Last Tuesday morning, I picked up my copy of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, even after seeing many mediocre reviews for the game.  I’m not usually deterred by what game critics say about a game and I couldn’t help my urge to swing the Wiimote around in crazy patterns to ‘unleash’ the force.

One of the first things Wii owners will notice about the game, is it’s lack of visual polish.  The game runs in 16:9 widescreen with decent visuals, but the Wii can definitely do better.  It looks like they used PS2 graphics with barely any added particle effects except for maybe some of the cutscenes and the lightning.  Despite the lack of visual flare, I couldn’t stop playing through the many areas in the Star Wars universe we’ve come to know and love.

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This is taken from tthis past issue of Nintendo Power:

“Although some of these games may slip beyond Christmas, as far as we know just now Wii gamers can look forward to the likes of Animal Crossing: City Folk, Guitar Hero: World Tour, Star Wars The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels, Wii Music, WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2009, Sonic Unleashed, Shaun White Snowboarding, Call Of Duty 5, Tomb Raider Underworld, MySims Kingdom, Dead Rising, Skate It, Rayman Raving Rabbids 3 and maybe a few other surprises that some big developers may still have up their sleeve (wink, wink).”

Hmmm… Nintendo may have one or two conferences coming up Oct 2, and there also may be a little show called the Tokyo Games Show a week after that. Here’s hoping we get something out of that.

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Nintendo Wii

North America:

1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
2. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
3. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts)
4. Rock Band (EA Games)
5. Wii Play (Nintendo)

Japan:

1. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
2. One Piece Unlimited Cruise: Episode 1 - Nami ni Yureru Hihou (Bandai)
3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
4. Wii Sports (Nintendo)
5. BioHazard: Umbrella Chronicles — Best Price! (Capcom)

UK:

1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts)
2. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
4. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision)
5. Wii Play (Nintendo)

Nintendo DS

North America:

1. Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir (Nintendo)
2. Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen (Square Enix)
3. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
4. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
5. GRID (Codemasters)

Japan:

1. Pocket Monsters Platinum (Nintendo)
2. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo)
3. Quiz Magic Academy DS (Konami)
4. Dragon Ball DS (Bandai)
5. KORG DS-10 (AQ Interactive)

UK:

1. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
2. More Brain Training (Nintendo)
3. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
4. 42 All-Time Classics (Nintendo)
5. Puzzler Collection (Ubisoft)

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Join Nathalie Cox, star of the cutting edge new Star Wars chapter, in our live webchat

Chat date: Friday 19th September

Chat time: 14.00

Star Wars fans and gamers: rejoice. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is a new video game that not only features cutting edge technology for the new generation of consoles, but promises to reveal the full story of the events that took place between Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Episode IV: A New Hope.

The next chapter in the Star Wars saga, tells the story of Darth Vader’s Secret Apprentice, a mysterious figure trained by the menacing Sith Lord, to hunt down the last of the Jedi. Set in the dark times between the prequel trilogy – exploring the aftermath of Order 66 which called for the immediate execution of all Jedi – and forming a direct bridge to the Original Trilogy, The Force Unleashed will forever change the fate of the Galaxy and explain key plot points that directly lead into events in Star Wars: A New Hope.

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Major Spoiler!!!!

DS
Drawn to Life: SpongeBob SquarePants Edition
Animal Paradise
Bratz Ponyz 2
Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen
Line Rider 2: Unbound
My Secret World by Imagine
Red Bull BC One
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Unsolved Crimes

Wii
Super Pick Ups
Kidz Sports: Crazy Golf
Rebel Raiders: Operation Nighthawk
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
TNA iMPACT!
Zoo Hospital