Sam and Max Season One (Wii) Preview

(Note: If you`re in a hurry, just read chapter 1.2-1.5)

1.0 Facts
1.1 Exorbitant Intro
1.2 Comeback after 16 years
1.3 Easier puzzles
1.4 What changed ?
1.5 Last word

1.0 Sam & Max Season One Facts:

Genre: Adventure
Publisher: JoWooD Production
Developer : Telltale Games
Players: 1
Release Dates :

: Aug, 26th 2008

: Aug, 29th 2008

• Was released 2006/2007 for Windows PC
• Includes six episodes; each one takes approximately two hours to solve
• Simple controlling via Wii Remote
• Relaxing jazz soundtrack

Web: www.samandmax-seasonone.com




Exorbitant Intro

Who comes to attempt a daring, spectacular and groundbreaking rescue ? Who comes to restore equity, justice, fairness and righteousness ? Who helps altruistic, when fellow citizens are in inconceivable perils ? Two animals...two friends...two legends..two members of the Freelance Police will not even lightly stir their pinkie for the townsmen in extremity, their successors in emergencies, and the women in destitution. Unless, the self seeking hare and a egoistic hound are pertained and affected from the nasty doings, presentiments and dark deeds fulfilled by diabolic criminals , sick rascals, psychotic villains and sinister evildoers......

Or when they can just shoot every single quantum of matter out of them. Well, anyways...adventure veterans and comic-book freaks know this wild duo since a few decades. Sam, "the six foot tall anthropomorphic dog" and Max, the lagomorpha- "a hyperkinetic rabbity thing". Enough talk, Sam & Max Hit The Road was released 1993 for the PC. Notwithstanding, it should be the only Sam & Max game, but because of the wacky story and the rare use of such unique black, painful humor, it was a big success and had a large fan community.

Comeback after 13 years

On the November of 2006, after 13 years, Sam & Max remigrated to the PC-- a adventure game in a episodic format. Every few weeks, a new adventure was released for a bargain buy. The Wii version will include all six episodes. Our anti-hero cops will face on manipulated lives, brain washing and the assassination of a president. Of course, Sam & Max are already on the job, trying to solve the case...but before that, the two cops need their telephone. But their telefon was stolen by a fat, greasy rat. It wants Swiss Cheese as the ransom. I am not going to tell you the answer, but it is, to say it in a fair way, somehow "different".

Easier puzzles

To wrap it all up, you will get a classic adventure-feeling just like in the good old early days. But the most important element will get a new twist: The solution of the assignments. The 1993 game Sam & Max Hit The Road had many tricky solutions that were just absurd and complicated. Nowadays, the challenges should by far logically . The dialogs between the odd friends will make sure that the game will still keep its charm, that it be pretty audacious and saucily, blatant and starkly.

What changed ?

I could play a preview-version of it, and found almost no changes to the PC version. Sure, the graphics are not good as the PC version. But at least you can play it from the couch or whatever. First you meet you a few teenie stars, that obviously are brainwashed. Noticeable is the amount of talking. It is almost like a interactive sitcom. In another episode, you actually are in a talk show

Last word

Overall, good synchro, nice humor and six episodes to solve. Adventure fans should annotate the release date. I am happy that this is released for the PC. I will buy this one, because I suspect a bargain buy. Then nothing stands against dirty cop work.
I give it 4 guns out of five.

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First Screenshot of Super Metroid HD !

Here is the first screenshot of Super Metroid HD !! After researching a small amount of time, I found out that this is a fake. Well, it would be nice to have this game.

Gamesfurks E3 2008: THE BUMMER SHOW?

Where was Mario? Where was Link? Disappointed faces after the Nintendo press conference. But: There is still hope for core-gamers.


What? It`s already over? As Cammie Dunaway, Vice President for Sales and Marketing at Nintendo of America, said farewell to the E3 conference participants, the fans in the international communities were completely broken ´: No Mario, no Zelda, no Star-Fox, no F-Zero. Only Pikmin 3. What the hell happened ?

