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Monkey King: Wii shooter domination continues
Monkey King: The Legend Begins, UFO Entertainment's other Starfish-developed 2D shooter for the Wii, looks every bit as 2D-licious as Kiki Kai World. Combining colorful sprites with woodblock-esque backgrounds, the game retells the Monkey King story for the bajillionth time. But who cares about story? As a thing, you shoot stuff at things.The people complaining about PS2 ports in the Kiki Kai World post should be happy to know that this is a Wii original, with tilt controls and everything. You're missing the point, which is that any console is lucky to have amazing games like this and the Kiki KaiKai sequel, but we understand being burned by PS2 ports.Between these games, Blast Works, and the massive Virtual Console shooter library, the Wii is on its way to being this generation's most hardcore console, according to a very specific definition of "hardcore gaming."
Kiki Kai World: the best news ever
UFO Entertainment announced today their plans to release Kiki Kai World for the PS2 and Wii. Kiki Kai World is a "spiritual successor" to Taito's classic shooter Kiki Kaikai, known in the US as Pocky & Rocky.Developer Starfish announced a sequel to Kiki Kaikai last year with crisp, bright 2D art. It was cancelled. According to the UFO rep Game|Life's Chris Kohler spoke to, this isn't the same game, but it's "very similar" (which probably means just similar enough to avoid problems with Taito.) We were sad when Kiki Kaikai 2 died. Little did we know that it would come back on a system that is so dear to us. Everybody, cross your fingers and hope this actually makes it to the shelves in early 2008.
I Love Dolphin Screens
That is to say, here are some screens of a game called I Love Dolphin. While we personally have nothing against dolphin screens, we haven't formed any special attachment to them.From what we can tell based on the screens, it's a game where you train and befriend a cute lil' dolphin. Basically, it's Nintendolphins. You train the dolphin to do tricks, which you are scored on. You can also learn about dolphins and take some dolphin-related quizzes. Most importantly, you can use the stylus to toss fish at them. If you're squealing with delight at the idea of training a virtual dolphin on your DS, then it's official. You love dolphin. Maybe you will love dolphin game!
