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  • Prince of Persia: Rival Swords
    Published Date: May 14, 2007

    For those among you already familiar with the Prince of Persia series, I have but one sentence: Rival Swords is, unfortunately, nothing but an overhauled port of The Two Thrones with modified controls… For everybody out there who is new to the game, and who wants to have some fun slashing evil guy...
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    Genre: Action Adventure Platform: Wii
    7.2
  • Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, The
    Published Date: Apr 23, 2007

    A few years ago I was shocked to discover a promotional poster for some mindless romantic comedy. On it were all the usual descriptors�"“Great laughs, great heart,” “Laugh-out-loud funny!”�"picked from a pile of most likely less than kind reviews. Most interestingly, though, was the post...
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    Genre: Fighting Platform: Wii
    6.6
  • GT Pro Series
    Published Date: Apr 12, 2007

    As a threadbare undergraduate with a penchant for wine some years ago, I was often reduced to cruising booze-shop aisles in search of garish red sale signs next to wines of rather dubious quality. Sometimes I would luck out; at other times, well.... And then sometimes, on the rarest of occasions, I ...
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    Genre: Racing Platform: Wii
    3.6
  • Rapala Tournament Fishing
    Published Date: Apr 12, 2007

    Imagine a concept so seemingly unfit for a full-on video game release that it actually becomes intriguing. An idea for a game that is so far-flung that you can’t stop thinking about playing it. Such as, let’s see… perhaps a game about cleaning out the garage, or a game about learning to walk a...
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    Genre: Sports Platform: Wii
    4.2
  • Sonic and the Secret Rings
    Published Date: Apr 12, 2007

    A dog’s lifespan seems painfully short to human onlookers. The accelerated aging process�"seven dog years to every human one leaves barely any time in the four-legged fellow’s life for adolescent pranks before creaky joints, interminable naps, and a cantankerous attitude set in. Cats fare litt...
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    Genre: Action Adventure Platform: Wii
    6.7
  • Monster 4x4 World Circuit
    Published Date: Apr 12, 2007

    Of all of the awards presented yearly in sports�"MVP, Division Champion, or even the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year�"none is more embarrassing than the backhanded recognition Most Improved Player. The kind of prize awarded only to the most mediocre, if formerly terrible, of athletes, MIP seems un...
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    Genre: Racing Platform: Wii
    4.8
  • Wario Ware: Smooth Moves
    Published Date: Apr 4, 2007

    In anticipation of the release of Nintendo’s Wario Ware: Smooth Moves for the Wii, I began stacking up Wiimotes a little while ago, hoping that I would soon be able to have as many friends flip out over this game as could fit in my living room �" Now the game has arrived, and despite a slightly ...
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    Genre: Action Platform: Wii
    8.3
  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent
    Published Date: Apr 4, 2007

    If you’ve never played Splinter Cell before, than at least you’ve surely seen some awesome stills from the series: A burly spy dangling overhead from exposed ceiling piping, barely visible in the shadows, a silenced gun in his extended and gloved hand. Or: A burly spy with night-vision goggles, ...
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    Genre: Action Platform: Wii
    7
  • Open Season
    Published Date: Apr 4, 2007

    Lying in bed at night, some people tend to fantasize. As I lull off to sleep, my whimsy turns to my inadequate material existence, imagining the boon a million dollars would bring me and the leechlike humans I call my friends. The good people at PETA, I assume, have different, most likely more ethic...
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    Genre: Action Adventure Platform: Wii
    4.4
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the
    Published Date: Apr 4, 2007

    What’s wrong with children’s games? Nothing, with the exception that they are produced for children. Creature from Krusty Krab might just be proof: painfully boring levels, monotonous play, and weak challenges all make for a game that has everything right for children and nothing right for the r...
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    Genre: Adventure Platform: Wii
    5.1
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