723rd played so far Genre: Action/Role-Playing Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Vanillaware Publisher: Marvellous Games/Ignition Entertainment/Rising Star Games For some games, the title is enough to get you excited. Muramasa: The Demon Blade? Yeah, there should be something awesome in there, right? An action RPG that plays a bit like a platformer feels […]
Posts Tagged ‘wii’
#913 The House of the Dead: Overkill
Posted: 30th August 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, first person shooter, headstrong games, sega, wii
720th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Headstrong Games Publisher: Sega I’m jumping between installments of The House of the Dead to cover different options. For this one, I obtained a copy in an office move some time ago and in my quest of getting rid of oddly […]
#989 A Boy and His Blob
Posted: 25th July 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, majesco entertainment, platform, puzzle, wayforward technologies, wii
711th played so far Genre: Platform/Puzzle Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2009 Developer: WayForward Technologies Publisher: Majesco Entertainment I’ve seen A Boy and His Blob before, as a NES time attack video. I got the basic idea, feeding this blob jellybeans that made it transform, but the full gameplay always stayed vague. I knew I […]
#993 Max and the Magic Marker
Posted: 26th October 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2010, pc, press play, puzzle, the games company, wii
643rd played so far Genre: Puzzle Platform: PC/Wii Year of Release: 2010 Developer: Press Play Publisher: Press Play/The Games Company I’m not sure quite where Max & the Magic Marker comes from. It’s a game concept that feels obvious for the Wii and DS – a platform game where you can draw your own platforms. […]
#925 Grand Slam Tennis
Posted: 2nd October 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, ea canada, electronic arts, sports, wii
637th played so far Genre: Sports Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2009 Developer: EA Canada Publisher: Electronic Arts So following the Legend of Zelda games I played earlier this week, it felt time to do something more active. In this case, as I really should play both a Wii game and a sports game, some […]
#827 De Blob
Posted: 6th July 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, blue tongue entertainment, platform, puzzle, thq, wii
615th played so far Genre: Puzzle/Platform Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Blue Tongue Entertainment Publisher: THQ I’ve been keeping an eye on De Blob since, I believe, just before the start of this blog, as an interesting game that seemed so different from everything else. Not to mention that the original version of […]
#896 Bit. Trip Core
Posted: 4th February 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, action, gaijin games, music, wii
577th played so far Genre: Action/Music Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Gaijin Games The Bit. Trip series of games is – as far as I know, a set of small games that rely on rhythm game mechanics inside a bunch of other game genres. Bit. Trip Core is the second in the series, […]
#906 Dead Space: Extraction
Posted: 17th April 2016 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, electronic arts, shoot 'em up, survival horror, visceral games, wii
504th played so far Genre: Survival Horror/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Visceral Games Publisher: Electronic Arts I remember enjoying Dead Space. It’s not a favourite, the genres the game consists of made sure of that, but it managed to strike the right balance of scares, tension and proper action. With […]
497th played so far Genre: Music Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Prope Publisher: Sega The biggest game in our big box of games to play has been Let’s Tap for a while now. Rather than coming in a standard DVD or CD case, or something else of that size, it comes in a […]