hi everyone and welcome to a new NNR! as you all know I'm gonna leave for Japan, so this is gonna be my last report for a while <:3 I will be sure to catch up with the biggest news (if there will be any X3) as soon as I come back though! and btw, I hope you enjoy the special wii sketch I drew for you this week :3
so let's get started!
VC RELEASES OF THE WEEK
USA
-Aero the AcroBat (SNES)
EU
-Aero the AcroBat (SNES)
-Aero the AcroBat 2 (SNES)
WIIWARE RELEASES OF THE WEEK
USA
-Dive: The Medes Islands Secret (Adventure game)
-Heavy Fire: Special Operations (Gun survivor)
-Fantasy Slots: Adventure Slots (Slot Machine)
-Deer Captor (Light Gun game)
EU
-Dive: The Medes Islands Secret (Adventure game)
-Sandy Beach (Relaxation)
-Chess Challenge! (Chess game)
-Family Pirate Party (Party game)
-Arcade Sports Air Hockey, Bowling, Pool, Snooker (Sports game)
-Girlfriends Forever: Magic Skate (<.<;;; game)
GAME RELEASES OF THE WEEK
USA
2th of July:
-Arc Rise Fantasia (RPG)
EU
No important releases (hey, it's August
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
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DS
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KINGDOM HEARTS RE: CODED: New trailer, screens, scans, details
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45390/
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45540/
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45304/
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/46346/
-Overclock gauge new to the game
-Gauge is next to Sora’s portrait
-Gauge will increase as you attack enemies
-New abilities earned each time the bar fills up
-Skills you can access are dependent on the type of weapon Sora exists
-Auto potion, protect, medic, shell, counter aero skills
-Revisit familiar worlds, but they have been designed differently in this game
-Wonderland is like a Space Harrier shooter
-New gimmicks in levels
-Turn based RPG system for the Olympus Colosseum
-Story/fundamentals from Coded
-Growth system from 358/2 Days
-Battle system from Birth by Sleep
-Wanted to simplify the controls
-Auto-jump feature was in Coded, will return for Re:coded
-There is some assistance when attacking with your keyblade
-“Cheat” option in the menu
-Can change the difficulty on the fly with the cheat option
-Cheat and other areas in the game’s development come from The World Ends With You
-One of the main programmers from The World Ends With You is working on Re:coded
-Nomura says Re:coded is a new title from a gameplay standpoint
-Tag mode functionality
-Trophy system from Birth by Sleep will be in Re:coded
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OKAMIDEN: new trailer, screens, details
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45435/
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/46097/
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/46564/
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/46585/
-Return to Agata Forest again
-Find Kokari
-The forest has been completely flooded out
-Kokari fishing with Ume, trying to get the giant mystical catfish that is supposedly causing all of this trouble
-You’ll also meet Nanami, a mermaid and royal retainer for Queen Oto
-Nanami’s treasure has been stolen, searching for it in Agata
-Catfish turns out to be one of the game’s first bosses
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GOLDENEYE 007 DS announced!! First details:
-Tank battle and classic videogame levels are featured
-New stealth tactics
-Daniel Craig and Judi Dench are in the game
-Tank mission: Behind the cannon, move with d-pad, face buttons aim artillery, tap the touch screen to switch button-controlled machine guns/cannon, tap to recharge shield
-Health/shields for tank: Two curved bars, too much damage will deplete your shield and you will start to lose health
-Helicopters, armed troops, tanks are enemies in the tank level
-Point of view doesn’t change what the tank controls define as forward
-Has an Archives level: Bond has been taken hostage, Bond girl being carried off, Bond gets on his feet, takes out the guards in combat (tap the screen when the proximity icon shows up), Bond then gets a handgun and ducks/runs through the level, finally pops out of an air duct and creeps up on a bad guy for a stealth kill
-Move Bond with the d-pad, rotate point of view with the touchscreen
-Touchscreen has a radar, shows level layout and where enemies are
-Mini-game: Looking at keypad, swipe a card before entering a code
-Kick a door by swiping the stylus
-Around 90% of the cutscenes are in first-person
-Local and online multiplayer
-Described as a covert action game
-Mix of tactical shooting encounters and stealth ops situations
-“Thinking man’s shooter”
-Rewarded for making tactical decisions rather than shooting at enemies constantly
-Environmental kills
-Unconventional routers
-Distractions
-Takedowns
-Built from the ground up
-Smash through barricades, escape a helicopter, leap from the Arkhangelsk dam using the touch screen
-6 player multiplayer
-Golden Gun and Flag Tag online modes
-Numerous modifiers
-Can obtain multiplayer awards
-Co-op/competitive multiplayer
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POKEMON BLACK/WHITE: New Pokemon, screens, trailer, videos, details
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45559/
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45564/
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45576/
