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[Cheez-It]

WHOAH! I was looking at this cause of MJ, but wow! What did they score the first one? Reasons behind this score??

I thought the same...

Alas:

80 Nintendo Power
Dance Dance Revolution has been luring gamers off their sofas for years, making the franchise a perfect hit for Wii fans. [Nov 2007, p.105]

 

[Fantastical]

Definitely picking up Time Hollow. I love me some DS adventure games.

 

[Aaron Strife]

Phoenix Wright manga (Vol1 - September, $14.95)

 

[Tiktaalik]

Samba De Amigo (Wii) - 9.0

That's a high score! Did they have the same control issues that IGN had?

 

[Fantastical]

I've never been interested in or even tried to read manga, but if it's Phoenix Wright I'll probably buy it.

 

[wsippel]

It's not even comparable to the modern GTA's, it's just another shot at the old GTA gameplay that nobody cared about before the franchise became popular. It seems to be implementing a few of the more superficial features of its big boy cousins in an attempt to skirt the fumes.

Did you forget Gameboy Advance had a GTA? Obviously this is having a bit more effort put into it, but that's no surprise since Nintendo thought this was their big "hardcore" game of E3 2008 for some reason.

We'll see. I get a GTA meets Syndicate vibe, which is a great thing.

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

well damn me, I cannot find those GTA pics. Oh well

 

[Regulus Tera]

It kinda sucks though.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

I thought the same...

Alas:

Hrm, maybe I'll wait on GameSpot's score now. If it's 60% or higher I'll know it's pretty good. :lol

No one tell her that NP isn't based there anymore.

"Wait, then who the fuck did I just kill?"

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Double post.

 

[Starchasing]

We'll see. I get a GTA meets Syndicate vibe, which is a great thing.

Syndicate was beyond awesome

 

[Aaron Strife]

It kinda sucks though.

But it's a book and it has Phoenix Wright on the cover.

How can I go wrong?

 

[Miguga64]

SimCity Creator (Wii) - 6.0
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :,,((

 

[Fantastical]

SimCity Creator (Wii) - 6.0
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :,,((

That's kind of what I would expect. I'll wait for an IGN review or at least some review I can fully read before I make my decision.

 

[wsippel]

Syndicate was beyond awesome

Exactly.

 

[Allan Holdsworth]

The Legend of Kage 2 (DS) - 8.0

Interested in this, especially since it's $20.
Can you please post details, if you have time? Thanks in advance.

 

[RagnarokX]

While GTADS sounds better than I thought, I think Amirox is right; probably look something like this:

 

[Starchasing]

^^

thats not iso perspective

this is

 

[wsippel]

nm. I'm too slow.

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

While GTADS sounds better than I thought, I think Amirox is right; probably look something like this:

this would so suck ass, and I don't even think that's isometric

Just make the game like Max Payne GBA, but with polys. I'd be sooo over it (oh yeah, and MP was awesome)

 

[RagnarokX]

^^

thats not iso perspective

Yeah, I know. Unfortunately there's only so much photomanipulation software can do

A big concern with this style is that isometric perspective and driving at high speeds don't mix too well.

 

[Jcgamer60]

Sonic review details, please?

 

[rollingstart]

Hopefully GTA is good.

 

[comedy bomb]

A big concern with this style is that isometric perspective and driving at high speeds don't mix too well.

RC Pro Am

 

[Mr. Pointy]

If R* decided to use the DS for their next GTA game in spite of the PSP's better developing ecosystem for the series, I think it's clear they have given up on the software selling aspect of the PSP.

R* gave up on the PSP when they ported LCS to the PS2. VCS's development was already probably too far gone.

Anyway, I'll check out Chinatown Wars. If it really is isometric GTA, it may possibly fill the void in my heart that Syndicate Wars left so long ago.

