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     With only a measly day left until Ubisoft’s new Prince of Persia comes out on the XBOX 360 and Playstation 3, some of the fans are surely feeling the anxiety.  I, not being a huge Prince of Persia fan prior to this game, don’t know everything about this series history.  But since waiting patiently for this game since I saw something about it earlier this year, I have really anticipated playing it.  

     The game’s story is one of classic dark vs. light.  There was a battle between light and darkness long before the game took place and light won.  So light had locked the darkness up in the Tree of Life, which in time ended up in a forgotten desert.  Of course there were warriors guarding the tree to make sure that no ally of darkness could unleash the inner evil that had long been forgotten.  2000 years had past and finally darkness prevailed.  A descendent of that group of warriors, Ellka, searches for someone to help her once again defeat evil.  And it wouldn’t be a Prince of Persia game if there was no Prince, so as you might have guessed, Ellka finds Prince and they go on to (hopefully) restore the world to its light side.  

     I have been waiting for this game but seeing as I’m a little short on money, it’s looking like a good christmas present.  This game is being released in the U.S. on December 2nd.  

     Well just a couple days ago I purchased Animal Crossing:  City Folk for $15 cash out of my pocket (I had $38 bucks in gift cards).  I bought it because of the unlimited casual play you can get out of it.

     I’m not entirely new to the Animal Crossing series.  I had the Gamecube one for a little bit and it was fun to try to collect the NES games so i could play them.  Excite Bike was the best one that you could play, for sure.  I remember my house got cockroaches in it after a while so then I just kinda gave up.  

     Today was Day 2 for me in my little town of Tintaria.  Let me explain the name.  I had just had some chicken tempura the day before (or a couple days) and it was really good so I figured name it after that.  I didn’t want to name my town Tempura because that would be too obvious.  Well anyway thats the name of my town.  Today is day 2 and my house is already at its 2nd size.  I have a interior theme going on.  The Beach.  My wallpaper is set as the sky, I have a beach chair on the side of my room, in the corner is a propane stove for cooking up the hamburgers.  You just have to bring your own box of Cheez-Its and its a trip to the beach!  Once I’m able to, I’ll upload some photos of my house, and my town to the site so you guys can see whats going on.  Well until next time, keep playing video games.  

I was just thinking that a list like this would help with the holidays coming up and everything.  Its a list of the most playing you get out of a game for the cheapest amount of money spent.  

5.     The Elder Scrolls IV:  Oblivion (Greatest Hits PS3 $30 Target (currently sold out))

           This game come in number 5 due to its outrageous length.  This is a great RPG that you will spend hours of your life.  One of the amazing things about this game is that you can go anywhere you want to.  However I advise not getting too sidetrack if you ever want to actually finish the game.  The story line is fun and demonic.  You get to open up some sweet gates that take you to the realm of “Oblivion” (gee I wonder where they would get a name like that).  Anyway for only $30 bucks for the PS3 this game gives you many long hours.  

4.     BioShock (XBOX 360 $40 Target)

             Next on our countdown is BioShock for the XBOX 360.  Yes it is also out on the PS3 but its currently still priced at $60.  This game is an excellent First person shooter horror title.  As the game begins it thoroughly freaked me out, and as it continued it didn’t get any less scary.  But as you continued to upgrade weapons, the game gets better (which getting better from good means its really good) and more in-depth.  This game is on our list because of the “scare appeal” and the fact that you save $20 bucks on a game that could still be making $60.  

3.     Animal Crossing:  City Folk (Nintendo Wii  $50 Target)

             Coming in at #3 is the recently released Animal Crossing: City Folk.  This game just came out November 16th, so it is still its original price.  I put this game on the list due to its ability to draw in players and keep calling them back to decorate there house.  This game is about every day life.  Talk to you friends and neighbors, fish for money, plant flowers to spruce up your yard, buy a nice couch to match your rug and wallpaper, and much much more.  Warning:  This game may cause addiction.  Here it is at #3 because you can play it for the rest of your life, just don’t let it replace your real life.  

2.     Resident Evil 4:  Wii Edition (Nintendo Wii $20 Wal-Mart)

             There was a big toss up in my mind about what took first and what was slid into second.  And seeing as RE4 is here at 2 apparently it didn’t win.  Not that it wins a prize if it comes in first.  Anyway this game was WAY worth it when it came out for $30 bucks and now that its down to $20 you’d have to be either a fool or conservative not to buy this game.  Good classic shooting zombies game.  It utilizes the Nintendo’s Wii motion controls pretty well, its still one of my favorite Wii games.  This game obviously made it here to number 2 cause its ridiculously low price and amazing gameplay.  

