Articles
Nintendo Post E3 Event
company’s games seem to ooze,
but it looks stunning. I didn’t get
a huge amount of time with this
so there really isn’t much else
to say. It was fun but it still just
felt like Dynasty Warriors: Zelda.
Is that a bad thing? I think you
already have the answer to that.
Yoshi’s Wooly World
There is one word to describe
this game: adorable. It’s classic
Nintendo design. Get from the
far left of the level the far right
and do it by jumping, bouncing
and throwing your way to
solving the simple puzzles that
line the gorgeous worlds.
Issue 58 • August 2014
While very clearly a game aimed
at the lower end of the age
spectrum, the game is so much
fun to play that it just blew my
mind. It may be the same thing
we’ve been doing for years
on Nintendo systems but the
platforming feels challenging
yet simple. This is something
not to be understated with all
of the games coming out in the
next year or so for Nintendo:
refinement within creativity.
The cuteness doesn’t stop with
the visual design but also the
way in which you dispatch
foes or, even accidentally, your
friends. All that was on display
was the two player co-op,
which doesn’t seem to offer
any unique differences over
going it solo, except being able
to suck up your co-op partner
and throw them anywhere
seems like a neat little trick.
Although my Nintendo rep
that played the level with me
might not have thought so
when I threw her off the edge
of a sunflower to her peril.
When you do come undone, you
are respawned as a cute little
wooly egg that floats from the
top of the screen. A nice little
touch is that you can shake the
gamepad to descend faster. This
idea of using the controller’s
motion functions, in a small