01.22.09
Obama gets Mario’d
Super Obama World is actually quite good. Arrow keys and space bar to jump – fairly simple – except I’d gotten used to using the WASD keys for movement, so my Obama suffered unnecessarily (2 knocks and it’s game over).
For the DS (on 28th May), 逆転検事(Gyakuten Kenji) is another mystery/logic puzzle type game that’s become very popular within the last couple of years in Japan. Maybe it’s a reflection on the ineffectuality of Japanese police forces or we’re genetically addicted to crime solving (through repeats of 金さんand水戸黄門, crime busting heroes in period setting). Not many of the genre has made it abroad, but we can always hope, right?
NobiNobi Boy is not coming out after all until 19th Feb. instead of 29th this month. Still priced at 800yen (121.574yen per £1 apparently, so do the maths). BandaiNamco says it’s to do with quality control. I realise that in some quarters, the game title has been translated to ‘NobyNoby’ but ‘NobiNobi’ actually makes a lot more sense if you read Japanese in romaji. ‘Nobiru’ is ‘to extend’, so ‘nobinobi’ denotes something that stretches a lot. Fairly simple, huh?
Picked this up here, and the guy who reviewed it enthuses about the tenacity of the creator. I’m just plain impressed – he must’ve had a lot of time – it’s a labour of love… of sorts.