1.     The Orange Box (XBOX 360 $20 Target)

             When I started this list I knew that this would be number 1, that is until I thought about RE4 then I had some doubts, but my mind is made.  This is without a doubt the best deal.  5 amazing games on one disc should definitely be worth more than $20 bucks.  But hey, I’m not going to complain.  I bought this game when it was at its original price, and it was still by far worth it.  In this game is Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode 1, Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Portal, and Team Fortress.  All those Half-Life 2 games are different games and Portal, O man, Portal is an amazing puzzle game that literally baked my noodle for me.  Just the concept of making portals basically anywhere took me a while to get used to.  Team Fortress is a FPS that is only online so if you don’t have XBOX Live, STILL GET THIS GAME.  Its an amazing deal.  5 Great games, one cheap price.  WOW.  

            So there you have it, Clixgames Top 5 “Bang for your Buck” games.  I would like to let you know that these prices listed are when buying New games from stores.  I didn’t take into consideration the fact that you can buy used games from various game stores.  Also the prices are rounded to even numbers most of the games are 1 to 10 cents cheaper than actually listed.

      The Super Nintendo was and is and will perhaps always be one of the greatest video game systems in history.  It’s got tons of truly innovative, amazing games.  One of those gems is a well known rgp called Chrono Trigger.  You play as Chrono and your out to save the world (I know, how original).  Other than that the games story is awesome, thats all you need to know for now.  I will have more information in my review sometime.

      The game is being remade for the Nintendo DS, with some adjustments made.  Honestly, I would buy it even if it was just a straight up port of the original.  The graphics are pretty much untouched which I think is a good thing.  They added some new sidequests, added a multiplayer monster arena, and even a new unlockable dungeon.  Since this is on the DS, there will be some use of the touchscreen, even though it might be just for the menus.  Again, more on that in the review.  

      Arriving just before thanksgiving, November 24th couldn’t be any further away.  I am really pumped up about this game.  I cannot wait to get my hands on it.  I am proud to say that I will be rocking the original DS with this game.  It just feels better to me.  That’s all I have for now folks, have a good night!

So this is it, actually tomorrow is it but yesterday was the closest Virtual Console release to the two year anniversary mark of the Nintendo Wii.  And what did they release?

For the Super Nintendo we get Spaced Invaders:  The Original Game.  This game probably made a lot of money when it was in the arcade.  It in itself isn’t a bad game, a little dated but still pretty fun.  The thing is, its just that with the 2nd anniversary of the Wii I figured that the game would be a little more Nintendo than Spaced Invaders.  Like, I don’t know, Maybe Majora’s Mask?  But I won’t talk about Majora’s Mask right now.  Anyway  I was really wishing it would be more about Nintendo than about third party this week.

Next on the VC list is Forgotten Worlds for the Sega Genesis.  I haven’t played this game but looking into it it kinda reminds me of Contra.  This is a side-scrolling shooting game.  If you’re a fan of this genre, by all means get it.  Like destroy everything on the screen kinda deal.  So as you can see, this is not a First party title.  But at least we are still getting VC games.

For the WiiWare aspect of things comes number 4 in an ongoing series of which I am a fan.  Strong Bad’s cool game for attractive people Episode 4.  I’ve enjoyed Homestar and Strong Bad since 2002 so when I heard (a while ago) about the Strong Bad episodes on WiiWare I was excited to see the gang doing some outreaching.

So these were yesterday’s release on the Virtual Console.  Not quite the games we want to see but hey, they could have been a lot worse.  We could have gotten Shaq Fu (no offense to Shaq).  Well this is Tuesday and this has been a Virtual Monday.  

       “Animal Crossing: City Folk” is a Wii game made by Nintendo.  It is one of their first party titles, the third in the series to be exact.  The first game came out on the Gamecube, and the second one for the DS.  One of the games unique niches is the ability to use Wii Connect 24 and the brand new Wii Speak. 

    The game is about creating your own town and character.  You can customize your characters shirt, hat, pants, anything really and make them very unique.  You can also customize your house as well as a ton of other areas of the town.  ”City Folk” as it is called implies that there is now a city.  You travel by bus to the city and visit everything from the hairdresser to furniture shops.  Part of the game is also just living: interacting with various characters, fishing, gardening, etc.  You can really use your imagination here. 

    Utilizing Wii Speak, not only can you invite other players into your town, you can now communicate with them using the new microphone attachment.  You can trade, buy, and sell items, talk and hang out, go fishing, you name it.  Now I’m sure this will use all of those much loved “Friend Codes” to connect, but I guess that’s the price we have to pay to have fun.  

    You can also hook up your Nintendo DS if you have Animal Crossing: Wild World, and trade your items from that game to City Folk.  

    This game just came out two days ago so get to it!  This laid back game looks to be great fun, relaxing fun.

That’s all for tonight city folks, goodnight.

If that isn’t a long game title I don’t know what is.  This is a remake of one the most acclaimed fighters of all time.  People still play the original Street Fighter II just like people still play the original Counterstrike.  The reason they do this is because these games are legendary, perfect.  

