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Battalion Wars 2 (USA)
Reviewed: Feb 2008
It’s fair to say that console strategy games are as rare as un-hyped press releases from Sony. There have been a few attempts
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Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (USA)
Reviewed: Jan 2008
As the popularity of the DS and Wii spiral ever higher, it seems as though Nintendo is not content with simply entertaining the masses.
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Boom Blox (USA)
Reviewed: Jun 2008
Let’s get it out of the way first: Boom Blox was produced by Steven Spielberg. Yes the very same Steven Spielberg who was
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Bust-A-Move Bash (USA)
Reviewed: Jun 2007
The Bust-A-Move franchise has been around for many years on many different formats and the game's central concept has never really changed.
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Cooking Mama Cook Off (EUR)
Reviewed: Sep 2007
Cooking games have been popular in Japan for a number of years now, gracing a variety of consoles with wildly differing levels of
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Dead Space: Extraction (EUR)
Reviewed: Aug 2010
It's a tough life being a miner in a videogame. You can pretty much guarantee that eventually you'll end up being attacked by space monsters, or crushed by a giant foot.
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Elebits (Eledees) (USA)
Reviewed: Aug 2007
Elebits are pint-sized entities that provided the world with electricity until a thoughtless child wished them away.
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Endless Ocean / Forever Blue (EUR)
Reviewed: Dec 2007
Endless Ocean, like Everblue before it, offers a singular sense of escapism. It's calm. It's peaceful. It provides a misty bath of
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Excite Truck (USA)
Reviewed: Dec 2006
Even the most loyal of Nintendo supporters could not disagree that the majority of the launch titles available for the machine were
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Family Ski / We Ski (JPN)
Reviewed: May 2008
If Family Ski had been released 6 years ago, it would have been proclaimed by far the greatest sport game ever. Skiing around a
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Geometry Wars Galaxies (USA)
Reviewed: Feb 2008
From little acorns do tall oaks grow. Geometry Wars began life as a bonus game inside Project Gotham Racing 2, though such was the word
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Ghost Squad (USA)
Reviewed: Jul 2009
Let’s get straight to the point: Ghost Squad is the best gun shooter ever made. However, since everyone has different tastes, to qualify
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Guitar Hero 3: Legends Of Rock (EUR)
Reviewed: 2008
What started out as the sole discovery of a few intrepid gamers, has quickly inherited most of the world. Guitar Hero has always held
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Heatseeker (EUR)
Reviewed: May 2007
Console-based flight simulations have a somewhat patchy history. Although traditionally the domain of home computers due to the large amount of
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House of the Dead 2 and 3 Returns (USA)
Reviewed: Jun 2008
In the late '80s and early '90s, many games laid claim to being 'arcade perfect'. The term was worn with a badge of honour and
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House of the Dead: Overkill (EUR)
Reviewed: Mar 2009
In 1996 Sega expanded their arcade light gun catalogue to incorporate a completely new take on the formula: Horror. It may or may not
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Kororinpa (EUR)
Reviewed: Apr 2007
Got the balls for this one? Not lost your marbles? Ready to get rolling with the review? Ah... the fun to be had with spheroid-based turns of phrase!
