Vooks writes: "If there were an award for fastest growing new game genre in the last couple of years, I'm sure that the tower defence genre would be one of the contenders. Just in case you have been living under a rock for the last five years, a tower defence game requires you to build turrets to defend a base from incoming waves of enemies.
All current generation consoles have at least one title that represents the genre. From the top of my head I can mention Lock's Quest (which is in my pile of shame waiting to be played) and Ninjatown, both for the Nintendo DS."
Vgamerz writes: "As we know, licensed games are always a dodgy prospect. Alarm bells start to ring at the very mention of a ‘game-of-the-film,’ and we know they’re in immediate danger of rating high on the crapometer. For this egregious prejudice, I blame Superman 64 and its legacy of awful."
GR - "Tower defense has come a long way since its inception in Warcraft 3. Find out what the best of the tower defense genre has to offer."
Cue "but you didn't include my favorite!" comment: PixelJunk Monsters is the best TD game ever. Fact. :)
Wish Ninja Town would get ported to PC or something.
Edit: Cat, when reading this, I was thinking you'd say just that :P
It's good to see they remembered Defense Grid: The Awakening. It's the best tower defense game, when I start playing it, I just can't stop. I played many others, including Plants Vs Zombies and Ninjatown, but none gets close to Defense Grid.
StartGame: A volcano erupts near Ninjatown, which brings along Mr Demon and his hordes of devils, who are bent on the destruction of the town.