Blast Works: Build, Trade, Destroy Comments by Dan Pearson

Hurrah for a Wii game I might actually purchase!

This sounds brilliant.

Also, if anyone happens to find a place where it's cheap, post it here :)

Pssst! \o/ - one of my favourite games.....ever! Ah, the memories.

I got this on import ages ago. I thought it was shit tbh.

I hope Cho was credited and given money by Majesco for the original work. The chap deserves it.

Am I a dribbling, barely functioning cretin who can't see what is quite obviously staring right back at him, or is there no information on pricing, whether this is a download or full-priced release, all that really basic stuff?

One small correction: TUMIKI Fighters isn't actually a shareware title but a FREEWARE title, so if anyone wants to have some fun with it, then go to Kenta Cho's page (of course it's no Blast Works):

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/win...

Of course the other bonus games are also available for free so be sure to check out Kenta Cho's shmup masterpieces. ^^

P.S. @faëlnor - no he (Kenta Cho) did not receive money for the port because he didn't want any! He allowed Majesco to use his game for free. This is why I pointed out the "shareware" mistake in the review since Kenta Cho is very adamant about his games being freeware and even open-source. He has a normal day job and says that he wants to create games he'd like to play, rather than for money. He's quite the guy although I think he COULD actually make quite a bit of cash if he wanted to - times in which it was cool to create freeware games just for the sake of being indie are long gone after the recent rise and success of independently developed commercial titles.

Shame I can't get on with schumps anymore! I think it's my aging brain.

/presses "start"
/dies

@Lim-Dul

I thought it was odd when it said shareware as I played this years ago, thought maybe it was bought and marketed for the PC. Snazzy little game, never got past the first level though. Just wish there was a Mac version :(.

i want this on xbox - it looks great...my wii has been in a drwaer for over a year, and I can't be bothered to plug it back in!

Read that as blast corp, bah

Do the levels that you create all have to use the collecting space junk mechanism or can you create a more trad shmup - anyone know?

So is this a WiiWare title or a retail release?

It's a full-priced retail release. Up for £29.99 on Amazon, possibly cheaper elsewhere.

@fillip: you can control the sticky aspect; most of the user-created levels I've downloaded don't use it.

I managed to score this on Gameseek as a pre-order for under £19; Eidos is distributing here and they're in typically brilliant form: you won't find it at GAME or Gamestation, but should be able to get it at Amazon, Gameseek and play.com.

Powerplaydirect has it for £21.99 and in stock...