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The FedEx guy just dropped Mario Kart Wii off at my house. I think my son is going to faint when he comes home. The timing is perfect. It gives me something to play with him until Grand Theft Auto arrives and I disappear from his life for several weeks.
"Mommy, is Daddy dead?"
Good times, good times. Hit the jump for plenty of pictures of the wheel. SEXY!
I was a little reticent when I went into check out Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 since I wasn't really terribly familiar with the franchise and quite frankly it's not the kind game I usually play. Once I got in and sat down in front of it however, I discovered a game that I'll be downloading once it makes its way onto XBLA and PSN.
Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 is a throwback to the original arcade hit with updated graphics and controls to suit console play. Up to three players can choose between three different playable characters: Wolf, Coyote and Fox (she's the girl of the group) each with their own special moves. An arsenal of weapons is also at your disposal to help take the enemy down. You can also all pile into various vehicles together and blast your way to victory. The three player mode will be supported both online and on a single console. As a special bonus, the music is being composed by Norihiko Hibino of Metal Gear fame.
Rondo of Swords, coming soon for the Nintendo DS via Atlus, looks like your standard turned-based strategy, but once you've see it in motion you'll quickly realize it's an altogether different animal. While some elements are the same - you still equip your characters, level them up using experience, catch snippets of storyline in-between battles - the unique Route Maneuver System is what sets it apart. Rather than simply sidle up to your enemy and hit attack, you actually program a path through them, allowing you to damage multiple enemies at once. I've spent a bit of time recently playing through the game, and so far I am really liking what I am seeing.
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I just played through the short, but rather sweet God of War Chains of Olympus demo being shipped out to fans of the game and the PSP.
The Battle of Attica gives you a taste of what to expect from the game when the full version hits the portable next year. And from what I saw, it looks like a game that mostly lives up to the God of War name. The pacing of the game remains frenetic, but not so over the top as to be exhausting.
I just received this little two-can box set of Mountain Dew's upcoming Halo 3 Game Fuel. According to the box, the drinks will be available in stores for 12 weeks only starting on Aug. 13. Mountain Dew's Game Fuel, the box writes, has the same flavor of Mountain Dew but with a citrus cherry flavor and more caffeine. Too bad this doesn't come in, I don't know, brute or spartan flavors. The special stuff does come in both the 20-ounce and 12-ounce variety.
This one is almost a no-brainer. If you own a Wii and spent countless hours playing Wii Sports Bowling like I did, you'll probably be wanting to pick up Crave's Brunswick Pro Bowling for your tiny white box. I got a chance to try out the game yesterday and it once again reinforced the feeling that if a system were ever made for a bowling game, the Wii is it, and Brunswick is shaping up to be a fine example of the genre, taking the core gameplay established in the Wii Sports version and fleshing it out with real goals and realistic physics.
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I had a chance, while chatting yesterday with Kaz Hirai and Jack Tretton, to check get my hands on the Star Wars Edition of the PlayStation Portable. I really liked the look of the thing, and it's hard to explain how different it feels now that its shed a little weight and gone down a size or two. It certainly feels sexier and, for some reason, I don't know, maybe firmer. Like it's more rigid than it was before, which, I know, makes absolutely no sense.
An interesting thing to note is that the new PSP has a new UMD tray. Now instead of sliding a button to open your PSP, you sort of pry the thing open. I kept worrying that I was going to break the thing, but it felt very solid, so I'm sure that's not going to be an issue. I don't quite understand why they tweaked the UMD slot, I don't think that was a concern. Another thing it feels like they tweaked are the buttons and the D-pad, both of which feel much firmer, but I never really had a problem with the current PSP's buttons or D-pad.
You might recall that I really enjoyed Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 for the Nintendo Wii back when it launched with the system last November. There were a few minor annoyances with the game, such as having to keep your Wiimote pointed at the screen at all times, but for the most part it was an excellent fighting experience for the fledgling system, whether or not you like DBZ (I don't.) Here at E3 I managed to get some hands-on time with the next iteration of the series for the Wii, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3, and it looks to improve on the last game in nearly every way, while adding a first for DBZ console games...online play.
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"So you guys going to make fun of Jenga anymore?" This is the first question asked as I was stood in front of a flat screen monitor, handed a Wiimote nunchuck combo and given a chance to give the Wii version of Atari's virtual version of the party game where everyone gets wood. "That wasn't me!" I reply defensively. See, now this is me making fun of Jenga. It's a sound game concept to be sure, and the Wii is the perfect place for such a party game, save one - actual physical real-life space. While I've never thought I would use the words Jenga and fun in the same sentence (except perhaps to say so), playing the actual physical game of Jenga is much more fun than this game is going to turn out, bells and whistles included.
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