Donkey Kong Co-Op Is Friendlier Than Mario Co-Op

During an afternoon full of upcoming Wii and DS games yesterday, I got a chance to play the next Donkey Kong game with a second player. It went better than my first co-op Mario Bros gaming last year.


And Yet It Moves Makes Sense On Wii

There I am playing Wii games, the games I’m writing about all day today, and a Nintendo rep asks me if I want to play a WiiWare game. Sure, I love the weird stuff.


Kirby Helps Me Measure The Distance Between Video Game Pacifism And Slaughter

Kirby’s Epic Yarn is an adorable game about a pink puffball made of yarn. But we’ve covered that already. Today’s topic: Why does Kirby kill… or… Why do I make Kirby kill?


What If Wii Party Was A Great Game?

The second game of my Nintendo holiday preview was Wii Party. I planned to suffer. A half-hour later I wondered if I had played the best Wii game for this spring. A fake bomb helped.


Let’s Start With FlingSmash, A Wii Game That Loves Left-Handed People

Who gets a couple of hours to play any of the Nintendo-published games arriving later this year for the Wii and DS and starts with FlingSmash? Me. Yesterday I played a batch of Nintendo games. Throughout today, I’ll tell you about them.