First Images of Wii's Fatal Frame

you can find the rest of the images at the french site Wiiz. they look very promising.

Gamebot Online Forum

if you're a regular reader here at The Robot Gamer, then you've probably heard of Gamebot, they cover all kinds of classic and obscure stuff that you won't hear about anywhere else. well, i'm happy to say that they have just opened up a forum, expect things like highscore contests, finds in the wild, etc. anyway, head on over and open up an account. i'll be posting under the name "matt(at)gamebotonline.com" have fun!

Free EA Game Arrived

Advance Wars: Days of Ruin

today, for the first time in about a month i picked up my Nintendo DS with a fresh, brand new cartridge to insert into the shiny DS Lite. the game you might ask? Advance Wars: Days of Ruin. the reason its been so long since i've dusted off my Nintendo DS is mostly due to the amount of [amazing] games the holiday season brought for all the home consoles, but enough of that, lets get to the game! Advance Wars: Days of Ruin is the latest installment in the Advance Wars series and it does not disappoint. let me break it down;

Plot: one word, dark. about 90% of mankind has been killed off following a massive meteor strike, a dust cloud is blocking all sunlight, scattered survivors salvaging every morsel of food thats left. as in most post-apocalyptic tales, in the beginning of the game, the enemies largely consist of hostile factions taking advantage of the loss of laws and such. its a pretty good story, but i'm not going to lie, the dialog can get pretty bad, still, its a big improvement from Advance Wars: Duel Strike.

Gameplay: even though their are some new features, at the core, the gameplay is an update to Advance Wars: Duel Strike. mostly small updates, changes in unit prices, some units have been renamed, some new units [the duster, the bike, etc.] but, in order to keep this as simple and to the point as possible, i'll just give a short description: via many smaller updates to the battle system, you'll find that Advance Wars: Days of Ruin has a tougher, more realistic style then previous Advance Wars games. still, if you liked the other Advance Wars titles, you're gonna like this one.

Wi-Fi/Local Mulitiplayer: is pretty impressive. uploading you're own maps for others to play and rate, online battles with or without friend codes [you're choice!]. local mulitiplayer is still very good, although you're friends will need carts of their own in order to play.

Super Smash Bros. Delayed...Again

sad news for everyone who is looking forward to Super Smash Bros. Brawl. according to the official game site, The Smash Bros. DOJO the game has been delayed a second time. this time around it looks like the game won't be hitting shelves until March 9th.

Gamebot Live; Episode 9

in case you forgot, Gamebot Live is a podcast that covers classic and obscure games. episode 9 features: a new coin-op puzzler, Joe & Mac for Genesis reviewed, we discuss the upcoming XBLA Lode Runner and what makes a good classic game remake, Matt and Blake go head to head on NES Dig Dug II and a surprise stranger takes the lead in a past Impressive Human Challenge. Plus Finds in the Wild, music from DJ NES and Alpha Channel, Donkey Kong, LOZ: Windwaker, Pac-man, Bomberman and Gobots!