Don King Boxing Comments by Christian Donlan

2K what are you doing releasing this kind of pap!

Another terrible Wii game. What a surprise.

Don King is a c*nt.

Surprise!
Another shit game for what's got to be the worst console the world has ever seen.

*tries to facepalm, but hits self in the gut due to imprecision*

I reckon Chuck Yeager has killed someone and he had games out yonks ago.

What we really want is a game where you box against King himself. Each level is in a different setting with the Kingster in a different outfit. The final fight has him in an orange jumpsuit, locked up in pokey and hopped up on pruno http://www.blacktable.com/gillin030901.htm

Pah, we all knew this was going to be cack, right? After all the 360 version was pretty mediocre so the same game with worst controls was never going to be better unless you think standing up punching like a boxer with the controller is the thing that makes the game more fun.

And therein lies the problem with the Wii, that not every game works with its imprecise controller, particularly as the motion-sensors on the Nunchuk are a lot more primitive that the ones on the main Wii Remote. Far too many third-party games squander any potential it might have and it seems like only Nintendo know how to use it effectively. Trouble is Nintendo's games come once in a blue moon and they're not always good. Some are truly dire like Wii Music for example.

Thankfully, not all games on the Wii are cack (although it seems like 99% are!). Little King's Story and Excitebots look great, especially the latter, and I've added them to my Wanted list to pick up at some point once I've tired of the PC for games. That said, I still think the Wii is absolutely the worst console I've ever owned, simply because there's so few decent games on the platform compared with the other formats.

A Wii typical game.

Great times to be a Wii-only owner

I think you meant "A typical Wii game".

You mong.

Shit on 360, shit on Wii, what a shocker eh?

Daley Thompson once killed an otter with a spade and I didn't see anyone complaining about his game.

Not only a shit game, but one that couldn't be saved by being on another console. That's super shit, or shit squared if you will.

More like Don Key Boxing.

Another shit Wii game. How surprising.

My Wii is collecting dust.

I've sold my Wii on Ebay.

What's next, O.J. Simpson Football?

At least if you're gonna do a shovelware title don't have a crook as your cover name.

@Nikanoru

How can it be gathering dust if you've sold it? Back under your bridge, idiot.

/hits ignore

Nikanoru merely listed all the cliches of people who don't care about the Wii yet feel inclined to comment on every related article.

See also:

-Kiddie console
-I've bought a 360/PS3 and a Wii and the former has by far more playtime
-Stuff about grandmas and toddlers

I think you meant "A typical Wii game".

You mong.

Shit on 360, shit on Wii, what a shocker eh?

not exactly. it was mediocre on the 360, it took the the wii to make it shit.

I'm not getting the Lesley Grantham's Super-Trick Snowboarding reference. Anyone care to elaborate?

Great review :)

Can I just congratumulate Mr Donlan on an excellent review. Well written and very amusing, and actually describes the game's shortcomings sensibly.

Sorry for boring post.

I would never buy something that would provide Don King with Royalties. The fact the games are tosh makes me happy.

The second paragraph of this review was a real winner, pretty much tells you all you need to know.

Wasn't John Mullen, a star of the original Soldier of Fortune series an actual person who, you know, being a merc and all pretty much made his daily occupation killing people?

Other than that, a fun review of what looks like an atrocious game.

Also: my Wii is getting much more playtime than my 360 these days due to Blast Works and Gradius ReBirth and if stuff like Pikmin 2, FF Crystal Chronicles Echoes of Time and Little King Story is not enough to convince you otherwise then, yes, you should sell your Wii on eBay and get yourself a proper man's console.

Good work EG, another excellent tard-magnet that allows me to add to my ever expanding ignore list.

Seriously guys, all the 'Wii is shite' comments are just pointless now. Not only are they boring, they are just wrong. EG has given 7 games on the Wii 8/10 or higher since the start of the year for chrissakes!

When's the Phil Spector music game coming?

