Boredom-Fueled Blog

Microsoft:
The Beatles: Rock Band: On Monday, at E3, announcements were made about the Beatles: Rock Band, namely announcements regarding the song list and locations used in the game. The song listing includes such great tracks as “Get Back” and “Octopus’s Garden” alongside tracks with minimal or no lead guitar part like “I Am the Walrus” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” You can also play at venues such as the Ed Sullivan Theater, the Cavern Club, and the Apple Rooftop. It should be noted that I made several predictions regarding this game a couple of months ago. Every venue that has been officially announced as being in the game was included in my prediction, and the only two songs I neglected to include in my prediction were “I Am the Walrus” (because it is mainly played on piano) and “Taxman.” Another thing that caught me off-guard was the fact that the entirety of Abbey Road will also be included. I’ll be interested in seeing how this game really is, as, when you get down to it, very few Beatles songs actually utilize all the peripherals included in this game.
Nintendo:
New Super Mario Bros.: Wii: A very disappointing announcement was made about this game. It was introduced as being something completely new, although it was the opposite of new. It was pretty much exactly like any other sidescrolling Mario game ever made, the only difference being that there will now be four players cluttering the screen and forcing the camera to pan out until your character is the size of a dime on a 52″ plasma screen.
Wii Sports Resort/Wii Motion Plus: I had high hopes for this game, but they were squashed when the presenters kept bringing up the “physical reality” of the game, and remarking that every mistake you’d make “in life,” will be duplicated in the game. So… since I’m not good at basketball in life, I won’t be very good at this game. At least in the original Wii Sports you could manipulate the controller so that the sports became nothing like the real sports…
Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story: …an RPG where Mario and Luigi wander around inside Bowser’s body. This is a great idea for a game, and it would’ve made a great 3D adventure for Wii, but instead they ruined it by making it an RPG and sticking it on the Nintendo DS.
Wii Vitality Sensor: When they announced this at first, I thought it was a joke, like that YouTube video where there are Wii accessories for random stuff like frying pans and egg beaters. The Wii Vitality Sensor’s presentation was very vague, stating that it can read what’s not visible, namely heart rates and other health garbage… but the way it was described it seems like it also reads minds and controls your emotions.
Super Mario Galaxy 2: When all looked hopeless, Nintendo redeemed themselves by saying that there will be a second Super Mario Galaxy for Wii – this time with Yoshi. This should be good. I still maintain that Super Mario Galaxy is the best game for the Wii, so I’m happy that they’re giving it a sequel.

Well… I clearly have too much time on my hands.

Nintendo Super Mario Galaxy, The Beatles: Rock Band

I was reading through some old blog posts and I came along this, and I wondered why I didn’t do that more often, because since then I’ve played many more Wii Games.

As usual my opinions are not facts, and I’m mainly writing this to kill my own time and not necessarily for anyone’s reading enjoyment (especially since these games came out a long time ago, and you’ve probably already read reviews for them).

Wii Play
6.2/10
The best thing about this game is that it comes with an extra Wii-Mote. The cow-racing is amusing, and the Tanks are addicting. This is the kind of game that I still break out every month or so, just to kill an hour or two. (I think I only played “Pose Mii” once.)

Super Mario Galaxy
9.5/10
This is currently my favorite Wii game. I didn’t think they could improve much on Super Mario 64, but this game proves that theory very wrong. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I enjoy everything about this game, down to the background music. It’s the perfect level of difficulty.

The Simpsons Game
7.9/10
On one hand this game has pretty good gameplay, and on the other hand it’s hilarious (especially the video game cliches). The problem with this game is that there are some irritating camera angles and the controls are difficult to master.

Super Paper Mario
8.5/10
A great return to the sidescroller with a modern twist. I was cautious about buying this, because from what I’d seen of the previous Paper Marios, I didn’t think I’d like it, but this game is way better than those. The suspense of the storyline is enough to keep me coming back for more.

Nintendo Paper Mario, Super Mario Galaxy

I’ve made several lists of my own for characters that should be in Super Smash Bros. and I thought I should make one for Mario Kart, so here goes:
Goomba – they would make a nice lightweight character that could replace one of those ridiculous babies.
Major Burrows – you know the evil mole from Super Mario Galaxy? The interesting thing about this racer could be that he drives underground and all you can see is his tunnel, except for when he’s hit by items and flying over jumps.
Kamek (a. k. a. Magikoopa) – This guy was originally going to be in Mario Kart 64 but they replaced him with a more “famous” character, Donkey Kong. Anyway, I really got to like this guy while I was beating him in Super Mario Galaxy. (Also he has major potential if they ever
think of using character-specific items again.)
Space Bees – Yet another character stemming from my love of Super Mario Galaxy. Also they
can replace another baby character.

Also a great new item could be the spring mushroom from Galaxy.

Nintendo Mario Kart, Super Mario Galaxy