS2 edition, you'll fly around a huge, ...
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Aug 14, 2006

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2

Wii Preview | Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2

After about umpteen kajillion attempts at making a Dragon Ball Z game, last year's Budokai Tenkaichi was the first to really get it right. Unfolding from a third-person perspective, it captured the feel of the mega-popular anime almost perfectly, enabling players to freely fly around a huge, 3D battlefield while beating the crap out of a super-powered opponent in lightning-fast aerial fistfights. The sequel - imaginatively titled Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 - is poised to build on the ...
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Aug 17, 2007

Dragon Blade - hands-on

Wii Preview | Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire

Aug 17, 2007 It's borderline tragic that Dragon Blade sports such a generic title, because this looks like a game that actually has something refreshing to offer Wii owners sick of clumsy ports with haphazard motion controls. Ignoring for a moment the game's "newness" - so is the atrocious but original Escape From Bug Island, after all - what we've seen so far reveals a game that makes great use of the Wii remote's potential. Imagine a family-friendly God of War where you use simple gestures ...
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Jun 22, 2007

Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire - first look

Wii Preview | Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire

Just a little while ago, it seemed like the Wii might just be a gutter for Spongebob games and lazy PS2 ports. But things are changing - and that's good. Dragon Blade may suffer from a painfully generic title, but it befits the content of the game: a hack-and-slash adventure where your sword has been possessed by the spirit of a powerful red dragon. Better yet, the game looks to marry traditional adventure gameplay with Wii Remote control. We don't really know much about the story besides this ...
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Jan 25, 2008

Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the...

Wii Preview | Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors

The hugely popular Dragon Quest series comes to the Wii with all the depth and delights youd expect from one of the worlds most popular RPGs, and with that added bit of magic only Nintendos console can bring. The Wii-flourish, as you might expect, entails controlling the swordplay with the Wiimote, including parrying attacks. Also, Akira Toriyama - the mastermind behind Dragon Ball Z - reprises his role in working on the series' character designs (observe the trademark spiky hair so often seen ...
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Aug 31, 2007

Dragon Quest Swords - hands-on

Wii Preview | Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors

Aug 31, 2007 On paper, Swords takes us back to the games of our childhood. Not the hours sat with whirring consoles of old, but an earlier time still: adventurous games that took us from the playground to the surrounding wood land, stick in hand, ready to squeak a puny "have at you!" Swords liberally borrows from this youthful heroism. No ice-cold samurai larks here. It suggests that the remote is no plastic oblong full of gyroscopic confusion - an artifact of modern times - but the hilt of a ...
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May 13, 2007

Square Enix Party 2007 - Live from Tokyo!

Wii Preview | Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors

We're live, in Tokyo, to bring you reports from Square Enix Party 2007, a public event that showcases the latest in the Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, and Dragon Quest publisher's massive lineup of games for all of your favorite next generation consoles and handhelds. We're bring in up-to-the-minute information as fast as we can over the course of the weekend. Check back to this page for updates as they happen. Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions interview: many missed it on the ...
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May 12, 2007

Dragon Quest Swords - hands-on

Wii Preview | Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors

One of the most interesting games at the Square Enix Party 2007 is Dragon Quest Swords - simply because it's for the Nintendo Wii and it's exciting to see how the company intends to transition the popular RPG series to that hardware. The good news is that the game is a great deal of fun. While it's clearly aimed at a younger audience - we saw a 10 year old kid going to town on it - it's not a completely simple game. As you may already know, the game is not a strict RPG like the main series. ...
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