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Re: Scribblenauts Required Dedicated "Reading Team"

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:36:56 GMT

What if you just enter 'Star' on every level......

By Curt

Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:29:08 GMT

And........................ there goes all my hope for B+. At the very least, it had a very good idea, but failed to execute it properly. If this is the best they can do, they're gonna have a hard time to find supporters.

By Nintendork

Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:22:53 GMT

OK it's time for my 2 cents now. I have played the game all the way through all the generations and rather predictably I agree with Adam's verdict. It's not in the interests of Nintendo Life to bash any game unnecessarily, especially one developed by an indie such as Bplus. Ever since the days of WiiWare World we have been all about championing indie projects and it’s fair to say that we were hopefully that Bit Boy!! would turn out to be one of the good chapters in Bplus’ journey.

Sadly this game just isn’t that much fun to play. Yes I understand that it is a classic arcade style game where you are meant to go back and challenge your high-scores, etc – but why would I want to do that if I didn’t even enjoy my experience the first time around? The faults with Bit Boy!! have been well documented. The abundance of dead ends in the maze design does cause significant problems in my opinion. Yes you do get a special attack, but even when taking care they need to be used up quickly in order to avoid losing a life.

The dumbest thing is that the bad guys come out of a hive from all directions, and often the orbs are placed around the hive so you have to put yourself at risk to get them. This is fundamentally flawed game design.

I don’t want to sound too harsh on Bit Boy!! There are some redeeming factors, the idea of the game is good and when the mazes are larger and more open it’s actually not too bad. But for me it’s just nothing more than an average game. It’s a shame that many of our readers in North America are unable to play the game for themselves yet, but I am confident when most of them are able to they will agree with the sentiments of this review. Sorry Wiiloveit, but I have to differ with you on this one.

By Dazza

Re: Konami Announces WiiWare Plans for Europe

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:21:32 GMT

August??? awwww man :( I wan't contra sooner!!

By timp29

Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:19:40 GMT

I've played it for about 20 mins so far and i'm pretty unimpressed. Granted that could be too short of a time to "get it".
Hi fudgenuts ;)

By Haze4peace

Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:06:37 GMT

I love Bplus. Keep on making great games!

BTW, What's everyone's favorite game by Bplus? Mine is Plattchen.

By fudgenuts

Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:05:43 GMT

Nice review, although it's even too soft, because this game really fails in delivering what it could... You saved BPlus's good intentions, and they sure have them, but a bad designed game must be reviewed for what it is: a bad game.

What's really amusing about this review, anyway, is how Wiiloveit is trying to defend something that can just not be defended. This game has a poor game design, dead ends completely kill this game, they're not there to test your skills. They're there because of poor level design. Monsters move around randomly, there's no skill involved, you can't do "traps" to attract them somewhere and then run away. Several levels are just luck-based and this kills the game's High Score-vocation as well.

I downloaded this game as it came out, because it seemed a nice idea (and IT IS) and I wanted to give BPlus a chance. But they've failed. Game is frustrating, controls are imprecise (especially joystick is a pain) and it is too much repetitive, even for a retro high score-based game. Warp Mode gives it a little more life, but not enough to save the day.

To sum it up, I'm telling my friends to stay away from this game: good concept, a few brilliant ideas, but horrible execution. That's just it, nothing much else to say.

By NikeXTC

Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:54:54 GMT

5 - Average

"A five is where you really need to start wondering if this game is for you. We are saying this game is average in our own subjective opinion. You have to judge for yourself if you are so attracted to this game's concept that you are going to take a chance on it anyway. We'll always give our reasons to show why the game failed to impress."

By pixelman

Re: Incoming! Coming to WiiWare in July

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:51:02 GMT

Yep, I just saw it now and I don't have high hopes for it, I'm afraid. I hope this doesn't completely discourage them though...

By KnucklesSonic8

Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:41:07 GMT

Although I think it's great you have your name in credits Wiiloveit, having your name in the credits does tend to strip you of most of your credibility in covering Bplus titles objectively. But congrats on the mention, just the same.

And I'm going to say it one more time: If you disagree with a review, please post your differing opinions on the game all you want. But this attacking a review directly or calling a review "wrong" or "stupid" needs to stop.

I have not played the game yet, so I can't really comment on it one way or another. I'll do so when the game is released in the US. And anyone else that hasn't played it obviously can't comment on it directly either. Just discuss the review and leave it at that, please.

By Corbie

Re: Incoming! Coming to WiiWare in July

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:35:51 GMT

@ Digiki
Agreed! :(

By jpfan1989

Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:31:24 GMT

Assuming Wiiloveit is telling the truth about Bit Boy's features, it does appear that Adam missed some things (especially the regular attacks available from 8 bit on) in his review. I'm still leaning against getting it, but I want to read some more reviews. As this hasn't been released in the U.S. yet, can anyone give me any links to European reviews (in English) for this game, or even better, a European review collection/averaging site like Metacritic.

By Bulbasaurus Rex

Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:17:05 GMT

In the next issue of Nintendo Power I'm sure this game will be brilliantly described as "Hmm..."

By Odnetnin

Re: Incoming! Coming to WiiWare in July

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:06:26 GMT

not good at all

By rustythekid

Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:04:30 GMT

That review seemed awfully negative for a 5, as I read it I was expecting a 3 or maybe a 4.

By accc

Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:01:30 GMT

@thepacifistofall: Excellent viewpoint. Nobody's gonna go changing their opinions, even if many people making opinions haven't played the game in the first place. Despite this, I still feel that I must say once again that I haven't been bribed at all by having my name in the credits. I mean, it's an honour and all, but I wouldn't go around spreading things I didn't believe in just to have my name in the manual. It just wouldn't feel right, especially if I didn't like the game to begin with. I just wish that these people, like Doogle (not asking for any retaliation or anything here to my comment) wouldn't just flame and dig up dirt at the first opportunity they get, because it's just not fair, and to be honest, I feel kinda hurt that people would go to such lengths to say what they are saying about me, especially when it's not true. I ask people to try looking at this from someone else's eyes, in someone else's shoes, before saying what you're saying, and subsequently hurting the feelings of other people.

@Daveman99: I'm not Demon212, no. I don't like his accent, anyway, and if you look back on some of his old video comments, and on the Bplus forums, you'll be able to see that we are two different people. Plus, I love LostWinds, and he hates it, so we're definitely not the same guy.

By Wiiloveit

Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:59:43 GMT

@wiiloveit: Consider as in: verb [ trans. ] (often be considered)
think carefully about (something).

By Kirigirisu

Re: Nintendo of Europe Announces Upcoming Hanabi Games

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:56:33 GMT

There can only be so many games released so of course some highly desired games will be held off until the next one.

By Bass X0

Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:56:22 GMT

Wiiloveit, are you demon212?
Cause he loved it in his review. And both of you are talking about the same things :P

Not interested in game because im not much of a fan of getting the high score. Like different Bit graphics though, gameplay seems dissappointing.

By DaVeMaN99

Re: Gold Nintendo World Championships Sells for $17,500

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:55:10 GMT

@Uel. Who said it was?

Game Informer did an article 2-3 months ago about the highest-selling games, and these came out on top. I think the guy actually made a pretty smart decision. He now has 2 of the most valuable games in history, and their value will just increase as years go by. Sure, he'll be out of some dinner money for a couple years, but he'll be thankful for it in the long run. :)

Though for the record, I wouldn't even spend 1/20 of that money on any game.

By Ricardo91