At its core Disaster: Day of Crisis is a light gun game. The hodgepodge mix of driving events, a terrorist shooting gallery, waggle rescues, and light platforming are glued together by off-rails walking. When you encounter STORM units Disaster: Day Of Crisis switches into a light gun mode where you point, shoot, and kill with the remote. After the conflict ends the game switches back into running mode where you can search for survivors.

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Last Tuesday morning, I picked up my copy of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, even after seeing many mediocre reviews for the game.  I’m not usually deterred by what game critics say about a game and I couldn’t help my urge to swing the Wiimote around in crazy patterns to ‘unleash’ the force.

One of the first things Wii owners will notice about the game, is it’s lack of visual polish.  The game runs in 16:9 widescreen with decent visuals, but the Wii can definitely do better.  It looks like they used PS2 graphics with barely any added particle effects except for maybe some of the cutscenes and the lightning.  Despite the lack of visual flare, I couldn’t stop playing through the many areas in the Star Wars universe we’ve come to know and love.

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Wario Land: Shake It!

Pro:
- well-designed levels
- fun moves (especially motion controlled actions)
- side puzzles/bonus missions provide extra difficulty
- animation is great
- good bosses

Con:
- slow-paced
- few enemies can do much damage to you until late in the game
- most of the challenge is in the bosses
- clunky menu navigation
- mediocre music

Samba de Amigo

Pro:
- controls work extremely well; two remotes benefit from rumble

Con:
- may take a few songs to get used to the new pointing mechanics for series vets

Sonic Chronicles

Pro:
- interesting environmental puzzles
- EBA-type stylus moves provide a lot of excitement in battles
- witty dialog
- characters were fun
- team attacks make combos of characters interesting
- benched players level up
- decent character customization

Con:
- EBA-type stylus stuff gets tedious in minor battles; regular attacks don’t do any damage to many enemies
- may annoy you, but won’t bore you
- 15-20 hours

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Reviews
Wario Land: Shake It! (Wii) – 8.0
Spore Creatures (DS) – 8.0
Samba De Amigo (Wii) – 9.0
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (DS) – 8.0
Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise (DS) – 7.0
Line Rider 2: Unbound (Wii) – 5.0
De Blob (Wii) – 8.0
Kirby Super Star Ultra (DS) – 9.0
Bleach: Dark Souls (DS) – 8.5
NHL 2K9 (Wii) – 7.0
SimCity Creator (Wii) – 6.0
Myster Case Files: Millionheir (DS) – 6.5
Time Hollow (DS) – 7.0
Lock’s Quest (DS) – 7.0
Line Rider 2: Unbound (DS) – 6.0
NBA Live 09 All-Play (Wii) – 4.0
Tornado (DS) – 6.0
The Legend of Kage 2 (DS) – 8.0
Drawn to Life: Spongebob Squarepants Edition (DS) – 7.0
Naruto: Path of the Ninja 2 (DS) – 6.5
Populous (DS) – 7.0
Unsolve Crimes (DS) – 4.5
Prey the Stars (DS) – 5.5
Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 2 (Wii) – 8.0
Exit DS (DS) – 7.5

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Things seem to be at a crawl today on Nintendo news. So I decided to check out the feud between GTA and Ocarina of Time at gamerankings.com. For months after GTA 4 came out, it was in battle with ” The Legend Of Zelda Ocarina of time” for the top spot as best reviewed game. Now about 10 months later, and with all the reviews in, I can happily say that The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of time has reclaimed its thrown back on top. Will anything be good enough to surpass Ocarina in greatness? The question should be, is their going to be a game that will have just as much impact as Ocarina had in the gaming world?

-DQ4 (DS) – 7.5
-Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (DS) – 6.0
-Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Wii) – 7.5
-Mario Super Sluggers (Wii) – 7.5
-Tiger Woods 09 (Wii) – 8.5
-Disgaea DS – 7.5
-Sam & Max Season 1 (Wii) – 7.0
-SNK Arcade Classics Vol1 (Wii) – 8.5
-Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility (Wii) – 6.5
-Pop Cutie! (DS) – 6.0
-Ferrari Challenge (Wii) – 7.5

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The winners of the “G-Phoria 2008” awards were revealed TONIGHT during a special one-hour “X-Play” broadcast on G4. The biggest winner of the night was “Halo 3,” taking the highly coveted Game of the Year award. Other big winners were “Grand Theft Auto IV” and “Rock Band” tying with three awards each, along with “Metal Gear Solid 4” and “Call of Duty 4,” each receiving two awards. Set during the summer when gamers can find respite from the heat and take advantage of time off to engage in their passion, “G-Phoria 2008” honors games that were released in the 12 months between July 31, 2007 and July 31, 2008. “X-Play” hosts Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb presented this year’s installment of the annual videogame awards show that included more than 90 nominees in 18 categories.

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