The Dr. Mario series’ has always provided great puzzling action despite its no-frills design. Conceived during the 8-bit years, when Tetris had recently exploded on the scene, Dr. Mario stood out for its peculiarities. In the first proper 3DS installment in the series, Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure, the formula is tweaked ever so slightly, providing you with something new to try even if you spent far too many hours playing the original version on the NES or the bite-sized chunks that appeared more recently in the NES Remix series.
Despite the adjustments, the core design remains intact. You still move colored pills as they fall into the play area, flipping them around in an effort to line up four or more pill segments and viruses of the same color. Find success, and maladies and medicin…
Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl may be a remake, but it also exemplifies just how far Atlus’ dungeon-crawling role-playing series has come in just six years. The higher production values and the added difficulty setting in last spring’s Etrian Odyssey IV made that game a notable entry point for newcomers while also preserving the challenge that fans expect from the series. With Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl, Atlus incorporates these improvements and includes an absorbing story that rises above its clichéd roots.
If you’ve relied on this series to satisfy that action-focused dungeon-crawling itch, however, you don’t have to worry about a pervasive narrative getting in the way. That’s because Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl also has a classic mode…
Avatar: The Way Of Water’s cast includes Sigourney Weaver, and this has perplexed fans for some time, as her character, Dr. Grace Augustine, died at the end of the 2009 film. Well, Weaver is returning to play a brand-new and unexpected role that was revealed today by Empire. Grace isn’t being reincarnated, but instead, Weaver is lending her talents to a totally new character.
Weaver will play a Na’vi character named Kiri. She is the adopted teenage daughter of Jake (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana). Weaver spoke about the challenge of playing a youngster when she herself is 72.
“I think we all pretty much remember what we were feeling as adolescents,” she said. “I certainly do. I was 5′ 10″ or 5′ 11” when I was 11. I felt strongly that Kiri would feel awkward a lo…