Nintendo Tops
My favorite games for Nintendo systems (whether it was Nintendo who made them or not).
- Block Breaker Deluxe (WiiWare) (Official site): This was clearly created by people who love the Breakout/Arkanoid-like genre. It's a fusion of numerous things that make a game of its kind awesome (multi-ball power-ups, exploding bricks, bricks that re-arrange the playing field, the works) and an exclusion of things that make them uncool (such as trying to hit that last brick - Block Breaker Deluxe will surround the final brick with explosive bricks if it's being a pain). And it has a few extras that are unusual for a Breakout/Arkanoid-like game (permanent upgrades, combo scoring, etc.). If you want a game of that genre, Block Breaker Deluxe is definitely worth the download.
- Sonic Unleashed (Wii) (Official site): This is quite the mixed bag. Day stages have you using Sonic's moves to blast through with speed and style. When you do everything just right, it feels exhilerating, but sometimes one wrong move will send you into disaster. Night stages can make great stress relievers, as you swing the remote and nunchuk to perform various fighting moves, but they can also induce stress when you try to get across a series of little platforms. The only things consistently enjoyable here are the cutscenes - beautifully rendered with just the right amount of humor.
- Rhythm Heaven (Nintendo DS) (Official site): This is one for music lovers! Wonderful tunes of numerous styles, all original to Rhythm Heaven (as far as I know), await you on this DS game card. Most tunes are accompanied by a game in which you could be doing any of a number of odd things - fueling robots, harvesting vegetables, making a moai sing, etc. Each game has different rules but they all follow the same scheme: Tap and/or flick on the touch screen to the rhythm! This game is stricter than other music games, so anyone who follows the visuals instead of the music will do miserably here, and even those with a good sense of rhythm will face some challenge. It can't hurt for you to give it a try, though.
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