New Releases 8/23-8/29: Shoes or Lose Edition

As the last days of summer are upon us, why not spend the last days of the languid season stepping into the shows of another? This week’s new releases let players don Bruce Wayne’s boots, roll around in spherical form as Samus Aram, slip into a pair of fishing waders, or even step into the comfy loafers of a elementary teacher. We have no idea what kind of footwear Nancy Drew and Professor Layton prefer, but we suspect both masterminds favor comfort over flash.

360
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Fallout 3- Broken Steel and Point Lookout Add-ons
Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger

PS3
Batman: Arkham Asylum

Wii
Cursed Mountain
Harvest Moon: Magical Melody
Metroid Prime Trilogy
Reel Fishing: Angler’s Dream

PS2
Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy

DS
Emergency Room: Real Life Rescues
Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming
Imagine: Teacher Class Trip
Marker Man Adventures
Princess Lillifee’s Magic Fairy
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
Sarah: Keeper of the Unicorn
The Clique: Diss and Make Up
Wizards of Waverly Place

PSP
Dissidia Final Fantasy
Warriors Orochi 2

PC
Fallout 3- Broken Steel and Point Lookout Add-ons
Nancy Drew Dossier: Resorting to Danger
Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger

DesertEagle’s Pick
: First the good news- there’s no shortage of exciting games this week. The bad news is there’s no enough time to play them all. I’ll likely sink a majority of my leisure time into Mana Khemia 2, trying to keep alchemy and JRPG androgyny alive and well. Any left over moments will probably be spent cleaning up Gotham’s infamous psychiatric hospital.

TideGear‘s Pick: There’s a few titles I’m somewhat interested in this week, but Batman: Arkham Asylum trumps most of them in terms of “pick” material. It looks to be the best licensed stealth/action game since The Chronicles of Riddick. So what could trump Batman? How about all three Metroid Prime games on one disc, with Wii controls a la Corruption? Yes, Metroid Prime Trilogy is my pick for sure.

Robert Allen

Since being a toddler, Robert Allen has been immersed in video games, anime, and tokusatsu. Currently, his days are spent teaching at two southern California colleges. But his evenings and weekends are filled with STGs, RPGs, and action titles and well at writing for Tech-Gaming since 2007.

37 Comments

  1. Great picture this week. Like others said, I’ll be getting Arkham is the price is right. I hear TRU is giving away a $30 GC on tuesday.

  2. Metroid Prime Trilogy, since I don’t have 2 of the three games. Whats the price on this?

  3. Biggest seller of the week:

    Sarah: Keeper of the Unicorn

    All will add the game to their collection. There is no resisting the title.

  4. I agree.I played the demo and loved the game can’t wait to get it next week!.Although Mana Khemia 2 looks good, it shouldn’t beat out a FF game IMO :P.

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