Rising Star Games Announces US Nintendo DS/3DS Line-Up
by Adam Riley on 04/20/12
Rising Star Games has announced four new Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo DS titles to further expand the company's current 2012 North American portfolio. Rising Star Games' portable line-up offers a variety of casual titles, all due for release in summer through fall, including the following (in order of scheduled release):
Cradle of Rome 2 - This addictive match-three title focuses on players rebuilding one of the greatest civilisations known to man, Rome. From the humble farmstead to the spectacular Colosseum, players must gather enough gold and materials to return Rome to its former glory and ascend to the position of Caesar.
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo DS.
Scheduled Release Date: May 2012
Cradle of Persia - Journey through 100 levels of challenging match-three fun and enjoy the exhilarating process of rebuilding the great Persian Empire. A part of the Jewel Master series, Cradle of Persia lets players combine three or more tiles to obtain all the gold and materials required to transform a desert settlement into one of the greatest empires in history.
Platform: Nintendo DS
Scheduled Release Date: June 2012
To-Fu Collection - Stretch and ping To-Fu as he tries to become the illustrious "Master of Chi" by overcoming each of the 200 in-game trials. With a unique puzzle awaiting players in each trial, To-Fu Collection comes equipped with more than a dozen surfaces and booby traps, ranging from slippery walls to deadly circular saws.
Platform: Nintendo DS
Scheduled Release Date: June 2012
Super Black Bass 3D - Cast the lure through the air, feel the impact as it hits the water surface, and wait in anticipation of the next big catch. Players search for more than 30 types of fish as they experience fishing in vivid 3D, all while competing for the top spot on the leaderboards.
Platform: Nintendo 3DS
Scheduled Release Date: September 2012.
Battleship The Video Game Blasts onto PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS & 3DS
by Adam Riley on 04/20/12
It's time to engage in an epic battle at sea and war on the shore as Hasbro and Activision Publishing have announced that BATTLESHIP The Video Game is available in the UK today. The game takes a hybrid approach combining military strategy and fast-paced first-person shooter gaming as players take control of a powerful naval fleet and experience the cinematic action of war at sea. BATTLESHIP is now available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS hand-held systems. Combining military strategy and fast-paced first-person shooter gameplay, players take control of a powerful naval fleet in this re-envisioned version of BATTLESHIP. Trapped in a "dome" of alien-terror on the Hawaiian Islands, where support communications have been put to a halt, players commandeer real-world naval vessels, including Destroyers, Carriers, and even the famous U.S.S. Missouri as action-packed sea battles against alien invaders ensue across land, sea, and air.
Working with the legendary BATTLESHIP property, and the new epic action-adventure from Universal Pictures, we felt it was important to capture some of the cinematic drama while allowing players to experience the action from a unique perspective. We want both movie-goers and gamers of all ages to dive into an all new, fun BATTLESHIP experience.
- David Oxford, Activision Publishing.
With numerous gaming platforms available today, it is important to showcase BATTLESHIP on many different levels. The new BATTLESHIP is the perfect medley that both strategic and action-junkie gamers will fall in love with. - Mark Blecher, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Digital Media and Marketing at Hasbro.
In BATTLESHIP for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, first person run-and-gun gameplay meets tactical battle command. Playing as Cole Mathis, a first class Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician, players will deploy air strikes and radar sweeps to monitor and dominate the marine battlefield. With killer-combat instincts, players must lock-and-load an arsenal of weapons like machine guns and missile launchers to send the invaders packing. In the Nintendo Wii, 3DS, and DS versions, players are in control of a wide variety of naval units, including Cruisers, Submarines, and Patrol Boats in exciting turn-based combat with a team of specialised commanders. With different play modes to choose from, including Story and quick-battle Skirmish, players will unlock new maps, units, and leaders to turn the tide of battle.
BATTLESHIP is available in the UK for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 systems for a suggested retail price of £39.99 and is rated 12 by the BBFC. The game is also available for the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo 3DS for £29.99 and the Nintendo DS for £24.99. All Nintendo versions are rated PEGI 7+.
