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The Friday release retails for $60 for Xbox 360 and PS 3 $50 for Wii $40 for PSP and PS 2. And EA promises the most intense online enhancements ever. If you win the Super Bowl, you can finally get a ceremony. But now if you run out of the pocket, you’re a little more likely to get sacked. Forever in “Madden” games, your best option as a quarterback has been to run backward or sideways from the line, to avoid defensive linemen. It’ll be interesting to see if this means more players will get hurt - or if there will be fewer injuries since referees are more inclined now to stop a play if a runner’s progress has been stopped by a bunch of defenders pushing him backward.ĮA also has created better pocket protection. First, there’s “Pro-Tak,” or procedural tackling, which essentially just means a bunch more defensive guys pile onto tackles, whether it’s you or your opponent (or the computer) telling defenders to pile on. “Madden NFL ’10” (EA) tries to live up to the hypes as, once again, one of the year’s most anticipated games.Ī few things are enhanced this year. Three and one-half stars.)Ĭontact Doug Elfman at 70 or e-mail him at He also blogs at /elfman.
Plays quite fun, primarily as a party game for two to four gamers. (“Wii Sports Resort with Wii MotionPlus” by Nintendo retails for $50 for Wii.
Plays smooth and fun enough if you’re into fighting games, especially in online matches. (“King of Fighters XII” by Ignition retails for $60 for Xbox 360 and PS 3. So fanboys of the world: unite and rejoice. Me? Don’t care, because the roughly two dozen characters are sufficient. Other reviewers seem to be mildly peeved that some characters from previous “King of Fighters” titles are missing here. The fighting is smooth and fun enough to give fight-game fans hours of punching each other in the virtual groins. But more important, it’s a winner because, let’s face facts, “KOF XII” does the job it needs to do. It’s a loss only because “KOF XII” doesn’t evolve the fighting genre. Obviously, “King of Fighters XII” serves up standard fighting fare. Then you commence fighting - kicking, punching, dodging and unleashing the occasional special move, such as grabbing an opponent’s head and slamming it into the ground. You pick three fighters to take into a ring for tag-team fighting against the computer or against human opponents online or on your couch. “KOF XII” bucks years of trends by delivering an old-school, two-dimensional, side-scrolling fighting game.
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Speaking of fanboys, fanatics of the fighting-competition series “King of Fighters” now can obsess over “King of Fighters XII.” But even hard-core gamers like to party now and then. It’s more of a game for fanboys of the Wii, and for those part-time party Wii-ple. I doubt serious gamers will spend much time playing “Wii Sports Resort,” certainly not by themselves. It is, suddenly, a must-have for Wii gamers. This device, called Wii MotionPlus, adds new sensors to your hand controller, to make it respond more dynamically to your hand motions. In fact, “Sports Resort” comes with Nintendo’s newest toy, an excellent little electronic device you plug into your wireless Wii controller. You portray too-cute Weeble-like cartoon characters engaged in minigames that, compared to “Wii Sports,” are prettier, sleeker and even easier to control with your Wii wand. If you’ve played “Wii Sports,” it looks and feels similar. These are simple things, executed to grand fun. When you wakeboard, you jump waves to do tricks and land properly on your feet. When you toss your way through mini-Frisbee, you throw a Frisbee in the air and your cute little dog catches it above targets.
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That’s bad news for software sales of other titles.īut the varied quality of the minigames offers some kind of fun. Those part-time party gamers may now obsess only on “Wii Sports Resort.” It has so much replay value, it’s feasible it will be the only game they buy this year. The losing proposition: Some Wii-ple (that’s Wii people) spend their game time only on party games, such as “Wii Sports,” competing against friends once a week, or once a month. You can sword fight, perform archery, row a canoe, play table tennis and so on. The game allows two to four gamers at a time to compete in 12, crazy-entertaining minigames. The win: Since “Sports Resort” is a top-notch game that people can play at parties, it’s earning many millions of dollars. Wii Sports Resort” presents a win-lose scenario for Nintendo.