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Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party (Review)

Oct 8, 2007

On our extreme journey of revolutionary dance, we've experienced countless mixes (and a few ultramixes), seen a supernova or two, and explored the rhythmic universe. After all of that physical movement, can we really be bothered to stop by a party? Consider Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party a singles mixer, with DDR newbies swapped in for unattached attendees. With its streamlined interface and lack of extensive options, Hottest Party seems targeted at those gamers who missed the first ...

Dave Mirra BMX Challenge (Review)

Oct 5, 2007

Oct 5, 2007 Having starred in some fairly reasonable Tony Hawk-style games and sensibly extricated himself from the risible BMX XXX a few years ago, Dave Mirra seemed to drop off the gaming radar. But while we'd sort of forgotten he was still around, it seems he never actually went away. Late last year he popped up on PSP, to very poor reviews, and now the same game has been converted to Wii. BMX Challenge is pretty much identical to the Sony portable version. Instead of the free-roaming ...

Dawn of Discovery (Review)

Jun 22, 2009

Anno (Dawn of Discovery) on Wii is exactly how you’d imagine it to be and – more importantly – exactly how you want it to be. Its concept might be fairly dry but the game itself has been ‘Wii-fied’ to make it as accessible as a strategy game could hope to be.

Buildings and other structures can be plonked down in an almost comically easy fashion while road building is a snap. ...

de Blob (Review)

Sep 23, 2008

Paint is reborn. Paint is now fun. It’s all thanks to de Blob, who’s basically a fat sponge. Fun-haters called the INKT Corporation have sucked all life from the world, presumably because they think it makes them big in front of the girls or something. ...

Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop (Review)

Feb 24, 2009

In our opinion the most annoying, least fun to fight enemies in any game cheap enough to have them are the pint-size scurrying creatures that run along the ground below your gunsights and leap up at your face. Rubbish, aren’t they? Actually, maybe it’s a tie between those and the little flying enemies that are incredibly hard to target and do a disproportionate amount of damage. Take your pick. ...

Dead Space Extraction (Review)

Sep 25, 2009

There’s no two ways about it: Wii usually gets the shaft when it comes to top shelf third party support. What system generally has the weakest version of a multiplatform title? Wii. What system gets a weird spin-off like Soulcalibur Legends, Castlevania Judgment or Dragon Quest Swords instead of a genuine sequel? That’d be Wii as well. ...

Deadly Creatures (Review)

Feb 9, 2009

Wii owners: your system has not yet devolved into a platform only for the casual, the family-friendly, and the undiscerning eye. Deadly Creatures proves that Wii-exclusive titles can still be brutal, imaginative, and way more than mindless waggle. We have crawled amongst the exoskeletal warzones underneath human feet, and it was good. ...

Death, Jr. II: Root of Evil (Review)

Jun 2, 2008

What proud son doesn’t want to follow in his father’s footsteps? We can think of a few ol’ blocks you don’t want to be a chip off - Saddam Hussein, Noel Edmonds, the Grim Reaper. Alas, then, for poor Death Jr., son of the soul collector. And alas for Root of Evil, a port of a PSP title, it’s a massive chip off the old block - with blocky being the key word. Where in the developers’ handbook does it state ...

Deca Sports (Review)

May 13, 2008

Deca Sports (Sports Island in the UK) has simple and genteel controls that mean you won’t be destroying any hardware - or indeed your wrists - and it’s a far less hectic proposition all round; ice skating, curling and badminton are hardly in the same adrenaline-pumping class as pole vaulting, hurdling and hammer-throwing. ...

Deca Sports 2 (Review)

Jun 12, 2009

Following the success of Wii Sports, several sporty compilations have jogged onto Wii. And while Wii Sports Resort warms up in the changing room, Sports Island (AKA Deca Sports in the US) is first out of the blocks with a sequel.

Last year’s events have been replaced by ten new disciplines ranging from motorbike racing to synchronized swimming. ...

