DIFFERENT, BUT STILL IMPRESSIVE. The King of Fighters is a series that's long been a staple of the Neo Geo platform. But with a few new twists and added bells and whistles, the developers have ...
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GOLLY GOSH, MICKEY. When Disney Epic Mickey arrived on Wii in time for the Holiday season in 2010, it attracted a lot of attention due to its concept and the development leadership of Warren S...
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/wii/disney_epic_mickey_2_the_power_of_two
TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO PARTY LIKE IT'S 1989. Ah, the eighties: a time of dodgy haircuts, peculiar outfits and synthesizers dominating the airwaves. In truth, the Nintendo Life office is still a...
BIG FRIENDLY GIANT. Fe, fi, fo, fum, we smell the coins of dads and mums. Since its first release on consoles last year, SKYLANDERS has exploded into a multi-million dollar franchise and a chil...
CRAZY SUPER-DUPER STRIKERS! When it comes to Inazuma Eleven Strikers , don't let any references to football (soccer if you're of the North America persuasion) or the snazzy kits fool you, this ...
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/wii/inazuma_eleven_strikers
SWEAT BABY, SWEAT. The video games industry is currently inundated with a plethora of fitness games promising to give you abs like Schwarzenegger - if you're willing to pay the price. But how m...
SWEET DREAMS. The KIRBY series has been a staple of Nintendo game systems since the pink fluff first appeared on the original Game Boy back in 1992. While the games have always been known more ...
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POLTERGEIST SNAP. If you're more than a little wary when it comes to bumps in the night, it might be best to stay away from Project Zero 2: Wii Edition . Tecmo Koei's ghastly survival horror se...
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/wii/project_zero_2_wii_edition
GET BY WITH A LITTLE HELP…. Here at Nintendo Life we're used to reviewing a lot of franchise sequels, as developers and publishers quite rightly give gamers more of what they want. We're not ...
A DIFFICULT FEAST. Wii owners who enjoy Japanese RPGs have been spoiled recently, especially those that live in Europe: Xenoblade Chronicles and The Last Story provide two very different flav...
PIKACHU'S VACATION. While the main POKÉMON games have rigidly stuck to their tried-and-true formula, the spin-offs have gone into some pretty interesting territory. Rather than focus on the li...
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/wii/pokepark_2_wonders_beyond
LIFE AND SOUL. Nintendo's never been afraid to capitalise on the success of its franchises or, as some would say, beat its successful games to within an inch of their lives. Who knew when the v...
A MEMORABLE TALE. As the Wii prepares to be usurped by its successor, you could argue the console's getting some exceptional adventures in its twilight. European gamers had the pleasure of work...
FEVER PITCH. RHYTHM HEAVEN games are the kind whose sole purpose is to make you smile. You might even say that it's a lot like a not-terrifying clown at a kid's party, actually: colourful and l...
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/wii/rhythm_heaven_fever
MAKE LIKE A TREE AND READ THIS REVIEW. They say that if you were to travel back a million years and step on a butterfly, you could wipe out an entire species and change the world forever with t...
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2012/02/back_to_the_future_the_game_wii
MONSTER MASH. Cute cartoon creatures; simplistic shooting; a mixture of mini-games. Wicked Monsters Blast is a kids game by-the-numbers, but its charm and heavy nods towards arcade classics su...
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2012/02/wicked_monsters_blast_wii
WINTER BLUNDERLAND. Another month, and yet another collection of motion controlled recreations of various sports rears its head on Wii, a console that already has sports-based minigame collecti...
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2012/01/winter_sports_2012_feel_the_spirit_wii
LET'S FINISH THIS THE WAY WE STARTED IT... TOGETHER. Legend has it that every time Billy Joel drives to a holiday party that has a piano, he knows that he's going to end up playing Piano Man by...
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2012/01/lego_harry_potter_years_5_7_wii
THE BORE GANG. The Kore Gang has been a long time in the making, a fact reflected in the final result. At its best, it’s colourfully innocuous and fun, while at its worst it can be frustrati...
A SOUND INVESTMENT. Mario and friends are no strangers to the board game scene: the MARIO PARTY series is a perennial favorite, and rightly so. Those games are colourful, exciting and, most of ...
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2011/12/fortune_street_wii
OLYMPIC SHAMES. It was four years ago that the old 16-bit rivals teamed up for the first time: Sonic appeared in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and the two took their tussle to the track in Mario and...
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2011/12/mario_and_sonic_at_the_london_2012_olympic_games_wii
WII SALUTES YOU. Some things in life never change. When you're in a rush in your lunch hour, there will always be a massive queue outside the bakery. If you trip on a loose bit of pavement, you...
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2011/12/we_sing_rock_wii
THIS PLATFORMER'S GOT LEGS (EVEN IF RAYMAN DOESN'T). As the gaming industry moves onwards and upwards and each genre evolves, it's interesting to observe how the platformer has come around full...
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2011/11/rayman_origins_wii
TRIED AND TRUE. By the time you read this, Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has already sold millions upon millions of copies to a worldwide fanbase and been touted as the biggest e...
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2011/11/call_of_duty_modern_warfare_3_wii
A LEGEND REDEFINED. In a way THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: SKYWARD SWORD has very little riding on it: the Wii has already enjoyed huge success, with a library of critically acclaimed Nintendo games se...
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/wii/the_legend_of_zelda_skyward_sword