Despite Riddles’ (truly) great Hey! Look! Listen! yesterday/this morning, I found a few supplementary news items and previews that I think are worth mentioning. And what other title could be more perfect for the role of a Navi-themed column follow up? I know everyone hates Tingle, but the dude is fucking hilarious. He’s a 40 something year old dude in a creepy costume tied to a balloon selling maps! That is fucked up! It’s why I love Majora’s Mask, the games were still about personality, no matter how terrifying. Anyhoo, onto to the (previ)(n)ews.
New Super Mario Bros Wii Preview -
This will likely be the only other game I buy for the Wii this entire year (the first being Excite Bots). Although I thought it would be good anyway, it looks better than I anticipated. I have no idea how I’ll feel about the multiplayer, which I know is a focus, but the single player looks just as addicting and well-constructed as the 2D Mario games have ever been. Modern Warfare 2 on the same week, I think, but still. Should be a more than worthy purchase.
The Big Sisters were always Badass.
Yes, I’m aware of the irony, but this preview actually made me excited for Bioshock 2 for the first time ever since it was announced. I never thought I’d say this, but I think it has potential. I liked the first one quite a bit. Great mood, tight gameplay and all that. I just never thought it was the total masterpiece that Riddles would claim while drooling profusely and speaking in tongues. Either way, for the first time, it looks like this sequel might live up to the first one in my eyes. Another game worthy of purchase.
Wii HD with Blu-Ray Next Year? -
This is the second story after that stupid DSi LL story if you watch the video. I agree with Chobot’s tone on the story: skeptical. We all know Nintendo in the past 3-4 years. High technology hasn’t exactly been their philosophy. Still, with Miyamoto’s recent comments, and with the high-def format war being won, I don’t think it’s entirely out of the question that Nintendo would plan to be part of the future mass-market. HD screens are far more common than they were when the Wii was announced, and as oblivious as Nintendo can be, they do know where the money is, and high-def is no longer just for the elite. I’m obviously being optimistic because a HD system would theoretically attract more developers who would make more games that I would care about, but a boy can dream. Plus, Nintendo won’t be in SD forever, but I’ll be as surprised as everyone else if the switch is as soon as next year.
Tags: BioShock 2, New Super Mario Bros Wii, Tingle! Tingle! Kooloo-Limpah!, Wii HD
That picture is wonderful and horrible all at the same time.
Which sums up all that Tingle is.
Bioshock 2 looks amazing. Looks like they’re doing pretty much everything right.
It’s easy enough to make a game looks awesome (if SE has taught me anything it’s that), I won’t really get my hopes up until I’m able to get my hands on it.
My prediction is that the WiiHD will use blu-ray discs. 8cm blu-ray discs with 7.5gb of storage. It won’t play blu-ray movies.
@Andogo – BAH-HA HA HA HA AH HA HA. Truth.
@SN – Sure, but I was excited at this full gameplay preview, not just a well put together trailer.