That Took Too Much Effort
Thursday, April 19, 2012 No Comments
The first thing I noticed about Xenoblade Chronicles was how subpar the graphics were. And with its vast landscapes, mechanical creatures and all the rest in between, this game had so much potential to look incredibly breathtaking. But it didn’t! And sure, the fact that it’s on the Wii is primarily to blame, but I [...]
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 No Comments
At X’11 I got a chance to talk, and dance, with a hotty hotty bo-botty, banana fanna fo-fotty. She told me all about the new features in Just Dance 3, which I barely heard as I was too busy trying not to sound, or smell, like a bumbling idiot. Because, as we all know, hot [...]
Tags: banana, bumbling, hotty, just dance 3, x'11
Category: PlayStation 3, Previews, Wii, Xbox 360
Thursday, August 25, 2011 2 Comments
Ubisoft is bringing Rayman back to his roots with its upcoming title Rayman Origins. It’s the first Rayman platformer in years and the first title in the franchise to actually focus on Rayman himself since… well, the second title in the Raving Rabbids portion of the franchise. Michel Ancel and his team have been working [...]
Tags: cartoon, platformer, rayman, rayman origins, ubisoft, x'11
Category: Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Previews, Wii, Xbox 360
Thursday, July 28, 2011 1 Comment
One of the games Nintendo of Canada was showing at last week’s E3 2011 review event was the recently announced Kirby Wii. The name may still be a working title, but this game, first shown at Nintendo’s E3 2011 Press Conference, is already set to release this fall. It’s pretty clear that Nintendo was hedging [...]
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 3 Comments
At Nintendo of Canada’s E3 2011 review last week, I stepped up to a Wii kiosk with only one controller and was suddenly overwhelmed by a sea of Japanese characters. Not realizing that I was playing a demo for the new Wii version of Rhythm Heaven I picked one of the three available levels and, [...]
Tags: e3 2011, music, nintendo, pleasant surprise, preview, rhythm heaven, Wii
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 1 Comment
While at Nintendo of Canada’s E3 2011 review last week, I got my first chance to go hands-on with my most anticipated Wii game of this year, The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword. The demo only featured a portion of a dungeon, some bird riding and a boss battle, but it was more than enough [...]
Tags: demo, e3 2011, legend of zelda, motionplus, nintendo wii, ocarina of time, preview
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 No Comments
A couple of weeks ago, Nathan and I got the opportunity to attend an exclusive preview event in downtown Toronto for Junction Point and Disney Interactive Studios’ Disney Epic Mickey, releasing exclusively for Wii on November 30th. We knew that Disney would be showcasing the game with playable kiosks and that members of the development [...]
Thursday, August 26, 2010 No Comments
There was plenty to see and play at Microsoft’s X’10 holiday preview event in Toronto last week, but the game I was most looking forward to playing was, you guessed it, Rock Band 3. The chance to try out the game’s new features and controllers was too good to pass up, so after getting the [...]
Monday, August 23, 2010 No Comments
With NHL 2K11 hitting retailers’ shelves tomorrow, 2K Sports has been pulling all the stops to promote the game by taking it on a tour across North America, complete with special guest visits from real NHL stars. As we mentioned last week, we got to visit the tour as it made its first of two [...]
Thursday, August 19, 2010 1 Comment
Earlier this week, we got the chance to visit the NHL 2K11 tour bus as it made its first of two stops in Toronto. The event, held at Vaughan Mills mall just north of Toronto, featured a couple of tents with some Wii kiosks, for visitors to try the game before it releases next week, [...]
