Star Soldier R a nice classic 2d scrolling shooter game with 3d graphics. Nice. I always liked 2d gaming it is just so much simpler and easier to figure out than these new fangled 3d games of today. Star Soldier R is just that simple but don’t get me wrong it is addictive as hell. All you do in the game is shoot the monkey poop out of enemies and targets on floating platforms just below your space ship vehicle. The vehicle has three speeds to pick for your kind of gaming. I myself set the ship to the fastest speed that I have found out is better than the two other slower modes with the ship set to high speed you can actually kill more enemies and ground targets and gain the status scores you want to achieve.

The graphics are somewhat nice for a 2d scrolling shooter everything is a nice rendered look with pretty cool explosion effects. The enemies have lasers or ball orbs that destroy your ship or damage your ship. And speaking of enemies they are all over the place, which means good for points. I would say though there is more ground targets than ships so many of the points are acquired by shooting domes and pipes and boxes. While you progress in the game there are a couple of things that can be collected for points or power ups. The important items to be collected are pink and white capsules, which look like old school glass fuses. The pink capsules improve your shooting ability via adding more directions to shoot. You can shoot from the front of the vehicle with two forward firing cannons as well as left and right directional angles and you just flip it around for the back end of the space ship. So what that means is your shooting in six different directions and this is what you want when you need to get those ultra high scores everybody always strive for and if your maxed out on the pink power capsules you get 10,000 bonus points if you collect more of them. The other important capsules are the white capsules which gives you shield abilities. You gain orbs that float around your ship to create a shield and the cool part is you can disperse these orbs out and they can help you shoot down enemies while you nail ground targets however they are rather weak to my liking but they are useful.

Now Star Solider R is pretty basic it has three modes to play the first two modes are time limit missions of two minutes and five minutes. The two minute mission you can barely get enough points to actually get on the score list the game has but the five minute mission is where you can rack up points nearing 1.5 million points or more if your that damn good. This mode you have the choice of automatic shot or manual shot. Automatic is just that you hold the button down and it continuously shoots. The other is obviously you press the button repeatedly to shoot. I am lazy so I picked automatic but I find this helps in getting higher scores.

The third mode is called the quick shot mode. In this mode you basically press the shoot button as fast as you can and take out ground targets before the time runs out my best on this is 6.1 which is quite hard to get but I am sure there are some people out there that have pretty fast shooting fingers.

As for controls they game has very simple controls and you have your choice between three different control methods. The three methods are classic NES mode with the Wii-Mote horizontal (a bit slow), The Nunchuck and Wii-mote Method (The best in my opinion), or the classic controller, which I could not tell you how it plays since I do not have one.

The only other features of the game is a records section where you can see your badass points from the game and you can also update your points to the leader board via the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection. Also if you do well in your space adventure and get a high score the score is automatically updated but it is also a good idea to refresh your leader boards as they are continuously changing. This point system leader board is pretty similar to the actions you have to take in Sega’s Ghost Squad for the Wii.

Star Soldier R is a nice pick up and play game. It can become addicting but on the flipside this can become boring pretty quickly. The only downsides of this game is the boring fact and also there is not a continuous or longer minute mode to play but I understand due to size restraints of the Wii flash drive this would not be possible – Hard Drive Nintendo Hard Drive!! Of course Hudson could have stamped a disc of this game with more modes too!

Also, here is a game strategy tip with a reiteration. Set the vehicle to fastest speed and move horizontally left to right while shooting.

In closing the game is fun for the price for a little while or for those moments when you do not want to be engrossed in a deep storied game. I would suggest this to gamers, classic arcade gamers, and some casual gamers, as I just can’t see Grandmother playing this game. Pick the game up it is pretty cheap.

Well I have spent some time with Dr. Mario Online Rx and can do a mini review of the game. Honestly I am going to jump right out here and say there is not much to Dr. Mario Online Rx because the game does what it has always done throughout the years throughout the many versions of the game. The game is almost exact in every way to the previous ones except it has the quick drop from later Tetris games.

