DSiWare and WiiWare/Virtual Console Buyer’s Guides
A couple of features concocted by yours truly just published over at popular gaming blog Joystiq. If you're into DSiWare and/or WiiWare/Virtual Console stuff, then feel free to give 'em a gander.
DSiWare Buyer's Guide / WiiWare/Virtual Console Buyer's Guide
Quick ‘n Dirty Review: Scribblenauts (DS)
Scribblenauts emerged from E3 with about as much hype as a non-Modern Warfare 2 game could possibly accrue. Now that it's finally in the hands of gamers, it seems some of that hype isn't really justified -- personally, I think people are taking this all the wrong way. The game's impact is directly proportionate to how creative and imaginative you are as a human being. If you're willing to just go through the motions and come under par as much as you possible can on each stage, you're missing the point.
Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story review for Joystiq
My review for Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story went live on Joystiq this morning. Here's an excerpt:
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story doesn't put on airs about itself. Up until now, the series has been a collection of chuckle-filled titles, with light action and RPG elements designed to make the game accessible to just about everyone -- and this latest game is no different. It's plain and direct in what it wants to be, but it's set apart from its predecessors in a deepening of the core aspects of the series.
Check it out here and if you're interested in reading any more of my reviews, check out my reviews page.
Press copy of Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box comes with Diabolical Box
Nintendo sent out the press copies of Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box today and it really didn't take me that long to solve it. I'm not gloating, mind you, but I wanted to point out here (where nobody is going to read it) some of the others that have received this package and how they're handling it.
- First up is my ordeal, here at Joystiq (link)
- MTV Multiplayers' Russ Frushtick dished his off to his interns (link)
- GameDaily also solved the riddle and rubbed it into Russ' face (link)
- Go Nintendo promises a video later (link)
This is all I've seen so far, but I'll be on the lookout for more.
Too much Nintendo news to compute
Ugh. I'm pretty tired, having stayed up to around 4am last night for Japanese Nintendo news and getting up to blog the crap out of American Nintendo news today. If you want to know about the new DSi, as well as some of Nintendo's new games, then check out DS Fanboy and Wii Fanboy for the details.
Quick bio:Hi! I'm David Hinkle, Contributing Editor for Joystiq, former Lead of DS Fanboy and Wii Fanboy and co-host on the Xbox 360 Fancast. Basically, I write about games, talk about games and play games -- all the time.
This place is mainly a dumping ground for random thoughts, but you can also find links to all of my reviews and my contact info. Email me by clicking on this link.
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