Mario Kart DS

Mario Kart DS is, by far, THE best racing game on the Nintendo DS so far, and it's been out for over 2 years now!

Mario Kart DS is basically a classic arcade racer. There isn't a storyline, and you have the usual racing modes, like Championship, and V.S. (aka single race). However, you also have modes like Missions, which have you complete somewhat funny tasks with your Kart, and Kart Battle, which places you in a arena with other racers, in which you have to use various Mario Kart weapons, like Red and Green shells, etc.


(the graphics look better than in this screenshot.)

Mario Kart DS, like other Mario Kart games, includes "classic courses" along with new ones. Classic courses are courses from past Mario Kart games. MK DS has courses from the SNES, N64, GBA, and Gamecube Mario Kart games.

My rating: 10.0/10

Mario Kart DS is arguably the best Mario Kart game so far. More characters, more courses, and even more weapons (expect a lot of multi-colored explosions!!).

Also, if you complete all of the championships with stars as your rankings, you unlock a character that will be familiar to many NES fans.... Let's just say he's pretty ..."mechanical"....

Need for Speed: Most Wanted (Gamecube version)

The Good: Outrunning the cops is extremely exciting; outstanding sound effects; sharp graphics; tones down some of the over-the-top product placement found in the previous nfs games; mindblowing full-motion video cutscenes.

The Bad: Racer AI isn't too bright at first, gets wicked smart later on; not enough mindblowing full-motion video cutscenes.

EA's long-running Need for Speed series took a trip underground a couple of years back when the developer refocused the game solely on illegal street racing. While the nighttime racing series was certainly successful, the lawless world was always missing one key factor: cops. This year's installment crawls back into the daylight. The actual racing hasn't changed too much, but the ever-present police make this game a whole lot more interesting.

Need for Speed hasn't had cops for awhile, and they make a welcome return in Most Wanted.
The game's career mode starts out with a hilarious bang. You take on the role of a nameless, faceless new racer attempting to hit the scene in the city of Rockport. An underground ranking known as the Blacklist governs who can race who, and when. You almost immediately run into a punk named Razor, who's definitely the sort of dude that lives his life a quarter-mile at a time. He's at the bottom of the list, but a few races later, he's sabotaged your ride and has won it from you in a race. Meanwhile, you're carted off to jail. Left with nothing but some mysterious help from a stranger named Mia, your task is to get back in the race game to work your way to the top of the Blacklist, which is now topped by Razor, who's using your old car to wipe out the competition. -- www.gamespot.com

My rating: 9.5/10

It's the best street racing game so far, at least until I can play NFS: Carbon.

Animal Crossing: Wild World

Animal Crossing: Wild World on the DS is a sequel to the Animal Crossing on the Gamecube.

AC: WW is considered by many to be better than it's Gamecube counterpart, for many reasons. One of those reasons is the improved multiplayer. Players can hang out with people from around the world online over the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Also, when the player is typing something, he/she doesn't have to scroll through half the keyboard just to hit one letter. Instead, you can tap out what you want to write/ say with the stylus on the touch screen.

For those of you who have never played any Animal Crossing game, AC is basically a game in which you have a virtual life. In that life, you have to pay off loans on your house, decorate your house with furniture, and hang out with the towns residents (which are all animals, thus the name "Animal Crossing").

Another thing that makes AC: WW stand out is that it all takes place in REAL TIME, with day and night, the whole works.

Animal Crossing: Wild World is a great game, but after a while it starts getting repetitive. Luckily, there are many unlockable items and activities, the best ones occurring when you invite someone into your town.

My rating: 9.0/10

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

Mario & Luigi: Partners in time is an EXCELLENT game for the Nintendo DS. The game is a rather funny take on Mushroom Kingdom and its residents.

In the game, Mario and Luigi must go back in time to save Princess Peach from mushroom-like aliens called "Shroobs". When they go back in time, they meet and team up with their baby selves in order to save the kingdom from the invading aliens.

Their are many funny moments in Mario & Luigi, but their are too many to tell in one blog. The most memorable battle, however, is when you have to fight Bowser and Baby Bowser. Whenever one of Baby Bowsers attacks misses, for example, he throws a temper-tantrum.

I would tell you more, but that would ruin the game.

My rating: 9.0/10

It would be a 10/10, but the final boss is IMPOSSIBLE.

Gears of War

Gears of War is the best game the Xbox 360 has so far. It's also the bloodiest.

Gears of War has some people saying that it will replace Halo. In my opinion, that's completely impossible. NOTHING can replace Halo, especially since Halo 3 isn't even out yet.

I don't know much about single player, but multiplayer is...well... impossible to deascribe!!

Although I haven't had a chance to play it yet, according to friends, internet resources, and X-Play (a TV show on G4, channel 354 on some sattelites) Gears of War is EXCEPTIONAL when it comes down to it.

My Rating: 10/10

ACES HIGH II

In my opinion, aces high is THE best MMORPG available. The game is free to downbload, and has over 80 WWII aircraft.

However, the program terminates itself 2 weeks after downloading, so after a while you have to buy it. Still, it's worth the $20.

AHII allows you to compete in dogfights around the world with amazing graphics and no lag at all.

AHII also has naval battles and land battles in vehicles. If you bail out of your plane, you can run around with a pistol. The programmers should have put more time into walking around, because you move to slow, and your arm and pistol look totally fake.

However, AHII makes up for all of this with awesome dogfights and spot-on flight simulating.

My rating: 9.5 / 10