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Dragon Ball returns to it’s roots with it’s new game for the Wii. Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo follows the original Dragon Ball storyline from the manga and anime. The game features cell shaded 3d Graphics, with all the illustrations based on the original Akira Toriyama drawings, while the gameplay will be more action platform oriented instead of the current Brawler/Fighter style games out for the Dragon Ball Z game line. Impressions: I was able to play this game [...]

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Muramasa: The Demon Blade, is a beautiful action platformer by the guys who brought you Oden Sphere on the Ps2, Vanillaware. Exclusively on the Wii console, Muramasa features 2d Hand Drawn graphics, 16:9 Widescreen support and multiple endings to add to the replay value. Hands on impression: When I saw this game at E3, I was blow away by the graphics. The 2d graphics had a beautiful, hand drawn look about them and the action and animation was fast and [...]

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Review by: Mike Corbitt ?Jet Set Radio. A game some still considered to be the late Dreamcast?s best. A game that many people still enjoy playing even in this day of PS2, Xbox, and Gamecube. A game that started the revolution of ?cel-shaded? games which is now the style used by Nintendo in making their latest Legend of Zelda game. Smilebit has once again brought out a wonder of a game that has lived up to everything this reviewer had [...]

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At first glance, Breath of Fire IV may appear to be “just another” role-playing game. While this could hardly be further from the truth, it reminds me very much of playing RPGs on the SNES. While the first two games in the series were originally on the Super Nintendo, the third and fourth were released for the Playstation. The feel of the game is very much SNES in its style and simplicity, but with pumped up graphics and a few [...]

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