STACK #137 Mar 2016

GAMES PREVIEWS with Amy Flower

POKKÉN TOURNAMENT

EA SPORTS UFC 2

GENRE: FIGHTER PLATFORM: WII U RELEASE: 19/03/16 MULTIPLAYER: YES

GENRE: SPORTS PLATFORM: XB1 | PS4 RELEASE: 17/03/16 MULTIPLAYER: YES

If you’ve had enough trouble getting your head around all this Pokémon stuff (really, after all these years?) then this one just may break your brain. The ‘gotta catch ’em all’ world of cute and fluffy – but often lethal – runs smack bang into famed fighting game Tekken, and the results are, well, much as you might expect. Yes, Pokkén Tournament is a home version of the

Rings are like SO last century! The Octagon is where it’s at now, and this new UFC outing from sports maestros EA is the best way to get in on the action this side of risking serious ouchiness for real. A mass of new game modes have been shoehorned in, along with an impressive roster of both chick and bloke fighters that boasts both current and former stars – plus the odd ringer such as ear- chomping legend Mike Tyson and, with some work, the

arcade bash smash that allows you to let loose your Pokéthingies on each other. While it embraces the arena battle vibe of Tekken, it isn’t as technically complicated (some of those combos – yikes!), allowing Pokéfans of any age to get right in on the Pokéclobberin’.

king of martial arts, Bruce Lee. With more stunning characterisation than ever, tweaked controls and a shiny new physics engine, UFC 2 is... wait for it... a knockout! (Try the chicken, we’ll be here all week.)

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GAMES

HYRULE WARRIORS: LEGENDS

MORTAL KOMBAT XL

GENRE: ACTION PLATFORM: 3DS RELEASE: 24/03/16 MULTIPLAYER: NO

GENRE: FIGHTER PLATFORM: PS4 | XBO RELEASE: 01/03/16 MULTIPLAYER: YES

If you’ve invested in Hyrule Warriors on the Wii U, you may wish to look away now... OK 3DS people, now that they’ve gone we can give you the brilliant news. The ace collision of The Legend of Zelda and Dynasty Warriors where all manner of beloved characters go the biff has not only been shoehorned onto the portable system, but it also comes with all the original DLC, two entire

Last year’s phenomenally brutal – but insanely fun - mince ’em up Mortal Kombat X is back, and it’s been supersized. No, Scorpion, Raiden, and their 56 or so acquaintances haven’t been hitting the local KFC hard; rather every additional character and skin pack has been gathered together with the game on one shiny round thing that you can poke into your chosen games system. If you were an early adopter who’s dropped a

new chapters and the ability to switch between characters on the fly. Then there are the new playable characters, including a female riff on Link, Linkle. She’s really going to confuse those who for some reason still think that Link is Zelda...

small fortune on DLC then you’ll likely want to nut punch whoever’s responsible for this, but if you’ve been biding your time then you’re a winner, because X – now XL - is by far the best Mortal Kombat yet.

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If you liked this, you may also like... Street Fighter V, Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 4

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