Disney Pixar's Brave Heads to Nintendo DS, Wii, PS3 and More
by Adam Riley on 03/22/12
Disney UK has announced that Brave: The Video Game will launch this Summer for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, and Windows PC/ MAC. Inspired by Brave, the upcoming Disney Pixar animated fantasy adventure movie, the video game invites players to run, jump and battle their way through the rugged landscape of mythical and mysterious Scotland. By using their wits and bravery, gamers will also be able to wield a sword and bow to defeat fierce enemies, break a magical curse and save a kingdom.
A third person action-adventure, Brave: The Video Game expands the tale beyond the movie's storyline. Gamers can play as Merida, an expert archer and heroine, and in the console versions players can also play as other entertaining characters from the film. In addition, they will be able to go on quests through a magical world and solve puzzles to uncover secrets.
We're excited to offer a compelling game across multiple platforms for fans of the upcoming Disney Pixar film Brave. Whether gamers want to play on their own or with others, they can relive highlights from Merida's journey and go on new adventures inspired by the legends of Scotland and Disney Pixar storytelling. With Kinect for Xbox 360 and Move on the PlayStation 3, gamers will feel like they are using a bow and arrow in an archery range and have a truly immersive experience.Brave: The Video Game offers a variety of gameplay, including single-player, co-op for family and friends and a special Bear mode. Several new opponents created exclusively for the game will challenge the player throughout the experience, culminating with an ultimate boss battle to complete the adventure. The Nintendo DS game is filled with its own exciting missions and a myriad of characters to engage the single-player.
- Javier Ferreira, Senior Vice President of Publishing, Disney Interactive Media Group.
Brave: The Video Game will launch Summer 2012, in conjunction with the film, for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS and Windows PC/MAC.
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Nintendo's New Puzzler Set to Speed onto 3DS eShop
by Adam Riley on 03/22/12
Lovers of puzzle games need look no further, as SpeedThru: Potzol's Puzzle is sure to offer plenty of 3D-enhanced entertainment on your Nintendo 3DS when it becomes available to download from the Nintendo eShop on 5th April, 2012. The game offers a unique gameplay mechanic in an immersive 3D world where your skills of spatial awareness are put to the test across more than ninety stages, three multiplayer modes, and three different lands. You can also take a sneak peek of the game ahead of its launch, as the 3D trailer becomes available on the Nintendo eShop today.
SpeedThru: Potzol's Puzzle is themed around a mystic world, where Kaotl, the evil god of destruction is your foe. In an act of malice, Kaotl has stolen the heart of Creatl, the god of creation, and divided the world into three lands. Guided by Creatl's loyal servant Potzol, you must aim to restore the spirit world, destroyed by the wicked god Kaotl, by collecting hearts hidden away in each stage. The game will test your puzzle abilities as you control guardians -- 3D blocks -- which journey along long corridor-like levels blocked with walls. You must sneak guardians through the small holes hidden in the walls, rotating these blocks to squeeze them through the tightest of spots and collect the hearts waiting there for you. The faster you do it and the more effectively aligned, the higher your score.
SpeedThru: Potzol's Puzzle offers plenty of entertainment, with over 90 stages available to play and an adventure mode spread over three different lands. It also offers exciting two-player gameplay, allowing gamers to play against each-other on one Nintendo 3DS or challenge each other over local wireless play.
Put your puzzle skills to the test when SpeedThru: Potzol's Puzzle becomes available to download from the Nintendo eShop on 5th April 2012, exclusively for Nintendo 3DS, and be sure to check out the 3D trailer, which is available on Nintendo eShop now.
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NES Metroid Re-Released on Nintendo's 3DS eShop
by Adam Riley on 03/22/12
The original NES classic version of Metroid re-released on the Nintendo eShop in Europe this week allowing gamers to see how the whole saga began. As the legendary bounty hunter Samus Aran, players will once again be able to take on the Space Pirates and their leader, Mother Brain, to bring peace to the galaxy. The original Metroid adventure introduced the unique blend of exploration and high-octane action that has characterised the series ever since.
