Best Buy
2 for $40 (DS)
– Imagine: Cheerleader
– Petz: Horseshoe Ranch
– Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals
– Drawn to Life: Spongebob Squarepants Edition
– Littlest Pet Shop: Jungle
– Littlest Pet Shop: Winter
– Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?: Make the Grade
– SimAnimals
SimAnimals (Wii) – $39.99
Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip (Wii) – $39.99
All Star Cheer Squad (Wii) – $29.99
Guitar Hero World Tour (Wii) – $39.99
My Fitness Coach (Wii) – $19.99
Wario Land: Shake It! (Wii) – $29.99
PopStar Guitar (Wii) – $49.99
Blackhead Wii Max-V Guitar – $19.99
– No local multiplayer in The Conduit
– Will release June 9
– Split-screen multiplayer could be implemented in sequel
– Tried to get LAN multiplayer running but Nintendo wouldn’t allow them
– Animales de la Muerte is currently on hold
– Will release on disc if and when it comes out – too big for WiiWare
Readers
1) Metal Slug 3
2) Mutation Nation
3) Nam-1975
4) The Super Spy
5) The Last Blade 2
Staff
1) Pulstar
2) Garou: Mark of the Wolves
3) Nam-1975
4) The Last Blade 2
5) Twinkle Star Sprites
– Didn’t fight Drudge in the first of the two levels NP demoed
– Instead fighting against Prometheus (terrorist) – has the power to control people
– Up to something at the Ronald Regan Washington National Airport
– Human soldiers shoot at you
– Enemies pop up from behind counters
– While fighting through the airport, brown-orange gas revives baddies – Secret behind the gas wasn’t revealed to Nintendo Power
– All Seeing Eye allows you to find a number of switches to unlock a door
– Finding switches isn’t difficult
– ASE beeps when you get closer to a hidden object
– ASE becomes very important in subsequent levels
– Much of the plot revealed in interspersed dialogue scenes between John Adams and Mr. Ford
– Plot has many twists and turns
– Game has quality voice work – Mark A. Sheppard doing voice work for Mr. Ford, Willian Morgan Sheppard doing voice work for John Adams
– Library of Congress is another level
– Have to take down Trust agents – under the mistaken impression that you’re a puppet for Prometheus, have orders to take you out
– Can play with 16 players online
– Choose to fight globally, people in your region, people who you’ve exchanged friend codes with
– Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag game modes for online
– Nintendo Power only played with 6 people only but there were no graphical or gameplay issues
– Medical Facility is one of the multiplayer maps
– All maps taken from single-player
– Medical Facility “totally remade to better suit multiplayer gameplay with what the developers call the Human Weapons set (handguns, submachine guns, shotguns, and the like).”
– It’s effective to lock onto your opponent with Z – see how much health he has left
– Head shots do substantial damage, though they don’t always kill opponents instantly
– 180-degree turn button being considered so that you could take someone out at your rear
– Training Complex another Deathmatch map
– Central area with balconies on the perimeter – leaves you open to be sniped
– Everyone starts the match with a rocket launcher
– Other weapons can be found on the map including a gun that lobs electric orbs
– Takes some time to load in a fresh rocket – Rocket can damage opponent even if the aim isn’t spot on
– WiiSpeak support wasn’t implemented for Nintendo Power’s session, but High Voltage promises it will be included when the “the game hits stores in spring.”
The latest EDGE review scores are as follows:
Killzone 2 – 7
FEAR 2: Project Origin – 8
Halo Wars – 7
Race Pro – 8
House of the Dead: Overkill – 8
Let’s Tap – 8
Deadly Creatures – 5
The Maw – 5
Lord of the Rings: Conquest – 2
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins – 6
Crayon Physics Deluxe – 7
Flower – 7
Boing! Docomodake – 7
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile – 6
