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Feb 1, 2008
DS Feature | N+
This weeks edition of Trailer Trash is bigger than Ron Pauls internet marketing team – its bursting at the seams with new trailers, tech demos, and gameplay footage. Naturally, weve sarcastically criticized each one for no reason other than its fun. Get comfortable, theres an express shipment of delicious streaming video on route to your eyeballs. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed This must-see tech demo shows off The Force Unleasheds three simulation technologies and how they work ...
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Jun 13, 2008
DS Feature | New Super Mario Bros
DS - New Super Mario Bros - Sintendo: The evil side of kiddy gaming

Troublesome cameras, rotten language and bare breasts: not things you’d normally associate with a Nintendo game. Okay, some of these occur in third-party titles, but the important fact is that each one carries the Original Nintendo Seal of Quality. And that means Nintendo approved them all. Not so bad for a company famous for its censorship back in the early nineties, huh? So the next time somebody pokes fun at Nintendo for being ...

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May 8, 2008
DS Feature | New Super Mario Bros
DS - New Super Mario Bros - The twenty thousand dollar videogame

You see it all the time in eBay game listings. "RARE!!!" Of course, this being the internet, it's usually part of the full listing "GEARS OF WAR FOR XBOX 360 – RARE!!!" but occasionally, it's justified. How many truly 'rare' games are worth the effort of tracking down? Here we take a look at the three different types of retro games and let you know whether they're worth the fuss. ...

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Feb 28, 2008
DS Feature | New Super Mario Bros

Distilled gameplay, old-school values and why you need never load another disc into your console again. We take a look at how new-gen technology has revitalised old-gen gaming and even sparked a new wave of superb retro-style games. ...

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Feb 11, 2008
DS Feature | New Super Mario Bros

We've killed billions of bad guys since taking up videogames. But we did actually feel bad about some of them, honest. Here they are. ...

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Jul 20, 2007
DS Feature | New Super Mario Bros
From throwaway ideas tacked onto games that aren't much to begin with, to genuine labors of love - gifts from the developers to you - the world of the bonus minigame is wide, varied and rarely more than a couple of minutes long. Here're a bunch of our favorites. Mario vs. Luigi in New Super Mario Bros An insanely intense two-player battle that turns the classic Mario platforming action into a feat of endurance. The aim is to be first to collect up to 10 stars, but if the players decide to ...
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Jun 2, 2006
DS Feature | New Super Mario Bros
Before you start worrying about collecting every star coin (see our video) in New Super Mario Bros., you should first know a few basic tricks to getting the most out of the adventure. Our video guide will show you in detail, but read on for specific details. 1. Use your items wisely The touch screen lets you hold a power-up for use at any time - if you're hit, just tap the item to bring it out and get your power back. But don't just tap when you feel like it, really pay attention to what ...
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Jun 2, 2006
DS Feature | New Super Mario Bros
So you've stomped through every world in New Super Mario Bros. - big deal. Do you have three stars next to your save game, proving you've literally completed everything the game has to offer? If not, chances are you're still looking for star coins, and we've got a helpful video to reveal five of the most deceiving ones in the game. If you need step-by-step instructions, read on. World 2-5 - Third Coin This early on in the game, you may not be thinking outside the perimeters of the level yet. ...
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Feb 6, 2008
DS Feature | Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword

On some level, roughly 95 percent of games have always been about assassination: go to point A and kill prominent entity B, fighting your way through goons C through Z to get there. Most games tend to come up with a morally justifiable pretext for all the violence, but more and more, we're seeing games that drop the act and let you be what you've secretly known yourself to be all along: a remorseless killing machine bent on destroying your targets. ...

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Jan 15, 2008
DS Feature | Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword
Jan 15, 2008 There's a great deal of hyperbole in the games industry. People will frequently make impossible claims like "Game X will haunt you for years to come" or "Game Y will change the way you view the world," but those statements just aren't true. In the case of this game, however, we can safely make a statement along those lines and mean every single word: There is no other DS game, action or otherwise, that can compare to the technical prowess of Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword. Its smooth, ...
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