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Wario Land: The Shake Dimension - Intro and gameplay

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Now, we're not 100 per cent sure what's going on here, but if we know anything about Nintendo, we're betting that's a princess in that cage, and that the evil techno-Viking-giant has designs on somehow messing with her kingdom via an army of evil underlings. Just a guess. Gameplay after the intro.

4 Jul   Duration: 4' 36"

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Razorus
04-Jul-08 10:41:02
Jeez, had to get through all that cartoon bit just to see some gameplay. I like the look of it. Old-skool 2D platforming is cool and the graphics are vibrant. Gameplay looks alright.
viper_h
04-Jul-08 10:43:05
This looks like some bad nintendo cartoon from the 90s. WTF is this??

Gameplay looks ok...
Moz
04-Jul-08 10:54:02
game play looks like an odd Mario - Sonic crossbread!! could be good though
Daymare
04-Jul-08 10:54:16
Gameplay looks great!
Weezer
04-Jul-08 11:55:14
Yawn.
XENgamer
04-Jul-08 12:30:48
I really liked the old Wario Land games on the Gameboy - glad they're bringing Wario back for something other that WarioWare!
neonemesis
04-Jul-08 12:43:24
This looks good, far more promising than I expected.
Monkee
04-Jul-08 12:56:09
so old skool it's cool. I love it
Pac-man ate my wife
04-Jul-08 13:11:54
/shakes head at the young kids who just don't get 'it'
spazmo
04-Jul-08 13:17:27
old skool? Check out mega man 9 on Wii for old skool...

Can't wait for this!
Weezer
04-Jul-08 14:19:27
Please remember that for some of us, 'retro' is where we spent a lot of our lives.

Been there, done that. (Many, many times!)
spazmo
04-Jul-08 14:58:25
Why you still here then? Go away.
smelly
04-Jul-08 15:01:48
@Weezer.

Well some of us are (VERY) bored of playing endless fps games. And games like this come along VERY rarely.

It may be retro.. But it's also a breath of fresh air after endless greys and browns.
smelly
04-Jul-08 15:02:51
Interesting to note that you probably wont say "been there done that" when the latest brown carbon copy of every other one shooter comes out
spazmo
04-Jul-08 15:04:29
Don't try and reason with the pretentious prat.
Weezer
04-Jul-08 15:56:25
Jeez. All I'm saying is that collecting coins, smashing blocks and being fired out of cannons isn't exactly unique - anyone would have thought I'd just bummed your mom or something...

(Which I haven't before you get started)
Mayhem64
04-Jul-08 16:17:39
There's a subbed version of the intro on YouTube if you want an idea of what's going on...
dadrester
04-Jul-08 18:17:02
meh...


... i'd rather play FEZ
smelly
04-Jul-08 19:45:55
@Weezer.

All i'm saying is that pointing your cursor at something and pressing the A button to "shoot" it isnt exactly unique.

And in a market full of games like the above, having a game where you run around jumping on blocks, etc etc and NOT have to point a gun at something IS kinda unique.

How many GOOD games like this have we seen in the last 5 years? How many shooters?

Thus the reason people like me are excited about pl
Weezer
05-Jul-08 07:23:41
@ smelly - yep, I take your point. I'm certainly pretty bored of generic FPSes. I find myself increasingly drawn to stuff on XBLA or PSN in the hope of playing something different. Hooked on PixelJunk Monsters at the moment...
FerrisBueller
05-Jul-08 17:17:48
Not sure about this one, but SEGA should really let Nintendo make Sonic games for them. Seriously.
Bluetribe
06-Jul-08 08:38:45
I love me some true 2d quality platforming, this looks great! And from what I understand of the official Japanese site, motion controls are only used for shaking, as you hold the Wiimote as a classic controller. BTW this has been made "Good Feel", made up by ex-Konami developers.
I hope there will be more oldskool games like this, would love to see a Metroid or Castlevania with similar upgraded 2D graphics.
Mo
07-Jul-08 13:14:05
The last 2D game we saw on a Nintendo home console [N64] was Yoshi's Story - released over a decade ago in early April 1998.

If it's anything like Warioland 1,2,3 on GB/C we're in for a treat!

There's no rule that says just becasue it's 2D it's not allowed on home consoles - despite what SCE have said in the past!