{"id":3764,"date":"2010-01-07T19:28:21","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T01:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/?p=3764"},"modified":"2010-01-07T19:28:21","modified_gmt":"2010-01-08T01:28:21","slug":"cary-is-looking-forward-in-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/07\/cary-is-looking-forward-in-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Cary is Looking Forward in 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MILES_BOX\"Well let\u2019s see. I\u2019ve done a \u201cBest Games of 2009\u201d<\/a><\/strong> blog. I\u2019ve done a \u201cBest Games of the Past Decade\u201d<\/a><\/strong> blog. So now I guess I\u2019ll do a blog about games in 2010 that I\u2019m looking forward to.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Keep in mind that my tastes in games are a little weird, so there won\u2019t be a lot of mainstream titles. For instance, Bayonetta isn\u2019t on my list. I played the demo and while it is a neat and stylish game, it\u2019s just not my cup of tea. It is pretty silly, though. A woman with guns on her shoes who can make her hair turn into monsters! Wow! Maybe I\u2019ll get it when it goes down in price. Another one I just can\u2019t get excited about is FF13. It just doesn\u2019t look interesting to me. Of course, I haven\u2019t really been into a Final Fantasy game since FF9. And the only way to get me to want to play Super Street Fighter 4 is to make Ryu and Ken throw cupcakes and hippos instead of fireballs. And while I\u2019m a huge classic Namco fan, I never cared much for Splatterhouse, so I can skip the remake this year. And I can\u2019t even talk about stuff like Mass Effect 2, due to a lack of knowledge. Just doesn\u2019t interest me.<\/p>\n

But enough of that, here are some games that I am really looking forward to this year. I\u2019m sure there\u2019ll be many more, so this is just a partial list.<\/p>\n

Data East Arcade Classics (Wii)<\/strong><\/p>\n

You folks know how much I love my arcade game collections! And Data East was a smaller game developer who is now no longer in business, so you know these will be more obscure games than the norm. I\u2019m looking forward to playing stuff on it like Lock N Chase, Burgertime, Bad Dudes, Magical Drop, and more. I hear it\u2019s coming out either this month or next. And of course you know a \u201cGames of the Data East Collection\u201d blog from me in inevitable. What Data East games do you like?<\/p>\n

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom (Wii)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not really big into most fighting games, but I will play Marvel vs. Capcom 2 every now and then. So I\u2019m looking forward to this one, too. I\u2019ll probably suck at it, but oh well. I don\u2019t know much of anything about the Tatsunoko anime side of the roster, so it\u2019ll be fun to learn about it. I\u2019m all about the Capcom side, though. It\u2019s good to see Mega Man from Legends and a Tron Bonne stage, as well as other favorites like Viewtiful Joe. I\u2019m actually really surprised that this game is going to be released in the US at all, what with the licensing of the Tatsunoko side. It\u2019ll be good for the Wii to have a 2-D fighter, though. It makes me wonder if Nintendo helped fund the port to the US, like what they did with Tales of Symphonia on the GameCube. Nintendo helped Namco localize that one because they wanted more RPGs on their previous system. What Tatsunoko vs. Capcom characters are you looking forward to playing as? Or what fighters would you like to see on here?<\/p>\n

Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I LOVED the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney games. Capcom made a fantastic series of point and click adventures, and who knew that playing a game about being a lawyer could be so much fun? Normally I don\u2019t even like court drama TV shows, but these games were so wacky that it drew me in and now I\u2019m a huge fan. This new game stars Phoenix Wright\u2019s rival, Miles Edgeworth, and has some new gameplay mechanics and gimmicks. I\u2019m not really a big fan of Edgeworth, but his sidekick, Detective Gumshoe, is my favorite Phoenix Wright character outside of the Blue Badger. So it\u2019ll be fun to see more of Gumshoe\u2019s dopey antics, hopefully. This one\u2019s going to definitely be a day one purchase for me. I just read that the original Phoenix Wright game is going to be available on WiiWare soon, too. What Ace Attorney characters are your favorite?<\/p>\n

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (360)<\/strong><\/p>\n

It may be a cheap Mario Kart rip-off, but I\u2019ll play it anyway. I really don\u2019t mind Mario Kart rip-offs as long as they\u2019re still fun games. And I actually liked Sega Superstars Tennis so I\u2019ll give this one a chance, too. I haven\u2019t seen her in any videos yet, but I hope that Ulala from Space Channel 5 is a playable racer in this one. At least Tails is in the game, he\u2019s the best Sonic character. I\u2019ll probably get the 360 version of this since Banjo-Kazooie are guest racers. Even though they\u2019re not from Sega, I think Banjo-Kazooie fit well with the rest of the cast. Guest characters worked for Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Banjo is no stranger to racing games either. His first appearance was in Diddy Kong Racing, and he even had his own airplane racing game with Banjo Pilot on GBA. Plus, Nuts & Bolts is like a racing game a lot of the time, too. Who are your favorite Sega characters, and which ones would you like to see in this racer?<\/p>\n

Mega Man 10 (Xbox LIVE)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I liked the IDEA behind Mega Man 9, a sequel that threw progression to the wind in favor of classic 8-bit visuals, sound, and gameplay. But I didn\u2019t like how Capcom executed it. The game was way too hard, and you had to pay for simple things like new characters and stages. With an easy mode and seemingly playable Proto Man right off the bat, it looks like Mega Man 10 may fix some of those problems with 9. So I\u2019ll give it a chance. But what I\u2019d really like to see is Mega Man Powered Up 2!<\/p>\n

