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[number-1-kuaidul-fanboy]

Punch Out Mansion AU

Thought I’d elaborate a little bit on my Punch Out AU where all the WVBA boxers live in a mansion together by giving some background on the characters, like their cliques and lives outside of boxing and other random tidbits I felt like adding. This was all just for fun and is admittedly biased toward/against certain characters, so take it with a grain of salt.

Glass Joe

-Along with boxing, Joe is a photographer.

-Only tried boxing out on a dare and was horrible at it. But he kept trying, insisting he could get at least a few wins. The WVBA liked him so much that when he did get his one win, he was given a place in the minor circuit and is essentially a rite of passage for new challengers.

-No one can really bring themselves to be mean to Joe.

-Sandman learns French from Joe so he can shit talk Little Mac in front of him. Joe also learns English from Sandman and can speak it decently, though he has a noticeable accent.

-His closest friends are Von Kaiser, Sandman, and Little Mac.

-Favourite food is baguettes. (I think that was a little obvious)

-Dog person, pretty social and outgoing.

-Dang good at cooking and baking. Always makes food for the others.

Von Kaiser

-Boxing was Kaiser’s main gig for a while but he’s now out of his prime. He used to be a great boxer in his thirties and was even the champion of the major circuit for a while. However, old age and increased cowardice made him lose more and more until he was only able to defeat Glass Joe to keep his position in the minor circuit.

-Everyone calls him “sir,” some mockingly and others sincerely.

-His english is passable, but he gets certain phrases/words wrong sometimes. Everyone tries to be polite about correcting him.

-Cat person.

-He and Joe are best friends, meaning Kaiser also hangs around Sandman and Mac.

-Plays video games just because the ‘kids’ wanted him to do it. His favourite is NES Mario.

-A bit of a dad to the group, being the oldest.

Disco Kid

-Also started boxing because someone dared him and stuck with it because he wanted the exposure for his disco dancing career. Out of all of them, he is the newest to boxing. (Apart from Little Mac, of course)

-Often wears leotards.

-Dances around the house with headphones on a lazy day.

-He and Don Flamenco are best friends and often play Just Dance (their favourite game) competitively.

-They both also hang out with Great Tiger. (Cuz they’re divas)

-Disco Kid is also a famous TikToker.

-He and Don worked together to make:  “I want a hippopotamus for Christmas.” Where they basically make fun of King Hippo.

-Dog Person

-Can’t cook at all.

King Hippo

-Nobody knows his real name so they just call him “Hippo.”

-Favourite food is all.

-Doc Louis shares some chocolate bars with him.

-King Hippo’s son, Prince Potamus took over the throne “temporarily” when King Hippo left for boxing. Now that it’s been a year, people are questioning whether he will ever return to his home island.

-He can’t hold a controller, much less play video games. However, he does wreck everyone at Swordplay in Wii Sports Resort. Nobody can figure out how, but they can’t manage to beat him.

-Just eats everything raw without preparing it.

Piston Hondo

-Does martial arts professionally like Karate and Boxing and shit. He is also new to boxing, and was offered directly by a WVBA person after they saw one of his martial arts demonstrations. Hondo accepted and did some training before starting his boxing career. He fights anyone who challenges him, which is why he hasn’t passed his position, he hasn’t had a chance to challenge anyone himself.

-He speaks very slowly in English in order to get all the words right. It is slow, but proper.

-Pretty much everyone from Major Circuit and onward arm wrestle with Little Mac. Hondo tries to regulate the arm wrestles the best he can. (It needs to be a fair fight!)

-Favourite food is sushi. (I think this is kinda canon, but whatever)

-Piston Hondo and Little Mac train together. Their morning jog is outrunning the bullet train.

-Hondo and Doc Louis are the “dads” of the group and are the most responsible.

-Everyone kind of respects him, even the higher ranks.

-He’s not really a gamer, but he likes Ace Attorney.

-Almost exclusively cooks food from his home country, going off of recipes from his childhood.

Bear Hugger

-Apart from boxing, he is a lumberjack.

-He challenged everyone in the minor circuit and won, but couldn’t defeat Hippo. So he just decided to challenge the first major circuit person, who at the time wasn’t Hondo because Hondo only has one loss.

-Loves camping but none of the others ever want to go. (Aran Ryan might go to prank him.)

-He keeps his squirrel as a pet. One of the others has to take care of it while he’s out. (Hondo or Doc usually offer)

-Favourite food is maple syrup. (Also kinda canon)

-He’s pretty chill with everyone and content to go with the flow most of the time.

-Mobile gamer. He’s really dedicated to PvZ in particular.

-Probably arm wrestles Mac from time to time.

-The only one to really get along with Bald Bull all that well.

-Wakes up early to make pancakes for everyone.

