Funny how gaming’s most epic genre — the role-playing game — often feels the most limited in scope. After all, how many ways can we traverse a medieval land, defeat the orcs, rescue the girl, save the world, and level up along the way? Never enough times would be the…
The first worthwhile online-compatible game for the Wii has finally arrived. And in at least one way, Mario Strikers Charged is just like real soccer: Sometimes it scores, and sometimes it’s just a kick in the balls. The sequel to Super Mario Strikers, Mario Strikers Charged continues the Nintendo tradition…
Stupid videogame logic, rule number 154: When thousands of fugly, bloodthirsty aliens take over a spaceship, it’s best to send in a lone woman with a flamethrower. That’s the entire plot of Alien Syndrome, a pseudo sequel to Sega’s 1987 “run ‘n’ gun” arcade game of the same name. And…
Examining the roots of Transformers: The Game is deep stuff: It’s a videogame based on a movie based on a cartoon based on a toy. But unlike most laughably forced movie tie-in games (DaVinci Code for the PS2, anyone?), there’s good sense in creating one devoted to giant robots beating…
Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Wii
Price: $49.99
ESRB Rating: E (for Everyone)
Score: 8 (out of 10)
Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Wii
Price: $49.99
ESRB Rating: E (for Everyone)
Score: 9.5 (out of 10)
Publisher: Majesco
Platform: Wii
Price: $49.99
ESRB Rating: E (for Everyone)
Score: 7 (out of 10)
A video game about birds flying biplanes makes as much sense as a game about fish captaining submarines, but there are far bigger gripes to be found in Wing Island for the Wii. “In a world ruled by birds,” explains the manual’s grim version of the future, Sparrow Wing Jr…
Publisher: 2K Games
Platform: PS2, PSP
Price: $29.99
ESRB Rating: T (for Teen)
Score: 2.5 (out of 10)
So you’ve beaten Zelda and can hurl a 90 mph fastball in Wii Sports without shattering your 50-inch plasma. Now what? It’s time to explore the rest of the “channels” — some of them included with your Wii, and most free to download. Like cable TV, Nintendo’s offerings range from…
Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Wii
Price: $49.99
ESRB Rating: E+10
(Everyone 10+)
Score: 9 (out of 10)
Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Wii, Game Cube
Price: $49.99
ESRB Rating: T for Teen
Score: 10 (out of 10)
Publisher: Red Octane
Platform: PlayStation 2
Price: $49.99 (game only), $79.99 (with controller)
ESRB Rating: T (for Teen)
Score: 8.5 (out of 10)
Publisher: Konami
Platform: PS2
Price: $39.99
ESRB Rating: E+10 (for Everyone 10+)
Score: 8 (out of 10)
Publisher: Capcom
Platform: PS2
Price: $39.99
ESRB Rating: T (for Teen)
Score: 9 (out of 10)
Publisher: Sega
Platform: Game Cube, PS2, PSP
Price: $39.99
ESRB Rating: E (for Everyone)
Score: 4 (out of 10)
Publisher: Square Enix
Platform: PSP
Price: $39.99
ESRB Rating: T (for Teen)
Score: 7 (out of 10)
Publisher: 2K Games
Platform: Xbox 360, PC
Price: $59.99
ESRB Rating: M (for Mature)
Score: 6 (out of 10)
Publisher: Konami
Platform: PlayStation 2
Price: $59.99
ESRB Rating: E 10+ (for Everyone Over 10)
Score: 3 (out of 10)
Publisher: Konami
Platform: PlayStation 2
Price: $39.99
ESRB Rating: E 10+ (for Everyone Over 10)
Score: 9 (out of 10)
Publisher: Sega
Platform: PlayStation 2, Game Cube
Price: $39.99
ESRB Rating: E (for Everyone)
Score: 5 (out of 10)
