Everyone who owns a Wii should go and buy Zack and Wiki : The Quest for Barbaros' Treasure.
I will start by saying I don't think it is the greatest game ever made, however I will say that it is Fun, Cute, Simple, Challenging, Funny, Pretty and most definitely worth buying. I would be surprised if there is someone who doesn't find something in this game they will enjoy.
Zakuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
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Another year has passed. I didn't say alot on here, and made my usual claims to post more that I didn't stick to. So I will once again claim I will post more and then not do so (in the spirit of new years resolutions)
Spent a couple of weeks back home in England for christmas, I stayed at my Aunts house (which was good because they have broadband and a wireless router), visited various family members, did lots of shopping and eating (roast dinners ftw) and mostly doing not a lot of anything. I did end working for a day while at home because of an incident with one of our servers, and I did my best to work on voidwars some more but in the end I probably watched more bad english TV than anything else.
I enjoyed my time back home, but Oslo feels more like home to me now so I was glad to be back and I am also glad to be back at work. Which brings us back to the present, 2008. Lets hope its as interesting as the last one was (or more so!)
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Super Mario Galaxy was released this week. The game was delayed quite a bit but it was definitely worth the wait. I wasn't really sure what to expect, but once the reviews starting coming in I could see it was going to be so much better than I could have imagined.
This game is so incredibly well polished in every way. It is definitely some of the most fun I have had playing computer games in a while (multiplayer olypmpics games don't count :P). It is so full of life and makes you smile every now and again. The levels are varied, the challenges sometimes easy, sometimes hard, new funky mario power ups and some of the bosses are so cute you feel bad when you beat them up!
The part that I like the most though is the music. It is without a doubt the finest video game music I have ever heard. Everything is orchestrated, there are new tunes to be heard and wonderful new version of old mario classics. I NEED this games soundtrack, the japanese are lucky enough to be able to obtain it, I hope to do so even if it means ebay!.
Everyone who owns a Wii should have this game. Yes that includes you Tim!
We arrived back from Essen last night with suitcases full of new board games. Pictures can be found at my essen 2007 flickr gallery. Was a wonderful 4 days, met some interesting people, played many good (and bad) new games and spent lots of money. I look forward to next year.
[11:53] <hendry> why don't you guys Kam Xiven blog any more?
Lots of good stuff happening this year. Going to Essen next week to visit the games convention (and buy Starcraft the board game). World of Warcraft sees patch 2.3 appear on the test realms soon and then hopefully very soon onto the live servers (tis a very important long overdue patch). Metroid Prime 3 and Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is out towards the end of October (been looking forward to these games for ages). Portal is released tomorrow (along with half life 2 episode 2, meh).
In very recent news, Fire Emblem was announced for the DS (yay) along with a Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles game for WiiWare next year. Sonic has been revealed to be in Smash Bros Brawl much to the delight (and despair) of many fans. And Mario Kart is to have bikes (WTF?)
There is also a rumor going around that I may in fact be getting a mobile phone. Sadly it is true but I would prefer to call it a PDA that happens to be able to recieve phone calls. ok?