Everyone loves touch screen technology. What’s even better is when the touch screen technology can be experienced with others. This has been included in Apple’s products in many different games, and it has now surfaced that Wii U will include a multi-player feature with the tablet controller. This unlocks so many possibilities that before would be impossible. Imagine fighting along side your friend in a RPG, being able to change your active weapons in your inventory without leaving your friend to defend your sorry butt from flying monkeys. And a not so nerdy example, imagine being able to shoot along side your friend in a battle, both with a small, but full, screen in front of you. The possibilities are somewhat endless! What do you think? -Ryan Baxter

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Story

As stated above, Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir tries vary desperately to take augmented reality, and use it in a horror game.  You’re given an AR book full of “spooky” pictures and writings, that when looked at with the 3DS’s built-in cameras, actually pop out of the screen to create some horrifying ghosts and other monstrosities.  You start out in your living room looking at this spooky journal, when all of a sudden you’re sucked into it!  You wake up in an unfamiliar world and greeted by an evil spirit, you’re suddenly awakened  back to your living room  accompanied by a girl who remembers nothing but her name.  She informs you that you are cursed, and if you can’t break this curse placed upon you by the mysterious woman in black, she’ll rip of your face!  So begins your fright-filled journey into the world of the strange and supernatural.

Gameplay

Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir plays decently enough for an AR game.  Whenever you are in the book, you use the 3DS’s motion sensor to look around.  When you’re outside of the book, you use motion to turn and look at the girl and shoot all the ghosts in your house.  You’ll use the augmented realty feature to view (and play hide-and-seek with) ghosts in the book.  The real problem does however come from these controls.  You’re constantly having to twist and turn in various directions just to find the girl, or see a ghost.  The other Problem is that you’ll have to be playing the game in a perfectly well lit room in order for the camera to actually read the AR book,  which takes most of the fear-factor right out of the game.  Though the game plays decently enough in a well lit room, even then it just feels a lot more like doing an awkward dance all over the place than an actual game.  Spirit camera also includes different mini games as a bonus, but they’re basically just the same thing you play in the story mode, so there’s really nothing new here.

I’m not saying I didn’t have fun with Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir, it’s just for that for a game that runs about three hours, it doesn’t make sense that it costs as much as games that run for 12 or more.  Spirit camera makes the perfect app, just don’t expect it to feel like a full-fledged game.  If it weren’t a horror game, I’d probably recommend it more to the children’s audience for all of the hide, and seek games included.

Conclusion

Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir is a cool idea that’s done pretty well for a first try, and in that respect, I’ve got to hand it to Tecmo for trying something new.  Still, I think the game would have done better if there weren’t so much twisting and turning involved.  What do you think?  Will AR games eventually work better than they do now?  Let us know in the comments!

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Story

You start your adventure as Jill Valentine, accompanied by her new partner, Parker Luciani.  The two are boarding a strange abandoned cruise liner called the Queen Zenobia in search of  Chris Redfield and Jessica Sherawat.  The two missing agents of the BSAA (Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance) lost communication somewhere in the middle of the Mediterranean.  Chris and Jill go way back (some argue that the two have a thing for each other) so Mrs. Valentine wastes no time whatsoever making her way to the target point alongside Parker.  Once you board the ship, you find it to show no signs of life, but there’s still a sinking feeling that you’re not alone..

It’s kinda hard for me to believe that Jill can still look this good while in the line of work she’s in, but it’s not like I’m complaining or anything.  Anyways, after searching the ship a bit (and finding some dead members of the ship’s crew), you are attacked from behind by a new water-based monster that just so happens to be scary as hell when playing under the covers at night.  After shooting the heck out of the infected beast, you regain your composure and continue searching the ship in hopes of finding Chris and Jessica.  After searching the hall, you discover something.  Chris is tied up to a chair in a locked room.  Many thoughts race through your head.  After I find the key and unlock this door, will I like what I see?  Is this all a trap?  Has Veltro really come back from the dead, even after the destruction of Terragrigia?

It turns out that the Chris that Jill saw through the door was really just a decoy, and Chris and Jessica were actually on a snowy mountain range somewhere in Europe the entire time.  Yeah, it’s too bad both teams lost communication with HQ due to bad connections.  Former FDA agent Jessica Sherawat is good with a sniper rifle, but comes across to us mainly as a flirt, and a bother to Chris.  While most of Jessica’s outfits are quite fashionable, there are some that are just plain weird.  Jessica’s witty remarks are almost as ridiculous as her wet suit that happens to be missing it’s entire right leg (again, not complaining).

In regards to the rest of the story in Resident Evil: Revelations, you’ll just have to pick up a copy of the game and find for yourself.  There are many “Revelations” to be revealed that no Resident Evil fan will want to miss out on.  Oh, and if you’re still wondering why the writers would choose to kill off a woman as attractive as Rachel so early in the game, you obviously haven’t played many Resident Evil titles before.  Overall, the game’s story has you on the edge of your seat all the way until the credits roll, and Revelations has the best story mode we’ve seen in a Nintendo 3DS game so far.

