New games releases for spring 2008 include a range of sport themes, with a new version of Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 specially for Wii, a blue tennis-playing hedgehog, high-def racing cars and a "god of war" combat game, complete with high gore and ancient Greek mythology.
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While X-box 360 and PS3 owners have been putting the boot in since last autumn, Wii users have been awaiting their own adaptation of the game, and here it is.
The programmers from Konami, who totally rethought the commands for use with Wii toggles, Wiimote and nunchuk, have included, among other novelties, the possibility of moving defenders up field, to trap the other team's forward players offside, by lifting the Wiimote with a yank, or firing a nunchuk shot. Other new features include improved facial animation and 30 new stadiums.
And whereas in most football games it's not possible to direct one player at a time, here, the Wiimote, helped by a cursor which appears on the screen, allows users to point at individual players and give orders, even when he doesn't have the ball, giving the new Pro Evolution Soccer a totally new strategic dimension.
Unnerving to start with, getting to grips with the different phases of the game is helped by clear instructions given during the game.
But one major regret is the disappearance of the Masters League, which has been replaced by another, less convincing system.
From three years. Developed and edited by Konami. Released March in Europe and the US.
