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Wii Warm Up: Your style

Posted Nov 24th 2008 8:00AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Wii Warm Up

Nintendo announced three Art Style games at once for Europe, treating them as a set. Statements made by developer Skip also indicate that there may not be more Art Style for a while. Nintendo may have already proved us wrong this morning -- as of the time of writing, they haven't announced the releases yet.

But we'll discuss these three now anyway, since some of us have had plenty of time to play some or all of them. Which has become more of a staple in your gaming life? The chilled-out Orbient? The brand new, slightly action-oriented Cubello? The intensely frustrating Rotohex?

VC Friday: Strong Bad, Cubello, cooking, billiards

Posted Nov 21st 2008 9:57AM by Chris Greenhough
Filed under: News, WiiWare


Four new WiiWare titles came down the tubes in Europe and Australia today, and the selection couldn't be more diverse. Art Style: Cubello and Strong Bad Episode 3: Baddest of the Bands you'll already know about, but CueSports and Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam are more mysterious beasts. The former looks promising, the latter, er, not particularly great, according to the few reviews that are about.

Art Style: Cubello -- WiiWare -- 600 Wii Points
CueSports -- Snooker vs. Billiards -- WiiWare -- 800 Wii Points
Strong Bad Episode 3: Baddest of the Bands -- WiiWare -- 1000 Wii Points
Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam -- WiiWare -- 1000 Wii Points

Footage of all these is past! The! Break!

Gallery: Strong Bad Episode 3

Continue reading VC Friday: Strong Bad, Cubello, cooking, billiards

Nintendo confirms Art Style games for Europe

Posted Nov 10th 2008 8:10PM by Chris Greenhough
Filed under: News, WiiWare


Though we always expected this, Nintendo has confirmed that it will bring the stylish Art Style games to Europe's (and, we assume, Australia's) WiiWare service from November 21st.

Art Style: Rotohex, Art Style: Cubello, and Art Style: Orbient are a trio of minimalist puzzle games, two of which are remakes of Bit Generations games from the GBA, and all of which we loved. Disaster: Day of Crisis, Space Invaders Get Even!, and now this? Whisper it, but it's beginning to feel like Europe actually exists in Nintendo's thoughts these days.

Wii Warm Up: bit Regenerations

Posted Nov 3rd 2008 8:00AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Wii Warm Up


Two of the three Art Style games out on WiiWare are remakes of Game Boy Advance bit Generations games (possibly more; at the time this post is being written, today's games have yet to be announced, so forgive us if we neglect a fourth Art Style). The GBA games were characterized by simple gameplay and even simpler graphical styles. The Wii versions have redone graphics, but the gameplay is pretty much the same as ever.

For those of you familiar with the bit Generations games, have the Wii remakes been satisfying? Do you consider them good representations of the original? If you're not familiar with bit Gen, do you like the Art Style games? Can you tell them apart from other WiiWare puzzle games?

Wii Fanboy Review: Art Style: Rotohex

Posted Oct 28th 2008 12:45PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Reviews, WiiWare


When I first played Rotohex, I understood on a basic level how I was supposed to play the game, but I couldn't imagine a distant future in which I could play the game. I could not make my mind process the act of rotating triangles to create same-colored hexagons. I think it's the hexagons -- whatever it is, it felt a lot more mentally taxing than most puzzle games, and I failed within a few minutes on my first try.

Then, during subsequent attempts, I began to experience a bit more success. I started instinctively knowing how to position blocks, without consciously knowing what was happening. The world outside of my TV dropped away and I entered a prolonged Rotohex fugue state until the rush of falling triangles overwhelmed me and, half an hour later or so, I was dumped back into reality.

To me, that combination of total focus and trancelike hypnotism is the ideal result of a good falling-block puzzle game. You sort of forget about the world, and you even forget to think about what you're doing, and things just happen on the screen as your dinner gets cold.

Continue reading Wii Fanboy Review: Art Style: Rotohex

What is Art Style: ROTOHEX?

Posted Oct 27th 2008 12:40PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Video, WiiWare


Nintendo has been making a habit of releasing these Art Style games onto WiiWare, but not really giving us enough info in the announcement. First it was Orbient, then Cubello, and now, it's ROTOHEX. And, just as with those games, this one is another remake of a bit Generations title for the GBA, Dialhex. We snagged the gameplay video you see above from the Nintendo Channel to give you all a glimpse at what to expect in the game.