Great Tiger

-He is a street magician, probably. Maybe a professional magician with like a show. I don’t know how this stuff works.

-Probably seduced the ref to get so many decision wins.

-He beat everyone up to Don and was literally about to challenge him for the championship when Little Mac came along. (We can all agree that Great Tiger is much more difficult than Don Flamenco, right?)

-Either didn’t beat King Hippo and did the same thing Bear Hugger did or did beat him and didn’t take the belt because it was “beneath him.”

-Total douche with his clones. He’ll do things like tickle Little Mac to win an arm wrestle. (Hondo and Doc try to stop him but can’t)

-Total prankster.

-Uses magic literally all the time even when he doesn’t need to.

-He surprisingly knows a good amount of English. He still forgets words/phrases and enunciates certain things oddly but he can carry a solid conversation in English.

-Switches to Hindi to trash talk the others, particularly Little Mac. (Even if he’s grown to secretly respect the persistent kid)

-Hangs out around Don and Disco and will help them prank people for TikToks. They will also game together.

-Favourite food is pakora. (It’s an indian dessert. If you’ve never tried it, it’s delicious)

-Same as Hondo, in which he just knows how to cook foods from his country. Uses his clones to do every little task in order to cook. (Ex: Will have one stirring something, one at the rice maker, and another at the stove)

-Eats insanely spicy foods. (Will sometimes eat chili powder right out of the shaker)

Don Flamenco

-His full name is Juan Eduardo Flamenco Ramirez. He was nicknamed “Don” by his friends growing up and stuck with it for his boxing name. He used “Flamenco” as the second half of his name because it was pretty.

-He is canonically a bullfighter and boxer. That’s all you really need.

-Don climbed the ranks like Mac did. He originally kept the minor circuit belt for a while but decided he wanted something more impressive. He challenged Von Kaiser for the major circuit belt and won.

-Also probably seduced the ref if we’re being honest.

-Loves dancing and expensive dates.

-His best friends are Disco Kid and Great Tiger. He nicknamed Disco Kid “Niño de Disco” and Great Tiger “Gran Tigre.”

-He is pretty much bilingual, and has little trouble switching between English and Spanish. He will switch to spanish to tease Little Mac, though it’s pretty harmless in comparison to some of the others.

-He’s only emo in the ring and sometimes around Little Mac. “It’s not a phase, Mac.”

-Dog person.

-Favourite food is churros. (A spanish dessert. Also delicious.)

-He’s really not a gamer and will only play Just Dance with Disco Kid.

-He punched Bald Bull through the roof for a TikTok. Completely unrelated to that, there is a “natural skylight” in Don’s room.

-Challenges Little Mac to arm wrestles whenever he’s bored. Apart from Hondo, he’s probably the least “cheaty” out of them.

-An excellent cook. Because he loves to impress the ladies.

Aran Ryan

-Actually used his real name for boxing. The absolute madman.

-Apart from Boxing, Aran is a telemarketer. He also scams people on the streets as a side hustle.

-He started on the World circuit, the absolute madman, and Soda Pop was the first boxer he met. Aran Ryan can’t manage to beat him or any of the others though and picked on the lower ranks to work up a record. His “number 5” rank is technically unofficial.

-Wastes a lot of money on alcohol.

-Eats nothing but potatoes.

-He and Soda Popinski are best friends. I could see him and Great Tiger either being friends or rivals.

-Doesn’t get along with many of the others. Bald Bull especially is his enemy.

-Learned Russian to communicate with Soda. Likewise, Soda learned more English to communicate with Aran.

-Tries to use two hands while arm wrestling Mac. Doc or Hondo try to get him to knock that shit off.

-Dog person

-He loves gaming and will hack literally any game he can get his hands on. Newer Super Mario Bros Wii is his favourite game.

-Is banned from the kitchen.

Soda Popinski

-Works at a bar selling drinks.

-He’s been boxing for a long time. Held one of the circuit championships at some point but lost it. His other loss was against Sadman.

-He and Aran Ryan are drinking buddies. (Yeah sure it’s soda. It’s spiked with vodka or steroids. You can’t fool me.)

-He’s not much of a gamer, but often gets pulled into playing Aran Ryan’s hacked games with him.

-Always drinks the entire supply of soda. If anyone else wants soda, they have to hide it in one of their rooms.

-Chugs an entire can of steroid soda before arm wrestling Mac.

-“Favourite food? Uh, soda! That is a food, right?” -him at some point

-Understands English well, but has trouble speaking it himself.

-Mostly keeps to himself oddly enough.

-Doesn’t cook. Pretends to not know english when someone asks him to.

Bald Bull

-Apart from boxing, he’s a professional bodybuilder.

