First Looks: Apps

Our friends at Chillingo announced back in 2008 that Toki Tori would be coming to the iPhone and we finally got our hands on a copy to try out! Originally a Gameboy Color game, it's been ported to many Nintendo consoles and will be available soon for the iPhone. What caught our eye with Toki Tori was the graphics. Gameplay is incredibly smooth for the given graphics quality and the game and controls are easy to grasp. The game revolves around Toki Tori, a newly born chicken who's on a quest to save his unborn siblings. At each level, he uses various tools to retrieve the eggs which are periodically introduced throughout the game. Two notable items: a freeze gun and a teleporter. NICE.

Not only is this game fun to play, it's totally adorable. Check out the video below!

The long anticipated Tap Tap Revenge 2 was released today and it's positively crammed with exciting new stuff. A few weeks ago iPhone Alley got a sneak peek from an unnamed beta tester and we were completely blown away. From the graphics to the music to the incredibly improved gameplay, TTR 2 has outdone the original in every possible way.

Since its release Ambiance has received lots of critical acclaim and has even appeared on Apple's iPhone page as one of the best "relaxation" apps available. In the midst of its success however, Matt Coneybeare (Ambiance's developer) has continued to innovate and will soon release has just released Ambiance 2.0 [App Store]. The new version is completely redesigned and features a sound "store" with over 200 sounds where users can browse and download new sounds for free.

Sifting through our mountain of new iPhone applications, we found something really cool today. Yesterday the folks at smashart released AirPhones [App Store], a unique app that turns your iPhone into a wireless sound device for your computer. The app itself is fairly straight forward; open it up and sound starts streaming over. A companion app running on your Mac or PC shows up as a sound device which then sends your audio over WiFi to the AirPhones iPhone app.

Never failing to impress us, the folks at Tapulous have once again released a special edition of Tap Tap Revenge—this time with Weezer. The newest addition to the Tap Tap Revenge line—Christmas With Weezer—comes with six exclusive Christmas carols from the band.