Now that you've seen it, think you will be downloading it?

Wii Fanboy Review: Art Style: Cubello

Posted Oct 15th 2008 4:25PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Reviews


Okay, so WiiWare is overrun with puzzle games. The download service is really the perfect venue for simplistic, single-screen games such as falling block puzzlers, and developers know that. The hardest part is coming up with the concept for the game, and then the work can be done on a small budget. For that matter, Nintendo hasn't even had to worry about coming up with new concepts -- they've got plenty of puzzle games in their past to remake.

It's a surprise, then, that Nintendo and developer Skip have introduced a brand new game in the Art Style series after only one remake. Cubello is a bit more of a traditional game than Orbient, but it's still worthy of the Art Style moniker -- and the interest of WiiWare puzzle fans.

Continue reading Wii Fanboy Review: Art Style: Cubello

What is Art Style: Cubello?

Posted Oct 13th 2008 2:30PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Video, WiiWare


We're glad Nintendo is supporting WiiWare with these awesome Art Style games, but it's not like they give us much to go on when they announce these titles on Monday morning. How are we to know what the game is like so we can decide if we want to purchase or not? Well, thankfully we've got a nice little video above showing us exactly what to expect. At the small price of 600 Points, we're thinking the Cubello is worth checking out.

Stay tuned for our review of the game, which we'll be sure to post as soon as we can.

Mega Man 3, potential new Art Style games rated in Australia

Posted Oct 9th 2008 1:42PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News, Virtual Console, Imports, WiiWare


Two more games presumed to be Art Style remakes of bit Generations games showed up on the OFLC database: Rotohex and Cubello. Rotohex was the original name for Dialhex, a puzzle game involving rotating triangles to form same-colored hexagons, back when the series was known as Digitylish. The GBA game even received an ESRB rating under that name. Cubello is probably Coloris, a game about matching colored blocks by shifting their colors along the visible spectrum. Unless it isn't an Art Style game.

Mega Man 3 needs no introduction. It's the NES game that most closely vies with Mega Man 2 for the title of "Most Beloved Mega Man game," the one that introduced Rush, sliding, and the least menacingly Robot Master ever, Top Man. He attacks with the power of tops!

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Wii Fanboy Review: Orbient

Posted Oct 1st 2008 4:25PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Reviews


In 2006, Nintendo and developers Skip and Q-Games released a series of Game Boy Advance games in Japan called "bit Generations." These lower-costs GBA games emphasized simplistic gameplay and minimalist, abstract graphics. They were very cool. But Nintendo of America, for some reason, decided not to release graphically simplistic Game Boy Advance games two years after the release of the DS.

Now, however, Nintendo has a system for which tiny, simple games make financial sense, and out of nowhere they've resurrected bit Generations as "Art Style." The first game to be remade is Orbital, which, if they had to give one game a visual upgrade, is the best choice. As it turns out, Orbital (or Orbient, as it's now called) is still cool in 3D, and it's still shockingly original even if it is a remake.

Continue reading Wii Fanboy Review: Orbient

Wii Warm Up: WiiWare revival

Posted Sep 30th 2008 8:00AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Wii Warm Up


The release of Art Style: Orbient yesterday got us thinking about WiiWare and how it's a great means to deliver gaming content that may otherwise not be able to reach us. The Virtual Console gets the occasional import game and Nintendo can even deliver remakes of titles that were previously Japan-only. So, what would you like to see release on the service next?

Is there a Flash game or a title that is only available in a certain region you'd like to see hit WiiWare? What would be a dream title you'd like remade for WiiWare?

What is Art Style: Orbient? Watch and find out

Posted Sep 29th 2008 2:33PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Video, WiiWare


The Nintendo Channel updated with fresh videos today, most important of which is a gameplay video showing off Nintendo's new WiiWare title, Art Style: Orbient. Our own JC noted that the title looked a lot like Orbital, a Bit Generations game for the GBA. Sure enough, it is!

Head past the break for some gameplay footage of Nintendo's new game.

Continue reading What is Art Style: Orbient? Watch and find out

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