Wii Fanboy reviews the WiiWare launch lineup

by Ross Miller { May 13th 2008 at 10:00PM }

Sure, Microsoft may be living it up with the Xbox 360 Spring Showcase, but let's not forget about Nintendo's WiiWare launch this past Monday. Our friends at Nintendo Wii Fanboy have been churning out reviews and impressions to give you an idea of what to expect.

	Lost Winds (review) "Without a doubt, LostWinds is like finding a diamond-encrusted Hummer in your box of corn flakes." (Gallery)
	Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King (impressions) "Several hours later, since I was still playing ... Without my even realizing it, My Life as a King had gone from boring to fun." (Gallery)

	Defend Your Castle (review) "We're happy to report that Defend Your Castle is a good game and well worth your small sum of money." (Gallery)
	TV Show King (review) "Even with its total of 3000 trivia questions, you've seen everything TV Show King has to offer in terms of presentation after two ten-minute playthroughs." (Gallery)
	Pop (review) "It's just so appealing to jump in and lose yourself for a few intense minutes. Just don't expect to play it for hours or days on end." (Gallery)

Tags: crystal-chronicles, defend-your-castle, final-fantasy, hands-on, impressions, lost-winds, my-life-as-king, pop, reviews, tv-show-king, wiiware

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Cesaria (MKW:2621-2994-1376) @ May 13th 2008 10:19PM

I'm loving Defend Your Castle and Lost Winds. Bring it on, Wii Ware!

Lars @ May 16th 2008 3:36PM

Defend your castle is bleh. I don't like it at all. In fact I might go so far as to say I hate it.

Lost Winds on the other hand is pure gold. Just soooo good.

colin @ May 13th 2008 10:52PM

"Several hours later, since I was still playing ... Without my even realizing it, My Life as a King had gone from boring to fun."

how can you not realize you are having fun? don't drink their kool-aid, man.

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ May 13th 2008 11:30PM

No really, its very fun.

BTW, the interwebs were cut off at works. So now I no can post heer.

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ May 14th 2008 2:49AM

It's like not realizing that you're getting addicted to Animal Crossing.

Those were dark times.

HighFiveJesus @ May 13th 2008 11:08PM

I hate the crystal chronicles series, but lost winds seems pretty cool.

Lars @ May 16th 2008 3:41PM

Was there more than one other CC game?

FFCC had a lot of things that annoyed me, but playing it was just a blast. Were you playing solo? I don't know why they even tacked on a solo option, it's pretty lame and completely different. It's all about teamwork.

I LOVED getting gear upgrades and making things from recipes, but I HATED the fact that gear was so limited. One class can wear a helm... only a helm, one can wear boots... only boots, etc.

I also didn't like having to grind the same levels over and over again. Granted, they got harder and sometimes changed a bit.

NvM @ May 13th 2008 11:19PM

I'm probably going to get defend Your Castle.
loved the flash game and seems like a better party game than Mario kart.

RDX @ May 14th 2008 1:36AM

Oh no you di-ent!

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ May 14th 2008 2:52AM

I really hope that Wiiware starts kicking some serious high-budget developer ass. In one corner, you've got developers selling full-priced half-assed Wii games whereas on the other, you've got developers selling small-priced full-invested games.

Somebody's going to have to be knocked down for the sake of good gaming.

t_m @ May 14th 2008 9:27AM

I wonder if Wiiware won't be the magic ingredient for those casual gamers on the Wii.

Its been pretty clear for a while that the Wii audience is really split between the hardcore nintendo fans (who buy every game, if its nintendo) and the casual users who tend to only play Wii Sports and Wii fit.

Personally I think the high price of games must be very off-putting to casual users... and I think, if nintendo markets it properly, these kind of fun, casual, low priced games, delivered right to your console, could be a great way to get those casual users to play more games.

(after all, the big studios seem to have decided to try and catch the casual market by porting over basic games without much investment or effort.. its just they try and charge full price for them!)

Lars @ May 16th 2008 3:47PM

"I wonder if Wiiware won't be the magic ingredient for those casual gamers on the Wii. "

Nope. I know a few casual gamers with Wiis, and they don't even know it can get on the internet, let alone how to set it up, and what to do once it is hooked up. I tried getting a friend of mine to hook his up and he was like "I don't see any point. Will that somehow make Wii Sports and SM Galaxy better? No? Then it's not worth it."