20/11/2008 : If you look close enough, you can trace the casual roots of today's Nintendo back to the GameCube's quirky runaway phenomenon, Animal Crossing. The game's latest incarnation, Animal Crossing: City Folk feels and plays extremely natural on Nintendo's flagship family-friendly console and feels right at home with wii-mote and nunchuck in hand. For gamers taking their first trip to Animal Crossing, City Folk will be paradise. For fans of both the original as well as the DS incarnation, it might be a bit too familiar of a journey.
Test de Animal Crossing Wii sur Wii, chez GamePro.
20/11/2008 : Boogie premier du nom, en proposant un mélange entre danse pas franchement jouable et chant difficilement appréciable, s'était un peu vautré, n'ayons pas peur des mots. Au moins, la playlist valait le coup, à peu près, et le jeu ressemblait à autre chose qu'une Nouvelle Star vidéo-ludique, attirant du même coup notre sympathie toute relative.
Test de Boogie Superstar sur Wii, chez Krinein Jeux Vidéo.
20/11/2008 : Puisque Guitar Hero World Tour est sur le point de nous arriver dans les oreilles, autant se tourner vers le passé et considérer ce que nous avons déjà entre les mains. Guitar Hero III : Legends of Rock n'est pas passé inaperçu, oh non. Les deux premiers n'étaient pas pour autant impopulaires, mais se restreignaient à deux supports seulement (dans le meilleur des cas, c'est-à-dire le deuxième Test de Guitar Hero 3 sur Wii, chez Krinein Jeux Vidéo.
20/11/2008 : The dog days of summer are slowly winding down. Even as the baseball season comes to a close, MLB Power Pros 2008 hits home for another year. The game has an uphill battle to fight, however, as a sophomore slump can be hard to overcome. To rekindle last year’s magic, the game includes the obligatory roster update and MLB Mode, along with smaller Test de MLB Power Pros 2008 sur Wii, chez Nintendojo.
20/11/2008 : For serious gamers, the SimCity series needs no introduction. Will Wright’s grand franchise has enthralled millions of gamers across a myriad of platforms during an impressive two-decade run that includes successful spinoffs like The Sims. With the runaway success of Wii and the Test de SimCity Creator sur Wii, chez Nintendojo.
20/11/2008 : The blue bomber is back. This is not your “Battle Transmission Network Tiger Versus” Mega Man either. This is the vintage, side-scrolling, pixilated Mega Man of old. So old, in fact, that Capcom and developer Inti Creates have purposively brought the series back to its roots. Mega Man 9 draws straight from arguably the franchise’s best -- Mega Man 2. There Test de Mega Man 9 sur Wii, chez Nintendojo.
20/11/2008 : Two decades have passed since the Star Wars franchise dropped out of hyperspace and into the public’s hearts. Even though the series may be old, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed showcases new [Jedi] tricks with Wii remote integration, physics-heavy environments and a storyline that bridges the two trilogies. As such, players pick up the lightsaber of a Secret Apprentice to Darth Vader with the purpose of exterminating the remaining Jedi throughout Test de Star Wars : Force Unleashed sur Wii, chez Nintendojo.
20/11/2008 : From the far reaches of space, Nintendo sends WiiWare on an elegant and trippy voyage through the stars. A remake of a Japanese bit Generations game, Art Style: ORBIENT attempts to be accessible while also surprisingly difficult to master -– by no means a simple task. Players take control of a teeny white planet drifting through the cosmos. With two buttons at your command, players must find Test de Art Style : Orbient sur Wii, chez Nintendojo.
20/11/2008 : Sledding is a timeless winter sport. A sport that's been around for decades, even centuries. One that requires speed and skill. A sport that involves both snow and slope. One that necessitates... lines?
Test de Line Rider 2 : Unbound sur Wii, chez Nintendojo.
20/11/2008 : In most cases, people would complain about getting only half of a game. With Bomberman Blast, gamers get the standalone multiplayer version of the latest Bomberman title for Wii. While the retail version contains the entire game, there is absolutely no single player or story to be found in the WiiWare version. But it’s Bomberman we’re talking about, here. Who needs plot motivation to blast friends into oblivion?
Test de Bomberman sur Wii, chez Nintendojo.
20/11/2008 : Building houses, assembling robots, putting together cars -- it seems like LEGO blocks are good for just about anything. Add “fighting crime” that that list, because everyone’s favorite plastic bricks have become Batman’s newest weapon in his never-ending fight against crime. LEGO Batman Test de Lego Batman sur Wii, chez Nintendojo.