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45693/
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45791/
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/46194/
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/46477/
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/46119/
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/46370/
Victini:
-Phantom Pokemon
-Number #000 in the Black/White Pokedex
-Pokemon might be special as the number hasn’t been used in past games
-Get the special “Liberty Ticket” item
-Item will be available on launch day through October 18
-Download it at the Nintendo Zone/DS Station kiosks/Pokemon product shops
-Will need to progress in the game a bit before you can obtain Victini
Game details:
-Pokemon Musical replacing contests
-Seasonal areas are in the game
-Team Plasma is the new team
-PokeShifter allows you to transfer Pokemon through a mini-game
-New mode in triple battles: Only control one Pokemon within the middle, rotate the middle one around at will
-This cane be done on the attack selection menu, shows up right away
-Item Mission from High Link: Hide an ultra ball in front of the Tower of Heaven on Route 7 (180 second time limit, 3 “Derudama” is the prize)
-Subway in Isshu called Battle Subway
-Soak move for Mamambou
-Fire Oath move for Pokabu
-Grass Oath move for Tsutarja
-Won’t see old Pokemon until you complete the game
-GameFreak’s Junichi Masuda said they did this to put newcomers and followers on the same starting line
-Want players to give the feeling of “What is this Pokemon?”
-Comments from players inside/outside of the company
-Impressions of the game have been good so far
-Matsuda says designing the Pokemon has been difficult
-GameFreak graphics staff will be happy if players have fun with the game
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CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS DS announced! First details and screens:
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45859/
-Has a two player co-op mode
-6 player online options
-Perks System
-Has achievements
-Arcade and Challenge Modes
-Some missions will have players pilot attack helicopters and stealth fighter jets
-Companion product to the console versions
-Story/missions provide a different perspective and fill in the story
-Same engine as the previous Call of Duty DS games, but has been optimized/revised
-New user interface
-New button control scheme
-When picking up a dropped weapon, tap the icon to swap out for the new weapon, or you can drag/drop the weapon onto an inactive button
-Button controls option: Play with ABXY buttons, control pad, shoulder buttons only (no stylus)
-Customization controls options
-Auto-lock feature for Recruit/Regular difficulties
-Precise camera controls
-Weapon selection/multiplayer map scale/variety has been improved
-More sniper rifle/shotguns usage
-Crosshairs tweaked
-Perks system like the consoles games
-Co-op is separate from the single-player campaign
-Game pays homage to the knife throwing mechanic in GoldenEye 007 DS
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RADIANT HISTORIA announced! First scan, screens, details:
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45907/
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45995/
-Releasing November 4
-6279 yen
-Designer Satoshi Takayashiki and character/art designer Hiroshi Konishi worked on Radiata Stories
-Mitsuru Hirano is the director, worked on Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne games
-Yoko Shimomura is working on the music
-Game takes place in Vancule, become dry/barren/desert-like
-Play as a spy for the nation of Aristel, Stok
-Start off with a mission to infiltrate Granorg (Aristel is at war with), rescue an agent
-Stok captures/wounded in Granorg, somehow gets the power to time travel and travel across parallel worlds that are connected
-Go to the past/future
-Correct mistakes made long ago, try to bring peace and environmental stability back to Vancule
-Turn-based battles
-Enemies on a 3×3 grid
-Monsters occupy front and rear positions
-Creatures on front take more damage compared to ones in the rear
-Turn order determined
-Can do combo moves when two player-characters have consecutive turns
-Not directly connected to Radiata Stories
-Vancule is divided into 5 counties
-Stok is 19 years-old
-Granorg is led by Queen Protea
-People of Aristel are turning into sand by the “Sand Person Disease”
-Noah is the leader of Aristel, believes Protea has caused the disease
-Renny and Marko are Stok’s subordinates, they help Stok infiltrate Granorg
-Group of children give Stok the power to time travel, they say that the world needs his power
-Menu shows the current time and space
-Game features a branching story (determines different futures)
-Large world map in the game, choose location from there
-See enemies on field, make contact to start a battle through the symbol encounter system
-Some enemies will take up a few slots on the grid in battle
-Will learn an ability in the game that can change the position of the enemies on the grid
-Enemies will take on more damage if they are grouped together on one part of the grid
-add multiple enemies to a single grid spot to dish out big damage
-Enemies as well as allies can be seen on the top screen, which shows a timeline
-Currently 80% complete
-Game described as “true fantasy RPG with the theme of time travel.”