The one thing that everyone will immediately notice is the visual style.  The graphics are incredible.  HD looks gorgeous, especially on a 2-D game.  The characters animations are fluid and amazing.  Another thing that is a big upgrade are the backgrounds to every match.  Every level has very animated scenes in back of the players, sometimes so lively that you forget who you should be punching at!  

Besides the visual overhaul, there are some changes to the players moves and also a full online mode.  You can take your skills and fight people from all around the world to see who the true world warrior is.  I’ve heard from beta testers that the connection speed is fast and fluid, and there are no hiccups during matches, which in any fighting game, really matters.  

Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix will be available for download on the  Xbox Live Arcade, or the Playstation Network sometime this month, which means within two weeks.  This will surely tide me over until Street Fighter IV.  More on that later.

Valve, the company of Half Life fame, is about to release a first person zombie shooter called “Left 4 Dead”.  The single player element is designed so that you play several “movies” each in a different setting and each with their own terrifying “infected”.  The infected are the zombies and there are many kinds of them, from ones that vomit up on you which causes your screen to be all blurry green to ones who travel in packs and ravage you as they tear you apart.  

In the single player you play as one of the “survivors” trying to survive through the madness.  From the videos I’ve seen, this game looks crazy.  It’s really fast paced and looks like it will get your blood pumping.  The multiplayer is another huge aspect, probably one that will take up most of your time.  This mode also has  co-op which is a nice touch.  You can play as either the survivors or the infected in an all out brawl.

With heavy hitters such as Gears 2 and Resistance 2 this fall this game might get slightly overlooked, but this game is worth the purchase just as much as the other two.  After all this is Valve were talking about.  Expect the game on shelves November 18th 2008 for the PC and Xbox 360.

Hey all.  Clix Games is finally back up, thanks to our awesome Technical Administrator.  He is good.  Anyway, today is a saturday, and since I haven’t posted (this time it is due to technical problems, not negligence)  in a while a figured I should start off with my Classic gaming series.  

Today I’m going to reminisce about Super Mario World.  This is an incredible game.  It made its appearance stateside in August of 1991.  It has since been released on the Gameboy advance and on the Wii Virtual Console.  When the game came out it became a promotion for the SNES.  If you bought a SNES you would get Super Mario World with it.  While this didn’t last long it certainly boosted sales for the SNES.  

This game is sometimes known as Super Mario Bros 4.  And like all the other games in the series became an instant classic (Well Super Mario Bros 2 was good but not in the same sense as the rest of the Super Mario Bros games.)  The things that made the other Mario games soo great are also in this game.  I was thinking last night while I was playing World, “What happened to all the Items from SMB3?.”   I missed the P Wing.  The things about Super Mario World that I like better are as follows:  Yoshi is a big help in time of need, When you have a mushroom and there is a feather in the air, and you get hit and loose your mushroom you can still grab the feather and get a cape,  There are secret endings to a lot of the endings, and you can fly forever with a cape.  

This is one of those games that I have memorized where things are in levels and how to get to the secret worlds and levels.  How convenient is that?  What else can you use that skill for?  Certainly not studying, thats for sure.  Anyway, I’ve played this game over and over again and it still has plenty of gameplay left in it.  Easily one of the best games in the history of ever.

Hmm. The Boston Red Sox lost.  But thats not the only thing that happened today (well technically it happened really late last night but it was close enough to call it monday.)  Today one game was released on the Virtual Console.  That game was one that has not been seen in America except for a collection game for the PSP.  Gradius 2:  Gofer no Yabo.  Its another side-scrolling shooting game just like the first game of the series.  It basically is the same thing, just with some upgraded weapons and a new concept in some levels.  The new concept is a level that is dedicated to bosses.  Throughout the level you face many bosses and hope to survive.  Well this game is for the TurboGrafx-16 and is 900 Wii points.  Other than that game, nothing else came out on the VC today.

 In other news, on the WiiWare.  The Incredible Maze, and Tetris Party hit up the WiiWare this week.  Hmm, I’m seeing that the Wiiware so far is mostly for puzzle games, I mean, I could be wrong.  They have released at least two or three games that weren’t puzzle games.  The original Tetris was probably one of the most played games in the world, My mother still loves this game.  I really hope that Tetris Party delivers the quality that has been known for most of the Tetris series.  The Incredible Maze, hmm this game better be pretty good, or else the name might fall into false advertising.

 So yet again we have more puzzle games.  Don’t get me wrong, puzzle games are fun, when they are good.  Its just, honestly don’t you think we have enough so far?  I mean are people really buying so many puzzle games for WiiWare that they need to keep pumping them out?  If people are, then I’m sorry for criticizing, I just find it hard to believe.  This has been one puzzling Virtual Monday.

Can you find your way through these puzzling games?