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The Examiner’s Wii Holiday Guide

Jeff Mills — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:46:31 +0000

The Los Angeles Video Game Examiner has Mushroom Men listed in the “Best games for the holidays” section.

“Will Mushroom Men be another reason to plug in your Wii?”

Jeff Mills — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:48:24 +0000

Catchy article title at That Videogame Blog. Sounds like they have high hopes for Mushroom Men!

New videos up on GameTrailers

Jeff Mills — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:32:33 +0000

GameTrailers has two exclusive videos up today. One is a brief little teaser, and the other is a behind-the-scenes “Art of Mushroom Men” feature.

A little enthusiasm from /gamer

Jeff Mills — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:08:26 +0000

/gamer reminds everyone that Mushroom Men is one of the few remaining platformer games for the Wii.

More Mushroom Men weapons revealed

Jeff Mills — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:10:19 +0000

Wiifanboy reports on the last batch of Mushroom Men weapons, focusing on the “Radical” category.

News dump from all over the place regarding Ghostbusters

Jeff Mills — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:56:51 +0000

Take your pick of news sources to read about Atari’s acquisition of the Ghostbusters games.

Not to be overlooked

Jeff Mills — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:45:59 +0000

The Examiner includes Mushroom Men in a list of 5 games not to overlook this holiday season.

In a similar vein, GamerTell encourages people to not let either the Wii or DS version of Mushroom Men slip under the radar.

Atari’s Phil Harrison talks about Ghostbusters

Jeff Mills — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:35:56 +0000

Kotaku ran a brief story about Atari executive Phil Harrison discussing their acquisition of the Ghostbusters game.

Ghostbusters is back!

Jeff Mills — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:32:27 +0000

Gamasutra reports that Atari has picked up the title from Sierra and will publish the game next year to coincide with the re-release of the original movies.

GameInformer also has a nice write-up.

Slight delay for Mushroom Men

Jeff Mills — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:47:55 +0000

Word has hit the streets that Mushroom Men for the Wii and DS have been delayed a few weeks. Shack news reported that along with some pretty new screencaps and Matt Piersall’s audio developer diary.

Personally, I like Marco Halili’s take on it at Kombo.com:

…it will give multi-console owners like myself ample time to plow through some bigger releases like LittleBigPlanet, Fallout 3 and Gears of War 2.

That’s an excellent point!

Chelsea Thompson at Ripten raved about Matt’s description of the audio in Mushroom Men. It sounds like the audio reached into her brain when she had a hands-on session with the game but didn’t immediately register as something out of the ordinary. Matt always says that the best audio goes unnoticed. Bad audio sticks out and jars the players ears while the absence of audio leaves a gap that most people register subconsciously without necessarily understanding why. But good audio simply fills that niche in the player’s mind and makes the entire experience more complete. From Chelsea’s description, the latter holds true for Mushroom Men.

Wiifanboy needs to check their calendar. Technically, we’re still shipping in the fall.
I refer back to Kombo’s post: Use the spare time we’re giving you to get through Fallout 3 and Fable 2. Then, you’ll be ready for a brand-new experience on the Wii when Mushroom Men hits the shelves. You won’t be disappointed.

DSFanboy talks about the matching delay for the DS version, as well.