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Wario Land: The Shake Dimension - Intro and gameplay

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Now, we're not 100 per cent sure what's going on here, but if we know anything about Nintendo, we're betting that's a princess in that cage, and that the evil techno-Viking-giant has designs on somehow messing with her kingdom via an army of evil underlings. Just a guess. Gameplay after the intro.

4/07/08 Duration: 4' 36"

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Razorus

04/07/08 @ 10:41

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Jeez, had to get through all that cartoon bit just to see some gameplay. I like the look of it. Old-skool 2D platforming is cool and the graphics are vibrant. Gameplay looks alright.

viper_h

04/07/08 @ 10:43

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This looks like some bad nintendo cartoon from the 90s. WTF is this??

Gameplay looks ok...

Moz

04/07/08 @ 10:54

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game play looks like an odd Mario - Sonic crossbread!! could be good though

Daymare

04/07/08 @ 10:54

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Gameplay looks great!

Weezer

04/07/08 @ 11:55

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Yawn.

XENgamer

04/07/08 @ 12:30

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I really liked the old Wario Land games on the Gameboy - glad they're bringing Wario back for something other that WarioWare!

neonemesis

04/07/08 @ 12:43

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This looks good, far more promising than I expected.

Monkee

04/07/08 @ 12:56

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so old skool it's cool. I love it

Pac-man ate my wife

04/07/08 @ 13:11

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/shakes head at the young kids who just don't get 'it'

spazmo

04/07/08 @ 13:17

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old skool? Check out mega man 9 on Wii for old skool...

Can't wait for this!

Weezer

04/07/08 @ 14:19

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Please remember that for some of us, 'retro' is where we spent a lot of our lives.

Been there, done that. (Many, many times!)

spazmo

04/07/08 @ 14:58

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Why you still here then? Go away.

smelly

04/07/08 @ 15:01

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@Weezer.

Well some of us are (VERY) bored of playing endless fps games. And games like this come along VERY rarely.

It may be retro.. But it's also a breath of fresh air after endless greys and browns.

smelly

04/07/08 @ 15:02

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Interesting to note that you probably wont say "been there done that" when the latest brown carbon copy of every other one shooter comes out

spazmo

04/07/08 @ 15:04

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Don't try and reason with the pretentious prat.

Weezer

04/07/08 @ 15:56

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Jeez. All I'm saying is that collecting coins, smashing blocks and being fired out of cannons isn't exactly unique - anyone would have thought I'd just bummed your mom or something...

(Which I haven't before you get started)

Mayhem64

04/07/08 @ 16:17

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There's a subbed version of the intro on YouTube if you want an idea of what's going on...

dadrester

04/07/08 @ 18:17

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meh...

... i'd rather play FEZ

smelly

04/07/08 @ 19:45

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@Weezer.

All i'm saying is that pointing your cursor at something and pressing the A button to "shoot" it isnt exactly unique.

And in a market full of games like the above, having a game where you run around jumping on blocks, etc etc and NOT have to point a gun at something IS kinda unique.

How many GOOD games like this have we seen in the last 5 years? How many shooters?

Thus the reason people like me are excited about pl

Weezer

05/07/08 @ 07:23

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@ smelly - yep, I take your point. I'm certainly pretty bored of generic FPSes. I find myself increasingly drawn to stuff on XBLA or PSN in the hope of playing something different. Hooked on PixelJunk Monsters at the moment...

FerrisBueller

05/07/08 @ 17:17

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Not sure about this one, but SEGA should really let Nintendo make Sonic games for them. Seriously.

Bluetribe

06/07/08 @ 08:38

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I love me some true 2d quality platforming, this looks great! And from what I understand of the official Japanese site, motion controls are only used for shaking, as you hold the Wiimote as a classic controller. BTW this has been made "Good Feel", made up by ex-Konami developers.
I hope there will be more oldskool games like this, would love to see a Metroid or Castlevania with similar upgraded 2D graphics.

07/07/08 @ 13:14

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The last 2D game we saw on a Nintendo home console [N64] was Yoshi's Story - released over a decade ago in early April 1998.

If it's anything like Warioland 1,2,3 on GB/C we're in for a treat!

There's no rule that says just becasue it's 2D it's not allowed on home consoles - despite what SCE have said in the past!

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