It was kind of predicted that there will be no Hardcore-games. But hey: There is still hope. Hope that we core-gamers are going to be noticed. Hope, we can believe in......sorry. That catch-phrase was awful. But I`m still happy. Nintendo said that they will prefer to show casual games like Wii Play, Wii Fit, Mario Kart DS or Dr. Kawashima.The good thing: Nintendo didn`t forget us. Stuff like Wii MotionPlus is also interesting for the producers of core-games.

Imagine a Zelda game with 1:1 sword movements. How awesome would that be?! Do you still remember the times, were you thought Red Steel would transfer your movements 1:1? Technically, it wasn`t possible back then. Back then. Sounds like Red Steel is 3..4 years old. Back then is too harsh. To be exact, it wasn`t possible until now.

Somehow weird, but smart: The Wii MotionPlus thing was announced two hours before the start of the Xbox360-E3-conference. I think it was a strategy against the motion Controller of Microsoft, which was and hopefully is just a rumor. If not, Nintendo has a problem. MotionPlus is available with Wii Sports Resort, which will cost estimated 50$. Europeans will have a similar price.

One more question : Why didn`t the Wii offer that since the launch? A 1:1 movement would be awesome and Nintendo would be richer. But I think this is better like this, because they would have rushed it if it would available at the launch. Smart wise-cracks observed something: The accessory is too big for the safety jacket. I expect a new jacket included in Wii Sports Resort. Another negative aspect: The batteries will live shorter with this.

It`s nice to here that not every publisher forgot us hardcore-gamers. Interesting: The product portfolio of Electronic Arts. The giant continues successful and profitable game names like Need for Speed and creates new series like Boogie ( a second installment was already announced earlier this year). Example: The 2009 versions of FIFA, Madden NFL,Tiger Woods PGA Tour, and NBA Live will have a addition in there titles: All-Play.

"WTF does that mean?", you might ask yourself. Well, let us say that Core-gamer get the used action-packed game, but casual-gamers can just play without pressing through oh so long menus and options. Will it effect the market ? I don`t know. But it is not a bad start.

Otherwise, games like MySims or Boogies now have their own games: Boogie SuperStar, and MySims Kingdom. Ubisoft does the same with Prince of Persia and Nintendo with Toon Link : They don`t experiment on new games and possible game series, but instead work on spin-offs of successful game and on the game itself. What is the meaning of this strategy ?The answer,my friend is MONEY

But there are also developers that hate casual-games just like us. For example, High Voltage Games. They`re busy with the programming of the shooter The Conduit-but because of exclusive deals, nobody can show the pictures before High Voltage Games finds a publisher. Even I can`t :(

The Conduit will be playable online with 16-players, will use the VoiceChat "WiiSpeak" (Available with the new Animal Crossing, probably also available by its self too) and have awesome graphics. The developers are really crazy with the details: They work fastidious, fussy, persnickety,squeamish and precise. But not every publisher likeser this: A publish (no name included in the news article) asked the High Voltage Games team: Who will buy this? Which audience likes this?


I will claim the boycott of that anonymous publisher. What were they thinking ?! Hello ?! There are real gamers out there, that are sick of Barbies trying to catch wild ponies,rip-offs, quizzes, bad mini-games, music simulations and other crap that I can buy in supermarket discounters (not kidding) fpr 20-30$ !! OK, just because a game is cheap doesn`t mean it`s bad. For example Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition or Sam & Max: Season One (I will do a preview). Brain Age was interesting, I must admit, but every other casual game that even an elder can finish in 2 hours just is stupid.

"Yes, we`re making it!", said Shigeru Miyamoto. He meant the game Pikmin 3. To be true, I never played Pikmin 1 or 2...but it has a huge fan community. Let`s see if the new audience will like Captain Olimar. He did suck in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Another thing that Nintendo profits from: casual-gamers could like core-games and buy them. The Nintendo Wii would be a magnet of potential future gamers, because it brings the Wii closer to non-gamers. Enough said. That is only a speculation.

Well, I`m optimistic. Nintendo needs us hardcore fans because we will buy their games in good and weak times. This biz is wacky, but Nintendo did make it. There still good, and I am somehow proud of being a Nintendo fan.

Wii Salute !

Call of Duty: World at War Wii Preview

You`re once again in WWII, but this time everything is different.


