NGamer Issue #46

Reviews:

Wii
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories - 83
The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces - 86
Endless Ocean 2: Adventures of the Deep - 84
Astro Boy: The Video Game - 20
Skyscraper - 10
Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! - 35

DS
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth - 79
Picross 3D - 84
Bleach: The 3rd Phantom - 63
Cooking Mama 3 - 55
Alvin and the Chipmunks - 31
Stitch! Ohana To Rhythm De Daibouken WTF - 39
Crossword Collection - 51
Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain - 41
Countdown: The Game - 43
Deca Sporta DS De Sports 10 Shumoku! - 61
Our House - 29

WiiWare
Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 5 - Rise of the Pirate God - 3/5
Tomena Sanner - 4/5
TV Show King 2 - 3/5
Eat! Fat! Fight! - 3/5
Happy Hammerin' - 2/5
Pallurkikio - 3/5
Moki Moki - 3/5
The Mystery of Whiterock Castle - 1/5

PostRe: NGamer Issue #46 by **Christopher** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:43 pm

The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces - 86

Really looking forward to this.

PostRe: NGamer Issue #46 by **Crimson** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:49 pm

Zenigame wrote:
DS
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth - 79

That's a bit low.

Any chance you could post the last few lies of the review?

PostRe: NGamer Issue #46 by **Mafro** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:58 pm

What's on the cover?

PostRe: NGamer Issue #46 by **Christopher** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:59 pm

Mafro wrote:What's on the cover?

Buy it and find out.

PostRe: NGamer Issue #46 by **Mafro** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 3:04 pm

suzzopher wrote:
Mafro wrote:What's on the cover?

Buy it and find out.

I'll buy you and find out.

The Crimson Clown wrote:
Zenigame wrote:
DS
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth - 79

That's a bit low.

Any chance you could post the last few lies of the review?

In fixing the moments outside of the courtroom, AAI lacks the intense pinnacles of drama available only in the courtroom. Ultimately, Edgeworth is more interested in being right than defending the persecuted - an interesting angle in Capcom's ongoing obsession with all things justice, but colder for it.

Summary
Edgeworth is always good company, but what this spin-off fixes in execution, it loses in melodrama. Still, nice to have the gang back

Mafro wrote:What's on the cover?

No game. Black background with red logos for Gameboy, N64, Gamecube, DS and Wii in a pyramid type shape. With the tagline "A Decade of Nintendo". Looks pretty cool.

PostRe: NGamer Issue #46 by **Turok** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:34 pm

Should've been "a Decadence of Nintendo" amirite?

PostRe: NGamer Issue #46 by **Alpha eX** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:40 pm

Picross 3D deserves a much higher score, one of the best puzzle games in the last few years.

PostRe: NGamer Issue #46 by **Dalagonash** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:49 pm

Tales of Monkey Island ep. 5 is better than a 3.

PostRe: NGamer Issue #46 by **HSH28** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:51 pm

Dalagonash wrote:Tales of Monkey Island ep. 5 is better than a 3.

Out of 5...on Wii?

The Wii versions of these games aren't that good I thought?

PostRe: NGamer Issue #46 by **Winckle** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 6:52 pm

Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth - 79

hmmm

PostRe: NGamer Issue #46 by **Dalagonash** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:05 pm

HSH28 wrote:
Dalagonash wrote:Tales of Monkey Island ep. 5 is better than a 3.

Out of 5...on Wii?

The Wii versions of these games aren't that good I thought?

Well the PC version is better than a 3 out of five.

PostRe: NGamer Issue #46 by **superfurryfox** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:43 pm

A new Lilo and Stitch game? it might be crap but does this mean a new movie. I love me some Stitch action :wub:

PostRe: NGamer Issue #46 by **Matthew, natch** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:37 am

The Crimson Clown wrote:
Zenigame wrote:DS
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth - 79

That's a bit low.

It's the same score we gave to the first Wright game - just trying to keep things in perspective. It's probably the weakest Ace Attorney to date, but such is my love for Wright at al that I couldn't bring myself to properly beat on it. More Ace Attorney is only ever a good thing, after all.

PostRe: NGamer Issue #46 by **Dalagonash** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:58 am

Matthew, natch wrote:
The Crimson Clown wrote:
Zenigame wrote:DS
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth - 79

That's a bit low.

It's the same score we gave to the first Wright game - just trying to keep things in perspective. It's probably the weakest Ace Attorney to date, but such is my love for Wright at al that I couldn't bring myself to properly beat on it. More Ace Attorney is only ever a good thing, after all.

How prominent is the gum of the shoe? And is he as entertaining as usual?

I will get the mag, am a subscriber, but it'll be sent home so I won't get it for a little bit and want to know!

PostRe: NGamer Issue #46 by **Matthew, natch** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:09 am

Dalagonash wrote:How prominent is the gum of the shoe? And is he as entertaining as usual?

I will get the mag, am a subscriber, but it'll be sent home so I won't get it for a little bit and want to know!

The use of Gumshoe's a bit odd. It's almost like they wanted him to be the sidekick throughout, but he's too much of a comedy character so they invent a new sidekick a third into the game. Edgeworth actually has something like five different sidekicks throughout the game - Capcom clearly struggled to dredge up a Maya/Trucy-alike. A little bit after writing the review it dawned on me why Investigations didn't work as well as the others - a sidekick is key to uniting multiple cases. Without one it feels too much like separate episodes.

PostRe: NGamer Issue #46 by **rudderless** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:16 am

Is it fair to say that the mechanics are perhaps more inventive but at the cost of the drama? I always feared that ignoring the courtroom would potentially lessen the impact of any confrontations. The back-and-forth between defence and prosecution has always been key to the series' appeal, I think.

PostRe: NGamer Issue #46 by **Matthew, natch** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:23 am

rudderless wrote:Is it fair to say that the mechanics are perhaps more inventive but at the cost of the drama? I always feared that ignoring the courtroom would potentially lessen the impact of any confrontations. The back-and-forth between defence and prosecution has always been key to the series' appeal, I think.

That's kind of it - but we're still talking baby-steps where the mechanics are concerned. I think the structure is more open to narrative tinkering, but whether or not Capcom take that opportunity is another matter...

PostRe: NGamer Issue #46 by **Dalagonash** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:37 am

Half of the drama was courtroom back and forth, half was the brilliant music, and half was witty writing.

I see what you mean about the sidekick issue Matthew, still looking forward to it as I love the characters but I won't expect another Trials and Tribulations.

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