-Just kinda challenged people randomly and somehow won most of the time. His losses (pre Mac) were against Macho Man, Sandman, and twice against Doc Louis.

-Is laid back unless the paparazzi come around or someone does something to piss him off. Then he goes beserk. Like the time Don used him to make a “natural skylight” for a TikTok.

-Probably started the arm wrestling tradition against Little Mac, but no one is really sure.

-He and Doc Louis insult each other constantly. Aran and him are also bitter enemies.

-Talks shit about everyone in Turkish.

-Speaks in very broken english and usually hides out in his room.

-He is most chill around Bear Hugger, his closest friend.

-The others normally don’t let him touch a video game controller. However, he did beat King Hippo at Swordplay, shocking everyone.

-Can probably cook just fine but was preemptively banned from the kitchen so no one is really sure.

SMM

-His real name is Chadrick, like the asshole he is.

-A Hollywood actor for sure.

-Was the champion for a while until Sandman kicked his ass. He didn’t take any of the other belts because it was “beneath him.”

-Buys all the skins and battle passes in Fortnite. Also buys a ton of other useless rich person shit.

-Doesn’t live in the mansion but will visit every now and then during parties and shit.

-Eats nothing but In-n-Out. (Thanks Tumblr, for conflating these two in my mind)

-Is totally lying about his age.

Mr. Sandman

-His real name is Michael. People often make the comparison between him and Mike Tyson.

-He looked up to Mike Tyson as a kid.

-He is 100% devoted to boxing. Before boxing however, he worked in retail, which would explain his utter rage with the world.

-Didn’t take the minor or major belts because it was beneath him.

-Extremely competitive with Little Mac.

-“LITTLE MAC YOU ATE MY FUCKING LEFTOVERS THIS CALLS FOR A REMATCH!” -Sandman, all the time

-Also arm wrestles him a lot and challenges him at Minecraft, the favourite game of the two of them. He has a Minecraft world that he’s used for six years on Survival with all these crazy builds.

-Fairly chill when not boxing or competing with Mac.

-Good friends with Glass Joe and admires the persistent little guy despite his lack of skill in boxing.

Doc Louis

-Was the champion before Macho Man. Climbed the ranks like Mac did, and gave up his belts after retiring. Sandman was probably the final straw.

-Fought Bald Bull back in the day, and often won. They’re still rivals now.

-Favourite food is chocolate. (Literally canon, but whatever)

-The ultimate dad of the group.

-Gives them all advice, but clearly picks his favourites (Little Mac).

-All the older fighters get a little nervous when they see him eating chocolate. (You know what I mean if you’ve played Doc Louis’s Punch Out)

-Plays games with the others when they need an extra player.

-Loves cooking and does it all the time, often for some of the others too.

-He’s retired so he doesn’t “officially” live at the mansion. However, the couch has become his designated spot and the table beside it is where he puts his bag of chocolate bars.

[wiifactsplus]

In Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, and Wii Sports Club, there consists of a wide variety of CPU Miis that use different right-handed and left-handed settings for various games. Some Miis only use their right hand, some only use their left hand, and some use both their right and left hand, depending on the game (these Miis are ambidextrous). Here is a list of all the Miis in Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, and Wii Sports Club, along with which category they fall under involving handedness. Miis that originally appeared in Wii Sports Club will be noted appropriately.

There are 100 Miis who are right-handed. Here they are, in alphabetical order: Abe Adrien (Wii Sports Club) Akira (Wii Sports Club) Alex Alice (Wii Sports Club) Asami Ashley Barbara Barbara (Wii Sports Club) Barry (Wii Sports Club) Bernardo (Wii Sports Club) Bo-Jia (Wii Sports Club) Carlo (Wii Sports Club) Chris Chris (Wii Sports Club) Claudia (Wii Sports Club) Cole Christina (Wii Sports Club) David (Wii Sports Club) Delilah (Wii Sports Club) Dunbar (Wii Sports Club) Dylan (Wii Sports Club) Eddy Eduardo Eduardo (Wii Sports Club) Elena (Wii Sports Club) Erick (Wii Sports Club) Faustine (Wii Sports Club) Frank (Wii Sports Club) Fritz Gabi George Gerald (Wii Sports Club) Greg Guillermo (Wii Sports Club) Haixiang (Wii Sports Club) Haruka (Wii Sports Club) Hiromasa Hiromi (Wii Sports Club) Holly Ilka (Wii Sports Club) Irina (Wii Sports Club) Jake Jeff (Wii Sports Club) Jesús (Wii Sports Club) Jialan (Wii Sports Club) Jin-ah (Wii Sports Club) Joana (Wii Sports Club) John (Wii Sports Club) Joost (Wii Sports Club) João (Wii Sports Club) Julie Kaori (Wii Sports Club) Kazuhiko (Wii Sports Club) Kentaro (Wii Sports Club) Marie (Wii Sports Club) Marit (Wii Sports Club) Marius (Wii Sports Club) Mark (Wii Sports Club) Massimo (Wii Sports Club) Matt (Wii Sports Club) Maximilian (Wii Sports Club) Mia Midori Mike Mónica (Wii Sports Club) Na-rae (Wii Sports Club) Nelly Pablo Patricia (Wii Sports Club) Patrick Paula (Wii Sports Club) Pit (Wii Sports Club) Polly (Wii Sports Club) Ren Ricardo (Wii Sports Club) Rie (Wii Sports Club) Rui-Lin (Wii Sports Club) Sandra Se-young (Wii Sports Club) Sho (Wii Sports Club) Shu-Hui (Wii Sports Club) Silke Siobhán Sota Steph Steve Susana Takashi Takumi Tatsuaki Tommy Tomoko Tyrone Víctor William (Wii Sports Club) Xiaojian (Wii Sports Club) Xixi (Wii Sports Club) Yoshi Yunyun (Wii Sports Club) Zi-Kai (Wii Sports Club)

