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Monday, April 6, 2015
The LoadDown 02 02 2012
Something wicked(-ly fun) this way comes...
WiiWare -- One new title this week, continuing the new episodic adventures of a long-running educational game villain, with Carmen Sandiego Adventures in Math: The Great Gateway Grab.
DSiWare -- Just one new title, as support slowly shifts from the DSi to the 3DS: GO Series -- Undead Storm, a Smash TV-style shooter with blocky polygon graphics and a surprising amount of "Fantasy violence" for an E-10+-rated game. Green blood must be more family-friendly than red blood in the eyes of the ESRB.
3DS eShop -- One new downloadable game, Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword, an original, T-rated 3-D slash-em-up action game that feels like a "lost" Nintendo 64 game and is presented in full 3-D.
XBox Live Arcade -- Two new downloadable games for the XBox 360 Kinect motion camera this week: Konamis Rhythm Party is a music/dance game, naturally, with a very DDR feel about the music, including tracks by Naoki, Lisa Lisa, and... Vanilla Ice?!? Next up is Double Fine Happy Action Theater, bringing Tim Schafer and friends (Psychonauts, Costume Quest) unique brand of humor and fun to Kinect with an interactive experience thats more of a toy than a game -- but in a good way.
PS3 on PSN -- One new game this week: Puddle, the 2-D puzzle game with an emphasis on fluid physics that began life as a student project in France (and arrived last week on XBLA -- nice to see more simultaneous and near-simultaneous releases on both platforms.)
PSOne Classics -- Another quiet week here, but Im not giving up yet.
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WiiWare -- One new title this week, continuing the new episodic adventures of a long-running educational game villain, with Carmen Sandiego Adventures in Math: The Great Gateway Grab.
DSiWare -- Just one new title, as support slowly shifts from the DSi to the 3DS: GO Series -- Undead Storm, a Smash TV-style shooter with blocky polygon graphics and a surprising amount of "Fantasy violence" for an E-10+-rated game. Green blood must be more family-friendly than red blood in the eyes of the ESRB.
3DS eShop -- One new downloadable game, Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword, an original, T-rated 3-D slash-em-up action game that feels like a "lost" Nintendo 64 game and is presented in full 3-D.
XBox Live Arcade -- Two new downloadable games for the XBox 360 Kinect motion camera this week: Konamis Rhythm Party is a music/dance game, naturally, with a very DDR feel about the music, including tracks by Naoki, Lisa Lisa, and... Vanilla Ice?!? Next up is Double Fine Happy Action Theater, bringing Tim Schafer and friends (Psychonauts, Costume Quest) unique brand of humor and fun to Kinect with an interactive experience thats more of a toy than a game -- but in a good way.
PS3 on PSN -- One new game this week: Puddle, the 2-D puzzle game with an emphasis on fluid physics that began life as a student project in France (and arrived last week on XBLA -- nice to see more simultaneous and near-simultaneous releases on both platforms.)
PSOne Classics -- Another quiet week here, but Im not giving up yet.
The LoadDown 06 06 2011
Interesting news today, with a different balance of activity than we usually report. Well lead off with a brand new online platform arriving tonight!
3DS eShop -- The new online eShop is due to appear along with this evenings 3DS system update, and a 3-D layered rerelease of the classic NES game Excitebike will be made available free through July 7th. There will also be a new application called Pokedex 3D, a bit of Pokemon fan service providing 3D browsable models of the 150 monsters featured in the new Pokemon Black and White Version games. Nintendos press release also indicates that upcoming 3DS Virtual Console titles will apparently be drawn from the NES and Game Boy libraries; not all will be remastered in 3D, some will play in the original 2D style. And existing DSiWare games will also be made available on the 3DS -- with "most" games already purchased transferable to the 3DS. No word yet on which titles wont be as portable as wed like.
WiiWare -- Just one new game this week: Ubongo, a puzzle-solving/gem-collecting game.
Wii Virtual Console -- Nothing new here.
DSiWare -- Three new titles this week on this consistently active platform. GO Series Picdun is an odd hybrid of dungeon crawl and Picross, with 60 floors of dangerous pictures to reveal. Dreamwalker is a puzzle game reminiscent of Lemmings and old cartoons, as the player adjusts cloude-borne mazes in a frantic attempt to keep a dozing sleepwalker safe from harm. Crazy Cheebo: Puzzle Party is yet another match-three puzzle game.
XBox Live Arcade -- A rare week indeed, with NOTHING new on XBLA. Are Microsoft and Sony conspiring to trade off? Because...
PS3 on PSN -- Apres May, le deluge! Seven new downloadable games arrived on the PS3 last week, with something for everyone and serious retro flair. Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls revives the classic Apple II-era dungeon crawl RPG series. Red Johnsons Chronicles is a new point-and-click graphic adventure in the classic style. Dragons Lair II: Time Warp brings the third and final Don Bluth laserdisc game to the PS3. Learning with the PooYoos: Episode 1 ports the WiiWare early-learning title to Sonys machine. Sega Rally Online Arcade and Star Raiders are updates of classic retro franchises recently released on XBLA. Armageddon Riders is a vehicular combat game.
PSOne Classics -- After a lengthy quiet period, patient PSOne fans were rewarded with two new releases last week: Atari/Hasbros 1990s update of Missile Command, and Namcos classic 3-D fighter, the original Tekken.
Read more »
3DS eShop -- The new online eShop is due to appear along with this evenings 3DS system update, and a 3-D layered rerelease of the classic NES game Excitebike will be made available free through July 7th. There will also be a new application called Pokedex 3D, a bit of Pokemon fan service providing 3D browsable models of the 150 monsters featured in the new Pokemon Black and White Version games. Nintendos press release also indicates that upcoming 3DS Virtual Console titles will apparently be drawn from the NES and Game Boy libraries; not all will be remastered in 3D, some will play in the original 2D style. And existing DSiWare games will also be made available on the 3DS -- with "most" games already purchased transferable to the 3DS. No word yet on which titles wont be as portable as wed like.
WiiWare -- Just one new game this week: Ubongo, a puzzle-solving/gem-collecting game.
Wii Virtual Console -- Nothing new here.
DSiWare -- Three new titles this week on this consistently active platform. GO Series Picdun is an odd hybrid of dungeon crawl and Picross, with 60 floors of dangerous pictures to reveal. Dreamwalker is a puzzle game reminiscent of Lemmings and old cartoons, as the player adjusts cloude-borne mazes in a frantic attempt to keep a dozing sleepwalker safe from harm. Crazy Cheebo: Puzzle Party is yet another match-three puzzle game.
XBox Live Arcade -- A rare week indeed, with NOTHING new on XBLA. Are Microsoft and Sony conspiring to trade off? Because...
PS3 on PSN -- Apres May, le deluge! Seven new downloadable games arrived on the PS3 last week, with something for everyone and serious retro flair. Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls revives the classic Apple II-era dungeon crawl RPG series. Red Johnsons Chronicles is a new point-and-click graphic adventure in the classic style. Dragons Lair II: Time Warp brings the third and final Don Bluth laserdisc game to the PS3. Learning with the PooYoos: Episode 1 ports the WiiWare early-learning title to Sonys machine. Sega Rally Online Arcade and Star Raiders are updates of classic retro franchises recently released on XBLA. Armageddon Riders is a vehicular combat game.
PSOne Classics -- After a lengthy quiet period, patient PSOne fans were rewarded with two new releases last week: Atari/Hasbros 1990s update of Missile Command, and Namcos classic 3-D fighter, the original Tekken.
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