Seriously guys, all the 'Wii is shite' comments are just pointless now. Not only are they boring, they are just wrong. EG has given 7 games on the Wii 8/10 or higher since the start of the year for chrissakes!

doesn't change the fact that the console is bad. and if i remember correctly, wasn't one of these games Little King's Story? i can't think of the other 6 (was house of the dead overkill out this year?)

EDIT: i just checked that list. Let's Tap? Pikmin? might get high review scores, but - as with Little King's Story - unless your less than 10 years old, it's still useless

@ JahB

What are you talking about? What do you mean by 'bad' because if you mean 'doesn't have any quality games' then you are wrong as there patently are.

And what's wrong with Little Kings Story? Not manly enough for you?


EDIT:
i just checked that list. Let's Tap? Pikmin? might get high review scores, but - as with Little King's Story - unless your less than 10 years old, it's still useless

Your are obviously somepme who thinks that all games must be fit into your narrow definition of what is 'acceptable' therefore there's no point talking to you, but (likewise) there's really no point you posting in these threads.

@Pac-Man

i never said they weren't acceptable as games, just useless unless you're a kid. let me put it this way: i know quite a few gamers in my age bracket (25-30), a number of which own a wii, but none of them would ever purchase something like Pikmin or Let's Tap, simply because it's not made for them. It's designed, made and marketed for children.

but you have a valid point, so let me rephrase my original statement. the wii is a bad console for adults. there seem to be plenty of good games around if you're a kid.

Have you ever played Pikmin? It's one of the best, most original games of all time.

Oh but you define games solely on their appearance rather than whether they are good games, am I right? How do you feel about games like Katamari? World Of Goo? LocoRoco?

Yes I have, and if you really think that's one of the best games of all times, then we have a disagreement there.

I've enjoyed World of Goo, that was quite ok; Katamari was an interesting idea but got boring quickly, and I've never played LocoRoco.

"Characterful" is a strange word (or is it?) to see twice in one article.

And the Wii just sucks. I'm embarassed to have had such high hopes for it.

@sigmagoat

I dunno, the CD-i was pretty bad...

"i never said they weren't acceptable as games, just useless unless you're a kid. let me put it this way: i know quite a few gamers in my age bracket (25-30), a number of which own a wii, but none of them would ever purchase something like Pikmin or Let's Tap, simply because it's not made for them. It's designed, made and marketed for children."

I know quite a lot of adults who don't hang about with black people, but their kids do at school.
Therefore black people are for children.



No, wait a second, that's what we invented the concept of 'prejudice' for.

I love reading the comments in low-scoring Wii games. Sometime you look up someone's history, and find that every post they've ever made has been to slag off the Wii. Never say anything about another console, or any game they actually like, just five or so cynical words, then move on.

You think it's one of those mystical creatures who are employed by Sony or MS to spread a bit of FUD about the console? Hell, I don't think they're necessary around here.

Anyway, another "ignore".

>Another shit game for what's got to be the worst console the world has ever seen.

This is on the wii, not the ps3!

"i know quite a few gamers in my age bracket (25-30), a number of which own a wii, but none of them would ever purchase something like Pikmin or Let's Tap, simply because it's not made for them. It's designed, made and marketed for children. "


LMFAO!!!

You're not 25.. With a comment like that - I'd guess you werent even a teenage yet.. Because you still think a game needs to be grey and brown with lots of blood to be good.

The problem is not the Wii, the problem is the game (Don King) is arse. On the 360 buyers mostly shunned it because it was mediocre at best, if the Wii buying public snap this up then more fool them. The Wii and DS charts are full of shovelware toss, even though both consoles have many superb titles. When games like Madworld fail to shift even average numbers, is it any wonder few companies bother to make quality Nintendo product?

Thank god however for the few that do.

Don King on the 360 was the worst boxing game in the history of boxing games so this is an improvement on the name.

"but you have a valid point, so let me rephrase my original statement. the wii is a bad console for adults. there seem to be plenty of good games around if you're a kid. "

When I was a kid I'd amuse myself for hours with an empty box or some old radio parts picked up from the local tip.

Kids are stupid.

Should have had Ellie to review this...