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No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

Travis Touchdown returns this week in the sequel title Desperate Struggle from Grasshopper Manufacture.  As I watched footage of the game it seemed relatively close the the gameplay and combat in the first No More Heroes.  Although the Combat in the first NMH was fun it did get a bit repetitive after a while having to fight many of the same enemies over and over but maybe Desperate Struggle will change that formula. Suda51 has confirmed in previous interviews:  “Expect some really cool new wrestling moves,” and there will no be more Beam Katanas to choose from including the new Giant Beam Katana.  Contrary to Suda 51 previous comments on Wii MotionPlus — there is no usage of the peripheral in the game.

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Get Splashed: Console Fanboys

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Why is it that everyone thinks that their console is better than all other consoles on the market? “Mine is better than yours because yours is different” seems to be the feeling around the gaming community. While some valid points are made, it boils down to being a fanboy of the console you own and not the facts. Here are some arguments that are made within gaming circles.

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Hands On: New Super Mario Bros Wii

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We all know what to expect when playing a new Mario game: great level design, catchy music, vibrant graphics and having to save that stupid Princess that always ends up getting captured (honestly if I were Mario I’d would of given up in the N64 days). One thing that is still relatively untouched in the Mario series is co-op. In recent iterations co-op has been a nice add on. This time however, co-op is this adventure’s hook to get us all loving that chubby under-worked Plumber.

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