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With a rivalry older than Ken and Ryu’s, a few of this week’s new releases reinvigorate a classic competition. Yes, it’s the 80’s all over again as Atari and Intellivision restage their eternal struggle on Nintendo DS screens. If only someone can offer Coleco and Vectrex emulation, I’ll be able to carry the most salient parts of my childhood in my pocket.
Also worth noting is the releases of Microsoft’s motion-sensing Kinect and accompanying dozen launch titles. Readers- are any of these title compelling enough to move your two lowermost limbs down to the local game store?
360
Adrenalin Misfits (Kinect)
Auditorium (XBLA)
Blood Drive
Dance Central (Kinect)
DanceMasters (Kinect)
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2
Fighters Uncaged (Kinect)
Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage
James Bond 007: Blood Stone
Kinect Joy Ride (Kinect)
Kinect Sports (Kinect)
Kinectimals (Kinect)
Megamind Ultimate Showdown
Monopoly Streets
MotionSports (Kinect)
Sonic Free Riders (Kinect)
The Biggest Loser Ultimate Workout (Kinect)
The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match (XBLA)
Your Shape Fitness Evolved (Kinect)
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds (XBLA)
PS3
Blood Drive
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2
Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage
James Bond 007: Blood Stone
Megamind Ultimate Showdown
Wii
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader: Back To School
Babysitting Mama
Battle of Giants: Dinosaur Strike
Biggest Loser Challenge
Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 11
Family Party: 90 Great Games Party Pack
Honda Fever
James Bond: Goldeneye 007
Jeopardy
Megamind Mega Team Unite
Minute to Win It
PokePark: Pikachu’s Adventure
The Amazing Race
Wheel of Fortune
PS2
Disney Pixar Toy Story 3
Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Big Birthday Adventure
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
DS
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader: Back To School
Atari’s Greatest Hits Volume 1
Busy Scissors
Chuck E Cheese’s Game Room
Chuck E. Cheese’s Playhouse
Crime Lab: Body of Evidence
Digging for Dinosaurs
James Bond: Goldeneye 007
Jeopardy
Imagine: Fashion Stylist
Intellivision Lives!
Logic Machines
MegaMind The Blue Defender
Noah’s Ark
Penguins of Madagascar
Petz Nursery 2
Wheel of Fortune
Witches & Vampires
PSP
EyePet
God of War: Ghost of Sparta
MegaMind The Blue Defender
Mercury Limited Edition Bundle
Patapon 3
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
Ys: The Oath in Felghana
Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger Vs. Darkdeath Evilman
PC
James Bond 007: Blood Stone
DesertEagle’s Pick: For those they didn’t purchase Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger on the Playstation Network, this week see the release of physical media onto store shelves. Another recent, if not spanking new, title worthy of your attention is Vanquish. Our friends at Cheapassgamer are reporting the title selling for $34.99 this week at K-Mart. Fans of intense action, should definitely consider adding this intense title to their libraries.
TideGear’s Pick: Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger Vs. Darkdeath Evilman shall be mine this week! Anytime you combine roguelike elements with another genre, I’m immediately more interested.
Thanks for the Vanquish heads up!
All the Kinect titles look…boring. Like shit we’ve already played.
Wasn’t Kinect Joy Ride the game we were supposed to get for free. Now they add support for a device no body wants and charge $50 for it?
HAHAHAHA
Lots of game shows this week. Is that the new ‘minigame collection” or what?
I saw your Babysitting Mama tweet. Don’t shake the baby. Really,
Kinects are selling for more than the £130 selling price in the UK, BTW. Think that will happen here?
I might see the MegaMind movie. I love Steve Carrell!
Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage was a big disappointment. I thought this one would be good.
Where’s NOLA’s pick?
I really want to get Vanquish, but my K-Mart is crap, they never have any new games in, just old PS2 stuff that smells moldy.
James Bond 007: Blood Stone is the reviews are good.
Does the PSP version of EyePet come with the camera?
Maybe Oprah should of kept a Kinect and a copy of The Biggest Loser Ultimate Workout for herself. Girls getting big these days. What happened to her trainer and all that?
Is Busy Scissors a game about stabbing people or cutting hair? Or better yet cutting the hair on people you just stabbed?
Maybe 007.
You spelled “Adrenaline” wrong, BTW.
Patapon 3 for me.
“Perhaps the most hotly-anticipated Kinect launch game, Dance Central, has been recalled by Microsoft due to an error in the game’s manual.”
Is this true?
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=272797
So really is ANYONE buying Kinect?
It’s a good week to be a PSP owner.
Don’t listen to that rag. There’s a recall from an error in the game manual that wont affect the game’s release at all.
I heard all 15 copies were affected.
Two dance games for the Kinect? really?
What Monopoly Streets doesn’t have Kinect support?
Somewhere there’s a guy spending $750 on a Kinetic and the entire launch lineup.
Z.H.P. it is. I was waiting for a UMD version. I like the boxes and instruction books.
Man, I cant stand that he/she from The Biggest Loser. I bet her character model will have the squarest jaw of any VG character ever.
No way. Never. Unless MS pulls come kind of stunt.
Is Blood Drive supposed to be any good?
Poor Witches & Vampires coming out the week after Halloween. Someone screwed that one up.
Just like Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader: Back To School, which probably should have come out in September, not November.
The fact that you didn’t pick James Bond: Goldeneye 007 for Wii make you a certifiable loony!
I’ll pass this week. Nothing that interests me.
I wasn’t a big fan of the last James Bond game at full price, but at a $15 pickup it did the trick.
I think it’s about time for a podcast, guys.
The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match isn’t out already? I swore I saw someone tweeting about it.
Yeah, Microsoft is like 4 years late to the party. Good luck, guys.
For a second I thought it said, “MegaMAN: The Blue Defender” but I’m not that lucky.
Hasn’t Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 11 been due for the last three weeks.
Nothing worth buying this year.
Kind of a crap week.
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 for me.
I’m surprised no one’s getting God of War: Ghost of Sparta.
I cant believe they still make PS2 games.
Can you hear it?
Listen closely!
Pata
Pata
Patapon!
I cant wait for Patapon 3!
cheapass Vanquish it is!
I’m sure a few people will, but I think most core gamers are sitting it out, until a price drop at least.
Really, isn’t anyone buying a $150 peripheral with only one or two interesting games for it? If so, I feel for you suckers.
I’m looking for Vanquish today.
Nothing worth full price admission.
I still want to get WWE. Are you guys going to review that or what???
Ghost of Sparta, if I can get it for less than $40
I doubt anyone who reads this site will.
Maybe if the things was $99 and came with a GOOD game.
I guess the other guys don’t make picks anymore. WTF?
actually, Kinect preorders are selling out at places like Amazon. It’s getting a bit of hype.
Does it count that I applauded its announcement at E3 before being silenced by SeanNOLA?
(I might have to admit he could be right, early buzz hasn’t been kind. Shh!)
TideGear’s back? WTF?
ZHP is getting some love from this site!
No SeanNOLA pick this week?
It’s in this week’s podcast 😉
DOH!
I was so disappointed with that Fist of the North Star game. I’ve always loved that series so much and it has yet to get a truly amazing game. Arc Systems Works came close with their fighting game for Atomiswave but it still wasn’t as awesome as Kenshiro and company deserve.
I wonder why it wasn’t reviewed here.
Good post man, just looking around some blogs, seems a pretty nice platform you are using.