Comments on: Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #243 (July 2009) http://www.aeropause.com/2009/06/read-a-long-with-nintendo-power-243-july-2009/ Aeropause is a video game blog that explores game culture, trends, technologies and innovations. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: pete http://www.aeropause.com/2009/06/read-a-long-with-nintendo-power-243-july-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-27119 pete Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:19:08 +0000 http://www.aeropause.com/?p=22229#comment-27119 >>LEGO Battles hits 5.0. <br>?!?What.<br>If you want to build with lego bricks then download AutoCAD. You can spend<br>hours building anything you want, but that wouldn't have any game play. Try playing<br>the game before you review it. >>LEGO Battles hits 5.0.
?!?What.
If you want to build with lego bricks then download AutoCAD. You can spend
hours building anything you want, but that wouldn't have any game play. Try playing
the game before you review it.

]]> By: Jordan_Snyder http://www.aeropause.com/2009/06/read-a-long-with-nintendo-power-243-july-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-27058 Jordan_Snyder Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:20:55 +0000 http://www.aeropause.com/?p=22229#comment-27058 That's great for a DS game. Both the Drawn to Life series and Scribblenauts aren't exactly straining the hardware technically, so I bet it should be fairly easy for them to rake in a profit. That's great for a DS game. Both the Drawn to Life series and Scribblenauts aren't exactly straining the hardware technically, so I bet it should be fairly easy for them to rake in a profit.

]]> By: JoeFourhman http://www.aeropause.com/2009/06/read-a-long-with-nintendo-power-243-july-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-27057 JoeFourhman Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:31:07 +0000 http://www.aeropause.com/?p=22229#comment-27057 Drawn to Life sold 0.70 million (the SpongeBob edition sold 0.81) according to vgchartz. The original Drawn to Life is now down to $10 just about anywhere, which is a great price for it.<br><br>I think Drawn to Life was overflogged by internet champions who saw maybe two levels of drawing, and never got around to playing the bulk of the game which involved coloring in. The game was a chore to finish.<br><br>Great final song over the credits, though. Did I ever get around to embedding that here? Drawn to Life sold 0.70 million (the SpongeBob edition sold 0.81) according to vgchartz. The original Drawn to Life is now down to $10 just about anywhere, which is a great price for it.

I think Drawn to Life was overflogged by internet champions who saw maybe two levels of drawing, and never got around to playing the bulk of the game which involved coloring in. The game was a chore to finish.

Great final song over the credits, though. Did I ever get around to embedding that here?

]]> By: Jordan_Snyder http://www.aeropause.com/2009/06/read-a-long-with-nintendo-power-243-july-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-27055 Jordan_Snyder Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:27:08 +0000 http://www.aeropause.com/?p=22229#comment-27055 How well did Drawn to Life sell? I know that THQ published those games, and I remember hearing that they sold like hotcakes. Maybe the cutesy design of Scribblenauts will win over most of Drawn to Life's audience. How well did Drawn to Life sell? I know that THQ published those games, and I remember hearing that they sold like hotcakes. Maybe the cutesy design of Scribblenauts will win over most of Drawn to Life's audience.

]]> By: JoeFourhman http://www.aeropause.com/2009/06/read-a-long-with-nintendo-power-243-july-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-27052 JoeFourhman Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:56:54 +0000 http://www.aeropause.com/?p=22229#comment-27052 Yeah, with the "overshadowed" comment I was referring to that weblog buzz study that ranked Scribblenauts waaaaaay at the bottom. Looks like this is going to be one of those games that the critics will come out for, but will sell for crap. It's cute and unique and on DS... so right away 90% of the gaming audience will ignore it. Yeah, with the “overshadowed” comment I was referring to that weblog buzz study that ranked Scribblenauts waaaaaay at the bottom. Looks like this is going to be one of those games that the critics will come out for, but will sell for crap. It's cute and unique and on DS… so right away 90% of the gaming audience will ignore it.

]]> By: Jordan_Snyder http://www.aeropause.com/2009/06/read-a-long-with-nintendo-power-243-july-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-27048 Jordan_Snyder Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:46:16 +0000 http://www.aeropause.com/?p=22229#comment-27048 Scribblenauts is definitely on my radar. I can only imagine how chaotic it must have been to create databases with thousands of entries, their properties, and how they react to the other entries. Let's hope their hard work doesn't go unnoticed by gamers. That said, I don't think it was overshadowed at E3, Joe. Various sites have been naming it as an award winner in multiple categories, and IGN even named it the overall best game of the show. There's a ton of support from the critics, but it might be a hard sell for some of the gamers who haven't gotten their hands on the game. Scribblenauts is definitely on my radar. I can only imagine how chaotic it must have been to create databases with thousands of entries, their properties, and how they react to the other entries. Let's hope their hard work doesn't go unnoticed by gamers. That said, I don't think it was overshadowed at E3, Joe. Various sites have been naming it as an award winner in multiple categories, and IGN even named it the overall best game of the show. There's a ton of support from the critics, but it might be a hard sell for some of the gamers who haven't gotten their hands on the game.

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