Nintendo's badboy of action returns in the stunning-looking 2D platformer designed to keep you moving and shaking all night long.
Written by Evan Nathans (editor-at-large)
Mario WHO?!
When I first laid my eyes on Nintendo's upcoming Wario Land: Shake-It!,
all preconceptions went out the window. Despite the questionable quality
of some of the anti-Mario's most recent adventures, there's just no way I'm
going to pass up a fully realized, completely 2D platformer in this day and age
- no way, I tell you! The more I see, the more I want to see, and as long
as the Big N keeps serving up the good stuff, I'll keep drinking it up.
But can you blame me? Look at how detailed and exquisite the latest
Wario Land is looking right about now. If there's one thing that true
HD-gaming has yet to fully take advantage of, its the return of the proper hand
drawn adventure done right. Of course we all know that the Wii isn't a
true HD-powered machine, but at this point if they can make 480p,
progressive-scan graphics look this yummy, I'll have doubles!
So enjoy the crystal-clear images and (unfortunately) fuzzy trailer just
below. Wario may be many things, but he's never been more anticipated by
yours truly than he has now. First a brand-new 8-bit Mega Man and now
state-of-the-art 2D thing of beauty? Viva 2D platformers!
For a low-priced downloadable adventure Amy may be tempting, but numerous issues prevent it from becoming the horrific butterfly it meant to emerge as.
From the first frame to the last looks and feels exactly the way a horror movie should look and feel; oozes atmosphere from every pore and keeps us on the edge of our seats in suspense.
Based on a premise that only gets progressively less likely the further it goes until it reaches an ending that might as well have been written for a fantasy novel.
