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LEGO Star Wars II Review
Posted on September 11th, 2006 by MASA.
Categories: DS, DSL, GBA, GCN, Gaming, PC, PS2, PSP, Review, Xbox360.
Lego Star Wars 2 is a great game, I love legos. I like Starwars. It’s a great mix. In Lego Star Wars 2 you play through the “old school” movies with many references to the recent movies. Like the first game, it’s jam packed with humor. From Han Solo kissing Leia and then winking to the camera to things like the stormtroopers in a spa, or them acting like models to open the gates of doors. New to the game is the ability to customize your own character, bringing the true spirit of LEGO to the game. At times the game is really frustrating due to controls (I play with a joystick). And the game keeps repeating that you must press “J1_Button 1″, which I have no idea what that is since there is no button 1. The ability to change the controls is nice but the descriptions for what the buttons do are very very vague. I like the special powers some characters have, like chewbacca can rip other characters arms off or greedo (some weird bounty hunter) can throw thermal detonators as well as shoot you.
The graphics are really good for a lego game, in fact they improved from the last game. Better reflections (as seen in the photo above) and much more. The game has pretty good voice and sound. However most of the talking is “Blah blah blah”. But it makes the cut scenes a lot funnier. That aside, let’s get to the ratings:
Graphics: 8/10 - A nice improvement from the last game
Sound/Music: 9/10
Controls: 6/10 - Yeah it kinda failed here, with terrible button descriptions and the annoying messages
Playback: 10/10 - Awesome makes me wanna play again
Improvement: 9/10 - Great improvement except the controls are a step back from the first game.
Overall Score: 8/10 -Awesome game just needs better control functionality.The best version to get is the Xbox 360 version as it’s controls, sound and options for graphics are way better then the PC version.
The DS version is the game that you should pass on. Do not get this game. It’s not even fun. It’s a terrible port and is filled with levels that were not finished, terrible graphics and the whole game is pretty much a glitch. So many that you will go insane.
TOP SECRET NINTENDO FACTS
Posted on August 10th, 2006 by MASA.
Categories: DS, DSL, GBA, GCN, Gaming, Wii.
Okay, here is something that no one has and it’s true. But I am limited on what I can say so I have to brief it for you.
I am gonna list these cause it will be easier
- Pokemon Ranger is a game for the DS that will allow you to play as the pokemon and allow you to talk to other pokemon in English (squirtle and chikarita are gonna be in the game….squirtle looks so cute)
- Nintendo is making a new murder mystery game for the DS where you play as a detective in the 1960s. It’s named Hotel Dusk. You have a lover who is missing, and you travel around US [man the transitions between places is so cool. It's like a drop down effect. Oh which reminds me, your character constantly thinks of his lover] trying to solve the mystery. You kill someone near the start on a dock, and the word “why?” appears on the screen. Based on the dark shaded graphics and the awesome transitions of the game, I would say it’s being made by the same team as Another was made by.
- I saw the final box art of Twilight Princess but wasn’t allow to take a picture of it (I didn’t have a media pass [sorry guys..]) but a brief description: it will have the logo on the front as well as link as a wolf and himself and Zelda makes an appearance with her black cloak. The background is a darkness theme with a cliff and purple was in the shot. I can’t remember if the moon is in it or not (this is not it). I am gonna try to get the offical boxart soon.
- The new Kirby game for the GCN will have the same animation for the sword as Kirby had in Kirby’s Air Ride
- ChibiRobo is gonna go to the DS
- “COME BACK LINK!” is a line in the new Zelda game for the DS
- The Wii looks awesome
- Star Fox Command has great controls
And that’s about it for my Top Secret Nintendo Facts
Nintendo Releases European Launch Schedules
Posted on July 17th, 2006 by MASA.
Categories: DS, DSL, GBA, GCN, Gaming.
Nintendo DS
Clubhouse Games | September 29
Nintendo DS (Opera) Browser | October 6
English Training: Have Fun Improving Your Skills | October 13
Sudoku Gridmaster | October 27
Magnetica | October 27
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team | November 10
Mario Hoops 3 on 3 | November 10
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 | November 24
Yoshi’s Island 2 | December 2
Harvest Moon DS | Q4 2006
Game Boy Advance
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team | November 10
Nintendo GameCube
Harvest Moon: Magical Melody | Q4 2006
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | Q4 2006
Need For Speed Carbon News Update
Posted on June 23rd, 2006 by MASA.