Defend Your Castle - WiiWare (Review)

Jun 30, 2008

The first reaction to XGen’s fortress-protection simulator ranged from a minor "pfft" from our art people to full-blown mock vomiting from one editor. An update of their own flash game, the argument goes that XGen haven’t really updated at all. Our scoffing editor even played the original in the background to make his point.

But they’re wrong. A) the crude stick men of the original are now, erm, crude crayon drawings ...

Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed (Review)

Mar 3, 2008

Crypto is back, and this time it’s in the disco-dancing, bell bottomy 70’s. The third installment in the series comes out with little that is new but does it with enough verve to make the game enjoyable, and sometimes, laugh out loud funny. There is a plot - above and beyond destroying all humans to get our DNA - about stopping humans from figuring out what’s really in Big Willy’s hotdogs (Big Willy, by the way, is a ...

Detective Conan: Tsuioku no Gensou [import] (Review)

Jun 20, 2007

Professor Plum in the kitchen with the candlestick? Or the black-painted men in the park with the poison that turns 17-year-old amateur sleuths into ankle-biting miniature detectives? This is the story of Shinichi Kudo, a boy whose natural curiosity leads to him being shrunk by mysterious criminals. Rather than cry about his fate, or even enjoy the chance of acing his exams and generally being the smartest kid in primary school (which he probably was anyway), Shinichi devotes his newly reset ...

Dewy's Adventure (Review)

Sep 28, 2007

Sept 28, 2007 Ever sipped from an innocuous mountain spring, only to find your guts afire hours later when the “refreshing purity” reveals its true bacterial payload? Like the Evian-to-be that had you hugging the porcelain that time in the Brecon Beacons, Dewys Adventure pledges refreshment, disguising a cruel backstabbing agenda within. Backstabbing, you say? Okay, its a bit strong, but we must admit were disappointed. During the Wiis wobbly training feet days, Elebits was the ...

Dirt 2 (Review)

Sep 10, 2009

Even from beyond the grave, Colin McRae is the biggest noise in rally games. As proof, witness Dirt 2 on Wii, marking the first appearance of the highly regarded series on a Nintendo console, and our consequent assumption that we’re guaranteed a top-quality rally experience simply because of the name and the pedigree of the earlier games on other formats. ...

Disney Sing It (Review)

Dec 10, 2008

Nobody here in the office owns even one album from any artist on the disc, but we’re not stupid enough to think that there’s no market for Disney Sing It. In fact, as far as karaoke games go, we’ve never seen a bigger lock. The 35-song list contains seven tracks from the first two High School Musical movies and seven more from Camp Rock. ...

DK Barrel Blast (Review)

Oct 8, 2007

Oct 8, 2007 Donkey Konga - drums and monkeys, together at last; their powers combined in a game that was perfect in design and execution, packed with a satisfying pair of drums to bash your tunes out on. When Nintendo monkeyed (ha!) with the formula for DK Jungle Beat, even the most optimistic gamers choked at the idea of playing a platform game with a pair of bongos, but Nintendo proved the doubters wrong and weve never been so happy to have been mistaken. Jungle Beat remains one of the ...

The Dog Island (Review)

Jul 15, 2008

For something that looks like a Nintendogs rip-off, there’s a lot more on offer here than you’d think. Choose your four-legged bobble headed puppy from a whopping 48 breeds and you’ll begin a surprisingly entertaining adventure. It’s not GTA or anything, obviously, but it’s still quite diverting. ...

Dokapon Kingdom (Review)

Oct 22, 2008

When we first looked at Dokapon Kingdom, we were impressed with its innovative multiplayer RPG concept. Being an RPG player can admittedly get lonely, so anything that brings role-playing fans together for a competitive adventure has to be a step in the right direction, right? Although we desperately wanted to root for this game, it unfortunately fails to live up to its potential in almost every aspect. ...

Domino Rally (Review)

Jun 12, 2009

There’s nothing quite like the crushing disappointment you feel when a game that should have been great – based on snippets of pre-release information and a few screenshots – turns out to be duff. Major Minor is one such game, and Go! Go! Minon, now rebranded for Western audiences as Minon: Everyday Hero (or Domino Rally in the US), is another. ...