Game Review: Animal Kingdom: Wildlife Expedition (Wii)
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Posted on October 19th, 2009 by
It’s your first day as an animal wildlife photographer and it’s up to you to explore the wilderness of Animal Island (think savannahs and jungles of Africa). Become familiar with the wild animals on the island so you can take good photos of them. Now you can enjoy the thrill of a wildlife photo safari right in your room with Animal Kingdom: Wildlife Expedition for Nintendo Wii.
Sam & Max aren’t your regular police force…they’re the Freelance Police. Sam is a no-nonsense dog detective and his pal Max is a hyperkinetic rabbity thing. For more than 20 years they’ve been serving their brand of justice on the pages of underground comic books, on a Saturday morning cartoon, and in some popular computer adventure games. Now they’re back again on Xbox Live with all the hilarious episodes of their Season Two adventures from the PC.
Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do To Deserve This is a unique PSP game where you make your own monster-filled dungeons to trap pesky heroes in. (
While The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was originally a book written by Frank L. Baum more than 100 years ago, this year marks the 70th anniversary of the more popular Wizard of Oz movie. And now you can explore the mystical Land of Oz with Dorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion, and Tin Man on the DS. And here’s the big surprise, Beyond the Yellow Brick Road plays like a well made RPG, similar to Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy!
For all three of you who read my game reviews on this site, you might have been wondering where I’ve been this past week and a half or so. Since it’s the holiday rush time for new game releases, it may seem kind of weird that over the past week and a half, I haven’t had many new games to review here. I guess it’s the calm before the storm. So I took the time to just play some of the games I’ve gotten and just enjoy them. Sometimes you just have to play games for fun through gamers’ eyes, not reviewers’ eyes. So I thought I’d fill you all in on what I’ve been playing lately, and oddly enough, they’re all RPGs.
In the original My Baby Boy/Girl game on Nintendo DS, you helped raise a virtual baby from birth to its first step. Now in the sequel, My Baby: First Steps for DS and Wii, you’ll be continuing on, raising your baby to help it walk with more confidence and teaching its first words. I got a chance to preview the DS version of this upcoming game, due out later this Winter.
One good thing about fishing games on the Wii is that, while they all pretty much control and play the same, each title has a little something different to offer. If you want a laid back, more realistic fishing game, try 
When we last left Guybrush Threepwood: Mighty PirateTM, he had set sail once again to find a magic voodoo sponge so he can suck up the Pox of LeChuck that’s been infecting pirates all over the Caribbean! Unfortunately, Guybrush and his ship and crew have been swallowed by a giant manatee. In the third episode set inside the belly of the beast, help Threepwood earn the trust of a rag-tag group of manatee mutineers (and the return of an old favorite) so he can escape and continue his search for the sponge.
You know the old adage “The pen is mightier than the sword.” Well now the DS stylus is mightier than the pen with Scribblenauts. It’s a unique puzzle action game where if you can think it, you can probably do it.
In WET for Xbox 360 and PS3 (360 version reviewed here), play as Rubi: a no-nonsense, gun-toting, whiskey-guzzling, sharp-shooting acrobat who will take on any job–for the right price, that is. Help Rubi use her shooting and acrobatic skills to take down gangsters and crime lords in this game that’s best described as a playable John Woo or Quentin Tarantino action flick.