There are 66 Miis who are left-handed. Here they are, in alphabetical order: Alisha Alphonse (Wii Sports Club) André (Wii Sports Club) Anna (Wii Sports Club) Anne (Wii Sports Club) Araceli (Wii Sports Club) Bernd (Wii Sports Club) Bowen (Wii Sports Club) Bruce (Wii Sports Club) Cheng-Han (Wii Sports Club) Chika Clara (Wii Sports Club) Daisuke (Wii Sports Club) Donna (Wii Sports Club) Emma Enrique (Wii Sports Club) Gabriele Giovanna Giulia (Wii Sports Club) Gwen Hee-joon (Wii Sports Club) Hiromi Ian Ivo (Wii Sports Club) Ji-hoon (Wii Sports Club) Jianjun (Wii Sports Club) Joseph (Wii Sports Club) José (Wii Sports Club) Juliette (Wii Sports Club) Laura (Wii Sports Club) Leonel (Wii Sports Club) Léonie (Wii Sports Club) Maria (Wii Sports Club) Marisa Masako (Wii Sports Club) Matt Megan Merrick (Wii Sports Club) Mi-sun (Wii Sports Club) Miguel Millie (Wii Sports Club) Mitsu (Wii Sports Club) Mizuho (Wii Sports Club) Olga (Wii Sports Club) Pavel (Wii Sports Club) Pedro (Wii Sports Club) Pian-Pian (Wii Sports Club) Rainer Rui (Wii Sports Club) Sara (Wii Sports Club) Sarah Shinta Shohei Skip (Wii Sports Club) Sophia (Wii Sports Club) Steven (Wii Sports Club) Stéphanie Susie (Wii Sports Club) Ursula Victor (Wii Sports Club) Vincenzo Xiao-Tong (Wii Sports Club) Xuiping (Wii Sports Club) Xue-Ren (Wii Sports Club) Yuehua (Wii Sports Club) Yuriko (Wii Sports Club)

There are 42 Miis who are ambidextrous. Here they are, along with which games they are left-handed in, and which games they are right-handed in. Note that there are no Miis that originated from Wii Sports Club that are ambidextrous.

Abby: Left-handed in Tennis, Table Tennis, and Baseball (batting) Right-handed in Baseball (pitching)

Ai: Left-handed in Tennis Right-handed in Baseball (batting, pitching) and Table Tennis

Akira: Left-handed in Tennis and Baseball (batting) Right-handed in Baseball (pitching) and Table Tennis

Andy: Left-handed in Tennis and Table Tennis Right-handed in Baseball (batting, pitching)

Anna: Left-handed in Tennis Right-handed in Baseball (batting, pitching) and Table Tennis

Daisuke: Left-handed in Tennis and Baseball (batting, pitching) Right-handed in Table Tennis

David: Left-handed in Tennis Right-handed in Baseball (batting, pitching) and Table Tennis

Elisa: Left-handed in Table Tennis Right-handed in Tennis and Baseball (batting, pitching)

Emily: Left-handed in Tennis and Baseball (pitching) Right-handed in Table Tennis and Baseball (batting)

Eva: Left-handed in Tennis and Baseball (batting, pitching) Right-handed in Table Tennis

Fumiko: Left-handed in Tennis and Baseball (batting, pitching) Right-handed in Table Tennis

Haru: Left-handed in Tennis and Table Tennis Right-handed in Baseball (batting, pitching)

Hayley: Left-handed in Table Tennis Right-handed in Tennis and Baseball (batting, pitching)

