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The City Always Wins -- Battlefield 1943 and Wii Sports Resort
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S2 • E6 Jul 26, 2009 30mRob gets yet another lesson in San Francisco parking procedures, we assemble a squad to talk about Battlefield 1943 and the full version of Wii Sports Resort leaves a bit to be desired
With a franchise as storied as the Battlefield games, it's only natural to believe that rehash, even at a discounted price, would seem little more than a nostalgic cash-in. But, if it works on us for every classic Nintendo property ever, why not one of the lauded and favored of the Double-You-Double-You-Eye-Eye era of multiplayer mayhem du yester-year? While BitMob's Dan "Shoe" Hsu finds Battlefield 1943 to be less-than, the greater-than team of Kat Bailey, Tyler Barber from RebelFM and a Eat. Sleep. Game., GameSpy's Will Tuttle and Anthony Gallegos (Anthony, of course, also of RebelFM fame), and our own Jason Bertrand form-up a squad to storm the beaches of awesometown.
Yes, we know Wii Sports Resort was a recent feature on CO-OP, but now that we've had a chance to really dig into the final, retail version it's clear which events are successful and which lack imagination. Shoe stays on to talk with JayFresh and Matt about the could-have-beens.
With a franchise as storied as the Battlefield games, it's only natural to believe that rehash, even at a discounted price, would seem little more than a nostalgic cash-in. But, if it works on us for every classic Nintendo property ever, why not one of the lauded and favored of the Double-You-Double-You-Eye-Eye era of multiplayer mayhem du yester-year? While BitMob's Dan "Shoe" Hsu finds Battlefield 1943 to be less-than, the greater-than team of Kat Bailey, Tyler Barber from RebelFM and a Eat. Sleep. Game., GameSpy's Will Tuttle and Anthony Gallegos (Anthony, of course, also of RebelFM fame), and our own Jason Bertrand form-up a squad to storm the beaches of awesometown.
Yes, we know Wii Sports Resort was a recent feature on CO-OP, but now that we've had a chance to really dig into the final, retail version it's clear which events are successful and which lack imagination. Shoe stays on to talk with JayFresh and Matt about the could-have-beens.