Facts :

• Fifth installment of the "Call Of Duty"-series, excluding expansion packs
  
• Much darker, graver, and duskier than its predecessor
• The Wii version is going to be produced by Treyarch itself
• Compatible with the Wii-Zapper
• Also appearing for the Nintendo DS

The fourth part of the Call of Duty series was pretty unfair: The first-person-shooter was one of the best games of 2007 and of course, didn`t appear on the Wii. Well, it solaced us Wii-users a little bit that the third part was a launch title, but it was only mediocre FPS. Anyway, this doesn`t happen us this year, because the fifth part also appears on Nintendo`s home console. Call of Duty: World at War (there is not going to be a number in the title) is going to be produced by Treyarch. Back then, a external team was responsible for the Wii version of CoD 3. This time they`re going to make it by their selfs. That`s a big plus, because CoD 3 on the Wii sucked triceratops egotistical balls. Treyarch have got a big goal : revolutionizing the FPS-genre and making the best World War II shooter ever made to this point of mankind.

A short clipping from an interview with Treyarch.

What can you tell us about the Wii-version ?


The Wii version is going to be made by Treyarch itself, just like the PC-,PS3-, and XBOX360-version. We`re not going to hire a external team in China for CoD 3 Wii like last time, we`re going to make it on every single platform by ourself. CoD 4 for the DS was a solid thing, and we worked hard to make it better. We`re going have a WiFi-multiplayer modus for 4 players, online statistics, an d a bunch of alternation.



Old War, New Enemy

What ? WWII again ? Yes, but the producers are thinking that there are enough stories to tell about this global conflict. This time it`s the Pacific war in an US-soldier viewpoint. You will also be able to play a soviet soldier on his way to Berlin. The new story will have nothing to do with the typical, stereotypical "hurra-patriotism". Instead, the player should feel how the limits of hero and villain can blur and which radical situations the soldiers had to experience.

Fire them up, fools!

Your enemy is not going react like in other FPSs. Your main enemy, the Japanese, have got a lot of guerilla tactics to show you. Your enemies climb up palms, hide in grass or in tunnels, make themselfs look dead like opossums, or trepan you into dead ends. You will never feel your self safe. But you got one new destructive weapon : the flamethrower. Just try to burn these people up !!

Let us hope that Treyarch makes something good.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2008

Pro Evolution Soccer 2008

Facts:

• Controlling over Wii-Pointer
• Team can be saved on Wii-Remote
• Online-Mode
• Mii-Support
  

Show your amazing skills !!!
Do the new controls help this game to get on the top of its genre ?

One-two,hit a cross and goooall!! At present,soccer is represented in the video game world by Mario(at least on the Wii).The zealous plumber throws off ice soccer-balls and supershots.But that game (Super Mario Strikers Charged) belongs to the arcade-box.Well,you can not really say that to Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 . Thanks to the revolutionary Wii-Remote Konami promises a new kind of expierience that will enjoy being on the top.The Wii-Remote and Nunchuk lets you control your Soccer-Star.

+=-new footballing expierience -=+

{It was very important for us that the wii-version of PES 2008 will be unique.} That is maybe a new start for sport-related-games on the Nintendo Wii.This game is going to be a feast! Real good controls,lots of new licensed clubs,good graphics and, Mii-Support! Hope this game is not going to be delayed,cause this is going to be freakin' awesome!!!The game is supposed to feel as if you have control over ALL your players ! To accomplish this,you will control your squad with your Wii-Remote.You can tell players in-game that they should move left,right.... with a Drag-And-Drop system(players that do not have the ball).While you can peforming passes,cross hittings,and shots,you can control your player with the help of your Nunchuck.Additionaly,you can use the Remote to select a player which you will pass to or let a player move to a direction you choosed.

(-=!!Caution:The opponent is not sleeping !!=- )

You should take a look on their formation to not do a Offside.....If you lighty shake your Wii-Remote,you will straddle your enemy.But you shake to hard,it will turn out to be a foul.So shake lightly,dude/dudet ! Before the game starts,you can save a strategie to your Wii-Remote and press Left/Right/Up/Down to perform it.Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 also includes a lot of Modes.There are six modes in the game:Match-,League-,Cup-Modes and Training-,and a Trade-Section. Also there is a Wii-Exclusive mode called "Champions Road".In Champions mode you can choose a favorite team and compete tons of cups.You can fight your to the top in real leagues !!After every match your team gains experiment-points and if you get a certain amount of points,you can upgrade the skills of your player.

