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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!"

Case in point: Muscle March. Along with Let's Hitchhike, Tonema Sanner, and the recently released Eco Shooter: Plant 530, Muscle March is the kind of game that makes WiiWare the download service for games that you thought would never leave Japan.

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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Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/21/2009 19:11
Jonathan Holmes
Also, I need this soundtrack.
Kalmah's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/21/2009 22:35
Kalmah
Why couldn't I stop watching?
eternalplayer2345's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/21/2009 22:39
eternalplayer2345
Need this so bad
RenegadePanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/21/2009 22:40
RenegadePanda
Any word on when this is coming out in the USland?
VGFreak1225's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/21/2009 22:44
VGFreak1225
TAKEDOWN!
jaycobo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/21/2009 22:47
jaycobo
I want to say wtf, but this makes complete sense to me..
Kyle MacGregor's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/21/2009 22:59
Kyle MacGregor
What the hell?
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/21/2009 23:06
Los255
A polar bear? A POLAR BEAR?

I.....but......how...
TheCleaningGuy's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/21/2009 23:13
TheCleaningGuy
What? I don't even...
That was more amazing than a heterosexual male should admit.
SenorDoucheoisie's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/21/2009 23:13
SenorDoucheoisie
Wait, is this Cho Aniki? I remember a later sequel or whatever of Cho Aniki that had that very plotline.

If it is, I'm fairly sure that Cho Aniki translates roughly into "Brad Nicholson: The Game".
AdamantiumHip's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/21/2009 23:27
AdamantiumHip
You were let down by one of the best games all year (dead space extraction) and yet this excites you?

Oh Jonathan :(
X3Ent3nte's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/21/2009 23:29
X3Ent3nte
heh heh heh heheh heh heh heh heh heh heheh
faultymoose's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/22/2009 00:51
faultymoose
Best. Game. Ever.
NESgamer's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/22/2009 01:37
NESgamer
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 :/
Xbudz's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/22/2009 03:09
Xbudz
SOLD
Fanatism's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/22/2009 03:51
Fanatism
Maybe it's an old question by now, but is that bird-hair guy a reference to ff13? D;
Crunshii's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/22/2009 04:35
Crunshii
wow.... just wow... I did not think this was real...
Ikey Heyman's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/22/2009 06:51
Ikey Heyman
manliest game, forever and always.
EdgyDude's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/22/2009 07:09
EdgyDude
@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?
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/22/2009 07:12
Jonathan Holmes
@ RenagadePanda- Winter 2010.

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.
Ghost125's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/22/2009 11:09
Ghost125
this is a must buy for me now, best game evar !!1!1!1!1!!!
AdamantiumHip's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/22/2009 11:38
AdamantiumHip
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.
AdamantiumHip's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/22/2009 12:09
AdamantiumHip
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
Johnny Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/22/2009 13:32
Johnny Justice
Which one's your favourite? Mine is the polar bear so you can't pick him.
tirkaro's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/22/2009 14:54
tirkaro
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.)

Also, I call the guy with the Top hat.
AdamantiumHip's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/22/2009 15:21
AdamantiumHip
Yes, and usually in these cases, ''epic'' is followed immediately by the word ''fail''
EdgyDude's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/22/2009 17:24
EdgyDude
@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.
EdgyDude's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/22/2009 17:36
EdgyDude
Also, the japanese debut trailerwas way funnier IMO, even if it was gay as hell, i mean the character selection screen was priceless.

I got dibs on the afro guy.
AdamantiumHip's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/23/2009 04:15
AdamantiumHip
I am getting RE DC for christmas.

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.
lokhe's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/15/2010 14:06
lokhe
.........................right
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