Monkey King: The Legend Begins, UFO Entertainment's other Starfish-developed 2D shooter for the Wii, looks every bit as 2D-licious as Kiki Kai World. Combining colorful sprites with woodblock-esque backgrounds, the game retells the Monkey King story for the bajillionth time. But who cares about story? As a thing, you shoot stuff at things.
The people complaining about PS2 ports in the Kiki Kai World post should be happy to know that this is a Wii original, with tilt controls and everything. You're missing the point, which is that any console is lucky to have amazing games like this and the Kiki KaiKai sequel, but we understand being burned by PS2 ports.
Between these games, Blast Works, and the massive Virtual Console shooter library, the Wii is on its way to being this generation's most hardcore console, according to a very specific definition of "hardcore gaming."
The people complaining about PS2 ports in the Kiki Kai World post should be happy to know that this is a Wii original, with tilt controls and everything. You're missing the point, which is that any console is lucky to have amazing games like this and the Kiki KaiKai sequel, but we understand being burned by PS2 ports.
Between these games, Blast Works, and the massive Virtual Console shooter library, the Wii is on its way to being this generation's most hardcore console, according to a very specific definition of "hardcore gaming."
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9-04-2007 @ 10:13AM
Jonathan Tran said...
dude my parents used to read me the legend of the monkey king every night!
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9-04-2007 @ 10:43AM
ELIJAH said...
DId the Monkey king lore partly influence Dragonball.
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9-04-2007 @ 11:41AM
DonWii said...
I don't mind ports as long as they are done right-Manhunt 2, RE4- and/or priced right-RE4, Mercury Meltdown.
Interested to find out how the controls will work.
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9-04-2007 @ 11:57AM
ELIJAH said...
PLEASE Dont Buy farcry instincts gamestop will only give 4 dollars for it. thats how bad it sucks.
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9-04-2007 @ 1:06PM
samfish said...
I intend to purchase this if it comes to the USA.
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9-04-2007 @ 1:38PM
Rubang B said...
How is Manhunt 2 a port if it comes out on Wii and PS2 simultaneously?
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9-04-2007 @ 1:40PM
Rubang B said...
Oh, I forgot... different devteams are working on the 2 versions separately from the ground up. If anything the PS2 will have watered down graphics and ass-for-controls in comparison.
P.S. I'm loving that Monkey King screenshot.
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