The Oregon Trail Platform: Nintendo DSi Rating: Everyone 10+ Content descriptors: Comic Mischief, Mild Cartoon Violence, Use of Tobacco Rating summary: In this strategy game, players assume the role of a wagon leader on a side-view journey of the historic migration route used by settlers, farmers, ranchers—Americans. Inspired by the real-life Oregon Trail, the game allows players to make strategic decisions to ensure the safety of their party (in most cases, a family) along a sometimes perilous path. Bears may attack, snakes can bite, robbers will loot, and diseases do come (”You have died of . . .”), but the hardened traveler is expected to overcome these unfavorable events to reach the promised Pacific Northwest. If disease or injury is left untreated, family members will fall to the ground and die, leaving headstone icons in their wake. The game is also punctuated by task-based mini-games (e.g., berry picking, gold panning, rafting, fishing), which can include the hunting of animals. These depictions are minimal—squirrels and rabbits that are shot will turn into icons of meat—and consistent with the game’s overall cartoon-like graphics, a feature that mitigates the starker aspects of the game (e.g., dying of cholera, typhoid . . . of dysentery). Along the way, players may encounter a Native American who offers to heal a child’s illness by blowing smoke from a peace pipe into the face of the afflicted. The depiction is not gratuitous, but then, secondhand smoke was probably less the issue circa 1848. Dialogue leaves a trail, and may contain references to bathroom humor (e.g., “I poo’d my pants” and “Dung Da Dung-Dung Dung! Buffalo chips are a great source of fuel.”). I’ve been waiting for this one for awhile. I was getting nervous when we went a few months without any news on the title, but seeing the ESRB rating has washed away those fears. I bet we end up seeing this one next week! Link
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The Oregon Trail for DSiWare still alive - ESRB rating
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Handmade Super Mario Galaxy Luma plush
Direct link here So completely stupid…so completely awesome. More stupid stories like this, but with kick-ass gameplay…just like Blaster Master! Full list here
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Top 10 NES Intros
Scott comes back with comic strip 7 to close out the weekend. As always, leave a comment and let him know what you think! Image resizing is acting up, so click the thumbnail below to see the full version.
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GoNintendo’s ‘Dangerous to go alone’ - Vol. 7: Party at my place
We only have four people for this show, but I think it turned out well. Our kick-off segment seems to be flowing really nicely. I like getting some conversations going before we jump into news. How do you guys feel about it? This week we have an F-Zero Flipnote tribute from reader Vigo. I think it’s pretty kick-ass! What do you guys think> Direct link here Download the show here
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GoNintendo Podcast Webisode 215
The following tidbit is said to come from a recent issue of Famitsu, that contains an interview with president of The Pokemon Company, Tsunekazu Ishihara… I can’t go into details about it, but we’re also working on a Wii game. It should be announced soon. I mean, I wouldn’t be surprised to see another Pokemon game coming to Wii, but it certainly does seem like there’s a lot of Pokemon on Wii lately. I’m speaking of the WiiWare series, of course. Perhaps it is time for a new disc-based game. Link
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RUMOR - New Pokemon game coming to Wii
A portion of a IGN review… Since the introduction of the WiiWare digital distribution model, Nintendo has published a handful of impressive puzzlers under the first-party banner — Maboshi’s Arcade, Art Style: Orbient, Cubello and Rotohex have each arrived and set a strong precedent for quirky, inventive and visually distinct puzzling action on the service. You, Me & The Cubes is the latest addition to this lineup, and it may well be the best of the bunch thus far. Full review here
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You, Me and the Cubes - review