 

[pulga]

MURAMAAAAAAAAAASAAAA

GTAAAAAAA

<3 <3 <3

 

[later]

Samba de amigo review summary please, thanks

 

[Mr_Appleby]

it's just another shot at the old GTA gameplay that nobody cared about before the franchise became popular.

....


well, i actually enjoyed gta1 & 2 back in the day.

 

[Darkpen]

mmmm, phoenix wright manga, huh.

Definitely looking forward to Muramasa, if I ever get a Wii. Odin Sphere's so beautiful, and so is Kumatanchi.

I didn't know they made a second line rider, seems kinda redundant.

also: lol wat? Legend of Kage 2? Anyone got footage of that?

 

[Nuclear Muffin]

Who's making GTA Chinatown Wars? R* North or R* Leeds?

 

[JaMarco]

i want Muramasa now!

 

[marc^o^]

Samba de amigo review summary please, thanks

.

 

[Jackson]

Looks like they were overly harsh on Lock's Quest and too lenient on Sambe de Amigo.

Nintendo Power has jumped the shark...

 

[EmCeeGramr]

Nintendo Power has jumped the shark...

They did that when they gave shadow the Hedgehog an 8.

 

[soul]

can anyone post the Sigma Harmonics info from the issue?

 

[Nocebo]

I wonder if they'll ever do a GTA spin off on the Wii. Could be cool. Maybe if GTA DS sells well.

 

[Jaagen]

YAY @ deBlob score(IGN gave it an 8.4)

Anyway, how does CoD: World at War look? Any images?

 

[ITA84]

Neo Turf Masters - meh

It's already been noted twice, but it bears repeating...

What?!

 

[McBacon]

Hey, anyone got the reasons why they lowballed Lock's Quest?

 

[Kiriku]

Ugh. Isometric games should not be made for systems with only a cross D-Pad, made Ring of Fates practically unplayable for me.

Yeah, I had big problems with Ring of Fates at times as well. As soon as I read isometric + aiming with D-pad in GTA DS, my interest dwindled. :/

 

[Dascu]

Muramasa localized, FUCK YES.

 

[Amir0x]

....


well, i actually enjoyed gta1 & 2 back in the day.

So did I, but the level of importance is certainly different. In the context of sphinx's betraylaton quote, that's why I mentioned that. GBA had a Grand Theft Auto as well, on a similar "secondary" scale. Like I said though, this is obviously somewhat more important to Nintendo so maybe it'll be better designed over all.

Nintendo Power has jumped the shark...

That's since always!

 

[botticus]

Who's making GTA Chinatown Wars? R* North or R* Leeds?

Leeds.

I'll put up review summaries when I get home tonight, forgot to bring the magazine for bored perusal at work.

 

[Peru]

So did I, but the level of importance is certainly different. In the context of sphinx's betraylaton quote, that's why I mentioned that. GBA had a Grand Theft Auto as well, on a similar "secondary" scale.

Well, the GBA shared perspective with the original GTA's, but the controls were horrendous, fucked up. I still play the original GTA since the precise controls offer a great pick up and play racing rampage game. If they just nail the controls, I'm looking very much forward to another top down GTA.

 

[dawnXjustice]

No teaser this issue?

 

[Dascu]

No teaser this issue?

The teaser page shows a crown with 3 big heart emblems on it.

 

[Varjet]

The teaser page shows a crown with 3 big heart emblems on it.

Not this shit again.

Spoiler

ZOMG KINGDOM HEARTS 3

 

[botticus]

No teaser this issue?

Surprisingly no. Just "and more!" after the list of games. Image is AC.

Seems like their better exclusives aren't teased anyway. Trauma Center 2, Muramasa, etc. Granted those are niche products, so it makes more sense to tease for "SONIC WITH A SWORD!" instead.

 

[Aaron Strife]

The teaser page shows a crown with 3 big heart emblems on it.

Just kidding.

It's Mother 3!

 

[Twig]

- if you fail a mission, you can jump back to the action sequence

GTA DS > GTA 4

CONFIRMED.