All Wii Previews

Does DDR on Wii actually work? (Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party)

Jul 20, 2007

The last time we saw Dance Dance Revolution on the Wii, we were almost killed. Giving game journalists alcohol and then asking them to dance is dangerous enough. Requiring that they use their hands in addition to their legs - as Hottest Party does - should qualify as accessory to murder. Wiimotes and Nunchuks were whipping through the air at an alarming rate and we were lucky to avoid serious injury. Now that we've seen and played a much completer version of the game, the potential for fun is ...

Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party - hands-on (Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party)

Feb 2, 2007

For the first time in years, the long running Dance Dance Revolution series is actually undergoing a, well, revolution. Konami has announced that its franchise is coming to the Nintendo Wii with Hottest Party sometime in 2007. When you think about it, this is a no brainer. Dancing titles have always appealed to a wider demographic than most other games, and the Wii is proving that it can attract a similarly diverse audience. So you have the genre and the console that draw both hardcore fans ...

de Blob - new impressions (de Blob)

Aug 11, 2008

By our count, we’ve previewed de Blob some four times now. Why should one game possibly warrant so much attention? ...

De Blob - multiplayer hands-on (de Blob)

Apr 4, 2008

We were already excited about de Blob back when we first previewed it last summer. THQ had us somewhere between the words Wii Remote and Jackson Pollock. And even if de Blob didn’t feature fresh, innovative Wii mechanics in gameplay (which it does, in flying colors), the plot is still compelling: de Blob and his pals liberating the world from the monochromatic forces of the INKT Corporation with lurid graffiti. ...

de Blob (de Blob)

Mar 19, 2008

After five minutes of de Blob, your TV screen will resemble the aftermath of a John Woo firefight in the Art Attack studio. Playing as a dull grey blob (de Blob), you’re never spawned more than a remote flick away from a paint canister; lock on with Z, flick and you’ll dive through it, coating yourself in paint. Here’s where the mess begins… Smacking against monochrome buildings and the bleached trees of Chroma city ...

de Blob - updated hands-on (de Blob)

Jan 11, 2008

Jan 11, 2008 De Blob centers around the hostile takeover of a hapless alien city by the I.N.K.T. Corporation - horrible monochrome fascists out to rob citizens of their color and their free will. The Color Revolution - led by a ball-shaped creature named de Blob - is out to save the day by sabotaging I.N.K.T. facilities and jazzing up the town, all with the power of paint and the soul of funk. Levels are on a timer and de Blob gains time bonuses for completing missions within a level. The four ...

deBlob - first look (de Blob)

Jul 11, 2007

Back in the fifties, B-movie monster The Blob heralded from another planet, but we have no idea where The Blob came from. One second THQ was merrily riding the licensed bandwagon, next theyre veering into the crevice of wonderfully ...

Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop (Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop)

Sep 5, 2008

A great, big festival of incredi-carnage, Dead Rising on the 360 was at the same time a blistering sandbox version of George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, and a truly awesome technical showcase for ‘next gen’ hardware. ...

LGC 08: Why wait? Leipzig's biggest games reviewed NOW! (Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop)

Aug 26, 2008

Knee-jerk reviews after ten minutes' play-time. As is only right and proper. ...

Deadly Creatures – hands-on (Deadly Creatures)

Jul 8, 2008

You can’t get further away from the Nintendo aesthetic than a scorpion pumping its toxic payload into the guts of a stunned wolf spider. When Miyamoto looked into his garden he envisioned Pikmin; when the chaps at Rainbow eyed their Arizona backyard they envisioned a gritty crime thriller played from the perspective of nature’s creepiest crawlies. ...

Deadly Creatures - first look (Deadly Creatures)

Apr 2, 2008

How’s this for an opener? A gas station manager, incensed by seeing his beloved business go up in flames, pins the crime on a scorpion and a tarantula. Rewind time 24 hours to follow said beasties as we work toward, and discover the reasons behind, this unlikely conclusion.

It’s a time-hopping structure cribbed from Tarantino in a world nabbed from David Attenborough - an odd pairing. It’s also quite ...