No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (Wii)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t get the first No More Heroes game right away. I waited until it went down in price to about 15 bucks. So I will probably do that with the sequel, too. Over-the-top violent action games like this aren\u2019t my cup of tea, but I wanted to see the classic video game references I heard so much about in the first one. The blood didn\u2019t really bother me, as the game was so cartoony that the red spurts looked more like confetti or pi\u00f1ata candy coming out of people\u2019s heads. But some of the boss battle finishing moves kind of grossed me out, like cutting someone\u2019s arms off or slashing their eyes. Yeah, I know, I\u2019m a big baby. There is one thing in the sequel that really interests me, though. In the first game, you earned money by doing odd jobs in the form of mini-games. In the sequel, those odd job mini-games are presented as 8-bit style 2-D challenges. So I thought that was pretty cool. Maybe I can get my brother Jeff to play the violent parts (he\u2019s one year away from being OK to play M rated games anyway), and I can play all the 8-bit mini-games!<\/p>\n

LEGO Harry Potter (360)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most of the LEGO movie games really aren\u2019t that great. Oftentimes they\u2019re buggy, counter-intuitive messes. But strangely enough, they\u2019re still fun! I usually get the LEGO games after they\u2019ve gone down in price some, or if there\u2019s a sale. I really got tired of the Harry Potter books after the fourth one, and the last movie didn\u2019t make any sense at all. Harry Potter isn\u2019t a very likable character anyway and the way the books are written, they make me think of overblown Scooby Doo cartoons. Yeah, I know they\u2019re just kids\u2019 books, but still. Maybe the LEGO humor can put back some of the fun in Harry Potter. It worked for Batman!<\/p>\n

Shantae: Risky\u2019s Revenge (DSiWare)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The original Shantae game kind of put WayForward on the map for many a gamer. It was one of the last Game Boy Color games and played a lot like a classic 2-D platform exploration game, like Metroid or Wonder Boy. It starred a half-genie girl who could learn magical dances to turn into different animals. You had to use these animals to bypass obstacles. For instance, turning into a monkey let you climb walls, and the elephant could break through blocks. It was a really fun game, and for a long time there was talk of a GBA sequel. But they couldn\u2019t find a publisher. But now with digital distribution, I think they\u2019ll finally get to release this. I\u2019m just assuming it\u2019s a version of the GBA game you can download on your DSi. I\u2019m definitely going to get it when it comes out.<\/p>\n

Pokemon Heart Gold\/Soul Silver (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Back when I was writing for a major newspaper, when the Pokemon games first came out, I requested to cover them. That was a smart move because, obviously, they turned out to be really popular and I got to write a bunch of articles about Pokemon. I like to say that Pokemon helped pay my way through college. Ha ha! But by the time Gold and Silver came out on the Game Boy Color, one of the editor\u2019s sons was old enough to write, so they let him review it instead. Yeah, that\u2019s office politics for ya! But that\u2019s kind of OK, though, because by that time, I had written so many Pokemon stories that I was kind of getting sick of it, and I stopped playing Gold prematurely. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll really get into the Gold\/Silver remakes on DS, but it might be a fun game to play with Jeff.<\/p>\n

WarioWare: DiY<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure when this one is coming out, but I\u2019m pretty sure it\u2019s coming out sometime this year. And I\u2019m also not sure if it\u2019s for DS or Wii or both. But what I do know is that it\u2019s a WarioWare game where you design your own micro-games, and that sounds like pure awesomeness to me. I\u2019m hoping to make a bunch of classic Namco themed games. I\u2019ll be like 9-Volt of the Namco world!<\/p>\n

Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I just read that the new Wii Zelda game is confirmed to be released in 2010. I just can\u2019t see that, Mario Galaxy 2, AND Metroid: Other M being released in the same year. So I imagine one or more will be delayed. But it doesn\u2019t matter, as I\u2019m looking forward to trying all three regardless.<\/p>\n

Metroid: Other M (Wii)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m a little apprehensive about Team Ninja handling a Metroid game. But really only because I liked the idea of a company from Austin, TX, making good 3-D Metroid titles. I was proud of that. I\u2019m not really a big fan of Team Ninja\u2019s other games either: Ninja Gaiden, DOA, DOA Volleyball, etc. Of course, I\u2019m not saying the new Metroid game will be like those other ones. But, I was a bit skittish when I first heard about a new 3-D Metroid game on the GameCube, and that turned out great. So I\u2019ll give Team Ninja a chance, too.<\/p>\n

Epic Mickey (Wii)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The idea behind this game sounds pretty weird, but at the same time, not so much. It\u2019s hard to imagine a darker kind of game starring Mickey Mouse, but keep in mind that the really old classic Mickey cartoons could sometimes be a little dark, and Mickey was more rambunctious then, too. He even chewed tobacco! Hard to imagine that, considering Mickey\u2019s preschool Clubhouse personal now. But I\u2019ll give this one a chance, too. Maybe it\u2019ll even be better than the more recent Kingdom Hearts have been.<\/p>\n

Lunar: Silver Star Harmony (PSP)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I used to play classic 16-bit style RPGs all the time. But I never played any of the Lunar games. Mainly because they got their start on a system I never had (Sega CD). Even when they appeared on other formats like GBA and DS and such, I never got around to trying one. So maybe, just maybe, I\u2019ll try this one. Or maybe I can get to review it?<\/p>\n

Tron Evolution (360)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most movie games aren\u2019t very exciting to me. But I loved the Tron movie so I might look into this one. Maybe. I heard that there\u2019s also going to be a remake of the old Clash of the Titans movie, and Namco Bandai has the rights to make a game out of that, too. It\u2019ll probably be horrible, but I might have to check that out as well, since I loved the old movie when I was a kid. My friend and I would play pretend Clash of the Titans with paper plates and cardboard tubes as swords and shields when we were little.<\/p>\n

And I believe that\u2019s all I can think of right now. What games in 2010 are YOU looking forward to? –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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