Dr. Mario Online Rx has a couple modes but I feel I really do not need to go into them, as they are basically the same they vary but pretty much the same. You can play by yourself, against the computer, or friends. One of the sweet parts of Dr. Mario Online Rx is you can play against others across the globe via the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection I happen to be at 3779 rank against you all. I only have been playing the game roughly a week but once you know how to play Dr. Mario you never forget it. You can play against the world or you can invite friends or join friends to play against as long as they are registered as a friend with a friend code. Sigh!

Now the other cool part is that Dr. Mario got a Wii makeover version of the game, which I find highly cool. The Dr. Mario Wii makeover is called Virus Buster and it is basically the same as Dr. Mario but you can grab the pills and drag them to their destination while still being able to flip them around. This version of the game is highly innovative however the controls are extremely sensitive but this adds to the already large challenge of Dr. Mario. This version of Dr. Mario is sadly not online but can be played with 4 people for a rather fun multiplayer time of pill dropping, swapping, flipping, and dragging. Also I noticed while playing the Virus Buster version of the game you can point to the viruses on the right side of the screen and via pressing the A button the viruses will look back at you and if you point on a Mii that is fighting against the viruses and press the A button the Mii’s will state jokes, give you hints, or tell you to hurry up - quite a funny addition to the hectic gameplay of Dr. Mario.

In the game there is the same old music and sound as the previous version however the music has been updated and freshened up for a fresh sound.

In short Dr. Mario Online Rx is Dr. Mario but the addition of Virus Buster and online game play makes the game even more fun. This game is a nice cheap fix for Wii Ware gaming and I do suggest this game for anybody gamer or casual.

Well I have played in total of the first part of Lost Winds. Yes, I said first part, as the game will have many parts – To Be Continued. It took me about a Week to complete which is pretty fast when it comes to my schedule but despite the games short amount of game play it was one of the best games I honestly played in long time. The controls of the game are amazing with controlling the wind with various power ups. The game reminds me of Zelda Wind Waker but with more realistic graphics and less fighting. I would probably label Lost Winds as Zelda Light as it so reminded me of a Zelda game. Yes, this is a high praised compliment.

The audio is excellent when focusing on music and sound effects and the graphics are quite good compared to many other Wii games that are coming out in disc form these days. I would recommend this game to any gamer or casual and for 10 bucks it is well worth the price. I just want to play more of this game!!!

What happens when you combine exotic locations, trucks and buggies, stunts and whole hell of a lot of turbo? Excite truck definitely comes to mind. One of the Wii’s first games to be released is actually a good one. Excite Truck was developed by Monster Games for Nintendo. The game was inspired by the old classic Excite Bike and morphed into something more.

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When a bunch of imps get together all hell seems to break loose and when you throw in a fairy that flies around and an Evil Clown you have a mess. In Cocoto Magic Circus the Fairy says hey there is a strange circus in town and there is this wickedly cool looking clown throwing the gig let’s go check it out. And in old school monster movie rules everybody agrees and away they go to this circus in a big tent. Well when the Cocoto and the Imps with the Fairy get to the circus the wickedly cool looking clown meets them. The clown does a little dance and slight of hand and grabs the fairy in fairy-nap style. Now it is up to one of the four imps to rescue the Fairy. Well after selecting one of the imps you are equipped with a dart pistol to take care of business and how fitting with an old school gallery feeling in a circus tent.

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Well we just got another game for reviewing purposes and it is an interesting game. The game focuses on winter sports such as Speed Skating, Skiing, Bobsledding and the like. I have put a nice amount of time into the game and I feel I have a grasp of what the game is about.

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What happens when you have a Science Fair with the Son of the Grim Reaper as one of the participants? You get Death Jr and the Science Fair of Doom. In the game, Death Jr. and the Science Fair of Doom, we visit the life of Death Jr. and his friends at a school science fair where there are many different projects being shown off. One experiment is a rabbit with a demon tail attachment with an eyeball and an experiment of a Hamster that was feed chilidogs. Death Jr’s science experiment is his Father’s Scythe that Death Jr. always uses as his science fair experiment. Therefore, what is the big deal about the game and what happens to put you into the game? Well the Rabbit with the demon attachment should never be around a nuclear reactor that one of the characters just happens to have. This reactor turned the school into a glowing palace where many of the school children at the science fair were scattered all around the school and you must rescue them.

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