Gameloft's best known for its pick-up-and-play games produced on mobile phones, but with the inception of digital distribution on the home consoles the UbiSoft-owned development studio's not shy about getting in on that action too. Gameloft has just released its Breakout clone Block Buster Deluxe on the Nintendo download channel in Japan, and for 800 points it's not a bad little addition. It's also one of the better Breakout clones out there.
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For 800 points ($8) on WiiWare, players can get a solid version of the classic game. But be wary, playing Block Breaker at nightclubs in real life isn't actually cool to do.
Gameplay - 8.5
Graphics - 4.0
Sound - 7.0
Difficulty - Medium
Concept - 2.0
Multiplayer - 7.5
Overall -
Eurogamer writes: "Breakout? Really? Yes, that was my first impression as well, but then I thought, well, why not? The ol' bat-and-ball concept has endured because it's inherently fun - for whatever evolutionary reason, we humans like to bounce spherical objects off things, and if the things smash in the process then all the better.
It doesn't take long to realise that Block Breaker Deluxe, a beefed-up remake of the mobile phone game, has paid as much attention to the "deluxe" part of its name as the "block breaker" bit. For one thing, the whole game is dolled up like a flier for the sort of garish 1983 nightclub that would be called Coconutz."
