E308: Goosebumps: HorrorLand steals E3

by Eric Caoili { Jul 15th 2008 at 11:00PM }

Never mind Wii Music or Wii Sports Resort -- as we hinted earlier, Goosebumps: HorrorLand is the real star of this year's E3 Media and Business Summit.

Nintendo might not have mentioned this innovative title during the company's press conference today, but we have a feeling that this was the twinkle in president Satoru Iwata's eye when he mentioned a big paradigm shift in the global game market. Yes, a paradigm shift towards more Goosebumps games.

Just when you thought you had put R.L. Stine's ~~corny~~ ghastly novellas behind you, the series pulls you back in like a possessed wooden dummy carved from the coffin wood of an ancient sorcerer. Publisher Scholastic is basing this Wii game on Goosebumps spin-off HorrorLand, a new book series centered around a haunted theme park.

The graphics aren't impressing anyone -- it almost looks like the duct-tape holding the system's two GameCubes together came loose -- but there are shooter segments, carnival-themed minigames, and, uh, portions where you run on a log with a swamp monster. Mark our words, when you slide this game's disc into your Wii, you will say, "Wow!"

Gallery: Goosebumps HorrorLand

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Lijik @ Jul 15th 2008 11:22PM

You know, there was once a Choose your adventure book set in pretty much the same location that I used to read all the time as a kid. I could never win (always lost at around the 8th page and there were tons of choices making replays a chore) and the sneaky writers hid the ending somewhere in the middle, so I gave up on it.

This though. This looks kind of like Raving Rabbids without the charm. You play a few regular minigames (3 or 4), and then it turns night and you play a SCARY minigame. Repeat.