Helen: Left-handed in Baseball (batting) Right-handed in Tennis, Baseball (pitching), and Table Tennis

Hiroshi: Left-handed in Table Tennis Right-handed in Tennis and Baseball (batting, pitching)

Jackie: Left-handed in Tennis Right-handed in Baseball (batting, pitching) and Table Tennis

James: Left-handed in Tennis and Table Tennis Right-handed in Baseball (batting, pitching)

Jessie: Left-handed in Table Tennis Right-handed in Tennis and Baseball (batting, pitching)

Kathrin: Left-handed in Tennis and Table Tennis Right-handed in Baseball (batting, pitching)

Keiko: Left-handed in Table Tennis and Baseball (batting) Right-handed in Tennis and Baseball (pitching)

Kentaro: Left-handed in Tennis, Table Tennis, and Baseball (pitching) Right-handed in Baseball (batting)

Luca: Left-handed in Tennis and Baseball (batting, pitching) Right-handed in Table Tennis

Lucía: Left-handed in Table Tennis Right-handed in Tennis and Baseball (batting, pitching)

Marco: Left-handed in Table Tennis Right-handed in Tennis and Baseball (batting, pitching)

Maria: Left-handed in Tennis and Baseball (batting) Right-handed in Baseball (pitching) and Table Tennis

Martin: Left-handed in Baseball (batting, pitching) Right-handed in Tennis and Table Tennis

Michael: Left-handed in Tennis and Table Tennis Right-handed in Baseball (batting, pitching)

Misaki: Left-handed in Table Tennis Right-handed in Tennis and Baseball (batting, pitching)

Miyu: Left-handed in Table Tennis Right-handed in Tennis and Baseball (batting, pitching)

Naomi: Left-handed in Baseball (batting, pitching) and Table Tennis Right-handed in Tennis

Nick: Left-handed in Tennis Right-handed in Baseball (batting, pitching) and Table Tennis

Oscar: Left-handed in Table Tennis Right-handed in Tennis and Baseball (batting, pitching)

Pierre: Left-handed in Tennis and Table Tennis Right-handed in Baseball (batting, pitching)

Rachel: Left-handed in Tennis Right-handed in Baseball (batting, pitching) and Table Tennis

Rin: Left-handed in Tennis and Baseball (batting, pitching) Right-handed in Table Tennis

Ryan: Left-handed in Tennis and Table Tennis Right-handed in Baseball (batting, pitching)

Saburo: Left-handed in Tennis and Baseball (pitching) Right-handed in Baseball (batting) and Table Tennis

Sakura: Left-handed in Baseball (batting, pitching) Right-handed in Tennis and Table Tennis

Shinnosuke: Left-handed in Baseball (batting, pitching) and Table Tennis Right-handed in Tennis

Shouta: Left-handed in Tennis and Table Tennis Right-handed in Baseball (batting, pitching)

Theo: Left-handed in Tennis Right-handed in Baseball (batting, pitching) and Table Tennis

Yoko: Left-handed in Tennis Right-handed in Baseball (batting, pitching) and Table Tennis

[nintendoduo]

34 Cool WiiWare Games That Are Going Away FOREVER*

 *Unless Nintendo decides to sell them again when the Switch U 4DS VR comes out in 2025.

As you might have heard, starting next Monday Nintendo is taking away the ability to add funds to the Wii Shop, which will close down for good in early 2019. That means a whole bunch of great games won’t be able to be purchased anymore. In order to raise awareness of this, the most important issue of our times (after all the other issues), we spent the winter playing as many WiiWare games as we could over on our YouTube channel. Here’s a summary of the gems we encountered:

1. 3D Pixel Racing

A pretty challenging motion control racing game with Minecraft-esque graphics. Pro tip: use a regular old Wiimote, not a Wiimote Plus. Trust us, the Plus is too sensitive for this game and you’ll end up falling off the track every two seconds. Despite the difficulty, this one gets a recommendation because of the cool look and for giving us an excuse to use the Mario Kart Wii wheel again.

2. And Yet It Moves

Using the Wiimote’s gyroscope, this game has you move the world around you (rather than vice versa) to navigate the levels.  One of those “easy to learn, difficult to master” type of games that defined many of the best on the platform.

3. Bit.Trip Runner

Originally a WiiWare exclusive, although you can now play it on 3DS, PC, Mac, Linux, and probably some Japanese toilets. You run from left to right and jump, slide, kick and... jump again to the music. A tribute to the platforming classics that deservedly became a classic itself (and the sequel, available on Wii U, is even better).

4. BurgerTime: World Tour

You know, BurgerTime! If you don’t know, this is a good excuse to get acquainted with this ‘80s arcade title. Like in the original, you attempt to assemble giant hamburgers on a series of platforms whilst dodging humanoid food monsters, only this time the graphics are in 3D and it’s all happening in space, for some reason. NOTE: Ironically, this fast-food themed game can’t be bought in North America right now, only Europe.

