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Calling Hands-On Impression

Calling on the Nintendo Wii is Hudson Soft's survival-horror RPG that fully utilizes the Wii Remote. Set to release March 9th, I had a chance to play the first few chapters of the game. Although I only I played through this short amount of time Calling had already given me mixed emotions as I played through it.

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Sakura Wars: So Long My Love Hands-On Impression

The Sakura Wars franchise is not well known to many people outside Japan. Having both a successful line of games, an anime series, and movie, Sakura Wars is one of Sega’s most popular and profitable series in Japan. Sakura Wars: So Long My Love first released back in 2005 on PS2, five years later it’s seeing a western release on Ps2 and Wii.

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The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces Hands-On Impression

Based on the popular novel series of Hiroshi MORI and the recently released animated film by Sony Pictures comes a great tale of war. Using the motion controls of the Nintendo Wii, The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces by XSEED Games and Namco Bandai is a game that will fully use the motion controls that I've been so eager to test out.

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Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon Hands-On Impression

Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon is a new action RPG for the Nintendo Wii. There are still a few months to go before the English language version is released here in the states, but I had a chance to play a bit of the Japanese version. So far I have to say that I’m pretty impressed, this is an action RPG that so far seems to hold it’s own against the bigger titles out there.

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Dead Space Extraction Hands-On Impression

I recently got some time to sit down with the final build of Dead Space: Extraction for the Nintendo Wii. I finished the first chapter and figured I’d write up a quick impression of the game thus far.

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Tatsunoko VS Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes Hands-On Impression

We recently sat down and tried out  the Japanese version of Tatsunoko VS Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes for the Nintendo Wii. The first thing we noticed was the similarities to past Capcom fighters such as Marvel Vs. Capcom.The only difference is unlike Marvel vs. Capcom, this game actually has some balance amongst it’s characters. If [...]

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