Comments on: Compile Heart goes casual, creates a Nintendo DS puzzle series

By: simpatico

simpatico — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:34:15 +0000

Those are great news for me, maybe there’s a hope for a new “Guru logic champ”. I love that game.

By: alice

alice — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:10:36 +0000

Amazon says March 30th for Octomania.

By: Chris Dahlberg

Chris Dahlberg — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:38:08 +0000

It’s better than some of the shovelware that Conspiracy has put out in the US (such as Ninjabread Man) but still very average.

Graphics are a carbon copy of Bode Miller Alpine Skiing and Torino 2006 (all three have the same developer), which isn’t awful but the athletes look rather lifeless. There is plenty to do in the game with a variety of events, but some work and some don’t. Figure skating, alpine skiing, and skii jumping control very well with the Wiimote but events such as curling feel almost broken as they’re near impossible to complete.

It does feature surprisingly witty announcers though. Probably will get a 5 or 6ish from me when I review it for Cosmos Gaming.

By: Spencer

Spencer — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:24:21 +0000

@Chris - I haven’t seen Octomania anywhere and I’ve been searching for it solely to support Compile Heart. Maybe it really is coming out in March? It wasn’t on Nintendo’s release schedule, then again no Conspiracy titles were. I missed out on Winter Sports is it any good?

By: Chris Dahlberg

Chris Dahlberg — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:16:43 +0000

When is Octomania coming out?

IGN seems to think its out already but I’m guessing its an outdated release date. Amazon says March 30th, so I guess that’s the closest date right now.

By the way, have you tried Conspiracy’s recent title to release, Winter Sports Challenge for Wii?