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Kirby’s Epic Yarn 毛線卡比

卡比曾經是任天堂的招牌電玩角色之一﹐可惜上一次出遊戲已經是十年前的事。這次在Wii上推出「毛線卡比」﹐遊戲最大特色是可愛萬分的畫面﹐人物以毛線﹐鈕扣和布碎貼圖效果組成﹐軟綿綿給人毛公仔的感覺。加上粉紅色的主角卡比﹐連老婆也奇怪我怎麼玩女生遊戲。

我沒有玩過舊版卡比﹐無從比輕新舊版之別。「毛線卡比」與瑪利奧同類﹐都是2D橫向捲軸動作遊戲﹐從左到右走過關然後打大佬。操控方式也很懷舊﹐十字按鈕控制方向﹐AB掣則分別跳和攻擊﹐差不多完全沒有運用Wii的體能功能。與瑪利奧最大的分別﹐是卡比擁有不死身﹐死掉了只會扣寶石﹐並在原地重新開始。所以若不求分數只求破關不難﹐只要試多幾次一定可以過關﹐又不用重覆已經通過的地方。這樣每天打一兩關輕鬆一下﹐玩了幾個星期不知不覺便打爆機了。

雖說是打爆機完成故事﹐但遊戲玩成度只有50%。遊戲中有很多寶物可以收集﹐可以用來佈置遊戲中的房間﹐大慨為照顧女孩子市場。另外還有很多隱藏關卡﹐要超過某個指定績分或收集某些寶物才能開啟﹐我可沒有心機去全攻略了。其實玩到後半也有點悶﹐關卡的設計變化不出那幾款﹐卡比的變身模式甚至出現重覆﹐不過竟然開了頭便繼續玩下去。

每次破關﹐便會有隻粉藍色王子出來﹐與粉紅色的卡比跳舞。初時我以為一隻粉藍一隻粉紅﹐想必然他們是一對情人﹐公主救王子之類的結局。到後來網上看資料﹐才發現原來卡比是男兒身。噢~ 這個遊戲豈不是宣揚同性戀。

Thomas And Friends: Hero Of The Rails (WII)

自從家中多了部Wii以後﹐下載遊戲己超過五十個﹐每個週未也是安裝新遊戲﹐測試新遊戲好不好玩。因為人太花多遊戲太多﹐每個遊戲只是玩一個半個小時﹐新鮮感過了便沒有心機再玩下去。估不到第一個打爆機的遊戲﹐竟然是湯瑪仕小火車﹐一個設計給學前兒童的遊戲。

嚴格來說這個不算是正式遊戲﹐不過是把一集湯瑪仕小火車的的故事﹐用電腦動畫配合語音播放出來﹐中間加插一些與戲情勉強有關連的小遊戲。全部都是十分白痴的益智小遊戲﹐如挍動Wii搖控器來控制火車比賽鬥快﹐替火車頭塗油加顏色﹐用水喉清洗火車頭﹐把畫面的火車零件按顏色分類。遊戲結果完全不影響故事發展﹐其本上玩與不玩沒有分別。故事內容很例牌的正面勵志﹐講述湯瑪仕在森林的廢棄路軌中找到一台舊火車頭﹐他和朋友合力修復舊火車頭﹐其間有個壞蛋火車頭來搞破壞﹐最後壞蛋火車頭了跌落河﹐修理好的舊火車頭去救他﹐大團圓結局大家成為好朋友。

可能我小時候也很喜歡湯瑪仕火車頭﹐在玩具店看著那套木製巨型路軌流口水﹐可惜媽媽從來沒有買給我玩。後來在加拿大讀書﹐偶然在週末早上的兒童時段看電視﹐也會有湯瑪仕的定格卡通﹐總覺得那些有人臉的火車模型很有趣。現在剛巧湯瑪仕Wii遊戲﹐反正完成遊戲所需時間不長﹐只需要半個小時多一點﹐便當懷念一下童年回憶。那些小遊戲大部份很無聊﹐只是很低技術的平面貼圖。不過製作群在火車比賽倒花了不小心思﹐在小遊戲中建立全島3D路軌和火車﹐不單要挍動搖控器讓火車前進﹐還可以上下拉動搖控器模彷火車鳴汽笛。可惜小遊戲沒有free play mode﹐不能自由地駕駛小火車遊覽全島。忽發奇想﹐如果把Thomas the tank train放在Microsoft Train Simulation走﹐應該會很有趣。

Wii

I finally got a Wii, 3 years later to the party. I didn’t buy it, I inherited it from my cousin who moved back to Hong Kong. Although the console is free, but it does not come with any controllers. So I have to spent some money to buy a few controllers. $15 a Wii remote with nunchuk from eBay, much cheaper than buying from Future Shop.

Believe it or not, I never own any gaming console. I never have a Red-white Nintendo, no a Sega, not Playstation, no XBox. I am used to playing games on my computer. Wii is the first console I have and I did not even buy it. The feeling of playing games on TV is quite different. I feel I have less piracy because anyone walk by can see my screen. Playing games on the couch is actually not as comfortable as sitting on office chair in front of the computer. The couch is designed for sitting lay back, passively receive the content from the TV. Playing Wii requires active interaction and naturally draw your body closer to the TV, which is not the most comfortable position.

I have been debating whether or not soft mod my Wii for a few days. On one hand, I don’t want to go over the trouble of soft mod the Wii and risk bricking it. On the other hand, I would never spend $50 on a game. At last I swallow my pride as an engineer, paid $40 and let someone soft mod it for me. Soft mod is a must for Wii to play download games. So far I have downloaded a dozen of games, I have spent a bit more some time playing Super Mario and the Gundam Wii game which I think eventually I may finish them. For the other games, I opened each one of them and lost interested pretty soon. I found playing Video game is just a waste of time in general, especially some games won’t foster any collective memory.

Other than playing downloaded games, the bonus of soft mod my Wii is the Home Brew Channel. (Read more at Wiibrew) I can run all soft of applications and thinker with my Wii. I installed Google Earth for Wii, a VNC client to copy my desktop from my TV over the Wii using the Wii remote as a mouse. The gold mine is really tons of ancient gaming console emulator. I can downloaded ROMs of old games from Snesorama and ROM Nation. I have played old games with emulator on my computer, but it’s different. You gotta play console games on a TV. I found I enjoy playing those ancient games more than the new Wii games. I feel like the Wii emulators finally filling the hole in my heart that I did not own any console game in childhood.