People often ask me "Jonathan, you own just about every videogame console made in the past twenty years. Why is that you play the Wii so damn much?" I usually just respond with a coy giggle and a slap on the wrist, but if I feel comfortable enough with the person, I'll tell them that "It's because the Wii has the most retro titles, 2D platformers, and weird Japanese games, you big silly!"
If you don't already know, the game is about a a very muscular group of people (and a polar bear) who's protein powder has been stolen. They mean to get it back, no matter how many walls they have to flex through.
Amazing.
Also, check the gallery for some nice images of the game's characters. For you poor avatar-less souls out there, why not use these for your public Destructoid face? You could do a lot worse than a topless, sexy polar bear.
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I like weird games, and everything. I own and like my Wii too etc.
But i must admit this game makes no sense at all, it looks stupid and not that fun, that song is like a torture to my ears. Its not pretentious to get it just because "oh look it is so crazy japanese and blabla"?, wait a second guys, the game looks pretty awful in many ways!
Probably im not with the cool kids in this article, go and get it i guess. I just dont feel appealed to it :/
@Fanatism: i was thinking the same thing, but i've see that type of character before too in other games (FF13, LoZ:TP and now this), is it some kind of stereotype that the Japanese have on black people? or maybe it's based on a character from Japan? can anyone enlighten me?
Adamantium Hip- I was excited for DSE too... before I played it. Again, it was a good game, but the lack of bosses, enemy variety, and length did a serious number on it.
Maybe Muscle March will let me down as well, but I highly doubt it.
@ NESgamer - I don't think it's pretentious to like absurd Japanese comedy, and it's not pretentious to dislike it either. It's a matter of taste.
Clearly, this is a game people will either love or hate. So far, I'm on the love side.
I cannot believe anyone was let down by DSE, I mean, I just don't get it. A fantastic story and pace, great graphics and great gameplay. This just looks like a lot of old nonsense.
and you know i dont mean to troll ya Jonathan, I mean I respect the hell out of you for telling the truth about dead rising for wii instead of jumping on the hate wagon.
I just genuinely didn't understand why you didnt love dead space. I mean I was waiting for the dip in quality your review mentioned and it just never came in my opinion. But thats why we have opinions, and i respect yours. we all have our quirks, I guess :P
Games like this was what the word "epic" was made for. Now if only Nintendo would pull their heads out of their ass and release THEIR quirky Japanese games in the west. (Well, just Captain Rainbow.)
@AdamtiumHip: i support Holmes on this one, play RE:DC, it's much better on rails shooter that really makes you see the glaring faults in the first. DS:E fails in many ways, I'll admit the story is good, hell, even better than DS, but it drops the ball on many aspects like making you go through the damn story if you get killed near the beginning of a level, lack of bosses like Holmes said and the grabbing ammo/items mechanic is made in a way that forces you in occasions to choose between one of two or more items on screen, even if you are able to make a choice (in a split second in some cases) the shaky camera makes it damn frustrating to pick it up and sometimes you pick the wrong one or even miss all of them. I really suggest you take DC for a spin, all these aspects are handled way better there.
I thought Dead Space was one of the best games of the year. And yes it made you chose ocassionally between ammo and items, but that's a huge part of horror games, making choices and sacrafices between all important ammo and other items. If you could grab it all, well, what's the point?
And why have bosses just for the sake of it?
I have no doubt DC will be an amazing shooter, but DSE was one of the best games on the wii.
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I.....but......how...
That was more amazing than a heterosexual male should admit.
If it is, I'm fairly sure that Cho Aniki translates roughly into "Brad Nicholson: The Game".
Oh Jonathan :(
But i must admit this game makes no sense at all, it looks stupid and not that fun, that song is like a torture to my ears. Its not pretentious to get it just because "oh look it is so crazy japanese and blabla"?, wait a second guys, the game looks pretty awful in many ways!
Probably im not with the cool kids in this article, go and get it i guess. I just dont feel appealed to it :/
Adamantium Hip- I was excited for DSE too... before I played it. Again, it was a good game, but the lack of bosses, enemy variety, and length did a serious number on it.
Maybe Muscle March will let me down as well, but I highly doubt it.
@ NESgamer - I don't think it's pretentious to like absurd Japanese comedy, and it's not pretentious to dislike it either. It's a matter of taste.
Clearly, this is a game people will either love or hate. So far, I'm on the love side.
I just genuinely didn't understand why you didnt love dead space. I mean I was waiting for the dip in quality your review mentioned and it just never came in my opinion. But thats why we have opinions, and i respect yours. we all have our quirks, I guess :P
Also, I call the guy with the Top hat.
I got dibs on the afro guy.
I thought Dead Space was one of the best games of the year. And yes it made you chose ocassionally between ammo and items, but that's a huge part of horror games, making choices and sacrafices between all important ammo and other items. If you could grab it all, well, what's the point?
And why have bosses just for the sake of it?
I have no doubt DC will be an amazing shooter, but DSE was one of the best games on the wii.