New Super Mario Bros. Wii

 

The Super Mario series has had many great games, but after Super Mario 64, there was a lack of side scrolling mario adventures.  As with New Super Mario Bros. for the DS,  this title includes all the best ideas in the series, with the classic, unbeatable side scrolling gameplay. 

 

GAMEPLAY

New Super Mario Bros. Wii has the gameplay of all it's predecessers.  To name a few of the features, it has the overworld map, first seen in Super Mario Bros. 3, the wall kick, first seen in Super Mario 64 DS, and the ability to ride Yoshi's, first seen in Super Mario World.

Goombas, Koopas, Bullet Bill's, and Shy Guy's are some of the bad guy's you'll find in the mushroom kingdom, this go round.  The side scrolling gameplay remains solid, and the boss fight's are quite fun, but are hard at the same time.  The main area where this game is totally different, is that it has up to 4 player, drop in/drop out, offline Co-Op play.  In Co-Op mode, you all play together, at the same time, to guide Mario, and his pal's in their quest to save Peach.  Alot of new power up's were also introduced, with the crazyness of SMB3, but slightly more helpful in your journey.

 

GRAPHICS

This game has amazing graphics, for the Wii, which are perfect cartoon animations.

I think, that NSMBW has some of the best graphics for the console all together.

 

STORY

Princess Peach was kidnapped again, this time, by the koopalings.  Can Mario and his pals save the Princess, or get squashed by the Koopa's trying?

 

AGE

That's an easy one, 4 and up.

 

CONCLUSION

This is a fun game, and one of the best game's for the wii.  The main problem, comes to difficult stages for the younger gamers, that the game appeals to.  If you are a long time Super Mario fan, or new to the series, or even just looking to find a great game for your wii, check it out.  I give it 8 out of 10.

 

DETAILS

Developed by Nintendo EAD

Published by Nintendo

Released in 2009

Rated E by the ESRB

Only for the Wii

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

Ultimate Spider-Man

 

Remember the warm and fuzzy feeling's from Spider-Man: the movie game?  Remember the even fuzzier feeling's from Spider-Man 2?  Imagine, the open manhattan of Spider-Man 2, in a real, breathing, talking comic book.  In Ultimate Spider-Man, we get all that and more than we could ask for.  The game loosley follows what happened in the "black suit" story ark of the Ultimate Spider-Man comic series.  Keep in mind that this is a different dimension than the movies, and the original comics, the long running series  "The Amazing Spider-Man". 

 

GAMEPLAY

Ok, so the freeroam Manhattan from Spider-Man 2, with part of Queen's added is in the inviroment.  You can't enter the Shops, and resturants like in the predecesser, but that's all right.  Combat, is just slightly different, once again having the kick button.  The main mission's are fun, but the side missions get old.  The main feature that make's Ultimate different than 2, is that some of the missions involve playing as the archnemesis, Venom.  The venom mission's involve jumping, and downright combat in linear levels.   Venom can hurl cars, and whack enemies from a distance using the suit's tendrils.  To gain health, you must feed on civilians/enemies.  After story mode is finished, Venom is a playable character in freeroam.

 

GRAPHICS

The graphics in the game are much better than Spider-Man 2, but that's because it went for cell shaded cartoon style, rather than real.  The game looks, like a moving version of the comic book.

 

STORY

The game follows the story of Peter Parker, 3 months after he seperated himself from the black suit.  And the events that followed after Eddie Brock bonded with it.

 

AGE

 It's not a scary game, but it does feature fantasy violence, which involves Spidey beating the bad guys, and some minor cursing, including H+++, D+++, and A++.

 

CONCLUSION

Ultimate Spider-Man is a fun, but short super hero action/adventure, freeroam, load of happyness.  It is a tad short, but if you have a last gen console, you should check this one out.  I give it a 7.9.

 

DETAILS

Developed by Treyarch

Published by Activision

Released in 2005

Rated T for Mild Language, and Violence by the ESRB

For Xbox, PS2, Gamecube, DS, GBA, and PC