Clever Kirby: Mass Attack Leads Nintendo DS' Last Stand

With a few minutes to kill before a demo, I wandered over to a lonely, unmanned DS kiosk and found . You begin with one Kirby, who you control via the touchscreen — tap, swipe or hold to move, swipe up to jump.

“Strategy” might be overstating the case a bit, but the core idea of saving and spending resources is there. As you defeat enemies and explore the levels, you’ll find fruits. As Kirby eats these, a counter on the top screen ticks upwards; eat 100 fruits and you’ll get another Kirby to control. You can have up to 10 Kirbies in a level, and you’ll have to make sure none of them get lost or die. This isn’t too difficult (in the early demo level, I mean) since the touchscreen controls everyone all at once. More Kirbies means you can take down enemies faster and also means you can do more things, like pull tree stumps out of the ceiling by piling Kirbies on them to add more weight.

Controlling this eventual screenful of characters is a refreshing new style of gameplay, one that DS owners will want to check out for themselves when Nintendo releases

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Top 10 Best Wrestling Video Games - Backup Wii Game

10. WWF Attitude

WWF Attitude is a professional wrestling video game based on the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment) released by Acclaim Entertainment in March 1999 for the PlayStation and Nintendo 64. A slightly enhanced port of the game was later released for the Dreamcast, as well as a handheld version for the Game Boy Color. The game is named after the slogan of WWF’s marketing campaign at that time with the tagline “Get it!” The game is the sequel to Acclaim’s WWF War Zone and is also the last WWF game to be published by Acclaim. Acclaim followed Attitude with two sequels based on Extreme Championship Wrestling: ECW Hardcore Revolution and ECW Anarchy Rulz. -Wikipedia.org

9. TNA Impact!

TNA Impact! (official typeset “TNA iMPACT!”) is the first video game released by the professional wrestling promotion, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). The game was developed by Midway Studios in Los Angeles and published by Midway Games. TNA Impact! is geared towards a quick-paced, high-impact style of play, with less emphasis on submission maneuvers. It supports up to four players at once on a console, with online support—which includes tournaments—currently standing at one-on-one.

Online play is, however, limited to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions. Scans of the actual wrestlers were used for the game in place of hand-painted textures to include small details, such as skin texture and specific scars. Finishers are accessed by building up the “Impact! meter” displayed on the screen. In the same area a color-coded damage indicator shows the condition of characters. The game also features mini-games for escaping pin attempts and submission holds. -Wikipedia.org

8. WWE: Day of Reckoning 2

WWE Day of Reckoning 2 is a video game released on the Nintendo GameCube console by THQ. The sequel to WWE Day of Reckoning, it became a “Player’s Choice” game on July 5, 2006. The soundtrack features music by industrial metal group A Dark Halo, who performed two songs in the game including its theme song “Burn It All.” Day of Reckoning 2 features improved graphics over its predecessor, a new strategy-based submission system, and a storyline that allows the player to choose paths.

This game was the last wrestling game to ever be released for the GameCube. Day of Reckoning 2 features gameplay to the previous Day of Reckoning game with returning features such as Momentum shift and momentum lift. New to the game is the stamina meter, which slows wrestlers’ movement over time and when completely depleted, temporarily leaves characters winded and open to attack. In addition, different levels of bleeding on the player’s character also affect the character’s ability to regain stamina. -Wikipedia.

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