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Max and the Magic Marker Aussie Nintendo review
it's a very enjoyable, laid-back platformer with some really clever puzzles in its later stages.
aussie-nintendo.com impressions
gamingeek
Rolling Blackout: The Dark Side of Updates
Together we could rule the galaxy!
1up.com editorial
Foolz
Mass Effect 2 1up review
more action, more dialogue, and less role-playing. A-
1up.com impressions
Iga_Bobovic
Dante's Inferno N64 baby screens
God of War 3 is putting this game to shame
gfdata.de media
gamingeek
Capcom 360 Exclusive Revealed! (Updated)
360 nabs Capcom's biggest franchise in JP.
andriasang.com
aspro
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Microsoft sued over Xbox Live Points
Allegedly unfair handling of points
digitalbattle.com news
Ellyoda
Endless Ocean 2 review
"The sequel retains it's realistic credentials, but expands things to include a adventure experience, multiple locations and more varied interactions."
gamepeople.co.uk impressions
gamingeek
1up review No More Heroes 2
A - "Desperate Struggle is now a must-buy, and at the very least, finally makes the series deserving of the evangelism surrounding it"
1up.com impressions
gamingeek
VGChartz No More Heroes 2 review
"While the original No More Heroes set the bar high for action games on the Wii, Desperate Struggle absolutely surpasses it in every way imaginable"
vgchartz.com impressions
gamingeek
Gamepro 4.5 star review: No More Heroes 2
"slashes its way onto the Wii with even more boss battles, much-improved gameplay, and loads of worthwhile new content"
gamepro.com impressions
gamingeek
G4TV reviews No More Heroes 2
4/5 "Undoubtedly, it's one of the finer games to be released on Wii in some time"
g4tv.com impressions
gamingeek
Gamedaily reviews No More Heroes 2
"a game that surpasses the original in every way possible"
gamedaily.com impressions
gamingeek
Top Rentals 2009 (and most advertised)
Reveals 360 owners lack of commitment.
rentrak.com news
aspro
No More Heroes Hanafuda times review
Hanafuda times best name ever, why the hell did we not think of it?
thehanafudatimes.com impressions
Iga_Bobovic
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Wasn't a big fan of the first. I'm hoping for an Ass Creed 2 part deux...
...but we'll just have to wait and see!
Its out already, impressions impressions! Wait what are your thoughts on NMH1? Forget that fighting game and play NMH 2.
Nintendo is dumb.
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Tell me to get back to rewriting this site so it's not horrible on mobileEven just skimming it, two things are blatantly wrong
1 - "Gone is the company that shaped the industry as we currently know it. Gone is the company that pioneered ideas that have become integral to the way we play games."
^ Nobody is doing that more than Nintendo is right now, and sure as hell they're doing a lot more now than they have since the NES
2 - "The impostor Nintendo of today is hardly concerned with providing the next epic Mario or Zelda masterpiece"
^ WTF do you call Super Mario Galaxy and Twilight Princess? Because those are masterpieces in my eyes.
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Tell me to get back to rewriting this site so it's not horrible on mobileExactly.
Lotsa boob shots. Lots of flaccid/erect penis innuendos. You DO NOT travel around the open world AT ALL anymore. You are given a map and that map is really ONLY used to pick your next destination/job/assassination match TO which you are instantly transported.
I don't understand GG's excitement for this game. To me, I think he will ab-so-lute-ly H-A-T-E it! I haven't read ANY impressions AT ALL... Does GG realize that ALL the jobs you do to earn spending money are played out as 8-bit games? There's a Exterminator game that plays like Dig-Dug. There's a Lay the Pipe game that plays just like the hacking games in BioShock... (based on Pipe Dreams...? I think it was...?)
Sure, there's LOTS to do in your apartment... like playing with your obese cat to get her to lose weight and there's a full on top-down shooter you can play call BJ5... Yes, you can play dress-up still. Yes, you still save by taking a dump.
The graphics are much better. The gameplay just as quirky. Point up or down for high or low strikes. B initiates a wrestling move. You still hold the 1 button and whack off to power your beam. (Do I really have to be n00d to do this? I thought I read that in the instructions... could be wrong...)
It's an improvement over the first game according to most reviews... I just have to play it a bunch more to see HOW.
Pre-purchased. Coming February 3rd, I think.
I already made up my mind to rent it, this just reassures me. It never looked liked the core combat was changes that much, I found it to be repetitive in NMH and probably will find it to be repetitive in NMH2. The mini games sound awesome and i bet there will be some crazy out of the box boss fights and gameplay moments.
You are a machine.
Running through the NPD results for 2009 (U.S. only in retail dollars), it looks like Nintendo first party Wii titles sold 27.5 million units for a total of $1.53 billion at retail. In contrast, overall Wii software sales were 72.4 million units and $3.23 billion.
I think that this illustrates an obvious point: Nintendo first party titles dominate on the Wii.
Nintendo captured 38% of unit sales and 47% of dollar sales, leaving the rest for third parties. The average Nintendo first party Wii title sold for $55.63, while the average third party title sold for $37.85. Nintendo first party titles captured the top 6 positions, 9 of the top 10, and 15 of the top 21.
The games I mentioned in Bonus Round (Resident Evil The Darkside Chronicles and Dead Space Extraction ) finished at positions 151 and 261, respectively.
Interestingly (at least to me), the six third party titles in the top 20 were EA Sports Active, Lego Star Wars, Madden 10, Tiger Woods 10, Deca Sports (?), Game Partyand Rock Band 2.
The Nintendo first party games in the top 21 are the usual suspects, with Mario and Sonic counted as a Nintendo title because it has the name "Mario" in the title.
Recently, we've seen comments from third parties (Capcom, EA and Ubisoft) expressing frustration over an inability to generate big sales on the Wii. Similarly, we've seen comments from Nintendo about how quality and marketing is the key to success on the Wii.
I found it fascinating that the highest ranked Guitar Hero title on the Wii in 2009 was GH World Tour at #30. I also found it fascinating that games like Just Dance, Cabela's Big Game Hunter, Deal or No Deal, The Biggest Loser and Jillian Michaels 2009 all finished ahead of the highest ranked GH game.
The conclusion I draw from this is that the Wii audience is far more casual and harder to reach than the PS3 or 360 audiences (pretty obvious), and they buy brand name software (with "Wii" or "Mario" in the title, or with a TV/product tie-in). The only titles that don't fit this are Deca Sports and Game Party. The average selling price of third party titles says a lot, coming in almost $7 below the average for all Wii titles, and almost $18 below first party titles. There were a lot of units sold with the word "party" in the title at $20 or less.
I made a comment on Bonus Round that half the Wii audience is hard core and half is purely casual. That split sounds pretty agressive, and the data above suggests it's more like 25/75.
Given that NeoGAF is a hard core site, I'm curious to hear your spin. What should publishers do?