I picked up both of these games tonight on my way home from work from ToysRUS. I've had Metal Slug Anthology prebooked there before the Wii was released. I had Super Swing Golf prebooked at EB Games but they never got the shipment in and didn't know when it was going to arrive.
Neither game was on the store shelf. I had to ask for both. Metal Slug was in back. It took 2 employees to find them. Super Swing Golf was in a locked display case with the other Wii games, somewhat hidden behind other titles.
My wife and I tried Super Swing Golf first. We both like Wii Sports Golf and were really interested to see this game since it has 11 full 18 hole courses to choose from. The graphics are anime style. You pick a male or female character, then start golfing. You can customize the character with clothing and other items as you score points playing the game.
It looked like 3 of the courses were available from the 11 to start. Most likely you have to unlock or purchase the other courses with the points/money you earn from playing the game.
We didn't do the tutorial, which we probably should have tried in hindsight. The controls are fairly straight forward. You use the Wii Remote to swing the club back to the power level you want, then hold down A and swing forward to make the shot. If you curve the Wii Remote left or right you will hook or slice the shot accordingly.
There are basic controls over direction of the ball to account for the wind, as well as the ability to switch from the suggested club. You can also do special shots like power or super shots using points earned as you progess through the holes on the course.
The graphics are decent, and remind me of the Hot Shots golf series. The music seemed to fit the graphics and game environment. Gameplay is different from Wii Sports golf, but is still fun to play.
I do like the option of more holes and courses to select from plus the character customization and special shots. So far it looks pretty good. We only did 9 holes but are looking forward to trying it more.
I loaded up Metal Slug Anthology next. For those not familiar with the Metal Slug series, it is a side scrolling action game where you play soldiers freeing hostages and shooting down enemies along the way. You pickup powerups for weapons as well as have the ablity to jump in vehicles along the way like tanks, armored horses, etc. The shooting gameplay is similar to contra and is a lot of fun to play.
This game has 7 Metal Slug games in it. I tried Metal Slug 6 tonight and made it through the first stage. It was alot of fun. I did notice you can do 2 players at once and you do have the option of unlimited continues. I think this game would be an absolute blast with 2 players.
There are several ways to control your character on screen. I'd say at least 6 options if not more were in the game options menu. I went with the default option of right handed Wii Remote. In this mode the Wii Remote direction pad is used to control your character and where your gun shoots. You use buttons 1 and 2, one for shoot, one for jump. Bombs can be thrown by moving the Wii Remote up or down while playing. The Wii Remote is held sideways like for Excite Truck for this mode of play.
I found the controls to be very good. The onscreen action looked like the arcade graphics for the series and I saw absolutely no slowdown in framerate even with many enemies on screen and large fullscreen boss fights.
I'm looking foward to playing this more, and trying the 2 player mode. Oh yes.. you can use the Wii Remote, Nunchuck, a combination of the two, or the gamecube controllers to control your character. Good stuff here... definitely worth the $40 pricetag.
I'll post more thoughts on both games after I get to play them more.
Neither game was on the store shelf. I had to ask for both. Metal Slug was in back. It took 2 employees to find them. Super Swing Golf was in a locked display case with the other Wii games, somewhat hidden behind other titles.
My wife and I tried Super Swing Golf first. We both like Wii Sports Golf and were really interested to see this game since it has 11 full 18 hole courses to choose from. The graphics are anime style. You pick a male or female character, then start golfing. You can customize the character with clothing and other items as you score points playing the game.
It looked like 3 of the courses were available from the 11 to start. Most likely you have to unlock or purchase the other courses with the points/money you earn from playing the game.
We didn't do the tutorial, which we probably should have tried in hindsight. The controls are fairly straight forward. You use the Wii Remote to swing the club back to the power level you want, then hold down A and swing forward to make the shot. If you curve the Wii Remote left or right you will hook or slice the shot accordingly.
There are basic controls over direction of the ball to account for the wind, as well as the ability to switch from the suggested club. You can also do special shots like power or super shots using points earned as you progess through the holes on the course.
The graphics are decent, and remind me of the Hot Shots golf series. The music seemed to fit the graphics and game environment. Gameplay is different from Wii Sports golf, but is still fun to play.
I do like the option of more holes and courses to select from plus the character customization and special shots. So far it looks pretty good. We only did 9 holes but are looking forward to trying it more.
I loaded up Metal Slug Anthology next. For those not familiar with the Metal Slug series, it is a side scrolling action game where you play soldiers freeing hostages and shooting down enemies along the way. You pickup powerups for weapons as well as have the ablity to jump in vehicles along the way like tanks, armored horses, etc. The shooting gameplay is similar to contra and is a lot of fun to play.
This game has 7 Metal Slug games in it. I tried Metal Slug 6 tonight and made it through the first stage. It was alot of fun. I did notice you can do 2 players at once and you do have the option of unlimited continues. I think this game would be an absolute blast with 2 players.
There are several ways to control your character on screen. I'd say at least 6 options if not more were in the game options menu. I went with the default option of right handed Wii Remote. In this mode the Wii Remote direction pad is used to control your character and where your gun shoots. You use buttons 1 and 2, one for shoot, one for jump. Bombs can be thrown by moving the Wii Remote up or down while playing. The Wii Remote is held sideways like for Excite Truck for this mode of play.
I found the controls to be very good. The onscreen action looked like the arcade graphics for the series and I saw absolutely no slowdown in framerate even with many enemies on screen and large fullscreen boss fights.
I'm looking foward to playing this more, and trying the 2 player mode. Oh yes.. you can use the Wii Remote, Nunchuck, a combination of the two, or the gamecube controllers to control your character. Good stuff here... definitely worth the $40 pricetag.
I'll post more thoughts on both games after I get to play them more.
