So, it’s a new year. A new year of super-amazing thumbs coming at your FACE! Better put on some protection, because this is going to be one furious and FANTASTIC year for the THUMBS!! We are starting out the year right with a game that…might possibly already be Game of the Year?? You decide!!
Pokémon Black/White (DS)
Exclusive zones? Changing seasons?! IT’S POKÉRAP TIME, GUYS.
I want to be the best there ever was
To beat all the rest, yeah, that’s my cause
Catch ’em, catch ’em, gotta catch ’em all
Pokémon!
Alakazam, Goldeen, Venonat, Machoke,
Kangaskhan, Hypno, Electabuzz, Flareon,
Blastoise, Poliwhirl, Oddish, Drowzee,
Raichu, Nidoqueen, Bellsprout, Starmie
I’ll search across the land
Look far and wide
Release from my hand
The power that’s inside
Catch ’em, catch ’em, gotta catch ’em all
Pokémon!
Metapod, Marowak, Kakuna, Clefairy,
Dodrio, Seadra, Vileplume, Krabby,
Lickitung, Tauros, Weedle, Nidoran,
Machop, Shellder, Porygon, Hitmonchan
Gotta catch ’em all, gotta catch ’em all
Gotta catch ’em all, gotta catch ’em all
At least a hundred and fifty or more to see
To be a Pokémon master is my destiny
Catch ’em, catch ’em, gotta catch ’em all,
GOTTA CATCH ‘EM ALL.
Captain Eric’s Psychic Thumbs say… Thumbs Up!
We Dare Flirty Fun For All (Wii/PS3)
Were you worried that videogames were becoming too…not-videogame-y? WORRY NOT! For our saviour, WDFFFA (get used to that—it will be sweeping the nation soon!), is on the way.
This hardest of core hardcoreness maxxxtreeem gamey game of videogameness will surely bring some coveted gamercred to the Wii! This game features… WAIT, WHAT?! WHAT IS THIS GAME? No, no, no. This is all wrong. THIS ISN’T THE WAY IT IS SUPPOSED TO END! NOOOOOOOOOOO…!
Captain Eric’s Psyhic Thumbs say… Thumbs Down.
The Last Story (Wii)
Oh, c’mon! I already gave up on you, Wii! Just stop it!
OK…OK. I will give you one more chance. …What is this?! Stop trying to pass PS3 games off as your own, Wii! You will not fool me. Wait…this actually IS a Wii game? CRAZYNESS.
The Last Story looks like an RPG that has had more work put into it than the last five RPGs released in the U.S. combined. The battle system looks really interesting and incorporates many different mechanics. In a genre where “innovation” usually means a lot of whining that Game X isn’t Final Fantasy VII, this is definitely a welcome change!
Captain Eric’s Psyhic Thumbs say… Thumbs Up!
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean (Everything)
LEGO, LEGO, LEGO…they never seem to go wrong with LEGOs!
At first I thought this was very odd timing. I mean, those movies came out ages ago! Then I was informed that there is ANOTHER movie coming out?! What.
Now, you do not need to be psychic to know what this game is going to be like! Nor do you need to be psychic to know that it will sell. I mean, that’s why they keep making them, right?! It’s a double IP super fun-nanza! Plus, pirate LEGOs were always very cool. I mean, after the knight LEGOs and the space LEGOs. So they already have a solid foundation! There could be many cool things that pirate-battles bring to the LEGO videogame franchise.
Of course, it could also bring nothing.
Captain Eric’s Psychic Thumbs say… Thumbs Up!
Catherine (PS3/X360)
Everything you will ever find about this game will point you in one direction: Weird. This is a weird game. Now, if weird games are your thing, you will probably enjoy this weird game. I don’t know. I think most people enjoy games that make sense. Sometimes it works out. Nocturne was a little weird and very Japanese-y, but it was very good! This game looks a little weird and very Japanese-y, but…it also looks nothing like Nocturne.
My PSYCHIC powers are tingling. FLASHING even. What they keep saying is STAY AWAY! STAY AWAY! I think I will have to trust them.
Captain Eric’s Psychic Thumbs say… Thumbs Down.
Well, that wraps up the first edition of “Psychic Thumbs” for the new year. If you can’t get the Pokérap out of your head…that is not my fault. It’s a really catchy tune! A really AWESOME catchy tune! You should be thankful to have such an amazing thing accompanying you everywhere you go.
Just WAIT until you come back next month, and get a whole eyeload of even MORE awesomeness here at the ‘Cola! WHOA!
