Sega has announced a sequel to Sonic Riders for Wii. No info about Wii controls or gameplay details but it looks eerily similar to the original. Click for more screens.

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Review by Kevin.

Mario sure likes to dabble in his sporting events, doesn’t he? If it isn’t golf, it’s tennis. And if it isn’t tennis, it’s baseball. It was only a matter of time before the world’s most popular plumber took a try at the world’s most popular sport: soccer (or football, for all you Europeans). Mario Strikers Charged is the sequel to the 2005 Gamecube release Super Mario Strikers, and while Charged does a lot to improve upon it’s predecessor, the game still remains a frustrating experience lacking a whole lot of depth.

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Today’s update from the official Smash Bros website brings us some more information on the controls. It would seem that a character with wings will be able to glide through the air for a short period of time.

 Gliding

Sort of like an extension to the double-jump, if the player holds the jump button after the mid-air jump, the character will be able to glide through the air. The player will be able to control the characters pitch (up-down angle), but as soon as the character hits something (or more likely in this game, something or someone hits the character) the flight is over.

Long before the DS was ever released, Nintendo fans knew a Mario Kart would be arriving on the unique handheld. The series has been a staple of Nintendo consoles since it’s inception on the Super Nintendo. It spawned a brand new genre, and set a new standard for multiplayer goodness. A disappointing Gamecube installment may have caused some to lose faith in Nintendo’s ability to continue to develop high quality games in the series. That would be a mistake, however, as Mario Kart DS is now on the scene, and not only is it by far the best DS game available, it’s also the best game in the entire series.

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