Think of the Children for December 9

Written by Dan Keener on 12/10/2008 for DS   PC   PS3   PSP   Wii   360  

Normalcy has returned this week, as have a host of rated titles. After the a short work-week due to Thanksgiving, we saw 46 rated titles come down the pipeline from the ESRB. While there wasn’t anything earth-shattering on the list, there were several potential sleeper hits between the PC, DS and Wii camps as well as several games with good potential for the PS3 and Xbox 360. The intriguing title of the week is an old-school console classic that gets dropped into the worst possible situation and is missing the boat with the next-gen consoles.

With more titles comes more clutter for the PC, Wii and DS. However, the amount of potential hits also goes up. This week there were quite a few games that we should be looking forward to. Included were SEGA’s Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Wii), Capcom’s MEGA MAN 3 (Wii), MEGA MAN 3 (PC), PopCap Games Amazing Adventures The Forgotten Ruins (DS) and a couple of Japanese inspired RPGs from Atlus in The Dark Spire (DS) and Steal Princess (DS).

The Xbox 360 and PS3 had a nice rebound after being non-existent last week. They both had the prequel to the Watchman series Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part I, EA’s SKATE 2 and Capcom’s Flock! In addition, the PS3 had SCEA’s Rayman 2: Revolution and Medal of Honor rated. The Xbox 360 had Bass Pro Shops: The Strike, Summer Athletics: The Ultimate Challenge, Banjo-Tooie and Space Invaders Extreme. A nice overall collection of tiles this week to satisfy most gamers desires.

My intriguing title of the week is Pitfall: The Big Adventure by Activision-Blizzard for the Nintendo Wii. I spent countless hours as a kid playing the original Pitfall! on the Atari 2600, Intellivision and ColecoVision. The reason I am intrigued is why it was chosen to be released on the console with the gimmick remote and worst graphics, not to mention it appears to be almost a direct port from the GameCube version graphically. That is pathetic and looks to be nothing more than a money grab. However, Activision-Blizzard could make this right by putting some effort into creating a PSN and XBLA version for the series. If there was ever a game begging for an update to the PS3 or Xbox 360, from the old-school consoles, the Pitfall! series would be it


Here is the final tally on who, what and where everything was rated for last week. There were 46 rated titles on nine platforms. PC (17), DS (12) and Wii (12) had the most games rated. There were 41 of the 46 titles rated at E10+ or lower, four rated at T for Teen and one (Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part I) rated at M for Mature.


Got a comment on the article or a rated games, put it in the section below or send me an e-mail. Until next week, make sure you know what your kids are playing……

*The weekly Intriguing Title of the Week (and any game that is tossed in that paragraph) is identified based on a game on the list that catches the eye of the author for any number of reasons. Good, bad or otherwise, feel free to agree, disagree or add some constructive input to the discussion.