Dazza

Yay Furry Legends, finally! Judging from James' first impressions this should be a day one purchase. It certainly does look as good as the mighty LostWinds or Icarian/NyxQuest in terms of quality.

It's funny, I thought James would relish the opportunity to be a make-up stylist for the day and promptly award this top marks.

I bet he's just trying to act cool and pretend it's average fodder when secretly he really loves it!

This looks absolutely great. More stuff like this for WiiWare please. Nice interview Corbs

No way, Odenis put the Corbinator in the game? That's so cool.

What next? BIT.TRIP CORBS

I think James is making this news up just so he can use THAT photo again!

It's about time that Nintendo sorted out this hot potato. Sony, Microsoft, Valve (Steam) and Apple all have an account based approach for transferring downloaded content to a replacement console/device. Nintendo are really lagging behind here.

How can they expect a DSi owner to upgrade to a DSi XL and sacrifice all the downloaded content? This is 2010, they need to wake up and smell the coffee

This just looks gorgeous, instabuy for me!

Achievements would add a whole new dimension to this sexy handheld device!

Corbie rules!!

Yay Corbie lives, have fun man

C'mon Corbie, WAKE UP!

If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious [poo-poo]!

Looks like a toaster which pops up NES carts rather than pop tarts. Me likey

Nice work guys, I really enjoyed this month's podcast. I feel even more excited to see what will come out of E3 now after lsitening to James and Corbie's speculations. Like James I too am jealous that the Corbinator will be hands on with the 3DS at the show. Lucky man!

Zach's section was neat too, I'm not sure who all those random people are that he was interviewing because I got distracted by something but I liked the sinister music playing over the story about the Mormon Intendo! hehe

Great review Corbie, I really enjoyed my hands on with this at Nintendo's media summit and guessed it would be a 10/10. I'm pleased to see it lived up to expectations

93% from ONM UK. Way to go guys!

Congrats to Alex and the rest of the talented chaps at Gaijin, you've really surpassed yourselves this time. Le triomphe!

And to think that Mega Drive owning naysayers used to say that the SNES couldn't handle a quality shmup. UN Squadron proved em wrong, it was one of my favourite games back then. Top stuff!

Great retro review as always Mr Frear

How about a migration kit so I can move all of my downloaded content from my old battered Wii to a lovely new black Wii?

Bah the UK version should have had Leslie Crowther or at the very least Brucey as the host!

Nice review Ryan, I was keen to see how this one would turn out... looks like it will not disappoint

Totally agreed, Neo Geo needs more shmup love on the VC.

Blazing Star is an absolutely amazing shooter, I hope this gets a VC release soon. No more fighters please!

Viewpoint I am less sure about, it took far too much money off me back in the days... I like the game, but it's so damn hard!

I thought this guy was a plastic surgeon! Now he sounds like a bit of a bum

Still this is the price you pay to be a record breaker. I wonder if Mitchell or Wiebe will manage to top this mighty score one day?

Wow that came out of the blue! Good old Nintendo, they sure like to keep us on our toes don't they?

Wow I thought this might be good, but I didn't think it would be THIS good. I can't wait for this to get a UK release now. RRAAAGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEE!!!1

Perhaps they should have charged 1500 points for it after all? At just 1000 I feel like I am getting a real bargain now

I bet Corbie bought it!

Here comes the Lilt man... LILT!!

What a shambles... 15 months to get a refund!

Yeeeaaahhhh bwwwooyyyy... this is looking like great fun. Can't wait to play it, you're a lucky man Sean!

Also Super Meat Boy is coming to XBLA first, so it's really 2.5/5 for WiiWare hehe

This is encouraging news for DSiWare developers. I wonder what other factors helped them to achieve such great sales? hehe

@Token Girl Nintendo's staff couldn't confirm if WarioWare Showcase was a free WiiWare download or not. I guess that decision hasn't been made yet. I agree, if you buy the cart then the download should be complementary.

FlingSmash was actually quite good fun and made good use of the increased accuracy of MotionPlus. If it's priced sensibly as a budget title I would be quite happy to buy this. It kind of felt like a Kirby title in some ways.

