Frwee Wii Blog » Pre-reviews http://wiiblog.frwee.org Nintendo Wii news and views Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:48:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Another Wii arcade stick: the Neo Geo Stick 2 http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/03/03/another-wii-arcade-stick-the-neo-geo-stick-2/ http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/03/03/another-wii-arcade-stick-the-neo-geo-stick-2/#comments Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:40:31 +0000 perry Pre reviewsvirtual consoleWii news http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/03/03/another-wii-arcade-stick-the-neo-geo-stick-2/ Hot on the heels of Hori’s Wii Fighting Stick comes this sweet looking arcade stick from SNK-Playmore and Sega Logistics. Hey, SNK knows fight games, so this has gotta be good right ? It is supposed to work with both Virtual Console and regular Wii games. Let’s hope it works nicely with the real “King of Fight Games”, Street Fighter II.

NeoGeo Stick 2

Via wiitech.info and Wii Fanboy.

, , ]]> http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/03/03/another-wii-arcade-stick-the-neo-geo-stick-2/feed/ 0 Pop! to be released as a retail disc ? http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/02/09/pop-to-be-released-as-a-retail-disc/ http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/02/09/pop-to-be-released-as-a-retail-disc/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:49:42 +0000 perry australiaPre reviewsRantsWiiWare http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/02/09/pop-to-be-released-as-a-retail-disc/ Update: Turns out this is not the Pop I thought it was. See the bottom of this post:

I just noticed this new soo-to-be-released Wii game on the BigW online store. It’s Pop!, a game I’ve written about previously being produced by Nnooo. Strange thing is, this game is supposed to be released via the WiiWare download service.I’m not quite sure what’s going on here … is Pop! going to be a dual retail disc / Wiiware release ? Is it not going to hit Wiiware after all, or is there going to be some kind of staggered release with an (almost) full price retail disc, followed by a cheaper Wiiware release ?

Alternatively, has BigW just got it plain wrong ?

Watch this space … according to BigW the release date is Feb 14th, 2008 :)

Update: A quick email exchange with Nic from Nnooo has clarified things … the Pop! in the BigW catalog is a different game, with the same name (apart from the “!“. Nnooo’s Pop has no exclamation mark). It’s actually the (much less cool) game known as Balloon Pop in North America. An unscrupulous company in the UK decided to rename Balloon Pop simply Pop! in PAL regions, creating a name clash. If this is trying to capitalize on the (pre-)success of Nnooo’s Pop, before it’s even been released, I think it’s a real indication of the anticipation for this WiiWare title. The “real” Pop, developed by Nnooo, will ONLY be released on WiiWare, will certainly be cheaper and by all indications will be a better game than Balloon Pop.

, , , ]]> http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/02/09/pop-to-be-released-as-a-retail-disc/feed/ 0 Blast Works : Build, Trade, Destroy, BLOG. http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/01/22/blast-works-build-trade-destroy-blog/ http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/01/22/blast-works-build-trade-destroy-blog/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:11:39 +0000 perry Pre reviewsWii news http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/01/22/blast-works-build-trade-destroy-blog/ I just noticed there is a new developer diary (aka blog) up for Blast Works : Build, Trade, Destroy, (previously titled Blast Works : Build, Fuse & Destroy) which will be released around May this year by Majesco (of Cooking Mama fame).

Blast Works : Build, Trade, Destroy Shape Editor

Blast Works is being adapted from the incredible work of Kenta Cho, and the first post goes into some detail about how they have ‘deconstructed and rebuilt’ his scrolling space shooter TUMIKI fighters to become Blast Works. Looks like Blast Works will enable players to build their own enemies with an in game editor, before blasting them to pieces. I just hope they have managed to maintain the coolness of the original TUMIKI fighers; if so, it should be a solid little shooter … I can’t wait !

Blast Works : Build, Trade, Destroy gameplay screenshot

(Oh, anyone who hasn’t should play Kenta’s freeware PC games .. they rock so hard it hurts).

