Moon
- Bozon liked it - Gave the game an 8.5
- Runs 60 FPS, looks beautiful, technically awesome
- A lot of exploration
- Remote access droid is pretty cool
- Only downside is that you shoot at a lot of floating robots - Become repetitive - Worlds look the same
- Still a really fun game - pretty rewarding
- Seems to be inspired my Metroid
- Story neat as well
- Bozon thinks best FPS on DS is still Metroid Prime Hunters
- Hope to get news on Wii game soon
Call of Duty: World at War (DS)
- Bozon gave it a good review - 8.3
- Has online
- WWII has been overdone
- Matt heard that World at War hasnt been selling so well on Nintendo platforms
Personal Trainer: Math
- Not fun
- Seems like math questions from Brain Age pulled out and expanded into this game
- No real minigames that are fun
- Just do math programs and youll get better at them
- Strange because Personal Trainer: Cooking was incredible
- Matt wonders if Carrie Underwood will like it
- Well developed, but again, just not fun
Trackmania
- Has been around for a few years now
- No online for the DS version
- Go against computer times, still track creator and some cool challenges
- There is local multiplayer
- Track editor same as it is on the PC
Jungle Speed and Planet Pachinko (WiiWare)
- Bozon has had his hands full with Sandy Beach
- Jungle Speed apparently based on card game
- Castlevania III on VC as well - Bozon says its awesome
- Guitar Hero III the first one game to pass $1 billion in sales
- Matt saw MySims Party at CES - Mini-games with MySims characters
Trivial Pursuit
- Use Wiimote to select pieces on the board
- All timing based
- Like a quiz game
- Matt says its very very casual
Scrabble (DS)
- Works very well
- Was fun
- Not sure if the game will have online - doesnt look like it
- Not a whole lot of Wii software at CES
- Matt got a tip about a release date for DSi (unconfirmed), much earlier than what a lot of people would think
- Some speculation about Wii sales for December at 3 million
Klonoa
- Namco Bandai announced Klonoa for Wii heading to North America
- Bozon, Craig like Klonoa
- Matt likes the style of the Wii game
- Media coming in the near future
- Matt chatted with Namco about Fragile and Sky Crawlers - Dont expect Sky Crawlers this year or possibly ever - Did not have anything to say about Fragile for this year - Maybe someone other than Namco will publish it
Reader questions
- Unsure if Ubisoft will make a new Rayman game (not Raving Rabbids)
- New true Pokemon RPG on the DS? They could, Platinum hasnt even released yet - Craig says yes
- Thoughts on adding warning to video games? If it doesnt affect the content, Craig doesnt care. Matt doesnt really seem to mind.
- MadWorld hands-on soon? Craig has played it, cant write about it for a couple of days - Matt will be very excited to review MadWorld - Bozon cant wait
- Factor 5 situation? Matt doesnt know whats going on, Matt tried contacting them over the holiday - service to the company still works - Might be an opportunity for Nintendo to buy Factor 5, make the company internal - Theres something up obviously since Matt hasnt received any replies
- 2009 - year of the Wii? - Matt fully expects to hear news of Mario and Zelda at this years E3 - Mario might be this year if its Mario Galaxy 2 - 2009 will be a much stronger year for Wii than last year
- Opinions on EGM/1UP? - Its bad news - just trying to make a living and now have to find new jobs - Matt feels like magazines are beginning to show their age
- Re-review of Rygar? Wasnt delayed for dev. reasons, decided to delay it due to rush of games - Probably wont review it again
- Smaller devs on WiiWare sales? Matt has talked with a few people that werent too pleased with sales - World of Goo, Tetris Party will probably sell well - Nintendo still needs to let people know about WiiWare
- Matt cant say which title (though its already been announced), but a third party which has a major online game on the way are not going to use friend codes
- The Conduit online multiplayer mode? Matt will be able to test it soon
- Whats next for de Blob team? Everyones been watching de Blob to see how it will perform - Matt hopes they will do de Blob 2
- Why no DLC for Rock Band II yet? Daemon has been trying to find out, no one is communicating with him - Might be the same thing that happened with Guitar Hero where Nintendo has to approve
- How long is Moon? About 15 hours - In-game clock at around 12 hours
- When can we expect news about Madden 2010? Team probably at alpha already, maybe a couple of months
- Updated impressions on House of the Dead: Overkill? New build from SEGA tomorrow - Will go hands on with levels 4 + 5
- Matt brings up the dark game theyve been talking about in the past - Will have something next week on it - Not in development really anymore - couldnt find a publisher, no one wanted to take a gamble - not the second coming, but its a cool concept - technology will impress some people