Category Archives: Wii
Endless Ocean
An increasing number of higher profile games are dropping a focus on narrative and refocusing on experience. This is easy in video games– audience experience goes hand in hand with plot. Endless Ocean abandons dramatic tension and focuses almost entirely on experience. The player chooses his or her path, and creates a personal narrative within [...]
Super Mario Galaxy
Our article title says it all. Super Mario Galaxy, compelling and beautiful on so many levels, pays tribute to Le Petite Prince, a classic of children’s literature by French author and aviator Antione de Saint-Exupéry. The classic tale describes a little boy who is the sole inhabitant of a tiny planet. His planet has a [...]
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2
The last Rayman title, Raving Rabbids, was such a success that Ubisoft quickly cloned a second. In the first game, the Rabbids and their absurd ways infested and conquered Rayman’s world. They captured him and his friends and made them participate in obscene and bizarre games. This time the Rabbids have returned, and they’ve invaded [...]
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Pokemon Battle Revolution
The Pokemon franchise was first thought to be a fad that would fade as quickly as it assaulted the world. More than ten years since Pokemon Red and Pokemon Green were first released in Japan, the franchise is still one of the most popular in the video game industry. Some have wondered what has made [...]
Elebits
One of the first titles announced for Nintendo’s Wii was Konami’s enigmatic Elebits game. A high tech game of hide and seek, playing this game means hunting brightly colored creatures and zapping them to sap their vital life energies. Sounds a bit macabre, but Elebits is gussied up with juvenile anime artwork and an innocent [...]
Super Paper Mario
Keeping Mario games fresh isn’t easy. Super Paper Mario is approximately the 117th game to carry the name “Mario” in it’s title. If you add in games in which Mario stars or appears that don’t bear his name, the number of titles jumps past two hundred. Since every game, even those in a series, bears [...]
WarioWare Smooth Moves
Dance is an art form. It isn’t one we have written about at all on Novus Literae, but it is an established medium all the same. Like most forms of art, it is highly subjective. What one sees as a thought provoking and moving interpretive dance could be seen by another person as an asinine [...]
Rayman Raving Rabbids
The Rayman game series has never been known for realism. The main character doesn’t have arms and legs. Rather, his hands and feet “orbit” his body so his extremities are implied. This made him easier to render into games, and gives him a unique visual style. But with this latest game, Raving Rabbids, game designer [...]
Mii & My Pooch
With it’s Wii, Nintendo has tried to bring the entire family into the game. By using the highly intuitive and user friendly input method with the Wii remote, Nintendo uncomplicated things enough to bring Grandma, little Suzy, and other uncoordinated family members into the game. But what about Fido? Dogs, even smart ones, just can’t [...]
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
One of the first great video game franchises, Metroid has always stood out from similar games because of its female protagonist– Samus Aran. The series is mired in mystery, as every game until this latest edition has had the player searching without much guidance for weapons to use and enemies to battle. Its darkness and [...]