Strange Creatures basically uses
its title as a gimmick, covering up for an otherwise ridiculous effort about carnival freaks and fortune tellers.
Not exact matches
Moland uses
title cards to mark the «order of disappearance» of characters
as they're killed, a
gimmick that sort of works by creating comic interludes
as a counterpoint to the violence.
Viz is the largest manga publisher in the U.S., so naturally they have the largest selection of
titles available digitally: Action stories like Naruto and One Piece, romances such
as Vampire Knight and Hot
Gimmick, classics like Neon Genesis Evangelion, and arty
titles like Natsume Ono's Tesoro and Taiyo Matsumoto's GoGo Monster.
It wouldn't be so much of a hit for Nintendo's core single player
titles, but games that focus on WiiU controller
gimmicks and have multiplayer wouldn't fare
as well.
If it's somewhere close to the PS4 in terms of power and can be picked up and taken on the go, includes the next generation of DS games
as well
as Nintendo's console
titles which both carry an incredible jump in visuals and you then throw in some new hardware
gimmicks then to me they've got an ace in the hole.
On the one hand, it's technically a 3D game made by the same people behind Super Mario Galaxy, and hence has all of the tricks and game mechanics found in those
titles, while on the other it's about
as close to classic 2D Mario
as you can get, with one hundred percent of the levels revolving around platforming rather than cheap
gimmicks.
However, it's important to note that Sledgehammer Studios have taken the series, (for this entry at least) back to the very basics, and
as such the developers can no longer depend on the gadgets, gizmos, and
gimmicks that made even gamers who play nothing but these
titles turn away from the franchise.
There's a better game inside the Shaq Fu concept trying to break free (some of the characters are mildly intriguing in a»90s way and the game's Fury Meter mechanic that increases attack damage dealt by the player prior to a cool down period has potential
as a unique
gimmick), but in an era where licensed
titles were intended to be quick cash - in
titles, it just wasn't meant to be.
As we stated above, there are no
gimmicks to this
title.