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BUY IKARUGA ON XBLA NOW

CajoleJuice — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:34:11 +0000

BUY IT

BUY IT NOW

Back when it was on Dreamcast and Gamecube, I never quite wanted to fully recommend it, since it’s not a game for pussies, and for $40, some people might complain about the short length (even though it’s a SHMUP). But now you can buy it for $10 (800 MS points) and can download it in minutes, I command you to buy it. Not to mention it’s in HD, and has online play and leaderboards. The game is probably now the best looking game on the service, has tight controls coupled with ingenius, simple mechanics, and is so difficult you will break your record for obscenities per minute while playing. But you will learn to enjoy getting your ass pounded by this game, over and over.

BUY IT

Buy N+ on XBLA NOW

CajoleJuice — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:49:38 +0000

Any game that features levels called “There’s no I in Teamocil” and “In Soviet Russia, N plays you” deserves to be bought for $10 bucks. It just so happens that this game also is incredibly fun and unique in its own right. You are a miniature ninja attempting to jump and slide his way through increasingly difficult levels of pure platforming goodness. It’s been available in freeware flash form on the PC for years, but there has never been controller support (unless you really know your PC shit). Now, released on the 360 with HD graphics and — obviously — controller support, the game is one of the best on XBLA, and arguably the most content-laden of any 800 point game on the service. 250 single-player levels and 50 co-op levels to conquer, with a bunch more for multiplayer race and survival modes. You can even make your own maps, but only the person who made the custom map can host a game using it, basically defeating the purpose. That, and horrific lag in 4-player online, are the only complaints I can muster. The game is totally awesome. Wall-jumping, lasers, missiles, and gibs in floaty gravity is an awesome formula. Don’t even download the demo. Just buy the game. I should’ve bought it a few weeks ago when it came out. Don’t make the same mistake that I did. Don’t wait. BUY IT.

P.S. The game is coming out for DS and PSP and I bet it’ll be at least 20 bucks.

Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

CajoleJuice — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:47:50 +0000

Yea, it’s a long name. But holy shit is it going to rock.

This is how it’ll look on your TV most likely. I always find the off-screen TV shots make games look better.

Here are a couple of other shots from Capcom’s blog…finally.

Ken’s Flaming Dragon Punch and Ryu on fire in HD…so awesome.

Even the player select screen kicks ass, although the player portraits could be better. Ryu and Ken both look a bit Mayan…

You can see them in high-res on the site here.

And in case anyone doesn’t remember what the original looked like:

Even if Capcom releases this at $15, it’ll be a bargain. XBLA is fucking incredible.