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Sunday, September 27, 2009

Monsters vs. Aliens


My 5 year old son got this for his 5th birthday a week ago and it is almost complete. It only has 4 chapters and each chapter has around 6 scenes and the scenes are short. This is a spendy game and defintely not worth the price!Buy Monsters vs. Aliens!

Monday, September 21, 2009

SNK Arcade Classics Volume 1


Remember when those Neo-Geo systems first came out? The games were so expensive that only one or two of the richest kids in school had one or two games. Or at least, that's how I saw it! Now you can own those rippin' expensive games for a fraction of the cost. And, all-in-all, it's worth it. There is some repetition with the fighting games, but that may be where the greatest strength for this collection comes from depending on your personal tastes. I personally loved the side-scrolling platformers; Metal Slug and Top Hunters are cool as hell, with pretty impressive graphics considering their age. The sports games, Baseball Stars 2 and Super Sidekicks 3 seem incredibly difficult, but then I remind us all that most of these games were designed for the arcade in which precious quarters can't be earned with a game that takes minimal effort to beat! Sengoku give us some nice Double Dragon action in a Japanese spirit world setting (ala Ronin Warriors). There are a couple other games, including a shooter that are interesting, but I haven't had much time to play, yet. Bottom line, dudes and dudettes, if you're interested in a little retro fix, and considering the lack of these types of games on the Wii, you won't regret dropping a few bucks on this collection.Buy SNK Arcade Classics Volume 1!

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Wii Rock Band 2 Standalone Guitar


We bought the Wii Rock Band. It came with drum set (with el cheapo wooden drum sticks for the decent and functional, cymbal-less drum set) and the Rock Band 1 black and white, small plastic guitar.

Then we got the Rock Band 2 guitar.

Both Rock Band 1 and 2 guitars work well, though the Rock Band 1 guitar got tired of me strumming from low2up and the strum bar would only work up2low.

The RB2 guitar is much prettier with the fake wood grain paneling. The RB2 guitar is nice in giving a small feedback 'click' when pressing on the different colored tone bars on the neck of the guitar.

I use both guitars and have come to have no real preference however. As an adult RB1 and RB2 are about the only Wii games I will play, having little liking for the Wii controllers (I much prefer the Nintendo GameCube type controllers).

I only wish more songs were available, more easily for RB1 and RB2.

And that an adult sized RB1/2 wireless guitar was available from Nintendo. From Nintendo as I've found in general to avoid 3rd party controllers, particularly the ones that sell for less than the Nintendo units.

Buy Wii Rock Band 2 Standalone Guitar!

Monday, August 31, 2009

Bomberman Land


Bottom line:
Story mode is terrible. It takes over 20 minutes of dialogue to even get started (which you cannot skip). Then it's just a bunch of tedious mini-games that will either have you playing for hours to beat them or throwing your Wii remote at the screen in exasperation. The game designers could not have had fun in mind when they designed this.

The upside. The original multiplayer Bomberman game is here and with nifty whistles and bells. You can pick the size of the playing field, select different fields to play, customize the type and number of power ups, playing time, etc. This alone is worth the small price of Bomberman Land.

So, buy this for the small price and original Bomberman game, but expect next to nothing from the story mode.Buy Bomberman Land!

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Rock Band Track Pack: Vol. 1


Just got this and we had a ball it is a bit more challenging than the first... the songs at times got me tongue tied but was soo much fun .. our "Group" is called The 3 Blind Mice.. cause at first we were totally lost ... but now my sister ROCKS my best friend JAMS... and i found i actually sing ok ... well worth the 50 bucks !!!!Buy Rock Band Track Pack: Vol. 1!