World Of Goo

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

Art Of Balance

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

Trauma Center: Second Opinion

Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Format: Nintendo Wii
Players: 1
Genre: Platformer 
Release Date: 10th August 2007
Atlus 

A man collapsed on the street clutching his chest. I ran over and stroked his head, reassuring him everything would be okay. As I pulled out a knife he gasped. ‘Are you a doctor?’ he asked. ‘Yes,’ I replied. ‘The wii taught me how.’ And he cried. Oh, how he cried.  Continue reading

Beat The Beat: Rhythm Paradise

Beat The Beat: Rhythm Paradise
Format: Nintendo Wii
Players: 1-2
Genre: Rhythm 
Release Date: 6th July 2012
Nintendo

To beat the beat you have to beat the best, to beat the best you have to be the best! How was that? Hi-five monkeys, play badminton in the skies, slice up demons, kicks incoming balls away on a date and interview a wrestler are just some of the things you will be beating the beat to. Just like an average day in Oswaldtwistle really.  Continue reading

Little King’s Story

Little King’s Story
Players: 1
Genre: Strategy RPG
Release Date: 24th April 2009
Cing, Town Factory

Sometimes things you hate become things you love. Once I was a hater of Frankfurters, now I can’t get enough of them! Little King’s Story was much the same. I originally felt that I wanted to throw the king of his throne, but eventually I was worshipping him every day. Long live the little king! Continue reading

MySims

MySims Format: Nintendo Wii
Players: 1
Genre: Life
Release Date: 21st September 2007
EA

Welcome to MySims! A colourful world full of colourful people, here you can live easy and live free. Spend your days sleeping on park benches like a tramp or take up the role as a DIY builder and help out the citizens. The choice is yours, but ultimately you will be building if you want to see the whole world and make everybody happy. Because everyone’s happiness is more important than your own. A lesson in life MySims teaches you early on.  Continue reading

The Legend Of Zelda Skyward Sword

The Legend Of Zelda Skyward Sword
Format: Nintendo Wii
Players: 1
Motion Plus Required
Genre: Adventure
Release Date: 18th November 2011
Nintendo

Skyward Sword is how we imagined the wii to be back in 2006. Accurate sword fighting, playing the balancing act on a rope, flying mechanical beetles. Skyward Sword is a combination of the fun mini games of Wii Sports Resort, spliced with the epic adventure we love about Zelda. No pointer being out of the screen, no waggle. Unless you want to die. Continue reading

Dead Space Extraction

Dead Space Extraction
Format: Nintendo Wii
Players: 1-2
Genre: On Rails Shooter
Release Date: 25th September 2009
Eurocom, Visceral Games, EA

When making a popular Xbox 360/PS3 title for the wii, make it a light gun game. Dead Space Extraction is another of many on the wii, but with a focus on deeper story rather than arcade thrills, this space shooter is a little different from the norm. Find out how Dead Space begun and be prepared to face an army of messed up little monsters. Big ones too. Continue reading

Blast Works: Build Trade Destroy

Blast Works: Build Trade Destroy 
Format: Nintendo Wii
Players: 1-4
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 3rd April 2009
Majesco, Budcat Creations 

A ship like a magnet grabs all the debris from fallen enemies. The clutter keeps amassing and the ship becomes a monster junk yard in space, obliterating anything in sight with its mighty heap of crap. It didn’t help that God had made everything into rude shapes and gestures. Welcome to Blast Works: Build Trade Destroy Continue reading

Kirby’s Epic Yarn

Kirby’s Epic Yarn
Format: Nintendo Wii
Players: 1-2
Genre: Platformer
Release Date: 25th February 2011
Nintendo, HAL Laboratory, Good-Feel

Nothing like a good yarn. Kirby’s yarn happens to be an epic one as he enters a world of textiles. He sets out to find the magic yarn, which has separated Patch Land, with the grumpy Prince Fluff. Bring a friend and get cosy; a joyous adventure begins. Continue reading