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Preview: Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
The biggest game of 2008? The wait is almost over..
On every Nintendo console since the SNES, the Mario Kart series has provided gamers a wacky and enjoyable experience that not only offers an intense racing environment, but provides fierce competitive battling through various zaney power-ups. The first major gameplay change to the series came with Double Dash!! for the..
Preview: Wii Fit (Wii)
I was fortunate enough to be able to “witness the fitness” first-hand two days ago, and although my time with Wii Fit was very brief I came away impressed and anticipating its UK launch on April 25th.
I’ll start with the Wii Board itself (it was never referred to as the Wii Balance Board). It’s a very slim design and certainly looks like your average bathroom..
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Preview: Wii Fit (Wii)
The next Nintendo craze is just around the corner - here's our first impressions...
It simply shouldn’t happen. Videogames are famed for turning kids into overweight, slovenly lay-abouts with zero motivation; the act of playing them is supposed to pile on the pounds, not shed them off. However, having blown away all reasonable expectations with the Wii and (allegedly)..
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Preview: NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (Wii)
NiGHTS was an instant SEGA Saturn classic. In fact, for a console that all but failed in every way – NiGHTS was the success story.
Given its success and cult status however, it’s interesting to note that very few people have actually played NiGHTS. Shuffle your way onto Internet message boards and you’ll find that very few people have even heard of the game, let alone..
Preview: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Wii)
As you may well be aware, the fifth Harry Potter movie is almost upon us and in time-honoured fashion EA has developed a range of games to coincide with this notable cinematic event.
Here at NintendoLife we’ve been lucky enough to have a short blast on the intriguing Wii version of Order of the Phoenix and to be perfectly honest, it’s not at all what we expected - and..
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Preview: Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Wii)
Time to super-size your brain training. Fries with that sir?
The past year has seen Nintendo achieve the impossible. In a year that saw the government paying students to study with their Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA) scheme, Nintendo have somehow convinced young and old alike to pay for the privilege of going back to school. Their ingenious combination of daily..
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Preview: Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (Wii)
Mortal Kombat has been running for quite a while now and although it’s not quite the household name that Street Fighter has become it is still recognised among gamers and movie watchers world wide.
Armageddon is the amalgamation of all of the best parts of the Mortal Kombat games from the past 15 years or so. If you’ve been a fan of any of the Mortal Kombat games over..
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Preview: Bust-A-Move Bash! (Wii)
Colourful bouncing bubbles and happy looking dino-pals Bub and Bob return in another carnival of quirky puzzle action.
Bust-A-Move Bash! on the Wii is based upon the same tried and tested formula of all the same incarnations of the game that have come to pass. You control a small cannon at the bottom of the screen and use this to fire bubbles at a constantly moving..
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Preview: Cooking Mama: Cook Off (Wii)
I think we all know by now that I am Nintendo Life’s resident master chef. Can I cook in real life? No. Am I a Cooking Mama whiz? Hell yeah. Why? ‘Cos the last three months of my lonely life I have spent glued to Cooking Mama on DS.
So, imagine my disposition when I heard that Office Create were bringing a new Cooking Mama title to the Nintendo Wii. Rapturous would..
Preview: Mario Strikers Charged (Wii)
Mario takes to the field in this updated soccer sequel, lets have some pre-match analysis.
Ok, the first thing to mention before I go in depth with this preview and such is that this game is online. Did you hear me? Online. Yes sir, we’ll be playing Wii across the globe when this game lands on the 25th May in Europe. And aside from all the online stuff – this game looks..
Preview: Sonic and the Secret Rings (Wii)
For a while now the Sonic series has gone a little bit stale. The games are no longer the desired platform classics that they once were, only serving to frustrate in the 3D generation due to lousy controls or annoying voice acting. Sonic And The Secret Rings is designed to change all that.
The game follows an Arabian theme and sees Sonic getting a plea for help from a..
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Preview: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Wii)
Will it be the Prince or the Pauper of the Turtles Franchise?
In the time we live in, when a big blockbuster film comes out, it does not come alone, instead an army of affiliated products are thrust upon the public in order to make as much cash as possible and as usual a video game is among these products. All this will be to coincide with the new Teenage Mutant Ninja..
Preview: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii)
The third and final Metroid Prime game is set to be one of the heavyweight Wii titles in 2007.
Samus, the space heroine dons her power suit and returns for a third and final installment of the Metoid Prime series. Without doubt, Metroid Prime was one of the best Gamecube titles, it completely relaunched the Metroid series and brought it to 3d for the first time. Typically..
Preview: Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
Mario takes some time off from the Mushroom Kingdom
Mario has gone through a lot of changes in his life, most notably his transition to 3D in Super Mario 64, of which many consider to be one of the best Mario games of all time, pioneering 3D platformers. After that Nintendo tried improving on Mario adding new gameplay mechanisms. The Gamecube Mario, Super Mario Sunshine..
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Preview: Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam (Wii)
Tony takes on a slightly new challenge, its a race to the finish line in downhill jam.
There has been so many Tony Hawks games now you could almost call it a genre. First appearing on the PlayStation in the late 90's, the Tony Hawk's series of games have sold millions and millions of copies, its pretty hard to avoid them. Whilst most Tony Hawk games have been newer, bigger,..
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Preview: Cooking Mama (DS)
I’m going to come straight out with it and totally 100% admit that this preview is going to be biased. Why? Because the concept of Cooking Mama on the DS is undoubtedly the most awesome thing ever. Period.
Screw Jamie Oliver and Delia Smith, this is a proper cookbook. An interactive one. And to be honest it looks absolutely awesome. So when the DS came out I think we were..
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Preview: Metal Slug Anthology (Wii)
One game that has caught my eye lately has been Metal Slug Anthology for the Wii. Yes, granted the graphics look dated, rough and in fairness the game looks like it could have been used as a download for the Virtual Console, it is still carrying a charm for me that with every movie and screenshot released is growing.
Either way I will come clean now: I have never played a..
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Preview: Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (Wii)
Super Monkey Ball was one of those franchises that took everybody by surprise. As a self-confessed SEGA fan boy I have to admit I knew very little about Super Monkey Ball. So when I picked it up early into the GameCubes life I could have easily have been dealt a turd. Instead I was given something enjoyable, immersive and innovative. It kinda reminded me why I was a SEGA fan boy.
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz brings Monkey Ball back to its heritage. After a sl..
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Preview: Elebits (Wii)
Elebits is one of the more quirky titles announced for the Wii at the moment. It comes from Konami and has reassured me that third party developers these days actually are capable of using their imagination and developing something a little different. And as it is compatible with the Wiimote you should be expecting something totally innovative.
You are armed with some kind..
Preview: Excite Truck (Wii)
Excite Bike was an NES classic. The simplistic gameplay meant for an excellent an immersive experience. Now Nintendo are trying to recreate that simplicity and incorporate the use of the innovative Wii controller in the bargain.
Excite Truck is basically an off road racing game in which you take control of a number of varying trucks (with more to be unlocked the further you..
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