Welcome to my 2012 top five games list! It was particularly tough going to pick my five favourite games this year due to the high density of quality titles. Not the fact that I’ve only played five new games this year… at least they were all fantastic! It would be a pretty embarrassing top five if I had chosen to buy Hitman Absolution and Resident Evil 6 over some of these sparking discs of delight. Continue reading
New Super Mario Bros. U
Format: Nintendo Wii U
Players: 1-5
Genre: Platformer
Release Date: 30th November 2012
Nintendo
New console, new controller, new Mario. Everything is just so damn new! Though being the fourth New Super Mario Bros. title, is it as fresh as it likes to claim? You can keep sticking New at the front, but one day those mushrooms will go stale. Continue reading
Nintendo Land
Format: Nintendo Wii U
Players: 1-5
Genre: Mini Game Collection
Release Date: 30th November 2012
Nintendo
Welcome to Nintendo Land! Venture into the park to enjoy great games based on Nintendo classics from Super Mario to The Legend Of Zelda. And Takamaru. Continue reading
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World Of Goo
Format: Nintendo Wiiware
Price: 1500 Nintendo points
Players: 1-2
Genre: Puzzle
Release Date: 19th December 2008
2D Boy
The goos climb higher and higher, endlessly. Where are they going? Why do they want to leave so much? Nobody knows, they just keep climbing. It’s what we all strive for. Rise from the corporation and keep on going, goo balls! Continue reading
Colors! 3D
Format: Nintendo 3DS eShop
Price: £5.40
Players: 1
Genre: Paint Program
Release Date: 9th April 2012
Collecting Smiles
Everyone loves to draw in some form or another, be it glamorous paintings or notebook doodles. Colors! 3D allows you to share your works of art to the world, in 3D! Stick men have never had so much depth perception. Continue reading
Art Of Balance
Format: Nintendo Wiiware
Price: 1000 Nintendo points
Players: 1-2
Genre: Puzzle
Release Date: 26th March 2010
Shin’en
The water sits in the centre of a minimalist’s home, relaxed shopping music plays as glass shapes are scattered around waiting to be stacked. This is art. And there is balance. Continue reading
Sonic The Hedgehog: Triple Trouble
Format: Nintendo 3DS eShop Virtual Console / Sega Game Gear
Price: £4.50
Players: 1
Genre: Action
Release Date: November 1994 / 29th March 2012 (vc)
Sega
When shrunk down onto a portable there are two options. Make it as close to the home console games as possible, or adapt it so it works to the handhelds capabilities. Mario takes the latter approach, Sonic takes the former. After two port downs onto the Game Gear, Sonic got an original adventure with Triple Trouble. But he still stutters and falls rather than running off at the speed of sound. He’s just a Mega Drive kind of guy trying his best to squeeze into the tiny Game Gear. Continue reading
WarioWare Do It Yourself
Format: Nintendo DS
Players: 1
Genre: Creation
Release Date: 30th April 2010
Nintendo
Fed up of linear war based corridor shooters, context sensitive button prompts and zombie games? Make your own! Just don’t blame anyone if it ends up being a linear war based corridor shooter featuring zombies and Context Sensitive Prompts. You’re just going with the flow, I understand completely. At least they’ll only last about five seconds here. Continue reading
Star Fox 64 3D
Format: Nintendo 3DS
Players: 1-4
StreetPass: No
Genre: On Rails Shooter
Release Date: 9th September 2011
Nintendo, Q-Games
Looks like the Lylat Wars are over. Due to some German company called StarVox, European fans had to make do with the title Lylat Wars rather than Star Fox 64. But with StarVox no more, Star Fox 64 soars back into view, with the original name in tow. Plus 3D. This was a big deal to me as a kid for some reason, but now I don’t really care. I kind of miss Lylat Wars. It’s just a name, I’ll get over it. Continue reading