5. Chrono Twins DX

Originally designed for the DS, the gimmick is that the main character is fighting enemies in two different time periods at once.  For the DS this used each screen for the different time zones, but with WiiWare you get a simple split-screen.  It’s quite unique and challenging as you’re basically playing two sidescrollers at once.

6. Contra Rebirth

Remember when dudes with rippling muscles and mullets got to be badass gunfighters and nobody complained they were toxic?  Contra sure does.  Konami gave “Rebirth” to three of their classic franchises on WiiWare (CastleVania and Gradius were the other two) but this was probably the best of the bunch.

7. Dracula: Undead Awakening

If you never get tired of mowing down undead enemies then this will scratch that itch.  Basically you get a bunch of different cool weapons and use them against a bunch of different cool monsters for as long as you wish, or at least as long as you survive.  The challenge is so high that even lasting ten minutes on your first playthrough has the game calling you “noob.”

8. Eduardo the Samurai Toaster

A simple run n’ gun game (think Metal Slug) starring a sentient toaster facing off against flying onions, spear-toting carrots, and what appears to be an army of angry playing cards. It’s not clear what the plot of the game is, and there’s not a whole lot of depth to the gameplay, but it’s still a fun way to waste an hour (or more, depending on the difficulty). It’s supposed to be even more fun with 4 players, if you can find three other Wii-loving weirdos.

9. Excitebike World Rally

Motorcycle races.  Simplicity works sometimes, and just like the original Excitebike this one proves it once more.  Just like the original you get a cool level creator, only this time you can share it with anyone and not just whoever you give your cartridge to.

10. Frogger: Hyper Arcade Edition

Lots of different modes that still capture the appeal of the original arcade classic.  The overall look is kinda coked-up, which captures the ‘80s arcade scene reasonably well.

11. Frogger Returns

Only the one mode this time, but it serves as a reminder of the timeless quality and endearing appeal of the core gameplay.

12. Gnomz

A chaotic 4-player party game starring sock-obsessed gnomes. You go around a single screen collecting socks and stomping other players to kill them; it’s like life itself. (Or, as many have pointed out, like the Super Mario War fan game, but less illegal.) There are three modes and a variety of scenarios. Like with Eduardo the Samurai Toaster, the more players the better, but the single player mode ain’t bad (and that way, you don’t ruin any friendships).

13. Gyrostarr

A pseudo-3D shoot ‘em up where the main difficulty is that you can actually shoot the power ups away, and you kinda need those to finish the stages -- if you don’t collect enough energy, the portal at the end of the level closes on your face. The difficulty ramps up slowly but surely across 50 levels. Another difficulty is not getting an LSD flashback on those trippy bonus stages.

14. HoopWorld

A basketball/fighting game that makes surprisingly good use of the Wii’s motion controls. This definitely falls in the “easy to pick up, difficult to master” category, since there’s a pretty wide range of ball throws and kung-fu moves you can perform by shaking your Wiimote and nunchuck in different ways. Or you can just wave your arms randomly and hope you win. The game is currently unlisted in North America, which we’re hoping is a sign that they’re planning to re-release it in modern platforms (with online multiplayer, hopefully).

15. Horizon Riders

A futuristic on-rails shooting game that you play with the Wii balance board. If you have the Wii Zapper accessory, even better (and you’ll look even sillier), but it’s not necessary to play. You aim and shoot with your Wiimote while leaning on your balance board to move from side to side. Definitely a good reason to dig that thing out of your closet. Be warned, though, that the game crashed on us in the middle of a stage, as seen at the end of our gameplay video.

16. Jam City Rollergirls

Roller derby has never been as popular to watch as it is for people to randomly talk about every few years for the novelty, usually accompanied by a movie that flops at the box office.  The last time the mainstream tried to make this sport happen it resulted in this game, though, so there’s at least that.  You play as characters with hilarious names roller blading through others with random power-ups and combat moves.

17. Jett Rocket

It’s a lofty ambition to offer gamers something that will remind them of Super Mario Galaxy, and it might seem foolish to do so on an indie dev’s budget.  But Shin’en managed to deliver with an uncommon 3D platformer collectathon with good amounts of action sprinkled in.

18. LostWinds

When a developer approached a title with motion controls in mind, it always stood out more than other games that tried to crowbar motion controls into the scenery in the hopes of a shortcut to Wii success.  LostWinds is in the former camp, making you use the pointer to create gusts of wind to elevate the main character onto platforms and knock around enemies.  In fact it’d be more accurate to say you’re playing as the wind spirit rather than the story’s protagonist.  Fun game with a beautiful art style.

