Box art roundup (29th of March - 4th of April)

I really hope that isn't Cursed Mountain's final design. Some monk that's been in the bath too long isn't very interesting. It doesn't exactly make my bladder want to expel urine, either. It's a bit odd, considering Deep Silver's also publishing Purr Pals, which has a soul-destroying, nightmare-ish cover.

My Happy Kitchen is Ubisoft's 472nd Cooking Mama clone. But it's okay, this one involves food-friends that you lull into a false sense of security before devouring them as tomato sauce splatters everywhere. Well, except that happy looking broccoli - he's safe forever. After feeding, the main character steals a car and runs down people at a bus stop. Just like Cooking Mama.

I'm pretty sure Line Rider Freestyle is just the same as Line Rider 2: Unbound which came out in America last year. Then again, maybe it's a whole new game. I tried to do some Internet research, but got bored before I could even finish typing Line Rider into Google. Pure dedication!

Popcorn Arcade's back, give them a hug! Figures they'd be the ones to publish that bloody pig game that was featured in the American section last week. Urban Extreme: Street Rage - how grand! STREET RAGE. "Yo, you lost the race!" "Because of that DAMN STREET, IT'S SO DUMB AND I HATE IT" "It's just asphalt concrete, man, calm down". Clever kids dress up as pirates and have some 'fun' on the farm. I see. Tell me more, Midas Games!


The Conduit's box art is so 16-bit era. SEGA's been trying to bring that back lately, what with Mystery Dungeon and Crush. So awesome. The Wii Wheel bundle is going to do so much for Excitebots. Well, I hope it will, anyway. Big EXCITE needs big sales.

Why are all the LEGO people angry? Yeah, it's been about... fifteen years since I last had the pleasure of playing with LEGO, but I don't remember ANGER. They all had happy faces! If they did battle, they did it with a smile. Now it's evil, twisted smiles. This is terrible, I'm going to go cry into a pillow about this.

Miami Law looks to be worth following. Part Chase H.Q, part Time Crisis, with some point and click type adventure stuff mixed in. Joint project by Hudson and Gaijin Games, who despite being around for years, only just released their first game last month (BIT. TRIP BEAT on WiiWare).


Tsk, Kizuna's sad looking main character is kind of fitting. This will be the last video game from Jaleco, they bowed out of the industry earlier this year. Apparently they're focusing on, uh... home security now. Yep, Arc Rise Fantasia is back. It has a new background now! Wow! It also helped pad out the Japanese section. Ah, content.

Majo ni Naru seems to be an RPG of some sort. You attend a school for witches and eat brooms for breakfast, lunch and tea while fighting Hagrid. Just like Cooking Mama. I think.