Week o Games, 6/7: ProtoType, Tiger Woods, Virt Tenis, Grand Slam, Indy Jones, RB Unp

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Another week, another 7 days of new game releases!

Welcome to the 67 edition of G&T's newly traditional "Weekly Games Release Thread!" - Week 6/7 - 6/13!

Where we discuss what we're looking forward to, what we're going to buy, and what we're just now realizing is being released this week that we had forgotten about!

NDS

Lego Battles




The Legendary Starfy






Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (DSIware?)






Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits





Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings


MySims Racing

Diva Girls: Divas on Ice
Dreamer: Teacher
Miami Law
Petz Fashion: Dogz & Catz

PC

Prototype

Virtua Tennis 2009

Grand Theft Auto PC Trilogy

Hinterland: Orc Lords

Hannah Montana: The Movie

PS2

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10




Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings

PS3

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10




Prototype




Virtua Tennis 2009



Bomberman Ultra (PSN?)

Gunstar Heroes (PSN?)

PSP

Rock Band Unplugged



Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10




Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings


Class of Heroes

Wii

Grand Slam Tennis




Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (w/Wii Motion+!)




Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings




Virtua Tennis 2009



Swords and Soldiers (Wiiware)





MySims Racing

Reel Fishing: Angler's Dream
Go Play Circus Star
Go Play Lumberjacks
Pool Hall Pro
Smiley World Island Challenge
Vertigo

Xbox360

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10



Prototype


Virtua Tennis 2009



Gunstar Heroes (xbla?)

Great week looks like.


The Nintendo DS is getting potentially great games such as the RTS-like Lego Battles. It's also getting the game Legendary Starfy, which is something I know little about beyond the fact that people have been wanting that to get localized here. Nintendo DS also gets a new Mario v. Donkey Kong, but I think it's DSiWare. The system also gets the Indy Jones game, as well as a new Guitar Hero.

The HD systems all get [strike]InFamous[/strike] i mean ProtoType this week, the i'm-a-super-badass that runs about the city with super power causing havoc game. Looks good.



Everybody gets Tiger Woods 10. BUT! The Wii version looks to be absolutely killer this year. Not only does it come (optionally) packed with the Motion Plus, but it looks to use the M+ really well and add a level of interactivity to the game unmatched up to this point. It also has Disc Golf mode! Should be lots of fun. I'm really lookin' forward to it.


The Wii also gets Grand Slam Tennis, as well as Virtua Tennis 2009! BOTH support Motion+ as well! What I've read for hands-on with Grand Slam is that it's the best tennis game ever.. but I haven't heard anything about Virtua Tennis, so who knows which will truly be better? I think all of these sports games coming out this week support online mulitplayer as well fyi.


Speaking of Indy Jones, I know the Wii version coems with Fate of Atlantis but I('m unsure abotu the other verisons...



PSP gets Rock Band unplugged!


I think thats it. I see Gunstar coming out for digital distro on 360/psn too.

Kelor

Maaaan there is a lot of good shit out this week.

I'm going to grab Staff of Kings and Grand Slam Tennis, but I'll hold off from Lego Battles and Prototype until I hear more about them.

redfield85

I am trying to not spend much money on games. Why the hell does Prototype come out this week?! Then Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and Ghostbusters later this month. Unfair!

I guess there was no point in borrowing Dead Space from my friend this month. Haha.

MinionOfCthulhu

If you own a PSP, you owe it to yourself to get Rock Band Unplugged. It's a lot of fun and has some great tracks and it's basically Amplitude.

lowlylowlycook

Nintnedo DS, why do you hate my wallet so? You are both in my pockets, so things would be easier if you could just get along.

<Heads to Amazon to buy Lego Battles>

[edit] Slash, you have the wrong pic for PS3 Virtual Tennis, I think.

Sorenson

Ugh, six more days until Prototype is delivered. :x On the other hand that Starfy game is supposedly like a gift from the Nintendo gods whenever someone actually brings it up, so maybe that can hold me over until then.

Cherrn

Anyone know if Starfy is any good? I know it's a Nintendo-published platformer that has been running in Japan for ages. All I can gather from the videos is that it looks a helluva lot like a Kirby game.

brynstar

I'm buying Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings for Wii, solely for Fate of Atlantis. It's one of the few Lucasarts adventures I never played, and between this and the Monkey Island news, I'm beaming over here.

Bartholamue

Cherrn wrote: »

Anyone know if Starfy is any good? I know it's a Nintendo-published platformer that has been running in Japan for ages. All I can gather from the videos is that it looks a helluva lot like a Kirby game.

You sir are right. It's a lot of fun, although when I got the DS game I didn't have much motivation to finish it. What I'm wondering is, will it be Legend of Stafi 4 or 5...

Brainiac 8

I don't have the money or Tiger Woods for the Wii would be mine. Previews suggest it is the difinitive golf experience with the WM+, and I can't wait to give it a whirl.

I also want Mario vs. Donkey Kong for the DSi. Looks like I need to restock my Nintendo points.

Bartholamue

Is the Wii Motion + thingy out yet?

Brainiac 8

This week, either stand alone or with Tiger Woods bundle...I would suggest the bundle.

Chance

Wooo! Prototype! Wooo!

Xenogears of Bore

Fate of Atlantis is Wii Exclusive.

Ah_Pook

looking pretty hard at prototype. also i really loved the virtua tennis games back on the dreamcast, so thats interesting too. is there online play or anything? probably have to wait for a demo on that one either way.

Brainiac 8

Sadly I am tempted to buy it solely for Fate of Atlantis....unless it's unlocked from the beginning and I can just rent it.

greeble

Rock Band: Unplugged is in the mail! (Amazon just shipped it)

This is the first psp game I ever preordered, at full price no less. The demo completely sold me on it, was way much more fun than I thought possible.