19. Maboshi's Arcade

Nintendo knows how to make simple games that present difficulty when you don’t expect it.  In the three modes of this puzzler you play as generic shapes but the controls are difficult to master.  It kind of has to be seen to be believed.

20. Magnetica Twist

A connect-three type of game where you fire marbles and stuff.  What ends up twisted the most are your wrists whilst trying to aim your shots with any sort of precision.

21. Max and the Magic Marker

There are plenty of side-scrolling platformers that use childhood visuals and hobbies to appeal to the player, and yet they never really get old do they?  In this one you use a marker via motion controls to create platforms and defeat enemies.  You also can go in and out of Max’s childhood drawings.

22. Monsteca Corral

This is a weird one.  A bunch of monsters vaguely shaped like Doshin the Giant are gathered together by an unseen god-ish alien to fight robots that said alien had created earlier, but they turned against him.  That’s the plot as we can best make out, anyways.  There’s also dinosaurs.  Recommended for those who like their fun to be completely unlike the other fun they’ve had with games.

23. Pearl Harbor Trilogy – 1941: Red Sun Rising

Old-school dogfighting in a new-school 3D game.  Well, it was new when it released.  Anyways you shoot down enemy planes, defend your base, attack naval fleets and get commendations you don’t deserve.  Sometimes you see the action from the POV of the bombs you drop, and it works much better here than in Michael Bay’s version of Pearl Harbor.

24. Pole's Big Adventure

Chindōchū!! Pole no Daibōken is bizarre Japan-only SEGA title made to parody the crappy platform games that came out during the 8-bit era. Despite being full of intentional design flaws, like power ups that kill you or background objects that suddenly cut your head off, the game is pretty easy -- until you unlock hard mode, where the boss fights are actually challenging. Still, you’ll be playing this one mostly to laugh at the dozens of Easter eggs.

25. PictureBook Games: Pop Up Pursuit

Not many board games made it to WiiWare, but this was easily the best.  It’s largely straightforward “run to the end of the board” contests, with plenty of opportunities to ruin friendships.  The art style is the main hook, looking like a pop-up book, like the title indicates.

26. Rage of the Gladiator

You fight for your life against larger-than-life mythological creatures, like ogres and minotaurs and senseis.  The game got compared frequently to Punch-Out!! and with good reason, but the combat is actually a more creative and the dialogue is more humorous.  A blast to play through the first time, and a blast to replay.

27. Snowpack Park

Unlike most of the games on this list, there’s no combat in this one and your blood pressure won’t ever raise.  There’s plenty to do but it’s fun stuff, mostly involving playing with penguins.  It works great as a sort of palette cleanser to the violent action-packed games primarily showcased in this list.

28. Sonic the Hedgehog 4

The 16-bit Sonic games still hold up today as all-time greats.  Sonic 4 didn’t live up to those expectations but it did get SEGA to think about their past a little more seriously, and helped lead to Sonic Mania.  Episode I is on WiiWare, but you’ll have to find Episode II elsewhere.

29. Space Invaders Get Even

Another sequel to another arcade classic, but with the novel twist of playing the game from the enemies’ point of view.  Word of warning: this is possibly the only WIiWare game that has DLC.  The initial purchase of 500 points will escalate up to 2′000 points if you’re enjoying yourself.

30. Star Soldier R

Top-down arcade-style shooter, and if you know the type you know the drill.  The amount of content is pretty bare-bones, as it’s basically just time attacks.  But the replayability is rewarding if you’re a fan of the genre.

31. Tetris Party

We hope you know Tetris.  This is a Tetris that has good multiplayer, interesting variants where you do things like create platforms for some guy to climb to the top of the screen or use the tetrinos to make exact shapes like that of an apple.  There’s also a balance board mode, and as stated earlier it’s good to have an excuse to pull out the balance board.

32. Vampire Crystals

Vampires used to live peacefully with zombies but now they don’t, and it becomes your problem.  Thankfully you get plenty of guns, some so powerful that you end up creating a bullet hell where you’re the one firing them rather than dodging them.  It looks simple but the game actually is quite tough.  It’s not Cuphead-level but you will fail many times over.  With plenty of content and being one of the last WiiWare releases, this title approached the platform’s fullest potential.

33. WarioWare DIY

What sets this apart from the 87 other WarioWare games? The fact that players could make their own minigames, leading to an avalanche of creative, insane, and even NSFW games. Unfortunately the servers are no longer online, but you can still find thousands of fan games online if you look hard enough. The included games are pretty fun too, and if you have the DS version, you can make your own and send them over to your Wii.

