and title!Ġ:05 "Welcome! Begin in Practice to learn the controls!" I think I will, thanks! Everyone's worried, but Luigi held on to the ball, so they all cheer! Never mind the concussion. Wario is all wet! Yoshi falls in a warp pipe going for a diving catch! Diddy is almost crushed by a giant barrel! Everyone throws bombs at Yoshi! Donkey Kong knocks over Luigi as he goes for a double play. Wait, they have Wii remotes? How does THAT work? Montage time: Toads slide around an ice field and get frozen. On the ball field, Wii remotes become bats in the characters' hands. They arrive and climb a tower to look out over the park. Daisy enjoys the spray (heh) as they sail towards some sort of baseball theme park island-thing. I didn't know they were behind this.Ġ:02 A boat on a blue ocean filled with Mario characters. A big Namco/Bandai logo is in the corner. woohoo!" says Charles Martinet (as the voice of Mario) on the preview screen. Or hitting them with swords, which makes it perfect for me today.Ġ:01 "Let'sa play ball. I know it's not baseball season anymore, but this game doesn't involve shooting people. EXCEPT for this game's prequel on the GameCube. In a nutshell: A Japanese company puts an Italian plumber in America's pastime.Ġ:00 Oddly enough, I'm relatively sure I've played every single Mario sports game extensively. "The Saiyans are gonna be here soon." Then he compliments Gohan on his outfit. EXTREME! The music has transitioned from metal ballad to bluesy jazz riff.Ġ:06 After tinkering with the menus, it's off to the Tutorial to "Learn fundamental battle moves." "Okay, let's begin, Gohan," says the tall, green, gruff-voiced Piccolo. Then again, if you aren't familiar with "Dragon Ball Z," why in the world did you pick up this game?Ġ:04 I love the way "MAIN MENU" is displayed in huge red capital letters on the menu. The art style is very strong.Ġ:03 If you're not familiar with "Dragon Ball Z," this random montage of characters fighting and glowing and exploding and such is going to be incredibly confusing. They've done a good job of making 3-D characters that look a lot like they are drawn anime characters. Cut to the title over a desert planet, then back to scenes from the game. IT'S BURROWING INTO MY BRAIN!Ġ:02 After roughly a bazillion logos slowly scroll by, the same metal theme comes in, this time with a Japanese singer and close-ups of some of the major characters powering up in a sepia tone. Have things gotten any better in the intervening years? Let's find out!Ġ:01 The Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit preview screen plays this endearing, aggressively metal instrumental ballad in a 15-second loop. Then, in college, I watched my roommate play a truly awful-looking fighting game based in the same universe.
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In a nutshell: Defeat the universe's most powerful fighters with a single button.Ġ:00 In high school, I watched this iconic anime up through the Frieza Saga. Only the first one is available for now, so up and let's go. AThus ends the short-ish tutorial.Ġ:06 On to a simple map screen with a bunch of buttons to activate the various levels. My little Buggle makes an adorable little squeak when he lands. Already I'm loving the gentle guitar music.Ġ:02 The up key jumps.
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In a nutshell: A cute little game with a big processor requirement.Ġ:00 I heard about this casual freebie from Joystiq's always excellent Free Game Club, which described it as "a platformer with an adorable shell to hide its difficulty." You had me at "platformer," but "adorable" and "difficulty" didn't hurt.Ġ:01 "Welcome! Use the left and right arrow keys on your keyboard to move your Buggle and collect the stars." I do, and my little grey puffy guy clambers along some stark white angled floors.