1. [Wii] New Super Mario Bros. Wii
2. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2010
3. [DS] Tomodachi Collection
4. [DS] Pokemon Ranger: Tracks of Light
5. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2010
6. [Wii] Wii Fit Plus
7. [PS3] Fist of the North Star: Warriors
8. [PS3] No More Heroes
9. [360] No More Heroes
10. [Wii] Mario Kart Wii
In the last part, I took a look at various Nintendo series of games and worked out based on Metacritic scores what the best five franchises were. This time we’re going to take a look at the absolute worst series.
My way of categorizing games seemed to confuse a few people so I’ll start this second and final part by clarifying a few things. I used Super Smash Bros.’ way of categorizing series as a basis, attributing each game to a specific character. While some games feature more than one character (like Mario vs. Donkey Kong) or some don’t play like other games in their series at all (Super Princess Peach), they all share similar attributes and take place in the same universe, so I’d classify all of them as “Mario” games. The Mario series in particular is so massive that I had to include some spin-offs like Mario Kart or Mario Party as separate franchises. I’m probably boring a lot of people, so anyone who wants to know more specifics, just read the rules I outlined in the last part.
– Shulk, Fiorung, Dunban not happy with the aerial raid, alarm sounds in town, soldiers note that the alarm is different this time
– Mechanical creatures fall into the town, attack citizens who flee, Shulk/Fiorung/Dunban fight them
– Second part of the trailer features Shulk who says Monado can cut through Kishin armored troops, shot of a different character who can’t control the sword, Shulk not sure if the secrets behind Monado can be understood
– Third scene: Dunban can’t control Monado, companion says he shouldn’t use it anymore, Shulk grabs Monado and charges troops, Dunban surprised that Shulk can use the sword, Shulk says he can see a little into the future with the sword, Dunban not sure if that’s Monado’s hidden power
– Female soldier says “Amazing! This is your power!?” as he performs moves, Shulk says in response: “It’s not me. It’s Monado that is showing it”
– Dialogue parts at the end: A character says the sword probably has more powers, other character wants to have Monado to achieve something
Thanks to Thomas N for the tip!
Apologies for the low-quality of the trailer. I’m assuming it was taken directly off the Nintendo Channel, so when Nintendo uploads the video to the official site, it should be in higher-quality.
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (PSP) – 10/10/10/10
Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! DS Fate of Heat III – Yuki no Shugomono Raishuu! (DS) – 6/6/6/5
Super Street Fighter IV (PS3/Xbox 360) – 9/9/9/8
Splinter Cell: Conviction (360) -8/9/8/8
Rooms (DS) – 7/7/7/8
The DS has sold incredibly well in Japan since it was released in 2004. That doesn’t mean that gamers are necessarily anticipating Nintendo’s next handheld, however.
1,059 people provided some responses in a goo Research poll and more than 42% of them said that they have purchased a DS. But when 702 of the participants were asked about the 3DS, only 8.8 percent indicated that they “want to buy” it. 55.8 percent, while interested in the system, stated that they do not plan on purchasing it for now and the remaining 35.3 percent just aren’t interested in the system at all.
What about you guys? Are you waiting to hear more about the 3DS before you really consider picking up the handheld? Or are you already convinced that you’ll be buying it when it comes out?
“I think a Wii version could happen. It’s all about the fans – if the fans speak up and continue to buy and play the second one like they did the first one, I don’t see why we couldn’t make a case for a Wii version.” Scribblenauts creative director Jeremiah Slaczka
I would be completely in support of a Wii version of Scribblenauts! I think the game would lend itself really well to the IR pointer, and think of how many items you could hold on a Wii disk!
Nintendo is always on the lookout for pirates, and just last week they shut down a Japanese game store for advertising that they sold R4 cards. Once again Nintendo is trying to fight pirates by revealing that (according to them) a 50% drop in European game sales is due to people using flash cards and such to illegally obtain games. Apparently Nintendo loses trillions of yen every year from pirates, and have also discovered 238 million cases of software pirating in just June of last year.
I’m not sure if I’d believe that there was a 50% drop due to just piracy alone, but I guess Nintendo probably knows more on the subject than I do!
