Tag: Nintendo

Zed Games Podcast – Episode 246


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During the course of reviewing Assassins Creed Rogue (360/PS3/PC) Razor and Lee embarrass themselves live on the radio by forgetting the name of Captain Cooks ship, as well as confusing Benjamin Franklin with Isaac Newton. As it turns out, Rogue is one of the best games in the franchise to date!
They also discuss the recent downloadable content for Mario Kart 8 (Wii U).

Aired 19 November 2014

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Review: Yoshi’s New Island

Platform: 3DS
Developer: Azrest
Website: www.yoshisnewisland.nintendo.com
Australian classification: G

It’s not hard to immediately dismiss Yoshi’s New Island as a thoughtless kid’s game. The chalk-inspired art style looks like the wall of a nursery, the soundtrack sounds like a toddler’s nightly lullaby and the introductory cut-scene starts out by telling you babies come from storks. The short journey does contain some of the more alluring platforming elements from the 1995 original, but you’re probably better off just pulling out the SNES and playing that one over again instead.

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Zed Games Podcast – Episode 207

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Last week’s Titanfall beta generated a titanic amount of hype for the upcoming XB1/PC/360 game. Lee and Alanah suit up to provide their impressions.

Alanah swings into action to deliver previews of  Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Wii U) & Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (360/PS3/PC).

Plus: Lee cuts through 25 years of continuity to tell us how all of the Donkey Kongs are related.

In studio: Lee, Alanah & Razor

Aired 19 February 2014

Zed Games Podcast – Episode 207

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