Sin and Punishment, a fast-paced rail shooter, never got much of a chance to succeed outside Japan. Though it had English voice acting and required little localization (the subtitles were in Japanese), it was released close to the end of the Nintendo 64′s life cycle, but became a popular pick when it was released on the Wii’s Virtual Console service. A sequel was almost guaranteed, and Sin and Punishment: Star Successor made its way across shores, to the delight of many of its fans.
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Say what you will about Ubisoft’s handling of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles licensed games since they took over for Konami around 2007, but you have to admit that the green guys are still marketable after years of comics, films, animated series, action figures, and even video games. The time around, Ubi and Game Arts have brought PlayStation 2 and Wii owners a new kind of beat-em-up in the vein of the Super Smash Bros. series (which Game Arts assisted in development), which seems to take most of its aspects from the 2007 film and the 2003 cartoon.
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…and that’s why The Angry Video Game Nerd, The Nostalgia Critic, and Spoony are here. Perhaps it’s just the inner schadenfreude in me, but I’ve been catching up on some of these guys’ reviews, and found a few really funny gems: the Nerd’s Atari Jaguar retrospective (Part I and Part II), The Critic’s review of North (and his reviewing partner/nemesis The Nostalgia Chick’s look at Xanadu), and Spoony’s review of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. That last one is an easy target, I know, but surely someone with more Internet fame than me had to have managed to finish that game and made a video of it.
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Two months ago, I gave my opinion on Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, a series we seemingly had to wait forever to watch legally since the dissolution of Geneon left it and several other completed-but-not-released titles. Long story short: liked it, wished there could have been more. Luckily, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s, the direct sequel, picked up on some of its predecessor’s weaknesses. For one, no crazy/excessively cruel villains. It’s kinda weird watching a fight and having trouble justifying the defeat of the “bad guys” when you realize that their goals sort of have a purpose, too. Secondly, there’s much more action in this one (as Nanoha, Fate, Arf and co. have multiple opponents to contend with, rather than the random monster-of-the-week).
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So, I’m finally caught up on my anime watching, having just finished Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha’s first season to complete my collection. What did I think of it? Well, I guess I could share my thoughts, if you have a few minutes (cut for spoilers):
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