Reviews: (according to gameinformer mag)

Legend: Title - Console(s) - Score

• Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition - PS3/360 - 9.5
  
• Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing - PS3/360 - 7.75
  
• Major League Baseball 2K10 - PS3/360 - 7.75
  
• Just Cause 2 - PS3/360/PC - 9
  
• MAG - PS3 - 7
  
• God of War III - PS3 - 10
  
• MLB 10: The Show - PS3 - 9.5
  
• Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll - Wii - 6
  
• Endless Ocean 2: Blue World - Wii - 7.5
  
• Calling - Wii - 4.5
  
• The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom - 360/PC - 8.5
  
• Napoleon: Total War - PC - 8.75
  
• Supreme Commander 2 - PC - 8
  
• Dragon Age: Origins-Awakening - PC - 7.75
  
• Heavy Rain - PS3 - 9.5
  
• Bayonetta - PS3/360 - 9
  
• The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks - DS - 8
  
• LittleBigPlanet PSP - PSP - 8.5
  

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Reviews: (according to nintendo power mag)

Legend: Title - Console(s) - Score

• WarioWare D.I.Y. - DS - 9.5
  
• Calling - Wii - 5.0
  
• Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love - Wii - 7.5
  
• Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions - DS - 9.5
  
• Infinite Space - DS - 8.0
  
• Racquet Sports - Wii - 6.5
  
• Sonic Classic Collection - DS - 7.0
  
• Deca Sports DS - DS - 5.5
  
• Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey - DS - 8.0
  
• Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins Of The Moon - Wii - 5.5
  
• Major League Baseball 2K10 - Wii - 7.0
  
• Rooms: The Main Building - DS - 7.0
  
• Squishy Tank - DS - 8.0
  
• Dawn of Heroes - DS - 7.5
  
• Crime Scene - DS - 5.0
  
• Again - DS - 7.0
  

tags: #game reviews, source: nintendopowermag

"Recommended" DSiWare Downloads

1. Bejeweled Twist
2. Bookworm
3. Electroplankton Luminarrow
4. Miami Nights: Life in the Spotlight
5. Rayman


"Okay" DSiWare Downloads

1. Army Defender
2. Castle of Magic
3. Electroplankton Marine-Crystals
4. Electroplankton Sun-Animalcule
5. Foto Face: The Face Stealer Strikes
6. Littlest Pet Shop
7. Master of Illusion Express: Mind Probe
8. Pop Island
9. Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam


"Terrible" DSiWare Downloads

1. Ball Fighter
2. Electroplankton Lumiloop
3. Electroplankton Varvoice
4. Master of Illusion Express: Matchmaker
5. Sudoku Challenge!

tags: #dsiware, #game reviews, nintendo, nintendo ds, source: nintendopowermag

"Recommended" Virtual Console Downloads

1. Blaster Master
2. Earthworm Jim 2
3. Shinobi
4. Solomon's Key
5. Street Fighter Alpha 2
6. Super Mario Kart


"Okay" Virtual Console Downloads

1. A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia


"Terrible" Virtual Console Downloads

1. The Combatribes

tags: #game reviews, #virtual console, nintendo, nintendo wii, source: nintendopowermag

"Recommended" WiiWare Downloads

1. Bit.Trip Void - 600 pts.
2. Cave Story - TBD
3. Flowerworks - 1,000 pts.
4. Little Tournament Over Yonder - 800 pts.
5. Moki Moki - 800 pts.
6. Rubik's Puzzle Galaxy: Rush - 600 pts.
7. Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 4: The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood - 1,000 pts.

"Okay" WiiWare Downloads

1. Diatomic - 800 pts.
2. Harvest Moon: My Little Shop - 1,200 pts.
3. Magnetis - 500 pts.
4. My Zoo - 500 pts.

"Terrible" WiiWare Downloads

1. Christmas Clix - 1,000 pts.
2. Copter Crisis - 500 pts.
3. My Dolphin - 500 pts.
4. Stop Stress: A Day of Fury - 800 pts.
5. Stunt Cars - 800 pts.

tags: #game reviews, #wiiware, nintendo, nintendo wii, source: nintendopowermag

January 2010 Evaluation Station - Downloads Section
(from Nintendo Power mag)

LEGEND: RECOMMENDED; ALMOST THERE; GRUMBLE

WiiWARE

1. "Aha! I Got It!" Escape Game - 500 points - ALMOST THERE
2. Carnival King - 700 points - ALMOST THERE
3. Dragon Master Spell Caster - 500 points - GRUMBLE
4. Family Card Games - 500 points - GRUMBLE
5. Frogger Returns - 500 points - RECOMMENDED
6. Ghost Mansion Party - 1,000 points - ALMOST THERE
7. Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 3: Lair of the Leviathan - 1,000 points - RECOMMENDED