Death Jr. II: Root of Evil - hands-on (Death, Jr. II: Root of Evil)

Mar 26, 2008

We thought Death Jr. II: Root of Evil was a mixed bag when it first released on the PSP in 2006. It was packed with personality thanks to its kooky Tim Burton-esque character designs and quirky humor. However, it also gave us a bit of deja vu - in the bad way - with its rough controls and tons of running and jumping that felt too familiar for its own good.But publisher, Eidos’ Matt Dahlgren thinks that Death Jr. II was actually meant to ...

Deca Sports - hands-on (Deca Sports)

Feb 29, 2008

Remember that tech demo that shipped with the Wii? Had a few playable sports games, convinced your parents they weren’t complete squares and was fun for about a week? We don’t either, but Hudson is set to one-up Nintendo’s meek sample with Deca Sports, a collection of 10 games that are anything but mini. We had a chance to play five of Deca’s offerings: Badminton, Curling, Kart Racing, Soccer, and Figure Skating. We came ...

Deca Sports (Deca Sports)

Feb 13, 2008

Everyone loves Wii Sports, and in Japan - where it isn’t bundled with the console - it has sold in excess of a squillion copies, or thereabouts. The latest contender in the quest to outdo Nintendo’s motion-sensing masterstroke, Deca Sports has gone for the ‘bigger is better’ approach - it’s packed with 10 fully fledged sports games, and if it plays as good as it looks, it might be a great value.The list of events: ...

Deca Sporta (Deca Sports)

Oct 19, 2007

Oct 19, 2007 Everyone's got Wii Sports, everyone's played it and everyone's still playing it. It's wrist-bustingly successful, which makes it an utter surprise that it's taken this long for dollar-seeking moneymen to grab a slice of the action - though Deca Sporta seems to try and improve the model rather than pilfer from ...

Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed (Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed)

Feb 1, 2008

Brain-eating robots. DNA-stealing aliens. Hundreds killed in extra-terrestrial firefights. On paper, the Destroy All Humans franchise sounds like one of the most violent experiences gaming can offer. But mixed in with all the vicious action are farting mechs, cartoony anal probes and some pretty clever jokes from the writers of Spongebob Squarepants. Big Willy Unleashed, the third entry in this enduringly popular series, keeps all of the humor and over-the-top alien weaponry of its predecessors ...

Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed (Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed)

Jul 18, 2007

Our biggest beef with Destroy All Humans 2 was that it felt like the usually coldhearted alien, Crypto was more concerned with saving the world than destroying humans. But it looks like this won't be a problem in Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed. In this mouth watering follow up - set after the events in Destroy All Humans 2 - Crypto decides to open his own restaurant which features human flesh as the secret ingredient. Although capturing and cooking people serves Crypto's antipathy ...

Dewy's Adventure - hands-on (Dewy's Adventure)

Apr 23, 2007

Even though this Wii-exclusive title was just revealed a couple of months ago, we've already got two previews covering his wet 'n' wild exploits. Up until this point, it was a hands-off experience. Now we've spent a good while slipping and oozing around his sugary sweet universe and can clear up a few nagging little issues. First, Dewy's a drop on the go. He certainly does like to glide around as you tilt the world with the remote, and as such can be a slick lil' maniac to control. Getting him ...

Dewy's Adventure (Dewy's Adventure)

Mar 6, 2007

Water is mucky: Its transparent and innocent nature disguises rocky minerals, sewage, treatment plant chemicals and all manner of grim things that fall off human bodies and get sucked down the drain. And so it is with Dewys Adventure, a watery challenge that flows through and pilfers from countless gaming strata like a bottle of Perrier with a swag bag tucked under its ...

Dewy's Adventure (Dewy's Adventure)

Feb 2, 2007

You're a blessed dew drop out to save the world. Still with us? If you are, you could be in for a real treat - the just-announced Dewy's Adventure may look childish and saccharine, but hey, so does Mario. While we're not ready to put this Wii exclusive on par with Nintendo's main man, the game does sport some workable ideas that easily make it a title worth watching. Making full use of the remote, Dewy puts you in control of the Saturday-morning-esque world rather than li'l Dewy himself. The ...