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Manhunt 2 (USA)
Reviewed: Dec 2007
Rockstar and controversy go together like hand and glove, with Manhunt arguably having caused the most tongue clicking and finger
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Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (EUR)
Reviewed: Feb 2008
The unthinkable has happened. Fanboys who grew up in the '80s and '90s siding with either Sega or Nintendo have a real moral
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Mario Strikers Charged (EUR)
Reviewed: Aug 2007
It says a lot for how criminally underused the online capabilities of the Wii are, when Nintendo are screaming from the rooftops
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Medal Of Honor Vanguard (EUR)
Reviewed: Jul 2007
It’s a sad fact that we Homo-sapiens can’t help but commit a bit of indiscriminate murder every now and then. Throughout human history
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Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (USA)
Reviewed: Nov 2007
Clearly, there’s an abundance of comparisons to make between each iteration of the Prime series. But one of the most unexpected similarities
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Monster Hunter 3 (JPN)
Reviewed: Oct 2009
Monster Hunter 3 is the first entirely new game in the series to not appear on a Sony console. A modified version of the original
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Muscle March (JPN)
Reviewed: Jun 2009
Oh, Namco, what’s the point? It barely even seems worth making the game. Ace Combat? Fine, very few people will have the opportunity to take
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No More Heroes (USA)
Reviewed: Mar 2008
Most gamers these days are jaded souls. Whether they have been playing games for a few months or twenty years, it soon becomes clear
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Prince Of Persia: Rival Swords (USA)
Reviewed: Nov 2007
Along with Metroid Prime and Mario 64, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was probably the most successful of the myriad of classic 2D
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Rayman Raving Rabbids (EUR)
Reviewed: Jan 2007
Bunnies don’t know what to do with cows. A spooky graveyard scene, the camera pans in to reveal a large cow, visibly shaking and tied
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Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition (Biohazard) (USA)
Reviewed: Jul 2007
Resident Evil has one of the most long-standing and well received lineages of any gaming series. Spanning most formats with a dozen
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Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (USA)
Reviewed: Jan 2008
When it was first announced that there would be an exclusive Resident Evil game for the Wii, there was universal jubilation. When
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Safar'Wii Doubutsu Kisoutengai! (Amazing Animals) (JPN)
Reviewed: Sep 2008
Whilst some of the more curious gamers have been waiting patiently for Afrika on the PS3, a very similar Wii game has gone completely unnoticed. Doubutsu Kisoutengai! (A.K.A. Amazing Animals)
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Sin & Punishment (2): Successor of the Universe (JPN)
Reviewed: Aug 2010
If you have any interest in shooters or action games and own a Wii, then Sin and Punishment 2 is essential. It's frantic, well designed and exciting from start to finish.
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Super Mario Galaxy (EUR)
Reviewed: Nov 2007
After a striking opening cinematic, rich with effects and nostalgic sounds, Mario wakes on a bed of petals on a small elliptical planet
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Super Mario Galaxy 2 (USA)
Reviewed: Jul 2010
How do you improve upon perfection? It is a question which has haunted the greatest minds since time began. From Plato to Einstein, Sorcrates to Hawking and Aristotle to Da
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Super Paper Mario (USA)
Reviewed: May 2007
There are many super things in life: Superman, Super Ted, Super Noodles. But perhaps none of these is more super than Nintendo’s
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Super Smash Bros Brawl (USA)
Reviewed: Aug 2008
The best selling game for the GameCube was not Super Mario Sunshine. Nor was it either Metroid Prime title, Mario Kart: Double Dash or any
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Takt Of Magic (JPN)
Reviewed: Sep 2009
Picture the scene: the director puts his hand into the Hat of Clichéd Scenarios and pulls out... Number 31 – Young Prince with Memory
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Target: Terror (USA)
Reviewed: Jun 2008
Target: Terror is the "ultimate arcade light-gun shooter." At least that’s what it says on the back. It would definitely be
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Trauma Center: Second Opinion (USA)
Reviewed: Apr 2007
When Trauma Center first appeared on the Nintendo DS, it was held up as an example of how the touch screen allowed gamers to experience
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Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (EUR)
Reviewed: Apr 2007
When the Wii was announced way back in the mists of time, it was a safe punt for your gaming dollar that Wario Ware would be
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Wii Fit (JPN)
Reviewed: Mar 2008
Before starting with the analysis, let’s make something clear. In much the same way that buying an exercise DVD and never using
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Wii Play (EUR)
Reviewed: Apr 2007
Cast your mind back to E3 2006. As uninspiring as the majority of that event was, save for the creation of umpteen new internet memes
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Wii Sports (EUR)
Reviewed: Feb 2007
Launch titles are intended to dazzle and entice punters into parting with their hard-earned cash. Usually this is achieved because
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Zangeki No Reginleiv (JPN)
Reviewed: Sep 2010
Oops. Looks like Ragnarock is upon us. The Kyojinzoku (Giants/Titans/etc.) are back to wage war with the gods and they're not taking any prisoners. Luckily for the
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