VIRTUAL CONSOLE

1. Cybernoid - GRUMBLE
2. Golden Axe - RECOMMENDED
3. Fighting Street - GRUMBLE
4. Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures - RECOMMENDED
5. R-Type - ALMOST THERE
6. Street Fighter II: Champion Edition - ALMOST THERE
7. Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap - RECOMMENDED
8. Zombies Ate My Neighbors - RECOMMENDED


DSiWARE

1. Arcade Bowling - 200 points - GRUMBLE
2. Art Style: Digidrive - 500 points - ALMOST THERE
3. Battle of Giants: Dragons, Bronze Edition - 800 points - ALMOST THERE
4. Electroplankton Beatnes - 200 points - RECOMMENDED
5. Electroplankton Hanenbow - 200 points - RECOMMENDED
6. Electroplankton Nanocarp - 200 points - GRUMBLE
7. Electroplankton Rec-Rec - 200 points - RECOMMENDED
8. Electroplankton Trapy - 200 points - ALMOST THERE
9. Bomberman Blitz - 500 points - RECOMMENDED
10. Picturebook Games: The Royal Bluff - 500 points - RECOMMENDED
11. Robot Rescue - 200 points - RECOMMENDED
12. Sudoku - 200 points - RECOMMENDED
13. Viking Invasion - 800 points - ALMOST THERE

tags: #dsiware, #game reviews, #virtual console, #wiiware, nintendo, nintendo ds, nintendo wii, source: nintendopowermag

Reviews: (according to gameinformer mag)

Legend: Title - Console(s) - Score

• Assassin's Creed II - PS3/360 - 9.5
  
• The Saboteur - PS3/360 - 8
  
• Band Hero - PS3/360 - 7.75
  
• Guitar Hero: Van Halen - PS3/360 - 7.5
  
• God of War Collection - PS3 - 9.5
  
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex Edition - Wii - 6.5
  
• Tony Hawk: Ride - PS3/360/Wii - 5.75
  
• New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Wii - 9.25
  
• Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles - Wii - 8
  
• Need for Speed: Nitro - Wii - 6.5
  
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers - Wii - 5.5
  
• Silent Hill: Shattered Memories - Wii - 6.25
  
• Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage - Wii - 6
  
• Your Shape Featuring Jenny McCarthy - Wii - 7
  
• King's Bounty: Armored Princess - PC - 8.75
  
• League of Legends - PC - 7.75
  
• The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks - DS - 8
  
• Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines - PSP - 6.5
  
• Atelier Anne: Alchemists of Sera Island - DS - 5
  
• Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier - PSP - 7.75
  
• LittleBigPlanet PSP - PSP - 8.5
  

tags: #game reviews, source: gameinformermag

Reviews: (according to gameinformer mag)

Legend: Title - Console(s) - Score

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - PS3/360 - 9.75
  
• Borderlands - PS3/360 - 9.25
  
• Left 4 Dead 2 - 360/PC - 9.5
  
• DJ Hero - PS3/360/Wii/PS2 - 9
  
• Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony - 360 - 9.25
  
• Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising - PS3/360 - 7
  
• Dragon Age: Origins - PS3/360 - 8
  
• Tekken 6 - PS3/360 - 8.75
  
• LEGO ROck Band - PS3/360/Wii - 8
  
• LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues - PS3/360/Wii/PC - 6.5
  
• Tornado Outbreak - PS3/360/Wii - 6.75
  
• Demon's Souls - PS3 - 9
  
• Rachet and Clank: A Crack in Time - PS3 - 9.25
  
• Risen - PC - 8.5
  
• Rabbids Go Home - Wii - 7.5
  
• Wii Fit Plus - Wii - 8
  
• Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter - Wii - 5.75
  
• Half-Minute Hero - PSP - 8
  
• Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron - PSP - 6.75
  

tags: #game reviews, source: gameinformermag

Getting to know Bowser from the inside out was never so much fun.

Even if Square-Enix hasn't made a Mario RPG since Legend of the Seven Stars on the Super Nintendo, the legacy has successfully lived on thanks to some very quirky and innovative takes on the iconic Nintendo franchise. Alpha Dream's Mario and Luigi RPG series is one that has been going strong since its 2003 debut on the Game Boy Advance, all due to a combination of simple to learn, hard to master gameplay and lots of colorful humor. Bowser's Inside Story is the third game in the series, second on the DS, and this time around the adventure goes very deep into the very innards of one of gaming's most lovable villains.

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tags: #game info, #game reviews, nintendo, nintendo ds, source: nintendoworldreport.com

Here are the game reviews of October 2009 according to Game Informer Magazine. Enjoy!

The Scoring System
10 - Outstanding
9 - Superb
8 - Very Good
7 - Average
6 - Limited
5 - Passable
4 - Bad
3 - Painful
2 - Broken
1 - Advertars

( We play the crap so you don't have to )

tags: #game reviews, source: gameinformermag