Sampage! Sampage! Sampage! AKA "The Blogmaster" has been playing with his Wii again. We entrusted him with reviewing the iconic "Super Mario Bros" a task only he could do having reached the higherechelon of Geekdom!
Now we know Mario has his hardcore followers take a listen below, and check out what Charles Martinet (aka the famous voice of Mario) had to say about playing the character. Also we wanna know what you guys think, have you played the game, or you planning on getting as a Xmas present for someone?
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Part two of the renaissance based action adventure game A.C.2 has returned. Now there was something about the 1st edition that caught the imagination of gamers.
This time around the developers tried to be different in the design, where stealth is the name of the game. Set in Florence Italy during times Assassins Creed 2 tries to take it to a higher level. The 1st and most striking thing is the look of this game. It really is beautiful, the recreation of mediveval Italy looks very realistic.
Another feature of the 1st episode was the movement around the city.
The way your character moves runs and jumps is a joy to watch and you will take a real delight in making death defying jumps, balancing on flag poles and leaping 5 storeys down into a cart filled with hay. (Whoop Whoop). All of this has been improved with even more realistic movement and some killer finishing moves and talking of killer moves over 20 new weapons have been added.
A new approach to stealth has been employed. You can now hire people to cause distractions like throwing money in the street to cause a riot and thus help you escape from a sticky situation. (Very Cunning).
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In the quest for world domination of your living room two of the major console makers have announced the addition of several features to their machines to make the even more enticing.
Nintendo Wii have unveiled an update for the BBC iplayer to allow you to watch programmes on the Wii without turning your computer on. This will be available from Wednesday 18th November - Heavy! Check it out right here.
Microsoft have gone even further by totally revamping the Xbox desktop, with their new Xbox Collectivee: Twitter, Facebook, Last Fm and Zune are being added, so social networking online radio and media serving facilities are all going to appear on the 360. In particular Zune looks interesting because this should allow you to listen to music, videos and other content from your P.C on the Xbox. More details to come. Check this out here.
At this rate you'll never leave your living room again!
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