Articles by Martin Rolfe

The platformer is one of the true foundations of gaming. It encompasses everything we enjoy about playing video games with it’s simple to grasp core gameplay, but almost limitless challenge which is left at the …

The line-up for the Spring/Summer Wii releases has been announced and it includes dates for the highly anticipated Monster Hunter Tri, No More Heroes 2 and, of course, Super Mario Galaxy 2!
No sign of Metroid: …

One of the Wii’s most anticipated releases of 2010 has been confirmed for an April release with Nintendo themselves handling sales, marketing and distribution throughout European and Australian territories.
The title’s single-player story mode sees gamers …

All the votes are in and we can now officially announce which games have been chosen by WiiTalk members as the best of the decade!
THE Game of the Decade - Call of Duty 4: Modern …

Voting has now begun for WiiTalk’s Game of the decade!
All the nominations have been counted up and the games that received the most have been listed in the Polls below.
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You have until the new year …

As this decade draws to an end(yes, it’s that time of year already!) it seems like the perfect time to reflect on the past decade of gaming. A decade which has seen gaming evolve and …

Price: £29.99
Wi-Fi: No
Players: 1-2
Age: 18
Developer: EA
Release Date: 29/09/09
Last month we brought you a hands-on preview of Dead Space Extraction and now it’s time to see how the full game stands up as one of the …

If your Wii is glowing blue today then it’ll be because of the latest channel to be available for your Wii menu!
Check your daily fortune and get hints on relationships, activities and even the types …

Good news comes with the latest update from Nintendo!
You should have a message arriving to your Wii shortly, if you haven’t had one already, letting you know that there is an update for the Internet …

Format: Wii
Price: £9.99
Wi-Fi: No
Players: 1
Age: 3+
Developer: Zoo
I Honestly can’t remember how I first heard about this game, but I do remember being intrigued from the moment I saw it. On the face of it, it …

If there’s one thing that the Wii is still lacking in terms of game genres, then it’s racers. Take away Mario kart and there isn’t a lot on offer for any avid racing fan, and …

From the minute that the game was loaded up, to the end of the hand-on session, there was one thing that was universally noticeable among all of the people who were present at EA. Spore …

Last week EA got in contact with us to ask if we’d attend their Nintendo media day and try out some unreleased games. Obviously I jumped at the chance and over the next few days …

Format: Wii
Price: £29.99
Wi-Fi: Yes
Players: 1-4
Age: 12+
Developer: Activision
The Guitar Hero series is now firmly one of the biggest selling game franchises on the market and you would be hard pushed to find someone who hasn’t heard …

Written by MilkyMalky
If we had to pick one word that would describe Nintendo’s current console, most would choose the same word: Innovation. So it seems strange to me that the most of the excitement and …