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The Wii has had a roller-coaster of a ride. Launching in 2006, the Wii brought a new life to the world of video games with motion-controls, the likes of which have since been “borrowed” by its competitors. Nintendo also found new audiences with this hardware, but others felt alienated by the often long gaps between quality titles and the lack of third-party support. And while a number of the Wii’s premiere titles are among Nintendo’s all-time greats, they have been surrounded by lesser games that just couldn’t figure out how to best utilize the hardware. Read more
Rayman has had an interesting history. His first game was a critically applauded 2D platformer in the mid-90s, while his second outing (released back in 1999) is widely considered one of the best 3D platformers. After that, Ubisoft’s unofficial mascot had a little trouble finding his way. Rayman 3 had some praise go its way, though maybe the fact that Rayman’s original creator, Michael Ancel, had little to nothing to do with it prevented it from reaching its full potential. Then enter Raving Rabbids, a game that was originally to be a vast 3D platformer that was to take advantage of the Wii’s capabilities, but ended up as nothing more than a hash of (uneventful) mini-games after rushed schedules (which led to another Ancel departure). While the Rabbids went on to success in their own series, Rayman himself was left in the dust, appearing only in the countless remakes of Rayman 2.. This is what Rayman Origins, which sees Ancel’s return to the series, hopes to rectify. But is Origins the boost Rayman needs to get him into the realms of relevance? Or does the limbless hero not have a leg to stand on (couldn’t resist, sorry)? Read more
First thing’s first, I don’t like GameInformer. They are, perhaps second only to IGN, the epitome of what I don’t like about gaming publications. With that said, even a blind squirrel finds a nut eventually, and even GameInformer can do something that has me interested. The most recent example being the awarded 10s to Arkham City and now, Skyward Sword. Read more
The first review for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword has been counted, and it’s a perfect 10 from England’s notoriously critical (but usually right) Edge Magazine.
This makes Skyward Sword only the fourteenth game in the magazine’s long history to achieve a perfect score, as well as being the fifth Nintendo game, second Zelda game (after Ocarina of Time) and third Wii game (after Super Mario Galaxy and its sequel) to do so.
Being a huge Nintendo and Zelda fan, this is just that much more reason to be excited for this much-anticipated entry in one of gaming’s two most legendary franchises. November is going to be huge.
*Slight correction: As it turns out Edge’s review is actually the second review for Skyward Sword, the first was a score of 98% from Official Nintendo Magazine. Although I have my gripes with those .1 rating systems, a 98% is the (tied) highest score ONM has given a game. So that’s good.*
Nintendo finally announced Skyward Sword’s release dates (at least in America and Europe), so now we can stop wondering about it.
Skyward Sword will first be released in Europe (I’m as surprised as you are) on Nobemer 18th, and will be released in America two days later on November 20th.
Oddly, a Japanese release date has yet to be announced, but I doubt it, as well as the Australian release date, willt be far behind.