(-=\The little things/=-)

....Are the things that make a game special.As metioned above,there is a full Mii-Support.Up to 16 Miis can be intergrated into a specific team.To put the cherry on the top,you can save the team to your Wii-Remote and take it to your friend and play with your updated squad.Last but not least you can play online Wi-Fi "Free Matches".Also cool:Thanks to WiiConnect24 you can send your team-data to your friend.

I think that this game will hopefully be a masterpiece.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl Stages

From the original web site http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/stages/index.html

Super Smash Bros. Brawl Characters

This are all the characters that will appear in Super Smash Bros. Brawl!

Super Mario Galaxy Preview

This is a preview of the maybe best game of the year.
I currently think that this video games will be on the list:

2007.:Best Games of the Year:.2007
Halo 3
BioShock
Paper Mario
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition
WarioWare:Smooth Moves
The Orange Box,
The Legend of Zelda:Phantom Hourglass
Super Mario Galaxy can be a game rated 9.5 and higher out of 10!

Now enough chattering,its
Preview Time!

Super Mario Galaxy
is a highly respected
3-D Platformer.Dude,the
pre-ordering is just as much
as Hairy Potty!(HATE THIS BOOK!!!)

Well,most of gameplay happens outer space (duh),
flying from planet to planet,jumping and launching
yourself to unknown planets,transforming into a Bee,
gathering items,and defeating old foes.
Gravity also features a big role.
Like almost all Mario Games,the
objective is to find (or retrieve,what ever you call it)
Stars spread into six areas,40 galaxies and 120 Stars.
And this weird Energy Bar (Power Meter) is back again!


Mario has jumping abilities like never before.
First of all his trademark .:Triple Jump:.,
After that the Wall Kicker called .:Wall Jump::,
and also the normal and double jump.
But Swait they are still
Jumps like the.:Sommersault:. , .:U Jump:.,
.:Ground Pound Smack Jump:. and the
.:Long Jump:. .
Additionaly, the newest Jumps is the:
.:High Backflip:.
Marios attack except the stomp or jump is a Spin-Move.

The game will also have a .:Bee Mushroom:.
(which transforms you into a bee)
and the old .:Fire Flower:. and
.:Super Mushroom:. are back!
There is also a .:Ice Flower:. ,
which also Mario to freeze the water into icy platforms.

Well thats all folks.See you never again!!!!!!

Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 Preview

Pes 2008 is the newest installment of the Pro Evolution Soccer Series.It is Soccer
related and made by Konami.The Game was officially announced June 18 2007.
The game will be released for Windows,PlayStation 2,PlayStation 3,Xbox 360,Nintendo DS
and the Wii.The Release Dates are:

- 26 October 2007
- Spring 2008
- 2 November 2007

New Features:

-Lots of new licensed Teams.
-24 Stadiums for the PS2 Version
-Database will be accurate 31 August
-World Tour for PlayStation 2 Version
-Increased Dribble Technics
-Facial Import
- 15 Stadiums for Wii,Ps3,360

Licensed Leagues:

-La Liga (Spain)
-Ligue 1 (France)
-Serie A (Italy)
-Eredivisie (Holland)

Fully Licensed Teams:


-F.C. Bayern München -Celtic
-Anderlecht -Rangers
-Club Brugge -AIK Fotboll
-Dynamo Zagreb -Hammarby
-Red Star Belgrad -Newcastle United
-Spartak Moscow -Tottenham Hotspur
-Porto -Boca Juniors
-Benefica -River Plate
-Lokomotiv Moscow -São Paulo
-Sporting Lissabon -Internacional
-Galatasaray -Rosenborg
-Fenerbahçe -Dynamo Kiew
- Beşiktaş -Basek
-AEK Athens -Olympiacos
-Panathinaikos -Wisla Krakow
-HJK Helinski -Goeteborg
-Copenhagen -Helsingborg



So thats all Information I have.

Im going to buy this one for the Wii!