Gameplay

While most horror games focus mainly on ways to scare players, Resident Evil: Revelations goes the extra mile and then some with great gameplay and controls.  The game plays like a Resident Evil game should, most notably when playing with the Circle Pad Pro (sold separately), which offers a second analog slider for enhanced camera controls and aiming.  There are plenty of weapons to find and collect, and are easy to power-up with the game’s simple, yet effective weapon upgrade system.  Every gamer has his/her preferred control types, so it’s good to know that Capcom had us picky gamers in mind during the game’s lengthy development.  On the options menu, you have tons of options to go through to customize your controls to your liking.

The difficulty level in Resident Evil: Revelations can be set to your experience, and you can choose from “Casual Mode” and “Normal Mode” in your first play-through.  Each difficulty level   I would personally suggest that series veterans play the game first on “Normal Mode”, but newcomers to the series may be better off on “Casual Mode” to prevent their certain death.  After playing through the Campaign Mode on normal difficulty, you’ll unlock “Hell Mode”, which I only recommend to hardcore gamers looking for one intense challenge.  In my first play-through of the game, I chose “Normal Mode” and it took me 12 hours to complete.  While I was never brought to the point of insanity, it was one helluva challenge, and even I was terrified at some points.  Yes, this is officially the first 3DS game to make me curse and slam my system shut in fear (feel free to poke fun at me in the comments).

Presentation

If you’re looking for the best graphics and the most realistic character models in a Nintendo 3DS game, look no further then Resident Evil: Revelations.  The textures are great, the frame rate is solid, and the soundtrack is absolutely beautiful (anyone know where to get a copy of the soundtrack?).  One slight issue is when entering an elevator, the frame rate drops significantly, but picks right back up before becoming a major bother.  Another issue I ran into was the loading times when opening some doors to new areas.  You could literally make a sandwich in the time it takes to open, or better yet, get your woman to to go in the kitchen and make you one (Come on, it’s just a suggestion).

Resident Evil: Revelations also has some of the best cut scenes we’ve seen in a Nintendo 3DS game.  Unlike many previous games on the new handheld, none of the cut scenes are compressed or low quality; Each of the game’s many CG scenes are as clear as day and look beautiful whether you’re watching it in 2D or glasses-free 3D.  The story is told with chapters, and at the start of each chapter, you’ll get a quick recap of the previous chapter’s events sort of like in a Television show.  The amount of work and detail that went into this game is absolutely stunning, and as a bonus, Capcom gave players a pretty good view while playing as Jill.

Raid Mode

Every great game should have an equally great multiplayer mode, and I’m glad this is the case with Revelations.  In fact, I’d go as far as to say that if the game’s “Raid Mode” was sold separately as a retail title, it would sell significantly more copies than last year’s Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D.  In “Raid Mode” you fight off hordes of the infected by yourself, or accompanied by a friend via online play or local wireless.  With a better online co-op and tons of levels, characters, and items to choose from, Mercenaries 3D just doesn’t stand a chance.  So if you’re still wondering which game to choose, Revelations is the greater of the two evils.

Conclusion

While many of the Nintendo 3DS’ best-sellers will be appropriate for all audiences, daring titles like Resident Evil: Revelations will be the games that you’ll find yourself keeping in your system long after you’ve purchased them.  If you are looking for a simple, pick up and play title, you’ll be better off with Mario Kart 7, but for those brave enough to venture into the depths of the Queen Zenobia are in for a real treat.  I had a thrilling time spent with Resident Evil: Revelations and even on my third time through the game I find myself getting chills.  Not only does this game fulfill it’s hopes of putting the horror back in the survival horror series, but   it’s sure to inspire many great games to come from the Resident Evil series.

The internet is a place for all to come together. Without the recognition of the internet, even the greatest product will sell very poorly. The Nintendo Wii U will not fall victim to this, as it is reaching out with an official Wii U Facebook page! This may not be a big deal to many of you, but the title is a major detail to note here. There has been a lot of talk about the changing of the name of the Wii U, but now Nintendo is releasing the name of Wii U. This suggests that this will be the selling title of the system. However, a Facebook page does not set the name in stone. After all, these names can be changed rather easily. It is definitely something to monitor over E3. What do you think? -Ryan Baxter

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Darksiders II is a revolutionary game that will be one of the first to cross the Nintendo Wii U screen on launch day. It is going to be a wonderful action game, which will have controls that will change the way you view gaming! There is one detail to note that gives us a better view of what the Nintendo Wii U  is going to be, the rumored graphics. Evidently, this game’s Wii U version is going to have as good of graphics as the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, which, by default, means the Wii U will be capable of these graphics. This opens up the world of Nintendo to that of incredible battle scenes and highly detailed action scenes! What do you think? -Ryan Baxter

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The Nintendo 3DS has been around for over a year, and it is still going strong. Those of us that have our 3DS in our pocket right now know why this is, but perhaps you don’t know just how extreme the spread of the 3DS is at this point. The top two countries for these sales are Japan and the UK. In Japan, the home of Nintendo, there have been over 6 million sales of this system, this gives a ratio of 1 3DS for about every 21 persons. In the UK, there are about 950 thousand sales, which is a ratio of about 1 3DS for 62 persons. With just the sales between these two countries, there is one 3DS for just under every 1000 people in the world! These are quite some numbers to be making for Nintendo! What do you think? -Ryan Baxter

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