On March 4th, 2008, Nintendo’s newest action, puzzle, racing game, Chicken Hunt hit the store shelves. Chicken Hun is a game created with a younger age group in mind. Chicken Hunter has a rating of E 10+ and will be enjoyed by pre-teens.

The Purpose

When playing Chicken Hunt, you purpose is clear, you are to find as many escaped chickens and there are chickens all over the place in Chicken Hunter, some are running, some are flying, some a hiding behind things. Kids will be delighted to find chickens hiding in unusual places, like inside outhouses and fishing in ponds. The chickens offer further enjoyment by indulging in unchicken like behavior such as frying up breakfast, and reading books.

The more chickens you shoot, the more points you earn. Points are handed out based on difficulty, the harder a chicken is to kill, the more points you will collect. You will want to know what you are aiming at when you are playing Chicken Hunt because shooting harmless items, like the barn, will cost you points.

The Look

Chicken Hunter has lots of bright, colorful, and fun graphics. The chickens are a dull yellow/brown color with googley eyes and worried expressions. They are easy to spot against the vividly colored background. Chirping birds in the background add ambiance to the game.

Choose Your Game Mode

Chicken Hunter has not one, not two, not three, but five different game modes players can choose from. The game modes are Classic, Spot the Difference, Gems, Weights, and Hotwire. Playing Chicken Hunter in its classic mode will be similar to playing a Wii game.

Operating Requirements

Chicken Hunter is a single person game that can be played either on a handheld DS or on a personal computer. If you are playing Chicken Hunter on a personal computer, the minimum system operating system is Windows 98.

One of the Nintendo games that were released on March 4, 2008 is called Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery. If you wish to play Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery by yourself you can do so on your Nintendo DS controller, but if you would like some camaraderie while playing the online game is designed to be played by a maximum of 4 players. Parents will be pleased to know that Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery was given the family friendly rating of E for everyone.

What is Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery?

Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery is an excellent game for people who love strategy games. Unlike so many games that are set in never before heard of worlds and rely heavily on monsters, space ships, and espionage as their plot, Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery went back in time. Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery sends you back in time, to a place when the world was full of just two types of people; heroes and ruffians. While you are there, you will be able to create your very own empire.

How Do You Play?

When you are playing Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery you will have to think like Christopher Columbus. Your job will be to discover new worlds. Once you have found these new worlds, you will have to create settlements from scratch, eventually turning them into a flourishing empire that you rule over. Of course, you will have to endure several hardships along the way.

What are the Graphics Like?

The graphics department spared no expense when they were working on Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery. Everything is brightly colored and very cheerful. It makes the past feel like a warm sunny place to live. The game is full of tiny house, advancing armies, and brilliant blue oceans. The amount of details used on the characters (who are human and not alien) is incredible.

TMCnet - Apr 21, 2008 AGOURA HILLS , Calif . - - ( Business Wire ) - - THQ Inc . ( NASDAQ : THQI ) today announced Battle of the Bands has shipped to retailers nationwide.Designed exclusively for Wii ( TM ) , Battle of the Bands has shipped to retailers nationwide. Designed exclusively for Wii(TM), Battle of the Bands maximizes the Wii Remote(TM)’s innovative functionality, combining beat matching and combat into one head-to-head battle for music supremacy. The innovative music switching feature and the 30 chart-topping hits - recorded in each of the game’s five different music styles - rock, funk/hip-hop, country, marching band and Latin - delivers a truly unique gameplay experience. Battle of the Bands is now available at a suggested retail price of $49.99.

“Battle of the Bands offers an exciting variation in the music category, where the fusion of music and combat sets the stage for a head-to-head battle for music supremacy,” said Randy Shoemaker, global brand director, THQ.

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Hey, guess what? There is a game called Super Smash Bros. Brawl coming out this weekend for the Wii. You may have heard a little something about it.
In celebration of the occasion that either makes some people ridiculously excited or others completely annoyed, this week’s Great Retro Quiz is all about the characters featured in the original Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64. Why the original? Well, this is a “retro” quiz after all and that was the most retro I could get concerning this series.
Keep in mind that this quiz is not really about the actual game as much as it is about the characters featured in it. I just don’t want anyone to yell at me for not asking about the difference and subtle nuances between “Break the Targets” and “Board the Platforms.”

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Over the next few days on GameSetWatch, we’re going to be reprinting some of the more interesting GDC lectures which might have potentially got ‘lost in the shuffle’ of the show. In this piece, Brandon Boyer writes up the most canonical retelling of the always-intriguing ‘Developer Rant’ session.
In a special designer-focused rant that showed a surprising amount of thematic overlap, Clint Hocking, Jenova Chen, Jane McGonigal, Jon Mak, and Daniel James ‘expressed opinions forcefully’ on the state of games, all seeming to agree that the industry is too scared to say anything with real meaning.
First up, and with seemingly the most actual fire, Ubisoft designer Clint Hocking said that though he originally planned to rant on creative stagnation, he eventually concluded it was a “tired generic topic,” and “can’t get pissed off about it” as he was “not sure that it’s there.”
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Just when I was starting to adjust to the the idea that two games a week were enough, Nintendo decides to take advantage and give us only one title for this week’s VC releases. Sometimes, I feel a little abused by it all, you know?

Anyway, this week we get Super Turrican: (Super NES(R), 1 player, Rated E 10+ for Everyone 10 and Older – Fantasy Violence, 800 Wii Points), which is the first of two games following the adventures of Bren McGuire and his fight against the Machine. While I can’t tell you how great this game is or isn’t because I don’t remember it well, I can tell you Gamasutra reported in April of last year that Factor 5 is working on new concepts for a Turrican title.

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You may recall me babbling all over the homepage back in January about Baroque, Atlus’s upcoming Wii/PS2 RPG. I actually wrote the release date on my calendar like a ten year old (I used to do the same when I was a kid for new NES games and I wrote them on my Nintendo Power calendar!) February 26th came and went and I realized I hadn’t heard a word about the game, so I had a feeling there might be a delay.

Seems I was correct — according to the Atlus release calendar the release date has been pushed back to April 8th. I’m slightly bummed, but not by much. I’m deeply entrenched in disc three of Lost Odyssey and don’t want to be distracted by a new game at the moment, so maybe it’s for the best. Also, considering Super Smash Brothers Brawl hits on March 9th and will […]

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It seems that everyone is capitalizing on the casual gaming market these days. With Wii Sports being such a worldwide phenomenon, 2K Sports figured they’d get in on the action. To that end, they’re working on Major League Baseball 2K8 Fantasy All-Stars exclusively for the DS. Yep, you heard right: a sports game is being developed specifically for Nintendo’s best-selling handheld. Their ever-popular sim baseball game, MLB 2K8, is coming out for the PS3, 360, Wii, PS2, PSP, and Wii this year, but now DS owners will finally get some love.
From what I gathered by reading through the press release, MLB 2K8 FAS looks to be more of an arcade title along the lines of Midway’s old MLB SlugFest series. In addition to the “fantasy” atmosphere, the game will also make extensive use of the touch-screen functionality of the DS.

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