-Concept and Visuals credited to Hiroshi Konishi and Satoshi Takayashiki
-Yoko Shimomura doing the music
-Atlus responsible for “Quality” development
-Ganorg is older than Vainqueur
-Granorg is ruled by Queen Protea, was established 150 years before Vainqueur
-Alicetal formed by former residents of Granorg
-Noah lead a group of Granorgs who were unhappy with the government to form Alicetal
-70 years after Alicetal’s formation, General Hugo is the head of the army and is the face of the nation
-Alicetal residents have been looking into magical abilities of Mana, have made a magic-based solider who are in early development and have numerous problems
-It’s been 50 years since Alicetal and Granorg started their war
-Stock the most skilled combatant in the Alicetal intelligence agency
-Stock rescuing a secret agent who has top secret info about the Ganorg army, could change the tide of the battle
-Stock told to head out by Hise
-Select a location from the world map to move around
-Transported to a field after you select a location, then can move around and battle
-Enter the Historia world from special points in the fields
-Can travel back to the past and future of two parallel worlds when you’re in Historia
-Story split into chapters
-See progress of the parallel worlds and the current time from the camp menu
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FRACTURED SOUL announced! First trailer:
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45988/
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NEW MONSTER TALE announced! First scan, details:
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/46069/
-Handbag is Ellie’s weapon
-Chomp appears on the touchscreen
-Chomp trains, learns new abilities, boosts stats when he isn’t needed
-Books, cookies, treasure chests that Elle drops into his lair used for Chomp to grow
-Chomp will allow you to progress and protect Ellie
-Move Chomp from one local to the other by pressing “X”
-Game is comparable to Metroid/Castlevania, as it is an open world filled with puzzlelike obstacles
-Ellie can learn new abilities from obelisks, scattered throughout the maps
-Ellie’s new abilities help to clear obstacles
-Ellie’s abilities include: Rolling, swinging her bag, firing energy beams, fire longer-range projectiles
-Chomp’s powers include: Twisting into a pair of vertical spikes (impales enemies above/below), barrel roll toward foes/switches, using tongue as a trampoline
-Ellie can get to higher areas of the map with Chomp’s tongue power
-New powers unlocked quickly
-Game has an automap, save rooms
-Different shops
-Action can sometimes take up both screens
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ETRIAN ODISSEY III: New trailer
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/46364/
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SD GUNDAM BRAVE BATTLE WARRIORS announced! First scan:
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/46434/
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ZACK AND OMBRA'S PHANTOM THEME PARK announced! First details, scans, screens:
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/46470/
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/46574/
-Comparable to Professor Layton
-Takes place on Delphino Island
-Festival occurs every 50 years on the island
-Zack (main character) comes to the island, takes part in the festivities
-Mysterious bipedal blob-like creature, the Ombra, has taken over the island, causing trouble for the residents
-Zack one of the few people who can see the Ombra
-Need to complete “pranks” in the game that the Ombra has put out on the island
-Need to find the Ombra, touch it with the stylus after you hear a claim from a resident, which will start a mini-game
-Two action-oriented mini-games shown in Famitsu
-One game: Use stylus to move crates around
-Second game: Tap Ombra with the stylus
-Over 180 mini-games
-Can choose difficulty level
-Voice acting for characters
-Studio 4°C doing animation
-Releasing October 28
-Konami game
-Some mini-games have you performing tasks within a time limit
-Directed by Junko Kawano (Suikoden)
-4980 yen.