, ]]> http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/01/22/blast-works-build-trade-destroy-blog/feed/ 0 New Namco Museum Remix Video http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2007/10/21/new-namco-museum-remix-video/ http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2007/10/21/new-namco-museum-remix-video/#comments Sun, 21 Oct 2007 00:44:32 +0000 perry Pre reviewsVideos http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2007/10/21/new-namco-museum-remix-video/ This new video of Namco Museum Remix reveals which games will be included. In the retro department are the original arcade versions of Pac & Pal, Dig Dug, Cutie-O, Mappy, Galaga, Galaxian, Gaplus, Xevious and Super Pac-Man. In the remix department are PacMoto, Gator Panic, Rally-X Remix, Galaga Remix and Pac’n Roll. This is shaping up to be a nice compilation, assuming it is budget priced.

, ]]> http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2007/10/21/new-namco-museum-remix-video/feed/ 0 Nnooo annouces new WiiWare game : Pop ! http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2007/10/18/nnooo-annouces-new-wiiware-game-pop/ http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2007/10/18/nnooo-annouces-new-wiiware-game-pop/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:58:42 +0000 perry australiaPre reviewsWiiWare http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2007/10/18/nnooo-annouces-new-wiiware-game-pop/ Nnooo, an Australian developer, has recently announced that they are developing a game called . Essentially, it is a bubble popping game (aka a bubble shooter) which resembles several simple Flash games available on the web (like Bubble Pop on WiiCade); check out the video on their site . It will support up to 4 simultaneous players.

Pop !

While is sounds (and probably is) very simple, it doesn’t mean it won’t be fun (Wii Play, anyone ?). As usually the case with simple arcade games, the devil is in the detail and I’m sure tweaks to the playability and scoring will ultimately make or break this game. Here’s hoping Nnooo get it right !!

(The guys at Nnooo are clearly big Nintendo fans too … check out their opinions page, where they review various new Wii and DS games from a developer and designers perspective).

(originally) via The Tanooki.

, , ]]> http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2007/10/18/nnooo-annouces-new-wiiware-game-pop/feed/ 2 Retrogaming Remixed for the Wii : Namco Museum Remix http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2007/09/26/retrogaming-remixed-for-the-wii-namco-museum-remix/ http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2007/09/26/retrogaming-remixed-for-the-wii-namco-museum-remix/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:37:04 +0000 perry http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2007/09/26/retrogaming-remixed-for-the-wii-namco-museum-remix/ Many of you will have guessed based on the high number of Virtual Console focused posts here that I’m a big fan of classic arcade and retro games … so you can imagine my excitement when I discovered this release in the works: Namco Museum Remix for the Wii.

I’m really looking forward to this one, assuming that the versions of games like Pac Man (sadly, not Ms. Pac Man) are good emulated arcade versions. There will be 14 games in total, including five ‘remixed’ titles which are loosely based on the original retro versions but have new 3D graphics and Wii Remote motion controls.

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To tell the truth, I don’t really care all that much about the ‘remixed’ versions … essentially they will be entirely new games with no real similarity to the retro versions. The ‘remixes’ may be good games in their own right if they turn out to be playable with the new control scheme, but for me most of the appeal of retro games is the clean simple 2D graphics and bold bleepy sound. There are reasons why old games like Galaga are considered classics and can still be sold even today … they are still fun to play. Galaga doesn’t need some unproven 3D remix gimmick to make it any better, it works just fine as-is. Going 3D just adds extra visual complexity and usually spoils things. But we will see ….

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Below is a video of the Rally-X ‘remix’, followed by the Galaga ‘remix’ which is essentially a rail-based shooter ala Duck Hunt (or for a modern Wii game comparison, it’s like the shooting levels in Rayman Raving Rabbids). The ‘remix’ has no real similarity to Galaga, but looks like it could be fun in it’s own right.

Namco Museum Remix is slated for release in October on North America … god knows when Australia will get it (at least it’s not an in-house first-party Nintendo title … that could take forever).

More at: 1Up and Gamespot.

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