Categories: DS, DSL, GBA, GCN, Gaming, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox, Xbox360.
EA previewed Need for Speed Carbon at E3 this year and today we learned more about the game.
In the game, players will race as part of a crew in a turf war for the city to gain your rivals’ stomping grounds. But it doesn’t stop there. The Police eventually force the war out into the Canyon area where you continue to fight.
EA is going to finally be serious about customization by giving you new options in Carbon, like the ability to set the configurations of your car, as well as controlling and modifying your crew.
Need for Speed Carbon will be released this November on all current generation systems plus the PS3 and Wii.
Nintendo sends games to England
Posted on May 17th, 2006 by MASA.
Categories: DS, DSL, GBA, GCN, Gaming.
Nintendo has announced the release schedule for the games that will popup in Europe in the next few months.
The majority of the games will be made available for the DS, and among the top titles are Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training (June 9) and New Super Mario Bros. (June 30). Others of note will include Super Princess Peach (May 26), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man Chest (June 21), and Big Brain Academy (July 7).
Yet more than 25 games are announced for the GBA. These include Street Racing Syndicate (May 12), X-Men: The Official Game (May 19), Final Fantasy IV Advance (June 2), and LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (September 12).
With that GameCube to be replaced before the end of the year by the new Wii, the GCN has only a few titles that are due for release. Chibi-Robo (May 26), Super Monkey Ball Adventure (June 2), and LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (September 12) are 3 of the 12 titles to ship.
From the Activision booth.
Posted on May 12th, 2006 by MASA.
Categories: DS, DSL, GBA, Gaming, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox, Xbox360.
And right in the middle of the booth was a massive skate ramp, which of course was for their new Tony Hawk game (this will be their 8th). Skaters performed aerial tricks on the ramp to help hype the latest wave of Tony Hawk games.
Surprisingly, Project 8 was present in the booth only as a trailer (no demo?). The only Tony Hawk game that was playable at the booth was the new Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam for the Wii, DS, and Game Boy Advance this fall, however only the DS version was playable.
Activision’s biggest announcements leading up to E3 was the revelation that it was working on Call of Duty 3 for the PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox, and Xbox 360.
However, the game was totally absent from the Activision booth (however being the most mentioned title in Activision’s speech), except as a one-sheet poster (horrible marketing idea). The only playable demos for Call of Duty were two new maps that became live on Xbox Live today.
Gameboy Micro
Posted on September 25th, 2005 by MASA.
Categories: GBA, Gaming.
Well the GameBoy Micro came out. What a waste of money. The GameBoy Micro is supposed to have slick small design. I say that you shouldn’t buy it. Whoo Hoo you get to put on skins on it. Which is a waste because you can order skins from decalgirl.com (at a price of about $7-20 depending on the system [you can even have them make a customized one for you]) for your Xbox, PSP, PS2, GameCube, DS, and Gameboy Advance/SP. It’s tiny by game device standards, the Micro, which is around $100, is only 4 inches long by 2 inches deep and 0.68 inches thick. In other words it fits in your pocket. The only real reason you should get this toy is if you are a system freak and/or you got alot of money. About 3 diffrent faceplates come with the micro. The battery is rechargable. It’s not wireless you got to get an adapter for that. You also need an adapter if you want to connect a GameBoy Advance SP (or GameBoy Advance) to the Micro.
The good features I see in the Micro are:
- Small
- It plays MP3s
- Lightwight
- Simple Design
- Rechargable battery
The not so good features I see in the micro are:
- You got to buy a cable to hook up the micros
- You got to buy a seprate cable to hook it up with GameBoy Advance(SP)
- Its fine point according to nintendo is its faceplates
- It’s not wireless
- It doesn’t play DS games
- Easy to lose
- Only plays GBA games not older games
So if you really got $100 dollars to spend then you should got buy either a DS or a PSP.
I rate this system a 2/5.
Nintendo just can’t stop!
Posted on July 13th, 2005 by MASA.
Categories: DS, DSL, GBA, GCN, Gaming.
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl are to be released for the Nintendo DS. Then a third game called Pokemon Ranger. Both Pokemon Diamond and Pearl will have connectivity to the Pokemon series for the GBA and GameCube, and users will be able to port their pocket monsters from previous installments to the DS.