Pokeman's most famous character, Pikachu, greets Lauren Bergin during the launch of Pokémon Platinum Version video game this past weekend in New York.
Nintendo World store in Rockefeller Plaza is mobbed Saturday, March 21, 2009, as kids and not-so-little kids lined up to preview and purchase Pokémon Platinum Version video game for the Nintendo DS system. Gotta catch 'em all.
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Just released the last week of November, Neopets Puzzle Adventure puts the Neopets universe on your PC, DS or Wii for even more holiday fun with this popular global community, described as " the stickiest website on the web."
The Capcom and Infinite Interactive developed game is a multi-platform puzzle adventure game based on the beloved virtual community of pets for kids (and adults too) to care and raise. The game is similar to traditional board games like Reversi or Go, adding new twists that challenge players and offer unexpected surprises and bonuses. The object of the adventure gato flip all the chips unbtil they are your Neopet's color.
Rated E for Everyone, the game retails for $39.99 Wii, $29.99 DS and $19.99 PC. Intuitive pick-up-and-play features appeal to casual gamers and Neopets fans alike.
A puzzling adventure game!
Unleash your CSI alter-ego with Unsolved Crimes.
The plot revolves around a rookie detective with the NYPD's homicide division, circa 1976. The game models itself after "cop shows of the era, establishing its style nicely with a cool title sequence that makes use of appropriately dated video footage of the Big Apple and some quintessentially '70s theme music," according to Gamespot, whose reviewers gave the game a 6 out of 10. You play as an anonymous detective, partnered with "the young but experienced Marcy Blake and take your orders from the gruff but likable Captain Abbot."
Investigations take you from "neat and tidy poisonings to truly grisly axe murders. Your investigations also take you to a good variety of crime scenes, including a small suburban home, a city park, and a fleabag motel."
Rated T for alcohol reference, blood and violence. Unsolved Crimes is an Empire Interactives release. Unsolved Crimes.
Casual gamers will find it entertaining with each case taking roughly an hour to crack. Users rate Unsolved Crimes higher than Gamespot and, indeed, it's more fun for a casual gamer than it might be for others. If schmaltzy cop 70s shows are your thing, you'll love it.
Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir is high tech I Spy. We love it and you will too!
Nintendo reports the seek-and-solve game for NIntendo DS showcases "a multitude of beautiful, intricately detailed painted scenes in which players seek out cleverly hidden items to progress through an interactive detective story. There are 12 potential heirs to examine, 30 detailed scenes to peruse and more than 1,000 hidden objects to find."
It's a great game to pick up and play for a few minutes or a full commute. Get ready to sharpen your skills because this game is intricately detailed, a real scavenger hunt. Rated E for Everyone!
It's not often you see a high double digits score in a baseball game, Unless you happen to be a button-mashing, casual gaming Mommy such as myself.
Yeah, I freely admit it. I suck.
But that didn't stop me from enjoying an hour of MLB Power Pros 2008, the 2K Sports-developed game that is the highest-rated and best- selling baseball title in Japan, available last year in North America. The little guys, based on the actual major league teams and their big name players, look like bobble heads. And the way I play, they were pin balling all over the playing field. I laughed so hard I cried.
With three key game modes, fans can play alone or with another person, choosing from Success Mode, MLB Life or Season Mode. Success Mode creates the career path of a rising star in the Double-A minor leagues with players trying to improve their skills and impress scouts while trying to balance their personal lives. MLB Life simulates the experiences of being a major league player over the course of a 20-year career. Season Mode recreates the challenges of leading a winning team to the top in the World Series.
MLB Power Pros 2008 is fun, fun, fun. I love watching the little guys take a big swing, strike out, and spin like the Tasmanian Devil with their eyes bugging. Catching a pop fly is a huge skill thrill for an all thumbs master such as myself.
Kids big and small will love pitting their favorite teams against each other in their favorite stadiums. I can envision many a Subway Series. Plus you get to play as your fav players too.
He was a skater boy
She said, "See you later boy"
And anyone who had to listen endlessly to this puff pop tune from Avril Lavigne knows how this story ends.
Skater Boy rules! And, well, the geek girl gets the cool guy.
On that happy note, I'd like to introduce Skate It! due out Fall 2008.
The two nine-year-old test geeks I took with me to Everyone Plays sponsored by Electronic Arts in June gave the game enthuiastic High Fives! in both Wii and DS platforms. Developers Black Box, which is all things skateboard all the time, worked with pro skaters to create the highly intuitive game. Skate It! features the revolutionary Flickit controls for more ways to shred -- either using the Wii remote or balance board or DS to mimick sick board moves.
It's not just random riding, however. The plot goes like this:
A series of freak natural disasters has left the city of San Vanelona deserted and in ruins. Skate It brings gamers back to the former skateboarding mecca where fallen structures, debris and rubble, combined with zero pedestrian traffic becomes the perfect formula for wicked skate lines.
Nintendo players ride with the pros, getting worked in (the) Hall of Meat and raking in sponsorships on their path to becoming Thrasher Magazine’s Skater of the Year. But the story line doesn't end there. Gamers get gnarly in skating hot spots, owning their turf globally.
My skater boys had to be physically dragged from the game to test other Electronic Arts offerings.
I'd say a good time was had by all.
