As a committed “hardcore” type of gamer (yay Ninja Gaiden 2! Boo Horsez Magical Marshmallow Journeys), the fact that I had this game on my must-buy list was a big step out of my comfort zone.
But the previews I read about 5th Cell’s wonder-game had me craving it and so it resided just below Uncharted 2 on my most-anticipated fall gaming list. Does it live up to the hype?
I don’t know what “Diva Girls” are but as long as they’re not as whorish as the Bratz, then I’m willing to give them a fair shake. If you’re a Wii and/or DS owner and have long thought that your life has thus far been a sad, incomplete batch of misery and discontentment without the presence of an adolescent-girl-ice-skating sim, then buck up champ, your time has come!
Diva Girls: Divas on Ice will triple Lutz into your hearts on June 16. Pulse-quickening screens after the jump.
Who says we’re in a recession? Certainly not Nintendo, who according to VG Chartz just sold their 100 millionth Nintendo DS unit. Yes, you read that right—100 million. This puts the humble DS (I hear it has two screens) in striking distance of the most successful video game consoles ever made—right behind the original PlayStation (102 million), the original Game Boy (shy of 120 million) and the PlayStation 2 (150+ million).
Portable gaming as a whole is an area where hardcore gamers turn their noses up, but you can’t argue with the sheer dollar and cents of Nintendo and their freakish ability to sell portable products. Between the Game Boy and the Nintendo DS, there are more handheld units out there in the world than there are Brazilians. And there are a lot of Brazilians.
Of course, now there’s a new DS coming out. More after the jump…