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Great review James, and I especially loved the tagline reference.

You can get a Yellow one now too. I'm on 1970 points now, so close, but I have nothing left to register.

Damn, by the time I get the 330 Star Points I need to buy it I just know it'll be sold out.

Well done to the three winners, it was really tough narrowing my selections down because there were so many great entries.

Amazing week. With the release of Flipnote Studio and Mario Vs. DK I'm finally interested in DSiWare games other than the Art Style titles. If only the DSi still wasn't so out of my price range...

"Sans Nudity" - my small amount of interest for this title has gone.

Thanks for the kind words everyone, I appreciate it.

@Auron586: Thanks, forgot about that last one. I'll get that amended ASAP.

I haven't downloaded MLAAK yet, but I may try this if it gets a good review.

Really good update, I hope Bit Boy!! turns out to be great.

Congrats to ejamer, great tweet.

Forgot to post my Twitter just in case: http://twitter.com/shortay01

Made my entry, although I hope I did it right because I'm a mega Twitter-noob.

@LEGEND MARIOID: I wouldn't be surprised if they just reviewed the Gamecube version.

@PhillepinO: "I only care for the gameplay (which it excels in) and the robust online multiplayer" - I assume you've played the game to make a comment like that then. In that case, how are the multiplayer modes, especially the free for all ones? If the online's good I may consider this. Also, what makes the gameplay so good? The motion controls, or is the level design just really good?

Meh, I might have cared more if the game looked less generic and samey. I was really looking forward to it until I saw a substantial amount of media on it and now I probably won't even buy it.

Great podcast James, I really enjoyed listening to it.

These Art Style titles are still the only DSiWare games that interest me, so I'll need more incentive than that before investing in a DSi. I'd love to try the Art Style games though all the same.

Great review Drake as usual. I'll definitely download this one when I get some points.

Looks pretty darn good I must say, and when I check out the review here I'll definitely consider downloading it.

By the way, Daemon Hatfield just commented on his review on IGN and said "look for it monday", so that and the fact that the review was written by a North American makes it very likely that you guys will be seeing it in NA then.

Day one buy.

I hope it does come to the Wii for those who only own that console, but I'll be very surprised if it's the superior version as the focus in the latest Call of Duty games has been online play. Friend codes? No thanks.

I won't grit my teeth; I shall look forward to finally playing this on XBLA.

That would be awesome. Hopefully it's true; SIlver is by far the best entry in the series, in my opinion, and I'd love to play a graphically-enhanced version with more features.

Brill review James. Got this today based on your review and the multitude of other high scores it's gotten, and it really is fantastic. Granted, I'm only an hour or so in but it's just so charming and full of life.

@Nanaki: Thanks!

@Adam: By 6 players I did mean the actual board game. Sadly with the Wii version only up to 4 players can take part at one time, either by passing the remote around or with separate ones.

Quantity of questions is actually a strong point - I barely (if ever) came across the same questions twice. They're really diverse too.

I much prefer the PSP over the DS. It may have a smaller gaming library but the games it does have are fantastic while many DS titles are shovelware.

Great job guys, the new site looks great!

@KnucklesSonic8: 6 players (including yourself) can take part in games online.

@tkubas1: Firstly, I did not say that I wanted the developer to "change" the game once in my review. I was disappointed that the game didn't try to innovate at all and I felt that extra features could have been added during games of texas hold'em, for example a better interaction with other players (especially online opponents) or even something as simple as a wider range of customisation.There's a difference between what I said and what you claim. You're of course entitled to your own opinion, but how can you say it "realy deserves a 6-7 rating" when you've never played it?

Good shout Adamant, that's pretty much what I meant to put across with the review. Reading into the score too much is evident in a lot of these comments, but a '5/10' means average on this site. Even then, if the game got a 3 or 4 that doesn't mean that it's a bad game.

The point of a review (well my reviews anyway) is to give a potential buyer some information on different aspects of a game, weigh up the good and bad points and to offer some opinion. Please don't immediately dismiss this game because it's not an 8+/10. Obviously this kind of game won't be for everybody, but your enjoyment of it will depend on how much you enjoy sims of poker, and even then newcomers could really like it too. It doesn't do anything extraodrinary or anything really bad, which is why I gave it a 5/10 - to me it's average.

PS: Thanks for the kind words guys.

I hope we don't have to wait too long for Majora's Mask, but it really is fantastic that it's coming, hopefully soon.

Fantastic review Corbie! I was hoping this would fare better, as I'd heard such good things about the first game.

Great review Dazza, I'm actually quite interested in this one. I'm a sucker for platformers but I'll still probably wait another few weeks before picking it up.

Great debut review, Steven - very informative and well written. Welcome to the team.

Quite a poor week in my opinion, but I'm still looking forward to trying Snowboard Riot. The less said about Beer Pong the better though...

@container1024: I'd say the game would be a fairly decent choice for a child of that age, although she won't get a lot of variety in it. A simple but fun game she may enjoy also is Pop.

@Wiiloveit: I agree with you there. That mini-game in the first mode felt tacked-on and a desperate move by the developer to add some variety, but it just comes off as cheap.

Thanks for the positive feedback everyone; it wasn't easy or particularly pleasant reviewing this one, but I really appreciate some kind words.

I'm really looking forward to trying this one, looks very interesting indeed, and I'm pleasantly surprised by the score.

@Digiki: Yeah, it's definitely not a bad game, just slightly below average because of the several flaws I mentioned in the review. Big fans of the toy shouldn't hesitate in downloading it anyway since the WiiWare version is so similar to it - they just shouldn't expect much at all apart from that nostalgia.

@Wiiloveit: Great review!

@Bahamut ZERO: Perhaps a 5/10, seeing as it would add a bit more to the game. Bit unfortunately it's not so.

I'm very interested in seeing the review for Onslaught - I really hope it plays as good as it looks.

@Shadx: Assuming you're referring to the Pop-Up Pirate review, it should be up sometime tomorrow.

Not very many have downloaded it going by my thread on VCF, even if it's a fairly restricted reflection on sales.

Brilliant first review Scott (I've never seen a better response to a first one!) - very well written indeed.

I was hoping that Hudson would pull it out of the bag again for this one, but it seems it's not so. Still, I may try it sometime.

Great review Paul

I've been really impressed with Hudson so far, so I hope its success continues. An FPS on WiiWare would be great.

@KnucklesSonic8: Sorry, I should have mentioned the size. On my European Wii it takes up 123 blocks.

Pretty disappointing update, I was hoping for more than one game at least. First (and very early) impressions of Lonpos: addictive, but very bland and overpriced.

Not too good. I'm not interested in either of the releases, although going by how many WW games I've downloaded lately that's probably a good thing.

Got this a few days ago and it's brilliant, probably my most worthwhile WiiWare game yet.

Also, I didn't really read your review of World of Goo till now Corbie, but well done. It's a fantastic review.