Comments on: Xseed And Media.Vision Take Us Behind The Yellow Brick Road

By: Ereek

Ereek — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:36:13 +0000

Isn't Wizard of Oz practically required viewing for every child under the age of 10? It will be a sad day when it isn't.

On the other hand, I believe the game is based off the books, so there are likely striking differences.

By: Ereek

Ereek — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:36:13 +0000

Isn't Wizard of Oz practically required viewing for every child under the age of 10? It will be a sad day when it isn't.

On the other hand, I believe the game is based off the books, so there are likely striking differences.

By: matty

matty — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:17:10 +0000

I'll pick this up for my niece. I'm not sure if she's even seen the movie.
That's kind of a funny thought, “I played Oz before I saw the movie!”.
Then again, I saw “The Wiz” before I saw the original film, too.

By: Ereek

Ereek — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:46:12 +0000

I hope it does well for XSEED, but with all of the releases next week, including KH, I can't really see it selling too well.

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:16:56 +0000

The trackball works actually for the most part, but your hand gets tired and it helps putting the DS on the desk, but that defeats the purpose of portable.. what got tedious was the long paths after long paths so you pretty much brush the stylus against the trackball nonstop… I like the Wizard of Oz theme, but for me this games has too many flaws that made it less fun..

By: JeremyR

JeremyR — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:24:04 +0000

Hmmmm, The Wizard of Oz (or rather, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the book) is in the public domain. So WB shouldn't have needed to approve anything. Unless it's actually based more on the movie

Anyway, any interest I had in it was lost when I saw that thing about a “virtual trackball”. Touch screens are great when they make games easier to play, not harder. Virtual trackball? Ugh…