Kotaku: mercury

Clip: Mercury Meltdown Remix

Mike Fahey — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:20:44 MDT

Originally slated for my birthday, May 1st, Mercury Meltdown Revolution for the Nintendo Wii has been pushed back to June 12th. To tide us over, Ignition has released a hands-on trailer for the game, a term I am coining to describe any Wii game video that features spooky, disembodied hands demonstrating control techniques.

I was originally a little down on the title, having played its PSP predecessors and been disappointed, but now I'm beginning to think the whole motion-sensor control might be just the thing to make the series shine, thanks to Konami's highly entertaining Kororinpa. One of those odd situations where playing one game has made me want to play another, unrelated game. If I end up buying a copy of Mercury Atari owes Konami five dollars. Michael Fahey

Clip: Mercury Meltdown UK Ad

Mike Fahey — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:20:45 MDT

Mercury Meltdown Revolution should be hitting store shelves in the UK by the end of this month, and Atari has crafted a commercial showing a group of men showing just how productive gamers could be if we didn't have electricity. Those old enough to remember the old Wonder Women television show are invited to sing along to the music they chose for the commercial.

A very successful advert here. It manages to make the Mercury series look 100% more fun than it actually is. Given a choice, I'd rather spend the day building the elaborate course from the beginning of the commercial than play the video game. Michael Fahey

Games of the Week: Black Friday Hangover Edition

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:00:54 MST

Um, guys? What happened? This week's releases, for lack of a better term, kinda suck. You publishers realize that people are shopping for Christmas and Hannukah presents right now, right? Enough bitching. Here's what's new this week.

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent (Wii)
Inflitrate terrorist network, kill stealthily, etc. but with Wii controls.

The Sims 2 Pets (PSP)
Classic Sims gameplay but with pets! And Hilary Duff! And her pet dog, Lola!

Mercury Meltdown Remix (PS2)
The PSP liquid metal puzzler sequel gets a PS2 port.

Online Chess Kingdoms (PSP)
Play chess. Online. Actually, kind of cool, as you can join factions and control territory in a persistent world.

Rayman Raving Rabbids (GBA)
The GBA cash in of the fourth Rayman title. Hold tight for the Wii version.

Catz, Hamsterz Life, Horsez (DS)
Theze pet zim gamez have teh cool zpelling.

Anyone buying in this week? It helps that next week is huge, because the last weekend of November is a licensed wasteland. Michael McWhertor