Thinking about getting prototype as well, but waiting on more reviews. Might wait till the price drops as well since Infamous did a pretty good job of satisfying my super power sandbox itch.

Glenn565

Brainiac 8 wrote: »

Sadly I am tempted to buy it solely for Fate of Atlantis....unless it's unlocked from the beginning and I can just rent it.

It's either a code you enter in the Main Menu, or beat the first level.

Fate of Atlantis has upscaling options and the original voiceovers, if anyone was wondering.

Gar king

it makes me sad no one is talking about black sigel and class of heroes

Dr Mario Kart

They shouldve had Fate of Atlantis plastered across the box, with a small bubble that reads, "Includes Staff of Kings"

RainbowDespair

If I had a PSP and an extra $40, I'd totally buy Class of Heroes. Looks like a really good dungeon crawler RPG.

Also, this XNA Community Game just came out and looks very intriguing: http://catalog.xna.com/en-US/GameDetails.aspx?catalogEntryId=e2e0f951-181e-48f3-a8bf-c75c27870700&type=2 - It's basically Geometry Wars with classes & levelling up.

urahonky

Fuck. Class of Heroes was the game I saw a while back and I wanted it. I don't have the money for this shit.

Brainiac 8

I want a new Vagrant Story Square...YOU HEAR ME!!!!!!!! :x

urahonky

Brainiac 8 wrote: »

I want a new Vagrant Story Square...YOU HEAR ME!!!!!!!! :x

There's one being released on the PSN/XBLA, there was a thread about it. :P

SirUltimos

Swords and soldiers is this week? This is exciting, I've been waiting for it for quite a while now.

UreshiiAkuma

No money for games this week, but I'm looking forward to getting Wii Tiger Woods 10 and one of the Tennis games in the near future. I guess I will have to wait for impressions for which one - I loved me some Virtua Tennis and Virtua Tennis 3, but whichever one makes better use of M+ will probably be the one I go with.

Glenn565

urahonky wrote: »

Brainiac 8 wrote: »

I want a new Vagrant Story Square...YOU HEAR ME!!!!!!!! :x

There's one being released on the PSN/XBLA, there was a thread about it. :P

That's Vandal Hearts, and it looks absolutely terrible.

Brainiac 8

Vagrant Story >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Vandal Hearts. :x

RainbowDespair

Sonic 3, Phantasy Star 2, Gunstar Heroes, Comix Zone, Shinobi, and Altered Beast are all up on XBLA now. I assume they're all 400 points a piece (PS2 & Gunstar Heroes were the only 2 I checked).

Artereis

Black Sigil apparently came out this week as well, since my copy shipped from Amazon. Hoping it's good.

urahonky

I could never beat Vagrant Story, honestly. The game was fantastic at first but I think I got to a part where I had to fight some dragon and kept getting my ass kicked so I just quit.

Vandal Hearts was always a great SRPG for me.

mastrius

RainbowDespair wrote: »

Sonic 3, Phantasy Star 2, Gunstar Heroes, Comix Zone, Shinobi, and Altered Beast are all up on XBLA now. I assume they're all 400 points a piece (PS2 & Gunstar Heroes were the only 2 I checked).

They are only 400. It sucks but...I want most of these. Maybe not Comix Zone and Shinobi but other than that....Fuck...Atleast only 400. Thats great in my book.

Lunker

urahonky wrote: »

I could never beat Vagrant Story, honestly. The game was fantastic at first but I think I got to a part where I had to fight some dragon and kept getting my ass kicked so I just quit.

Vandal Hearts was always a great SRPG for me.

GIANT GEYSERS OF BLOOD

Vandal Hearts was great for the time (Jeanne D'Arc reminds me a lot of VH), though VH2 was really ... odd.

I really, really want RB Unplugged. I might splurge on it but I almost never buy full-priced PSP games; there's a big difference between $40 and $30 for handheld games in my head, for some reason.

Dodge Aspen

Oh shits. Indy this week? Man, Im interested. Is it like Tomb Raider or how does it play?

MinionOfCthulhu

Artereis wrote: »

Black Sigil apparently came out this week as well, since my copy shipped from Amazon. Hoping it's good.

Never heard of it until now. It looks like Chrono Trigger though.

Artereis

MinionOfCthulhu wrote: »

Artereis wrote: »

Black Sigil apparently came out this week as well, since my copy shipped from Amazon. Hoping it's good.

Never heard of it until now. It looks like Chrono Trigger though.

Yep. It's a throwback to the 16bit era. Awesome sprites, and even has mode-7.

Cherrn

Jeremy Parish didn't sound all too enthused about Black Sigil, and I usually trust his judgment on such things. I love the look of the game, though there are plenty of things that can go wrong when trying to mimick a 16-bit RPG.

B:L

Dodge Aspen wrote: »

Oh shits. Indy this week? Man, Im interested. Is it like Tomb Raider or how does it play?

Indy Wii for $29.99 at Sears

I picked up my pre-order at Gamestop, damn it. :x

It seems decent enough. A code unlocks Fate of Atlantis right at the beginning.

NaturalNarcissist

Is Indy any good?

I'll be back at home for a week and my parents have a Wii. Thinking of renting it since nothing else on the Wii has really spoken to me. Yes, I've played Mario Galaxy, Metroid, Zelda etc.

Kuribo's Shoe

starfy is pretty fun

I might have been the only person to buy it

B:L

Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »

starfy is pretty fun

I might have been the only person to buy it

so is it starfy 4 or 5