-Characters:
Zack
-Skilled magician
-Can make people happy
-The Ombra like him
Polly
-Comes to Delphino Island
-Staying with her grandparents
-Takes interest in Zack
Jino
-Elderly man
-Invited Zack to the festival
-Head hurts at the changes the Ombra have introduced
Raphaelo
-Popular magician
-Works at a hotel resort on the island
-Zack’s rival
-Will meddle with Zack’s affairs
Gorongo
-Mysterious man
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SOLATOROBO announced! First trailer (FURRY GAME >:3)
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/46460/
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3DS
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SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV 3D: new screens, details
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/46018/
-Yoshinori Ono said Capcom considering bringing the game to the DS or PSP, but that wasn’t a viable option
-When the 3DS was announced, Ono thought they could use the system to make something that showed the enjoyment of having Street Fighter in your palm, wanted to use wireless functionality
-Team has a number of ideas about using 3D
-Considering 3D for visual effects
-Players won’t be able to move into and out of the stages, or anything that will effect play
-Game won’t be tailored for kids: “Rather than that, we’d like to make it into a title that makes kids grow.”
-Team is seeing if they can do anything with the touch screen and slide pad
-Special buttons could end up on the lower screen, special attacks on the slide pad
-Want to keep all of the modes from the console version, including wireless play
-Hoping to include original content
-Might have arranged costumes
-All 35 console warriors are available
-Saving Attack, Ultra Combo, other systems will be in the game
-Only 10% complete
-Ono wants to release the game following the arcade version’s release
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VEKTOR TANK 3D: new screens
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/46196/
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WII
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THE KORE GANG: New screens, videos
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45615/
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45342/
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BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD: new video
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45407/
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FLINGSMASH: new video
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45425/
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SONIC COLORS: new screens, details
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/46301/
-Game is almost complete
-Team putting on finishing touches/bug testing
-After Sonic Unleashed and The Black Knight were finished, the concept from Sonic Colors may have been created
-Supposed to be building on the best of Sonic Unleashed, but team doesn’t want for it to be Unleashed Lite
-Not too many cutscenes
-On Wisps talking: “Yes and no”
-Different scenarios for Wii/DS versions
-Knuckles won’t be appearing in the game.- Game is very near completion, they are now finishing touches and bug testing.
-May have been conceptualized when Sonic Unleashed and Black Knight were finished.
-Build on the best of Sonic Unleashed, but it’s not intended to be simply Unleashed Lite.
-Story is canon to the main Sonic series.
-The game won’t have an overload of cutscenes.
-When asked if the Wisps could talk, he said “Yes and no”.
-Wii and DS versions will have different scenarios.
-Knuckles not in the game
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SENGOKU BASARA: SAMURAI HEROES: new screens, video
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45477/
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TRACKMANIA: new screens
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45508/
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METROID OTHER M: new videos, scan, trailer
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/46453/
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45976/
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/46072/
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45532/
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45628/
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/japan ... her/702386
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/japan ... her/702334
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LINE ATTACK HEROES announced! First video, screens and details:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/japan ... ack/702403
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45726/
-First party Nintendo game
-1,000 points
-Action game
-Build growing line of allies
-Defeated enemies fall into the formation behind you
-Line gets longer as you defeat more enemies, allowing you to become stronger/less likely to be defeated by larger enemies ahead
-Can execute “line attacks” if your line is long enough by swinging the Wiimote, entire line does an attack in the form of a weapon
-Sword: Spin Line attack (swing like a sword)
-Spear: Rush Line attack (line rushes enemies in front of you)
-Hammer: Press Line attack (line pounds the ground in front like a hammer)
-Some enemies are called heroes, they have weapons
-If you defeat a hero, it might join your line, will have access to its weapon
-Can toggle between the weapons held by the heroes in your line
-Earn accessories after the fight
-Can equip one accessory before battle, they change your capabilities
-Two modes in the game: Scenario and Battle
-Scenario: Go through a story, can play co-op with another play, choose missions, advance through the story as you complete missions, can use your Mii
-Battle: 4-player combat with Battle Royal (defeat all opponents), Flag Battle (steal the flag by surrounding it by the longest line), Tag Match (2 on 2 vs.)
