“Greetings minion. I am Michael Fish from the 1970s. I have absorbed the soul of my body double, the so-called ‘Alternate Michael Fish from the 1970s’, and this is the Fun Forecast.”
“There’s a gradual spread of balls across all regions, flurries of both pinballs and devilish baseballs, while a Tetris block weather warning has been issued across all 3DS units.”
“Your meddling attempts at time travel have failed Slighly Fuzzy John Kettley. I am victorious.”
The Pinball Arcade
XBLA (Wednesday 4th April)
Price: 800 MSP
Deaf, dumb and blind kids – come right this way. Four real pinball tables have been magicked into your 360, programmed by the wizards at Farsight Studios. If ‘Tales of Arabian Nights’ and ‘Theatre of Magic’ mean anything to you, then your wasted childhood is about to be relived…
Diabolical Pitch
XBLA (Wednesday 4th April)
Price: 800 MSP
Grasshopper Manufacture, Suda51’s crazy cohorts, are about to hit Kinect. Essentially, this is Baseball versus Evil. You throw balls in the face of the undead, bat them at monstrosities and even team up with a mate to… well chuck stuff American-style. It’s an odd one alright. You could even call it an ‘odd ball’. (Ed> “And you’re… out of there!”)
I Am Alive
PS Store (Wednesday 4th April)
Price: $14.99
Ubisoft’s intriguing survive-em-up finally makes the jump to Playstation, having ensured that it’s got enough stamina to get there of course. Hookshot Inc’s own Simon Parkin rather liked its desolation, as well as the smell of grilled human flesh. That’s just the way he is.
SpeedThru: Potzol’s Puzzle
3DS eShop (Thursday April 5th)
Price: TBA
You know the TV show Hole in the Wall? Imagine that with Tetris blocks, and without the flabby bodies of minor celebrities encased in too-tight body suits. Potzol’s Puzzle may lack the powerful eroticism of Dale Winton’s new brand of water torture, but could be dreamy in three dimensions…
“What’s this. I feel… strange. There’s someone else in… my body… I CAN SENSE, ALTERNATE MICHAEL FISH FROM THE 1970s! It’s… too much. I’m changing. I’m… CHANGING”
