Rodea the Sky Soldier Review (Wii)

            During the development of the infamous Sonic the Hedgehog 2006, Yuji Naka, one of the original creators of the Sonic franchise, left Sega. He went on to form a company called Prope; it’s here that he developed Rodea the Sky Soldier for the Wii. However, Kadokawa Games, the publisher, delayed in releasing the game in order to create 3DS and Wii U versions. Both of these versions play differently from Yuji Naka’s original vision, and were very poorly received. This review focuses solely on the original Wii version.

Xenoblade Chronicles Review (Wii)

            Warning: There will be spoilers for the first few hours of the game. Oh boy, where do I begin? Well, let’s have some backstory first. Xenoblade Chronicles was an RPG for the Wii released in Japan on June 10, 2010. Though it has no story relation to previous Xeno titles like Xenogears or Xenosaga, it’s very clear that there are influences from both games in Xenoblade. The game was originally called Monado: Beginning of the World, but was renamed to Xenoblade to honor Tetsuya Takahashi, who had worked on the other Xeno titles. Xenogears was a Square Enix game, and its team had also worked on Chrono Cross. Afterwards, however, they left to form their own company, Monolith Soft. Namco Bandai ended up picking them up, and they worked on Xenosaga. Xenosaga was meant to have a massive story spread across 6 games. However, poor reception of Xenosaga Episode 2 forced them to wrap things up in the third game. Around 2007, Nintendo bought Monolith Soft; it’s probably because of Monolith being Nintendo’s first-party developer that Xenoblade even had a chance at being represented in the newest Super Smash Bros.

Sonic Colors Review (Wii)

            Before I became the big RPG fan that I am today, the games that I played most were from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. After hearing one of my best friends talk about it so much during middle school, I decided to give one of the games a shot. I started with Sonic Rush, and was instantly thrilled by the high speed platforming. After that, I found myself buying every new Sonic game that came out on day one and playing the hell out of them.