Game Reviews
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SSX Blur Published Date: Apr 1, 2007Whichever way I look at it, the release date of SSX Blur, the latest Wii installment of the well-known snowboarding (& skiing) franchise, has been perfectly chosen: Odd as it may seem, what better way is there to welcome spring than by reminiscing about all the wintery fun we’ve had in this past s...
Genre: Extreme Sports Platform: Wii
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Rampage: Total Destruction Published Date: Apr 1, 2007While we’re waiting for some of the more exciting Wii titles lined up for release in the near future, let’s look at one game that we weren’t so excited about to begin with, and see what it has to offer. Rampage: Total Destruction is following in the footsteps of a true arcade classic, but how ...
Genre: Action Platform: Wii
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Ant Bully Published Date: Mar 28, 2007Do video games damage your memory? One might assume so, judging by Midway’s latest digital romp, The Ant Bully, based on Warner Bros’ ongoing series of painfully hokey and laughably derivative children’s films. Am I the only one who remembers Honey, I Shrunk the Kids or, more lamentably (if no...
Genre: Action Adventure Platform: Wii
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Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Published Date: Mar 28, 2007Marvel: Ultimate Alliance follows the usual narrative pattern of good versus evil. Dr. Doom is up to his old tricks, having assembled the uninventively named Masters of Evil, a band of not terribly nice super villains that might or might not be interested in Marvel world domination. (Bets should be ...
Genre: Action Adventure Platform: Wii
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Kororinpa: Marble Madness Published Date: Mar 23, 2007Every now and again a puzzle game comes along that seems to seize the world's attention. Back in the good ol' days of Game Boy-before I developed trick knees and a love of whittling-Tetris was the digital handheld equivalent of heroin: painfully addictive to the point of nausea, migraines, and two-i...
Genre: Puzzle Platform: Wii
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Trauma Center: Second Opinion Published Date: Mar 23, 2007While it would appear that most game producers and developers scamper to adapt existing franchises, series, and ready-made ideas to the Wii console, with often embarrassingly awkward results-much like, say, a polar bear driving a Miata-some gearheads have unexpectedly found the opposite true. Ta...
Genre: Medical Simulation Platform: Wii
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Excite Truck Published Date: Mar 23, 2007Out of the relatively large number of racing games that I've seen on the Wii so far (Monster 4x4: World Circuit, Need for Speed Carbon, and GT Pro Series), there was not a single one that really did it for me. The emphasis here must be on ‘so far,' because since the release of Excite Truck, those sa...
Genre: Racing Platform: Wii
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Far Cry: Vengeance Published Date: Mar 23, 2007Upon first sight, the specs and basic story information for Far Cry: Vengeance make it seem as if all were well with Jack Carver, protagonist of the new installment in this series of famous tropical First Person Shooters. Perhaps, we think, this will even bring us back to the glory of the original P...
Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: Wii
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Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam Published Date: Mar 23, 2007The Tony Hawk franchise is built upon a simple though obvious precept: tricks are fun. So it will come as somewhat of a surprise to diehard fans that the series' former staple takes a backseat in Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam. The new principle is equally simple, though a bit more commonplace: speed is f...
Genre: Extreme Sports Platform: Wii
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The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Prince Published Date: Mar 23, 2007When a new Zelda title comes along, a primal urge sets in amongst reviewers to put the new game in context - how does the new Zelda measure up against the first Zelda, against the best Zelda, against the most controversial Zelda? In which direction does the new Zelda point for future releases? And s...
Genre: Action Adventure Platform: Wii
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