3rd October 2011, 3:19 PM
How is the gameplay in comparison to the other versions, though?
Wii (WiiWare)
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FAST Racing League - 1000 points. Futuristic racing game from Shin'en, clearly Wipeout inspired. They do a pretty good job on the graphics here, considering that they're working with a 40MB size limit, but the space limitation does show, and this doesn't look as good as most any Wii or Gamecube futuristic racing game. Oh well, even so it has a solid look and reasonably good (if generic for the genre) art design, so it works. As for the gameplay, it's nothing amazing, but it's good. This game isn't as technical as Wipeout, but it does have some challenge to it. Good game so far.
Kyotokei - 500 points. This game is a Western-made, sidescrolling classic-style shmup. It's got an Ikaruga-style color switching and chain mechanic, but is side scrolling instead of topdown and looks pretty 16-bit visually. Your whole character is vulnerable too, quite unlike Ikaruga's tiny hitbox. This game is quite mediocre both visually and in gameplay, but I like shmups so I bought it anyway.
I also got some DLC for My Life as a Darklord, the tower defense game. The base game's 1000 points, but it's got like $50 worth of DLC... thanks, Squeenix. I've only bought a little bit of it (not any of the room, monster, or item packs), but new missions does seem worth it because it's a pretty good game, so I got one of the two mission packs. I'm sure I'll eventually get the other one too.
DS
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Heroes of Mana - $10, card only - Mana RTS. I'm expecting it to be okay but flawed, maybe worse, maybe a little better, we'll have to see.
Xbox - $1 each
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - disc in generic case. This is the first of the '00s Konami TMNT games.
Marc Ecko's Getting Up - disc only
MX vs ATV Unleashed - disc and manual only. Racing game.
Star Wars Jedi Starfighter - disc and manual in generic case. I don't have the first Star Wars Starfighter, but $1 for the sequel? Why not. I'll get the first one once I find a quite cheap copy of the Xbox or PC versions.
Wii (WiiWare)
--
FAST Racing League - 1000 points. Futuristic racing game from Shin'en, clearly Wipeout inspired. They do a pretty good job on the graphics here, considering that they're working with a 40MB size limit, but the space limitation does show, and this doesn't look as good as most any Wii or Gamecube futuristic racing game. Oh well, even so it has a solid look and reasonably good (if generic for the genre) art design, so it works. As for the gameplay, it's nothing amazing, but it's good. This game isn't as technical as Wipeout, but it does have some challenge to it. Good game so far.
Kyotokei - 500 points. This game is a Western-made, sidescrolling classic-style shmup. It's got an Ikaruga-style color switching and chain mechanic, but is side scrolling instead of topdown and looks pretty 16-bit visually. Your whole character is vulnerable too, quite unlike Ikaruga's tiny hitbox. This game is quite mediocre both visually and in gameplay, but I like shmups so I bought it anyway.
I also got some DLC for My Life as a Darklord, the tower defense game. The base game's 1000 points, but it's got like $50 worth of DLC... thanks, Squeenix. I've only bought a little bit of it (not any of the room, monster, or item packs), but new missions does seem worth it because it's a pretty good game, so I got one of the two mission packs. I'm sure I'll eventually get the other one too.
DS
--
Heroes of Mana - $10, card only - Mana RTS. I'm expecting it to be okay but flawed, maybe worse, maybe a little better, we'll have to see.
Xbox - $1 each
--
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - disc in generic case. This is the first of the '00s Konami TMNT games.
Marc Ecko's Getting Up - disc only
MX vs ATV Unleashed - disc and manual only. Racing game.
Star Wars Jedi Starfighter - disc and manual in generic case. I don't have the first Star Wars Starfighter, but $1 for the sequel? Why not. I'll get the first one once I find a quite cheap copy of the Xbox or PC versions.