alien crush returns

Alien Crush Returns – Space Venereal Disease Strikes WiiWare

8:00AM AJ Glasser | Is there some rule among game developers that all creepy space aliens have to look like vaginas with teeth? If so, what makes you think you can throw a half-dozen of them into a pinball game and have the best possible WiiWare title ever? More »

Here’s What Alien Crush Returns Looks Like

2:40AM Mike Fahey | In celebration of the release of their remake of the classic TurboGrafx-16 pinball game Alien Crush on Nintendo’s WiiWare platform, Hudson has let us see what Alien Crush Returns looks like with this batch of screenshots. Looks as if you’re playing pinball inside someone’s digestive system which just happens to be filled with bug-like aliens, doesn’t it? Good, that means it’s working. Check out the screens. More »

Weekly Wii Update – Space Harrier, Alien Crush, And Interior Design?

1:20AM Mike Fahey | This week in Nintendo Wii downloadables, two classic franchises make their triumphant return, and if neither tickles your fancy you can always take a crash course in interior design. That’s right, in addition to good old Space Harrier for the Sega Master System (500 points) and Hudson’s classic pinball title reborn in Alien Crush Returns for WiiWare (800 points), Big Blue Bubble releases Home Sweet Home (1,000 points), a WiiWare title that promises all the fun of designing a home interior that you’d get in The Sims without all those pesky Sims running about. Sure to make an excellent stocking stuffer. The most interesting of the three to me is of course Alien Crush Returns. I am a certified video game pinball junkie, and the option to play online against three completely anonymous players only sweetens the deal. More »