What kid hasn’t pretended to be a dragon at one point? Now your whole family can be dragons with Hoard, a downloadable title for the PS3. In Hoard you’ll do all the things dragons are supposed to do: fly around, terrorize humans, breathe fire, torch crops, kidnap princesses, and try to get the most treasure!
Bakugan is a super-popular toy line that combines a monster battling trading card game with the classic game of…marbles? Yup. Each card is magnetic, and when you roll the marbles on them, they open up into little monsters to trigger attacks. Now, the newest Bakugan game lets fans do what they’ve always dreamed of: have full control over the monsters themselves in battle!
Noah’s Ark for DS is an interactive story book about the timeless Bible story. Young children hold the DS sideways, like a book, and listen as the story is being read to them. Kids can tap on the right side of the screen and objects will react with funny animations. And there’s also a silly monkey hidden on each page! After reading, your child can listen to the story again or play a dozen or so Noah’s Ark themed learning activities.
This weekend I went to Sonic-Con. It was near where I live. Typical anime/video game convention stuff, but this one had more of a focus on Sonic the Hedgehog games and characters. It’s the first they’ve ever had, so was it a speedy success or a big blue bomb? Well, you’ll just have to read on to find out.
It’s deer hunting season on your DS. Deer Drive is a fast action shooting gallery style touch screen hunting game. It’s very similar to the classic title Deer Hunter, except with a quicker pace.
For more than 40 years, Sesame Street has delighted and taught children around the world. Heck, even I watched it as a kid back in the late 70’s and early 80’s. Now your kids can have fun and learn with Big Bird and the gang with Cookie’s Counting Carnival and Elmo’s A to Zoo Adventure for Wii and DS (Wii versions reviewed here).
Zhu Zhu Pets is a popular toy line of battery operated hamsters that roll, chatter, and scurry around little connected playsets. Recently they’ve expanded into other critters as well. Called the Wild Bunch, they include animals like a beaver, rabbit, skunk, and many more. Now your kids can go wild with two new Zhu Zhu Pets games featuring the Wild Bunch on Wii and DS.
Zhu Zhu Pets is a popular toy line of little battery operated hamsters that roll, chatter, and scurry around little connected playsets. They’re generally marketed towards girls, so to get boys interested, they’ve now made Kung Zhu. It’s basically the same toy, except now the hamsters come in wild new colors like army green, have equipable armor, and the playsets are now ‘battle arenas.’ Now both boys and girls (who says girls don’t like to kick butt, too?) can enjoy their favorite hamster fighters with Kung Zhu for Nintendo DS.
One of the better pinball simulations on the Xbox 360 (and one of the best LIVE Arcade games in general) now has a sequel. Pinball FX 2 features four brand new tables, backwards compatibility with your old FX tables, new modes, and ways to track your score online.
There are quite a few of the Bit.Trip games on WiiWare now. They utilize retro styled graphics and sound along with retro themed gameplay for a challenging old school experience. Some of the games in the past have imitated Pong (Bit.Trip Beat) or a 2-D side-scrolling platformer (Bit.Trip Runner). The newest in the series, Bit.Trip Fate, plays like a horizontally scrolling 2-D shooter.
