Midway have today released the very first screens of Happy Feet on Wii.
Happy Feet is an immersive adventure game filled with song and dance that puts the player in the "tap shoes" of Mumble, a young penguin born into a nation of singing Emperor Penguins. Unfortunately, Mumble can't sing a note...but he can tap dance something fierce! Mumble's inability to find his "Heart-Song" means that he can never truly belong, or more importantly, win the affection of his beloved Gloria, one of the most sought-after penguins in the nation. Following the general storyline of the film, the player will be able to experience life from the point of view of Mumble; in exploration, music, dance and interaction with the friends and enemies of the penguin's world. You will become Mumble from fluffy toddler to confident adult as you belly-slide, kick, break, swim and dash through the enormity of Antarctica. The playful and lively music soundtrack complements the exciting rhythm matching game play and two-player dance-off competitions. Mumble will leave the colony an outcast, but return a hero, using his unique toe-tapping talent to save the Emperor Nation!
Nostalgia can often be a fickle thing.
Resolution Magazine's Lewis Denby embarks on a quest to play and write about 17 DS games in an hour.
From the article: "A few days ago, a dear friend of mine went on holiday, taking with her a set of train tickets, a suitcase of clothes, and a promise from me that I'd look after her beloved Nintendo DS Lite in her absence. Why she didn't take it with her for the journey, I'll never know.
Still, I'm not complaining. I've never owned a DS. Remarkably, I've - gasp! - never owned a handheld console of any kind. Which sounds like a rather serious gaming omission for the editor of a multi-format publication, but I can explain, I think. Growing up, all my friends had Gameboys. Later, I lived in a shared house where every console under the sun was basically accessible. The last couple of years, however, have been distinctly handheld-free. It's about time I put that right with a mammoth play session."
Imagine, if you will, a frightening alternate universe where, upon the release of the iPod, the only compatible MP3s are back catalog Ace of Base hits. Now, imagine harder, for in this same world, the only releases during the first year of the DVD format are multiple Charles in Charge box sets. Horrified? You should be; this is not a terrifying alternate history straight from the pen of Philip Roth -- if you're a gamer, scenarios like this are commonplace, if not expected.
Resistance. Too bad that it was launched too early, had it launched a little later it would have had more polish. But still... it was too good a game for a launch title.
yeah this guy was wrong to put kameo in the list, i put kameo on the other day and the graphics still stack up really well, it was short yeah, but it was the best launch game for the 360 bar noen.
and being the only true platformer currently on xbox (not counting crappy movie platform games) its well and truely time for banjo to step in and blow us away, cant even imagine how good its going to look.
yea... I loved Kameo too!
especially since Rareware released like countless add-ons to the game, new modes, new achievements, co-op, costumes, long after game released.
And I picked it up for 9 dollars brand new, not so bad right? :)
I was thinking the same thing. Where they got the idea that Kameo is awful is a mystery. I would recommend Kameo to anyone.
I know, I'm wondering why Kameo is used as the picture. Kameo is friggin awesome. What next, he's gonna say Condemned 1 sucked, too? Dumb.
Also really enjoyed wave race and super mario[gb]. 1up really try so hard to be controversial to get hits that i just end losing more respect for them as a beneficial/trust worty site. they will put down any console/game to get hits[eg gta4.] pretty pathetic really.
I don't think 1up and EGM will be around too much longer. They have been slowly withering away for a couple years now.
This is retarded, Kameo was a great game.. awesome puzzles and great graphics for a launch title.
That whole list I agree with but Kameo is a great game and should not be on this list.
I would of put Perfect Dark Zero on before Kameo anyday. That is the one launch game I wish I never bought.
Great puzzles, great graphics(1000's of enemies on screen at once), varying characters with different powers.
It seems his main beef was that it had too much color?
"explosively awful" ?? Hell no.
I have a feeling that most wii game will follow the same game play. This game seem to play like Tony Hawk... move foward and try not to hit any objects... like a racing game. The other game play is like metroid(FPS).