-Made by Grezzo (Secret of Mana director Koichi Ishii founded the studio)
-40 story levels
-Dinosaur-like figure, robot leaders
-Classic Controller support
-GameCube controller support
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GOLDENEYE 007: new videos
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45633/
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/sdcc- ... 007/702351
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THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: SKYWARD SWORD: new details
-Zelda will be in the game
-Not saying if Ganon is in yet
-Beetle might be used for racing
-Not planning on including any voice acting
-Miyamoto hasn’t upended the tea table yet
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EPIC MICKEY: new screens, videos
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45657/
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45707/
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THE LAST STORY: new scans, screens, details
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/45985/
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/46440/
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/46506/
Quark
-Mercenary leader
-Met Elza when he was young
-Accompanies him as an older brother
Seiren
-Mercenary mood walker
-Has a foul mouth
-Kind and considerate to friends
Yuris
-Youngest of the mercenaries
-Capable of performing well in battle
-Magic user
-Quark has earned the trust of his peers because he is skilled in combat and because he does negotiations with potential employers
-Quark and Elza have been traveling together since they were young
-Seiren fights with twin blades
-Seiren drinks a lot
-Seiren is a squad leader, likes fighting, will jump to the front lines of combat
-Yuris uses fire in combat
-Yuris is the most skilled in the mercenary group
-Yuris doesn’t speak much, is unsociable
-Yuris thinks of mercenary work just as a means of survival
-Battle system offers good amount of player choices
-Attack enemies head on and through other means
-“Focus” move is important in battles
-Focus lets you lock onto objects and enemies
-Use Elza’s bow gun for distant attacks or call out commands to allies when an object or enemy is in focus
-Elza’s sword is the basic attack
-Can see special abilities and weak points of enemies in focus
-Famitsu suggests sniping out healers from enemy groups when in focus, sneak up on the enemy by sticking closely to walls or boulders
-Focus on the enemy when you get close enough
-Game switches to a behind-the-shoulder view in focus
-Targeting reticule shown when the game goes behind-the-shoulder
-Trailer hints at using the Wiimote as the reticule
-Example of using focus on an object: Enemies on the bridge, focus on the bridge, Yuris can cast magic at it, then it will break and the enemies will die
-Look around the areas for objects to use for focusing
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EARTH SEEKER: new screens, details
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/46224/
-Main character is part of a species called Earthnoid
-Earthnoids created by the spaceships, similar to how the monsters were created
-Earthnoids aren’t humans, but they look like them
-Explore fields
-If you touch the air (filled with poisonous viruses), your power drops
-Protopros and Mumuma enemies
-Protopros look like a mix of rail gun and grasshopper
-Mamumas look like a mix of dragon and light bulb
-Protopros/Mamumas appear in certain areas, have specific attack specialties
-“Time Stop Battle” system
-Real-time/command based battles
-Can lock onto enemies
-Pause the action with “A”, then can choose commands from a command menu
-“Blade Rush,” “Air Strike,” elemental attacks such as “Flame,” “Ice,” and “Thunder” are commands
-Need “Action Cartridges” to perform actions
-Action Cartridges is shown as a meter on the bottom of the screen
-Action Cartridges added to your stock with time/with items
-Can perform commands if you have cartridges
-Four power levels when selecting an action
-Higher power require more cartridges
-Guardians important to the battle system, they are the ones who most likely fight
-Guardians use their Energy Balls to attack enemies when you select a command
-Main character might not be involved in the actual fighting
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NBA JAM: new trailer
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/46145/
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CREATE announced! First trailer:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/debut ... ate/702442
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GODS VS HUMANS: new screens
http://www.nintendoeverything.com/46557/
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WII GAME OF THE WEEK: Pokepark: Pikachu's adventure
Genre: Adventure/Minigame
Developer: Creatures Inc. (Mother/Earthbound series)
Publisher: Nintendo
Time spent on it: around 10 hours
The game I picked up to review this time is quite peculiar. Pokepark: Pikachu's adventure is not your usual pokemon game, being a sort of hybrid of an adventure game with a very simple concept and a small mini-game collection :3 The game is totally aimed toward young pokemon fans, since the gameplay, the plot and the environments are all very simple.
The game starts with Pikachu falling in a dimensional hole created by Mew, along with his friends Charmander, Chikorita and Piplup. He falls at the entrance of a place called Pokepark, a large amusement park abandoned by humans and rebuils so that just pokemon could live in it. Mew summoned Pikachu there to try and bring joy back to the Pokepark, wich had pokemon leaving the place for the sudden unfriendlyness of its leaders, wich leaded to the loss of a legendary prism, wich shattered in different pieces.
To get them back Pikachu haves to go through certain minigames, while also befriending all the pokemon in the park so that they can help him with the minigames and so that pokemon will start coming back to the park.
