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Promotional Consideration: Moons, Zombies, Dodgeballs, and Tactics
Aside from its preview page tease and Time Hollow's localization, there wasn't much in the way of exclusive DS news in this month's Nintendo Power, at least compared to what we've seen in recent issues.Paging through the magazine, however, we spotted at least two advertisements that we wanted to share with you. As we were tearing them out to throw into our scanner, we thought, "Why not post all of the other DS ads (and the cover)?" Join us past the break for the scanned pages!
WRUP: This or that edition
Well now, considering that in recent weeks we haven't had much in the way of new releases, it's nice to see that this week has a plethora of games on tap. Consider our hiatus from playing games at an official end. Do we pick up Rondo of Swords? Should we nab Teenage Zombies?Wait, we know. Let's ask you what you plan on picking up and playing. So, how about it? What are you going to play this weekend?%Gallery-14108%
DS releases for the week of April 14th
This week sees a return to U.S. gamers getting actual games (huzzah!), and the disturbing trend of games being released in Europe continues. Games released before they hit the U.S., even. Clearly, the end of the world is upon us. We expect a rash of heart attacks in the EU gamer contingent any time now. If you're still alive by the end of the week, let us know how you feel about The World Ends With You. AMF Bowling Pinbusters! Cory in the House High School Musical 2: Work This Out! Major League Baseball 2K8 Fantasy All Stars Rondo of Swords Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys!
Teenage Zombies: Launch Party of the Alien Brain Thingys
Throngs of the walking dead children and people with nothing else to do will descend upon the Nintendo World Store on April 12th for a Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys release party. We're quite surprised -- Teenage Zombies doesn't seem like the kind of high-profile game that usually gets honored by an event like this. It's usually first-party games, anticipated third-party games in established series, and, of course, big licenses.If you're at all interested in this game, and, of course, you're in the New York area, this is your chance to go and high-five the other Brain Thingys fans and probably pick up some kind of promo thingys! It's at the Nintendo World Store in New York City, on April 12th, from 11 to 4 (a NWS employee informed us of the time change when we called).[Via GoNintendo]
Fresh Teenage Zombie footage to gnaw on
We're absolutely concerned for the well-being of this game. Not because we want a worthwhile title to enjoy on our beloved DS (our wallet has been crying for a break, lately); the system is filled with great experiences contained within tiny little carts. We're just worried somebody is going to try and eat the thing and get hurt.As for Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys as a game you play, we always had our doubts. The first gameplay footage we laid eyes on only confused us, then the second trailer we caught a glimpse of only made us sink deeper in our doubt, and now this final trailer of extended gameplay has us fairly certain it's not the game for us. But, that doesn't mean it isn't the game for you.Anyone still down with the zombie horde?
Invasion of the slightly underwhelming trailer
We want to love Ignition's Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys, and thanks to its camp title, satirical take on '50s sci-fi, daft storyline, and brain-feasting anti-heroes, Ignition's platformer had already caught our eye from the other side of the bar.However, just as we were preparing ourselves to waltz over and strike up conversation (this is possibly the worst analogy ever -- sorry), this new trailer appeared. Featuring lead villain Big Brain laughing and joshing his way through dialogue that is -- to put it kindly -- creaky, it smacks of a particularly bad Saturday morning cartoon. Maybe some of you will find that to be part of its appeal. But seriously: the crickets are still chirping after that "snicker" pun.[Via press release]
Innovation: Teenage Zombies has both minigames and microgames
In an interview with Cubed3, inLight Entertainment's Darren McGrath revealed some interesting design choices about the upcoming platformer Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys. Interestingly ... disappointing design choices. First, when asked about co-op play, he said that he believes that the character-switching system is "somewhat co-operative by default," in that your characters cooperate with each other. But as for two humans cooperating to play the game: not so much. Even though there's no room for multiplayer, inLight has managed to implement two separate sets of minigames. The "Big Brain Challenge" micro-games are brain-training-type games that "relate to the Big Brain character." We assume that these micro-games are designed to help nurture the more delicious parts of the brain. Other stylus-based minigames are "an extension of the story" and become accessible via the main menu later for repeated play. If they're fun, we suppose we don't care how many and what kind of minigames are included. But we aren't sure about the idea of burying what already looks a bit iffy under a pile of minigames.
Teenage Zombies dev says price is key to success
The folks over at InLight Entertainment put their smart cap on today, citing their reasoning behind the DS's incredible success. While we all here who work at DSF and you, the lovely readers, would probably say that all of the great games on the system make it so wonderful, they said that ... uh, the great games and affordable price really made Nintendo's handheld. Well, how astute of them.Darren McGrath and Mike Lowry from InLight commented "The DS captures the market we're targeting with this game - the ever expanding casual gamers sector." They went on further to add "Nintendo has been very smart with making a fun system that is affordable so everyone can enjoy games like ours without breaking the bank."The guys know what games to take inspiration from, also, commenting that titles like "Elite Beat Agents, Feel the Magic, and Zelda: Phantom Hourglass have really made use of the touch-screen in unique and interesting ways that you wouldn't be able to accomplish on any other platform." OK, we agree, mostly. We wouldn't actually go around telling people that Feel the Magic XY/XX was one of the best uses of the handheld's touch-screen when there is probably a billion other better examples.
Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Gameplay Video Thingys
The first video of Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys is notably light on the aliens and brains, and the only thingys invading are rats. Invasion of the Kind of Large Rats doesn't catch the ear in the same way. Speaking of not really generating interest, the game itself is pretty underwhelming. We didn't think we'd ever be able to say that about a game that stars a legless zombie on a skateboard, but even for the most sidescroller-obsessed of us, we find the footage uninspiring. Maybe some more aliens would help. The Voodoo Vince/Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy system of inflicting damage on the zombies to give them abilities is pretty cute, at least.[Via Game|Life]
Fresh Teenage Zombies screens for consumption
As if oozing from the cranial cavity of a fresh corpse, we find ourselves gently moaning and purring like undead cats (or, you know, zombies) for these fresh screens. Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Brain Thingys looks like it's right up our alley and the kind of time deserving of ... well, our time. If you're as infatuated with the undead as we are, then stumble on over to 1UP for the fresh eye candy.
Teenage Zombies won't eat your neighbors
Despite its similarly campy plot and titular promises of zombies, Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Brain Thingys (due next spring) won't be the spiritual successor to Konami's Zombies Ate My Neighbors. Yes, we were fooled too when we initially saw the game announced -- jumping off the couch and doing karate kicks in the air, such was our excitement -- but reading more about Ignition Entertainment's title revealed very few similarities with the SNES/Genesis classic.Instead of fighting off zombies and their B-movie colleagues, you'll be playing as the undead in this comic book-styled adventure, choosing from one of three reanimated characters, each possessing unique abilities. You'll swap between the three to take advantage of their powers and defend the Earth against invading Alien Brain Thingys.Also, while Zombies Ate My Neighbors was a run-n-gun shooter from a top-down perspective, Teenage Zombies will be a side-scrolling platformer supplemented with puzzles and stylus-based minigames. ZAPS! (Zombie Assembly Pop-up Screen), one of the minigames, has you collecting dismembered body parts to put together a zombie and regain "unhealth points."Though Ignition Entertainment's short trailer for Teenage Zombies shows very little in the way of action or the actual game, we've embedded it past the post break anyway. To make up for the brevity and vagueness of the video, we've also pasted some lyrics from Salt-N-Pepa's hit single, "Let's Talk About Sex," reimagined as an ode to zombies. We have a lot of these "fixed" songs just lying around our hard drive, waiting to be shared with you.