There are many discoveries to be made in this classic NES Sci-Fi action game and use Samus' Morph Ball ability to search every nook and cranny to uncover power-ups like the Ice Beam, Varia Suit and Screw Attack, only helps make the journey even more immersive. Journey back to the planet Zebes for the adventure that started the whole saga, now on the Nintendo 3DS eShop Virtual Console across Europe.
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Sony Unveils LittleBigPlanet Karting for PlayStation 3
by Adam Riley on 03/22/12
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced LittleBigPlanet Karting, the newest adventure in the award-winning LittleBigPlanet franchise, exclusively for PlayStation 3. Developed by United Front Games, in conjunction with Media Molecule, LittleBigPlanet Karting takes the 'Play, Create, Share' ethos of LittleBigPlanet and brings it to a fast-paced karting game set within an endlessly imaginative world.
Join Sackboy and Sackgirl as they make the leap to 3D in a karting adventure to save the Craftworld universe, rendered as beautifully as ever, only now with three dimensions of fun. Vibrant game worlds will play host to classic karting action as well as a host of other game modes including ultra-competitive arena battles, split-screen mode or online via the Sony Entertainment Network, adventurous objective-based missions and even mini-games providing fun for fans and newcomers, young or old.
This would not be LittleBigPlanet without a world of customisation, and LittleBigPlanet Karting comes loaded with a range of tools -- some familiar and some new -- to create levels as unique and varied as the six million user-generated levels that the franchise has already been used to generate. Creativity is not just limited to designing tracks; players can also make their own game rules that leave the constraints of a traditional karting game back in the starting grid. Combined with the all-new 3D environments, plus the ability to customise Sackboy, karts, and more.
As ever, the emphasis is as much on sharing as on creation. All user-generated content will be sharable around the world through the Sony Entertainment Network, providing access to what promises to be millions of LittleBigPlanet Karting experiences created by the community.
LittleBigPlanet Karting is due for release in 2012.
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Lollipop Chainsaw Voiced by the Experts
by Adam Riley on 03/22/12
A videogame as demented and vibrant as Lollipop Chainsaw demands a voice cast chock full of colourful and experienced actors to bring it to life. Now Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Grasshopper Manufacture have revealed the talent that worked with filmmaker James Gunn (Super, Slither, Dawn of the Dead) have been hired to flesh out the characters and create a wonderfully wicked world of gumdrops and gore.
Tara Strong, the renowned voice behind dozens of videogame and cartoon characters, including Harley Quinn in last year's Batman: Arkham City, stars as the game's central protagonist, Juliet Starling. Michael Rosenbaum, known for his role as Lex Luthor in Smallville, voices the disembodied head of her boyfriend Nick.
Outside of the two leads, the rest of the cast is no less impressive with names appearing from all over the film and television industry. Checking in to bring some verve to Cordelia is Linda Cardelleni, known best as Lindsay Weir from the cult classic Freaks and Geeks. Shawnee Smith, one of the stars of the first four Saw films and Michael Rooker, of Walking Dead and Slither fame, also appear in Lollipop Chainsaw. Veteran TV and film actor Gregg Henry (24, United 93, Black Dahlia) takes on the role of Juliet's father and brings all the flair one would assume given his Elvis-inspired pompadour and roots as one of the greatest zombie hunters ever.
Swan, Romero High School's resident goth, will be played by James' brother Sean Gunn, who has also appeared in the 2010 film Super and Gilmore Girls. The final piece to this puzzle is the impressive set of lungs on rocker Jimmy Urine from the band Mindless Self Indulgence. On top of contributing to the game's soundtrack, Jimmy lends his voice talent to the deranged Zed.
Available on 15th June 2012, Lollipop Chainsaw is the 'un-deadly' story of sweet but killer zombie-hunter Juliet Starling and her quest to uncover the root of a colossal zombie outbreak. With her wickedly awesome chainsaw in hand, Juliet slices, dices and splits her way through hordes of the undead, but soon realises the horde is only the opening act to a festival of zombie rock lords determined to kill the chainsaw-wielding cheerleader.