It was really hard to get a feeling for WarioWare DIY as it would take time to get used to using the editor to create your own WarioWare levels. What I saw of this seemed pretty powerful though. Sharing your creations with the world is a great idea, this could be a massive hit for Nintendo.

Photo Dojo is as shallow as a puddle, but creating the 13 frames of movement and recording your own voice for the special moves, etc was hilarious. It's pretty social playing the game too because you have to sit so close to your opponent, one player using d-pad and the other the 4 buttons on the right. It's certainly a laugh, even though there didn't appear to be much depth to the proceedings.

Last but not least, Monster Hunter Tri. I was a little perplexed by what to do initially, the Nintendo rep who sat me down to play didn't hang around to give me any much-needed pointers to get me started (unlike other games where we were given a lot more one-to-one help). The controls seemed a bit awkward and it took some time to figure out what all the actions were and how to use items, etc. Once it all clicked into place I was happily slaying dinos with my fellow players. I have to say I came away feeling a bit indifferent about this one, but admittedly it’s not really the sort of game I’m into generally.

Aside from Galaxy 2, this was probably my favourite game from the Nintendo Summit. I got a good 30 mins playing it and I have to say it really does justice to the N64 classic.

Being able to shoot by pointing the Wii Zapper at the screen was much more enjoyable than moving the cursor around in the original. The game is every bit as fast and furious, so it's nice to have a bit more freedom.

The game oozes so much style, it sort of reminded me of Capcom's P.N.03. This is a real arcade style blaster.

It's gotta be a preorder for me!

@Popyman You switch between 2D and first person mode in the blink of an eye. Simply point Wiimote at screen and the view changes just like that

@V8 I don't think it supports Classic Controller tbh. Yes aiming is easier than with a cursor, but the action is so frantic why wouldn't you want it to be?

Even on 'easy' the game still is challenging. You'll need ninja-like reflexes to roll through all the stuff being thrown at you on-screen and still keep shooting at the same time

Other than Galaxy 2, this was my favourite game from Nintendo's Media Summit yesterday. It was so bad-ass, just like the N64 version.

Using the Wii Zapper was the perfect way of playing this. It's great how it's essentially an on-rails shooter but you have freedom of movement in a sense too.

It's shaping up to be more than a worthy sequel to the N64 classic. I'm feeling smug that Europe is getting it first for a change

I have to say I came away liking this a little more than James (not that he disliked it particulary). The flip between 2D (which you can move up and down within like Paper Mario) and 3D works really well.

The only thing I found a little hard to get used to was that 3D mode is only really for shooting on the spot (like a gun turret), so to answer KiroX777, it's not really that similar to Metroid Prime series were you have free movement.

30 mins hands on didn't feel like long enough for me to get to grips with all that was going on really, the controls felt a bit clunky to begin with.... however near the end I felt much more comfortable with them.

The cutscenes (which are plentiful) are very impressive, heck they even look HD! Some of the best looking stuff I have seen on the Wii to date.

Certainly one to keep an eye on as if you weren't already convinced

FlingSmash is definitely Wii retail, not WiiWare

That's right. It all kicks off in 2 hours

It's close to midnight now, live text will resume in around 10 hours. Goodnight all

Bah grumble, we're still getting Mega Man 10 on WiiWare first aren't we?

(Just smarting because I swapped my 360 for a PS3!)

Another wicked podcast... keep up the good work Jonno!

I'd be happy to ditch the dual screens and have something like a touch enabled PSP Go which is essentially a portable Gamecube. Make it happen Nintendo!

I'm gonna start sneaking mockups of Wii HD into Google Images then sit back and watch as hilarity ensues!

Aw Sean you big softy! Who'd have thought you were such a romantic? (Although I wonder if you're playing videogames today instead of showing affection on your other half now hehehe)

Get the star, get the star!!

Has it really been 20 years already? Man I feel old

Loving The Wizard reference Corbs, nice work

I'm glad that Sunsoft didn't stray too far from the original formula that made Blaster Master one of the most fondly remembered games on the NES. This seems like the perfect tribute. I can't wait to pick it up when it hits Europe.

Great review as always Corbie