20/11/2008 : Earlier this year, the many folks assembled at Namco Bandai's Editors' Day event snickered and groaned at the goofy promotional video that introduced We Cheer. The game is, after all, unapologetically cute-- bobble-headed anime cheerleader girls, with plasticine smiles and rainbow-colored hair, strut, bounce and sway to the sunniest pop soundtrack to hit Wii since Boogie. Yet perhaps more distinctly, it's about cheerleading: there's nothing macho about it, and Test de We Cheer sur Wii, chez Nintendojo.
20/11/2008 : The biggest game of the decade is in one of gaming's newest genres. In the 80s it was Super Mario Bros. In the 90s it was Super Mario 64. But in this decade, without platforms, powerups, or plumbers, it's Guitar Hero. That surprise PlayStation 2 hit spawned more that just a gaming franchise, it spawned a gaming style.
Test de Guitar Hero World Tour sur Wii, chez Nintendojo.
20/11/2008 : Last year's MySims, an offshoot of the Sims franchise originally developed with younger and more casual Nintendo players in mind, released last year to mixed reviews but solid sales. The development team knew it was on to something potentially bigger, so for this year's MySims Kingdom, the experience is refreshingly enhanced and, with its added content and features, seems to have found the missing, magic ingredients to make this new franchise just as much a keeper as it was last year a sleeper.
Test de MySims Kingdom sur Wii, chez Nintendojo.
20/11/2008 : As with MySims Kingdom, another sequel that was more spiritual than literal, Boogie Superstar is a reinvention of what preceded it last year. In some ways, this is wise-- key gameplay elements are either less broken or more challenging-- but a bit of the spirit and soul of the original Boogie has been lost by morphing the game from a story-based song and dance adventure into an American Idol knock-off. Then again, the previous game's story Test de Boogie Superstar sur Wii, chez Nintendojo.
20/11/2008 : Since Wii’s release, a total of three Spider-Man titles (not including spinoffs like Marvel: Ultimate Alliance) have graced the console to date. The first was Spider-Man 3, an unimpressive sandbox-style action adventure that was rushed to market to coincide with the movie of the same Test de Spider-man : Web of Shadows sur Wii, chez Nintendojo.
19/11/2008 : La Wii vend, vend et vend. Elle s'offre à un large public, ce dernier ne connaissant pas toujours très bien ce qu'il achète. C'est probablement à cause de ça que l'un des pires jeux fût l'un des meilleurs vendeurs sur cette console ; Carnival Games. Revoici Barker le forain moustachu avec un jeu aussi mauvais, sinon plus.Test de Carnival Games : Mini-Golf sur Wii, chez Hardgamers.com.
19/11/2008 : En 2007, Electronic Arts nous a gratifié d’un tout nouveau jeu mélangeant chant et danse. Malheureusement pour l’éditeur, cette première tentative était complètement ratée. Malgré tout, les développeurs ont voulu se racheter cette année en proposant aux joueurs possédant une Nintendo Wii un deuxième volet nommé Boogie Superstar. Reste donc à avoir si ce deuxième essai est plus concluant.
Test de Boogie Superstar sur Wii, chez Nintendo Vision.
19/11/2008 : Parmi les grands classiques des jeux de société se trouve forcément le Monopoly. Même si celui-ci avait déjà fait l’objet de portages vidéoludiques, Electronic Arts a désiré tenter sa chance en offrant un opus regroupant les éditions classique et monde agrémenté de quelques bonus. Reste à voir si en échange d’une quarantaine d’euros le soft a de quoi combler son acheteur, voire ses amis lors des parties à plusieurs. Test de Monopoly : Editions Classique et Monde sur Wii, chez Nintendo Vision.
19/11/2008 : L’an dernier, FIFA 08 avait déçu sur Nintendo Wii puisque le titre n’était qu’une adaptation peu travaillée de la version PlayStation 2. Les développeurs, conscients de cela, ont donc voulu réagir en conséquence pour offrir cette année un jeu de football qui soit véritablement adapté au support et qui permette à tout le monde d’en profiter, ce qui explique l’appellation All-Play de ce FIFA 09. Reste maintenant à voir si ceux-ci ont bien atteint leur but et si cet opus remplit bien son contrat. Test de FIFA 09 All-Play sur Wii, chez Nintendo Vision.
