Before getting into the article this week, I want to mention a few quick things to everyone:
Firstly, thanks to all of you for your wonderful responses to last week’s WDYT article. With such a quantity and quality of them I’ll definitely go over the general consensus at the end of this article.
Next, I just want to let you know that I’ll for sure be doing more video features in the future. I can tell you guys definitely enjoyed not having to read so much, so hopefully I can do even longer videos in the future, with more original content!
Lastly, I apologize for not being able to do a video feature this week. I came into the weekend ill-prepared, and didn’t allot enough time to put one together. Next week, though, I plan on having another for you guys! Anyway, on with the good stuff…
Discovery Kids Parrot Pals (DS) – E
Discovery Kids Spider Quest (DS) – E
Mind Over Matter (DS) – E
Build-A-Bear Friendship Valley (Wii) – E
Zhu Zhu Pets (DS) – E
Battle of Giants: Dinosaurs – Fight For Survival (DSi) – E10+
My First Dollhouse (DS) – E
Petz Fantasy (DS) – E
**ROCK BAND MEDIA ALERT** “KING OF SOUL” OTIS REDDING DEBUTS ON ROCK BAND
Guildford, UK. – 12th Feb 2009 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a five pack of songs from Otis Redding, known as the “King of Soul,” as well as singles from All Time Low, Alphabeat, Brian Setzer and The Chemical Brothers, will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.These are among the more than 400 artists currently available through the Rock Band platform. With more than 1,000 songs available, Rock Band is, without question, the industry leader in providing the best selection of interactive musical content, songs and artists.
There’s something missing from gaming today. I’ve been feeling it for a while now, but I haven’t been able to put my finger on what it is exactly. It’s certainly nothing totally debilitating for the gaming experience or I wouldn’t keep buying games, and I definitely wouldn’t identify myself as a gamer, but there are still times that I feel a disconnect between myself and what I’m playing. I’m not really sure how to fix it, but the first step to recovery is acceptance, right?
01. / 00. [PSP] God Eater (Namco Bandai) – 295,405 / NEW
02. / 01. [NDS] Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reviere (Square Enix) – 189,802 / 1,096,260 (-79%)
03. / 00. [PS3] Star Ocean: The Last Hope – International (Square Enix) – 72,026 / NEW
04. / 03. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) – 62,174 / 3,263,191 (-26%)
05. / 05. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) – 38,164 / 2,779,685 (-16%)
06. / 06. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) – 27,104 / 1,610,154 (-18%)
07. / 02. [PS3] Resonance of Fate (Sega) – 25,460 / 143,548 (-78%)
08. / 00. [PSP] Pop ‘n Music Portable (Konami) – 19,138 / NEW
09. / 07. [PSP] Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (Square Enix) – 14,780 / 727,938 (-51%)
10. / 11. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) – 13,314 / 1,735,000 (-11%)
– Platformer
– Rooted in origins of historical/geographical nature
– Main character is a hunter who is going on a person expedition
– Log book keeps track of his adventures/progress
– “Really big” areas in scope
– Many enemies, mazes
– Buy new equipment with money
– Can’t visit some areas in the game without certain upgrades
– 3 skill levels
– 8 hours of gameplay
