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12 Great Wii Games - Fall/Winter 2008
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Ghostbusters is a much anticipated game for the Wii.
2008 promises to be a very good year for the Nintendo Wii. Game development is an evolutionary process where one feature builds upon another feature, and game engines become more sophisticated with each new release.
Now, closing in on the second full year since the Wii's release, we are beginning to see games that not only integrate the Wii's unique controls, but also squash some of the bugs found in the controls of earlier games. We've come a long way from some of those earlier games that simply remapped a button to a swing of the Wiimote.
Also, we have some really great titles to look forward to with everything from Ghostbusters to Star Wars to Tomb Raider.
Don King Presents Prize Fighter
Wii Sports showed a glimmer of what a boxing game could be on the Wii, but that potential has yet to be realized with any of the available boxing titles. That might change with Don King's Prize Fighter. Promising to deliver realism both in the ring and out of the ring, Prize Fighter allows you to build a career by overcoming adversity, training and promoting your fighter as well as delivering action in the ring. If Prize Fighter can deliver great boxing integrated with the Wii's controls, it could very well knock out the competition.
Estimated Release Date: 9/8/2008
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Perhaps the most anticipated game of the year, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed puts us in the role of Darth Vader's secret apprentice. Tasked with carrying out the Chancellor's Order 66, it is our job to hunt down the remaining Jedi. But will we carry through with it? Not only will the Force Unleashed allow us to use the powers of the Force in ways never before seen, it will also give us the ability to choose our own destiny with multiple endings based on the decisions we make during the game.
Estimated Release Date: 9/16/2008
Sim City set a new standard for simulation games when it was released in 1989, and the game has improved with each new release. Sim City Creator will not only let you design your own city and fly through the city in your own helicopter, you will also be able to lay waste to the city with disasters like earthquakes, tornadoes -- even giant monsters!
Estimated Release Date: 9/22/2008
The LEGO series has done a great job of taking classic films and adding just the right touches of action, adventure and puzzles to create a great game. Addicting for both kids and adults, LEGO Batman will bring the whole family together in order to fight crime on the streets of Gotham. In LEGO Batman, some of the greatest criminal minds in Gotham history have escaped from Arkham Asylum, and it is up to you to stop them. Build fun new devices in your quest to round up criminals like the Penguin and Joker.
Estimated Release Date: 9/23/2008
Pitfall: The Big Adventure
You loved him in the 80's, and now he is being brought into this century. Pitfall Harry lands on the Wii in Pitfall: The Big Adventure. You'll be dodging those crocodiles and swinging on vines in a race through the Peruvian jungle in a quest to discover lost treasures. With the Wii's unique controls, Pitfall may very well end up being one of the funnest games of the year.
Estimated Release Date: 9/23/2008
What do you get when you take a classic sci-fi comedy from 1984 about three eccentric scientists who decide to open up their own ghost-catching business and put it on the Nintendo Wii? More ghosts than you can shake a Wiimote at. With an all new story written by the original creators, Ghostbusters will put you into the game with the original Ghostbusters team. Who you gonna call?
Estimated Release Date: 10/21/2008
What do you get when you take one of the most popular life simulations ever, send it back in time to the days of knights and wizards and give it an epic story? You get My Sims Kingdom. This new Sims adventure will give you all of the customization you expect in a Sims game as you help to revitalize King Roland's kingdom.
Estimated Release Date: 10/27/2008
As if Rock Band coming to the Wii wasn't enough, now Guitar Hero is shredding its six-string roots and bringing the full band experience to the series. World Tour is comprised entirely of master recordings of such greats as Van Halen, Linkin Park, The Eagles to name just a few. You will also be able to customize your band from your appearance right down to your band's logo.
Estimated Release Date: 10/27/2008
Everyone's favorite hedgehog is back and ready for a new adventure that will unleash Sonic in a way never before seen. Seamlessly transition from 2D to 3D, exploit all new speed powers, and experience all-new combat as Sonic attempts to put the world back together through the power of the chaos emeralds. If Sega can deliver on the promise of re-inventing this popular franchise, Sonic Unleashed will make a great stocking stuffer this Christmas.
Estimated Release Date: 11/4/2008
The Call of Duty series heads back to World War II in Call of Duty: World at War, but this time the action takes place in the Pacific as the Allied forces battle the Japanese. It might be a good time to brush up on your Wii Zapper skills because you don't want to be rusty when its time to get into the action.
Estimated Release Date: 11/11/2008
Indiana Jones may be the world's coolest archeologist, but Lara Croft is the world's sexiest. In this latest adventure, Lara seeks to uncover secrets of the Mayan civilization and eventually finds herself in the underworld known as Xibalba. Eidos promises this installment of the Tomb Raider series will combine the aspects of puzzle solving with the action of shooting and climbing, and emphasis will be put on world permanence so that areas of the world that you destroy in your adventures will remain destroyed when you come back to them.
Estimated Release Date: 11/18/2008
Rock Band came out of nowhere to challenge Guitar Hero for the king of music gaming. While the Wii release was a scaled down offering of what was available for other consoles, word on the street is that Rock Band II will be a full featured version of the game including the ability to download new songs. How this will be accomplished with the limited storage capacity of the Wii hasn't been disclosed, but the news that Wii users will be getting the full treatment is literally music to Wii owners' ears.
Estimated Release Date: 11/18/2008
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