It’s me, Mario! Yep, it’s time to play that friendly, Princess saving, astronautic plumber again in the sequel to the fantastic Super Mario Galaxy. But this time Mario is joined by Yoshi too. See, I like Yoshi. I find him a lot more interesting and useful than Luigi. In Super Mario Galaxy 2 Yoshi has loads of really great skills and assets, like his massive tongue and insatiable appetite. Yoshi can simply eat and poo (coins) his way through levels planets. He also sulks and runs off when Mario gets knocked off him, which looks very cute! Luigi, to be honest, is a less fat, green Mario with few skills. He certainly can’t poo stars for start. Boring. Yoshi for the win.

In part 1 of this review I talked about the plot exposition and death. Here, I’m going to talk about controls and movement. Movement and Environment I have to admit, when I first saw the visual style of this game, I thought it looked absolutely bollocks. The characters appear to be 2D cartoon models against
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I love Ubisoft’s new Prince of Persia game. It’s not perfect, but it’s as damn near close as I’ve ever seen.

The Super Mario gang is back. Peach has been kidnapped by Bowser and Mario must save the day once again.

Age Rating: 7+ (PEGI) What is it? A platformer starring Daxter a wise cracking orange ottsel. Is it fun? Yep. Is it worth the money? Yes, and since its been out for a while you can pick it up cheapy-cheap second hand (e.g. £14 from Computer Exchange) Why? In a nut shell, it’s fun, looks
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Age rating: 7+ (PEGI) What is it? Update of the “classic” side-scrolling, platformer starring Arthur the Knight. Is it fun? No. Annoying and frustrating, yes. Is it worth the money? £24.99 No. Why? To be honest I never really liked the original Ghosts n’ Goblins game when it was released in the arcades during the
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Age Rating: 3+ What is it? Lego Star Wars 2 – the original Star Wars trilogy, enacted with Lego people. Is it fun? Yes, if you intend to play most of it with other people. Otherwise, no. Is it worth the money? £29.99 Yes. Why? It’s cute. It’s as adorable, quirky and funny as the
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