The Wiire writes: "The Wiire talks with game developer Tim Laning about the next WiiWare addiction, Diatomic. When you first look at Diatomic, you notice the similar "bright neon" look that is reminiscent of Geometry Wars and Evasive Space. But under the surface, this new WiiWare game brings back memories of another simple, addicting shooter, Ikaruga.
When talking with Tim Laning, Co-Owner of Holland-based independent game developer Grendel Games, a few important facts about this fascinating game surface. Laning insisted that the game forces players to constantly make choices between offensive and defensive play. This "hectic arcade action title" places players in control of a diatomic (defined as a molecule that consists of two atoms) creature with a tail that can be used as a whip (offense) or curled around itself as a shield (defense)."
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The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
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I love Ikaruga, so any WiiWare game that emphasizes offensive vs. defensive play sounds great to me. And the controls are intriguing, aren't they?
Hopefully the motion control doesn't ruin it.