34. Zombie Panic in Wonderland

Shooting galleries are perfect for motion controls, but gamers don’t get as many as we deserve.  Thankfully this one helps rectify that, with an interesting story and cool comic-book art sequences that keep things moving between all the gunning down of zombies and various giant monsters.

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Espaço Gamer: o e-Sport na UFU é uma potência

Santa Bronx UFU e-Sport é ascendente nas categorias de jogos eletrônicos universitário

 Por: Andrei Gobbo, para o Arquibancada UFU

O Espaço trouxe Just Dance para animar os visitantes do Agita UFU. (Foto: Andrei Gobbo)

Na tarde de sábado dia 23, no Agita UFU, evento organizado pela UFU para integração dos calouros da UFU, o Espaço Gamer se destacou com seus organizadores divulgando a equipe de jogos eletrônicos, a Santa Bronx e-Sport UFU, participando de diversas modalidades como o MOBA League of Legends, os jogos de tiro Counter Strike: Global Offensive e Rainbow Six: Siege e o jogo de estratégia mobile Clash Royale.

No Espaço Gamer foram montados um Xbox 360 e um Nintendo Wii, com o Wii sendo colocado o jogo de dança Just Dance, que agitou os visitantes que passam pela tenda, dançando diversas músicas como DU DDU DU DDU do grupo coreano Blackpink e a música Un Poco Loco do filme Viva – A Vida É uma Festa.

Matheus “Kalaska” Eduardo, o presidente do projeto nos contou como foi a criação do clube. “A ideia inicialmente era para ser somente um time da UFU para participar do UNILOL, iniciativa da Riot, empresa criadora de League of Legends, mas o pessoal começou o projeto cresceu e acabamos montando um clube de e-sports da UFU”.

A lista de participação em torneios é extensa. “Fomos para o TueS, Torneio Universitário de e-sports, do LUE, Liga Universitário de e-Sports, nesse ano vai ter o CEU, organizado pela Kalunga e por times do tier 1 do competitivo e outros menores organizados por outras universidades e logo a gente vai organizar o nosso também”. 

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The Arena 2017 ofrece uno de los primeros grandes torneos de e-Sports del año y recibe talento internacional.

Repitiendo el evento del año pasado, regresa The Arena a CDMX con todo el Hype y jugadores internacionales.

Abril inició fuerte para la comunidad gamer con The Arena 2017, efectuado los días 8 y 9 del dicho mes en el Hotel Real del Sur en la Ciudad de México, por Hydra Pro Gaming. Jugadores de toda la república y fuera del país se congregaron en la capital para participar en los torneos ofertados: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U y Super Smash Bros. Melee,  Street Fighter V, The King of Fighters XIV y Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3.

Puede hacerse mención de la presencia de nombres notables como Eduardo “Eddy Mexico” Lucatero, uno de los mejores jugadores de Melee en México, Humberto “.jpg” Durón, de Monterrey, y Roberto “Esponja” Realpozo, recientemente patrocinado por La Gema. Por el lado de Wii U, jugadores como Cristian “Hyuga” Medina, Javier “Javi” Balderas y Leonardo “MKLeo” López, de Echo Fox.

El primer día de competencia fue dedicado a las fases de grupos, dobles y exhibiciones. Esto permitió preparar todo para el segundo día, el domingo de campeonato, donde las finales de todos los juegos se llevaron a cabo.

En el torneo de Marvel 3, Frutsi, reconocido competidor mexicano del juego y favorito a ganar, venció a GIO para llegar a la gran final, donde cayó en segundo lugar tras una victoria 3-1 por Yahel, coronándose campeón.

Siguieron las finales de Melee, donde se esperaba una gran final entre Eddy Mexico y .jpg, pero no fue así, ya que en semifinales .jpg cayó contra Lengüitas, el mejor jugador de Celaya y campeón de The Arena 2016. Lengüitas parecía estar jugando a otro nivel, pero su pericia fue detenida por la fuerza del Luigi de Eddy Mexico, llevándose el torneo 3-1 y destronando al antiguo campeón.

En Wii U, MKLeo había alcanzado top 8 con facilidad, haciendo que la pregunta fuera no si lograría ser bicampeón, sino si alguien seria capaz de evitarlo. Nombres como Richy, Womf, Javi o Hyuga eran prospectos. MKLeo y Javi, conocidos por ser compañeros de dobles internacionalmente, luchaban por la corona, la cual termino yendo para el chico de Echo Fox (3-1) alcanzando el bicampeonato.

The Arena fue un notable evento en el panorama de Smash en México, creando nuevas historias y rivalidades entre jugadores; también satisfaciendo tanto a la audiencia presencial como en línea gracias a la transmisión de alta calidad por Smash Studios, y comentarios de Phil “EE” Visu, así como la organización de Hydra Pro Gaming, organizaciones aliadas y equipos invitados.