The graphic look is quite good. Clean and colourful. There are a lot of pokemon through the games and all of them have been modeled very nicely, with nice movements, some of wich have references to the Pokemon Stadium games (the way Golbat wraps his wings around his body, for example). The environments are bright and wide and never repetitive. The framerate is also always steady. Overall, on the graphic standpoint this game looks good enough. Nothing mindblowing, but defenitely looks nice ^^
The gameplay, like I mentioned before, is quite simple. The game asks you to go through 7 different areas to befriend all the pokemon and to face challenges to get the Prism pieces back. To befriend a Pokemon you'll have three ways, depending by the species you're talking to. Tag, Challenge, Hide and Seek and Quiz. Tag and Challenge are the most common.
Tag is what it is...a tag game :3 you'll have to run after the pokemon you have to befriend and litterally tackle into him. The game haves you use the wiimote in the NES-styled way. Using the D-pad does feel a little stiff at the beginning, but you get used to it and while dashing the controls feel quite smoother, so it doesn't really get frustrating. The tag's difficulty depends by the pokemon you are asking, thing that I really like. Challenge a Leafeon and you'll really have a hard time chasing after him, especially if your dash isn't powered up. Even witht hat though you can get to corner even the fastest pokemon if you're smart enough. Some instead are just awfully slow X3 When Slowpoke will ask you for a tag game, well...stay there and laugh at him or compliment him for the effort X3
The Challenge is pretty much a Pokemon battle. An automatic Lock-on will activate on the pokemon you're challenging and you'll have to defeat the pokemon dodging his attacks and launching either thundershocks and Iron tail attacks (Iron tail can be learned just later in the game though). The fights, just like the Tags vary in challenge depending by the pokemon. Some have lower health and speed, some are very quick and hard to avoid, even though this game never really gets anything too hard for a skilled gamer. Let me say though...Despite the very simple gameplay, this proves how fun it'd be to have a pokemon action game, maybe set in the mistery dungeon world >:3
ahem, anyway, next is Hide and seek...it's just what it is...you'll have to find the hidden pokemon. This happens just a few times in the game and is quite simple most of the times. After this it's the Quiz challenge, wich happens just three times through the game and is just a veeeeery simple set of questions.
The health, the dash, the thundershock and iron tail attacks can all be powered up by 4 pokemon you'll find at the center of the park in exchange of berries, wich you'll get by winning minigames or by befriending Pokemon. Other pokemon will be unlocked through the game either by befriending pokemon or achieving certain results in the minigames.
The minigames themselves are of a few different kinds, some being more challenging than others, especially toward the last part of the game. Each minigame can be challenged with the different pokemon you befriended and each of them have a certain record and bonus to break, thing that might be fun for who loves that kind of stuff, especially since every pokemon behaves in a different way depending by its species, speed, power...makes the minigame either hard or easy.
One trouble about this game is that, given the low challenge, at least for the main adventure, it could be too easy for some and action can become repetitive after a while, even though overall the game is well-made, but clearly aimed at young pokefans like I mentioned earlier. The game is quite short too and the story can be cleared in a few days.
The story is very simple, so don't expect intrigues and plot twists like in mistery dungeon either. The soundtrack haves low and high points, some tunes being quite cute (especially pikachu's victory theme and his little victory dance X3).
All in all, this game isn't for everyone, at least not for adult gamers. This doesn't mean it's a bad game though. If anything it's something that just a diehard pokefan can enjoy and people who have a bit of an innocent side. What I'd suggest is to find this game at a cheap price and playing it in small doses. Or just rent it really :3
It isn't astounding, mindblowing or anything, but it's certainly a nice change of pace between a training of a pokemon and the other on the main game series. Something I'm sure other pokefans will be able to enjoy if they feel like it's their kind of game. A relaxing and innocent pokemon game in wich you play as a pika :3....and you kick a charizard's butt! >:3
anyway...here are a few screens:
http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Image ... _3_big.jpg
http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Image ... _1_big.jpg
http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Image ... 10_big.jpg
http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Image ... _2_big.jpg
and a video:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-20 ... wii/101714
that's all for this time! have a good nintendo gaming time!
Posted by Deleteduser2340bst8 13 years ago Report
if they don't release earthbound on the virtual console... I may just buy the farm
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