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Nintendo Set to Open Pandora's Tower in Europe on Wii
by Adam Riley on 03/22/12
With the launch date of Pandora's Tower fast-approaching, gamers will soon be embarking on an epic journey with solider Aeron as he battles to save his beloved friend Elena from the mysterious curse that is gradually transforming her into a demonic creature. Only by battling through the towers of a nearby fortress can Aeron save her from her gruesome fate. Using his sword and the magical Oraclos Chain, Aeron must defeat the creatures that lurk there and harvest their meat to feed to Elena. Only by eating all of the "master flesh," harvested from the largest monsters within each tower, will Elena be fully cured of the curse and free from its monstrous grip.
Pandora's Tower will be available across Europe exclusively on Wii from 13th April, 2012.
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Word of Adam's Inazuma Eleven 2: Blizzard / Firestorm Preview (Nintendo DS)
by Adam Riley on 03/22/12
The football RPG masterpiece from Level-5 returns, this time across the whole of Europe at the same time, with Inazuma Eleven 2.
The journey to Europe proved to be a long and arduous one for the original Inazuma Eleven on Nintendo DS, with the game unable to land in time for the 2010 World Cup, as Level-5's Akihiro Hino initially told Cubed3 he had hoped, instead coming to mainland Europe in January 2011, followed by a UK release on 26th August, after the belated debut of the cartoon series. Now the sequel, in Pokemon-esque dual release format, is here. Prepare to recruit even more players in the fight against evil...using football...in Inazuma Eleven 2: Blizzard / Firestorm.
Anyone jumping straight into Inazuma Eleven: Blizzard / Firestorm having come straight off the back of its predecessor will immediately feel at home, with happenings actually feeling a little too familiar at first. However, after settling gamers into the format of top-down adventuring and touch-screen tactical football antics, the real twist kicks in, with a story twist that only Level-5 could concoct. Rather like recent Professor Layton tales, the developer's head honcho, Akihiro Hino, has a penchant for the unusual and bringing in a football team called Alius Academy that seem to sport alien abilities, wreaking havoc and destroying various other football training grounds around Japan, is definitely akin to the crazy tales found in Professor Layton and the Lost Future and Professor Layton and the Spectre's Call.
A full review of the game will be coming soon via Word of Adam, but below is an overview of the games' highlights:
For the second entry in the series, the game has been released in two versions: Inazuma Eleven 2: Firestorm and Inazuma Eleven 2: Blizzard. The games are fundamentally the same, however as with the comparable Pokemon series, each version has certain aspects that make it unique. Gamers can expect the usual high quality, role-playing game blended football, playing action-packed matches via the Touch Screen, whilst collecting over 1,500 characters to form the user's own distinct football team. Up to four players can play via local wireless, with new and more special skills, abilities and characters included, as well as special premium matches that can be unlocked after completing the game, all delivered with fully localised voice-work and animation sequences.
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Cubed3's Adam Riley Reviews Kid Icarus: Uprising (Nintendo 3DS)
by Adam Riley on 03/19/12
UK website, Cubed3, has just posted up its definitive review of Nintendo's latest 3DS game, Kid Icarus: Uprising, from Sora Ltd, the development team headed up by Masahiro Sakurai, the man behind the Kirby and Smash Bros. series. Although there have been two Kid Icarus games in the past, Pit's adventures were on the NES and Game Boy so long ago that any fans of the originals are likely to have forgotten the intriguing titles that mixed platform action with shooting elements.
However, the Nintendo 3DS reboot, Kid Icarus: Uprising, appears to have been a resounding success. Cubed3's Operations Director, Adam Riley called it a "a true labour of love by a developer with real passion for videogame making," scoring it 9/10.
Below is a quote from the review:
Kid Icarus: Uprising was always going to be a risky move from Nintendo, pegging it as one of the key Nintendo 3DS titles right from launch, but thankfully it was delayed long enough for Masahiro Sakurai and his team at Sora Ltd to spend sufficient time ironing out as many of the issues raised in early preview builds as possible. The end result is a thoroughly entertainment mix of air- and ground-based shooting that never slows down, throwing all manner of new challenges at the player, incentivising the whole process to ensure replay levels are as high as possible. The intense multiplayer options are merely the icing on an already very delicious cake.
Be sure to check out Adam Riley's full Cubed3 review of Kid Icarus: Uprising.
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