Forza Motorsport, developed by Microsoft Game Studios,is a racing simulator video game exclusively available on the Xbox gaming system. This game has been recognized as one of the most realistic racing simulators for any of the best-selling gaming platforms since it was first launched. With its stylist and challenging gameplay, impressive features, astounding graphics, best engine sound effects and realistic upgrades and tuning up, Forza Motorsport brings a new approach to catch the attention of most racing gamers.

Forza features vast selections of 233 cars which have different styles and modes. In this game, the cars are divided into several classes that are arranged depending on the model and level of car's performance. It follows an alphabetical hierarchy from Class A down to Class D, in which high performance cars are part of Class A and the standard vehicles are included in Class D. There are also two exceptional classes above Class A which are Class S and Class R. Superior cars such as Enzo Ferrari and Porshe Carrera GT belongs to Class S and in Class R, purpose-built race cars or the so-called non-production vehicles are included on this division.

To make the game corresponds closely with real adventure of driving, Forza Motorsport's car can be also upgraded. This means that you have the ability to personalize your own car depending on what styles or designs you want. To create custom designs, you can choose from over 100 layers of vinyl that can be placed on each side of the car. You can even change its color to fit your personality and taste. For some beginners, this tool set is difficult to utilize because of its complexity, however if it's used properly and efficiently, the player will be able to create spectacular and impressive designs that will certainly stands out among the other styles of manufacturers. Upgrading the cars also deals with modifications of “engine and power” and “chassis and drivetrain” that will definitely improve the overall performance of the car.

The most impressive feature of Forza is the Xbox Live, giving you the chance to experience playing this game online. This enables you to participate in an online career mode that will let you to find and race against other people for some more exciting and challenging game play. This also allows you to form car clubs that will give you an easy way to look for a likeable group of people to race with. Another striking features in this game are the fantastic graphics and cool engine sound effects that certainly give more life to the game. These highlights add more fun and excitement to the game because the player can able to feel the real experience of driving a real car.

In the end, Forza Motorsport stands as the best Xbox racing game on the market because of its great customization options, well-organized and realistic game play, and impressive features.

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Super Mario Galaxy, developed by Nintendo EAD Tokyo, is this year's much-awaited 3D action adventure game exclusively made for the Wii platform. As what's always expected from any Super Mario Series, Mario's escapade on the galaxy is full of excitement, fun and thrilling action sequences that will surely carry this sequel to success. From the title itself, most of Mario's adventure is on the outer space along an immense chain of miniature planetoids. This is the first time to see Mario back in action in the world of outer space and defeat his main antagonist, Bowser.

The game's story revolves around the celebration of Princess Peach and her citizens of a remarkable centennial event, passing of Comet over the Mushroom Kingdom. As things went wrong, Bowser and his legion interrupted this feast and made an attack by launching asteroids and crystalizing the toads. Mario's adventure starts when he tried to stop Bowser from kidnapping Princess Peach, but unfortunately he was hit by a magical attack from the Comet that brought him to the outer space, a place above the Mushroom Kingdom.

Just like other adventure of Mario Series, he is also assigned to collect and complete sacred objects to save Princess Peach's life. But to make this game unique among the other previous titles, this time, he will need to gather 120 Grand Stars which can be awarded to him when he completed the tasks or defeated his enemies. In order for Mario to reach the final level and save the life of Princess Peach from the hands of evil Bowser, he must jump or launch from planet to planet to gather items and overcome some obstacles created by his enemies. Since his adventure now is on the outer space, he must also focus from the force of gravity as it prevents him from drifting off into space. This cause the player to have a difficulty in circumnavigating rounded objects. Another factor that affects Mario from his jumping ability is the varying degrees of gravity used to pull him towards certain planetoids while in mid-flight.

One of the most impressive and innovative features of this game is the cool power ups of Mario that includes the come back of Super Mushroom and Fire Flower Power Ups. These classic features are very much-awaited because its their first time to appear in a 3D Mario platform game. There are also new added features such as “Ice Flower Power Up”, which enables Mario to freeze water surfaces in order to produce icy platforms and “Spring Power Up” which wraps him inside of a spring and allows to jump very great heights. Another most interesting feature is the astounding transformation suits of Mario which give more colorful designs and styles in this game. It includes the Bee Suit which transforms him into a bee and the Boo Suit which transforms him into a Boo Ghost. These fantastic transformations provide the player of special powers and abilities that help them to easily attack and defeat their enemies.

Beyond any doubt, Super Mario Galaxy is one of the year's much awaited and spectacular-looking Wii titles. It is truly great to see Mario, the famous Italian plumber, take his quest for the first time in the amazing world of outer space. With its exciting game play, new and fun adventure, creative story, fresh designs and styles filled with bright colors and amusing crystals, Super Mario Galaxy is certainly going to be a game to watch out for.

“Carnival Games”, published by Gold Star Software, is a video game for Nintendo Wii Platform. It is a fun game intended for the whole family. Its collection of amusing and entertaining mini games will surely make their past time worth and enjoyable. It includes over 20 family-friendly games that will give excitement and joy to all family members. Since it is considered as a perfect multi-player game, playing this game will keep the family bonding intact. In that case, some busy parents will give more chance to stay close and make bond with their kids.

As mentioned before, “Carnival Games” has a vast selection of mini games to choose from. It includes Alley Ball, Balloon Darts, Shooting Gallery, Hoops, Shoot for the Stars, Great Swami, Frog Leap, Hole-in-One, Lucky Cups, Nerve of Steels, Day at the Races and other fun games that are definitely enjoyable to play with. The games are made easy and simple in order to play and recognize by most kids. Its game play also adds more excitement to most kids because they can be given some prizes and rewards depending on their score when they completed the game. The colorful designs and unique styles that can be seen in this game are truly amazing. These mini games will certainly remind us how great the real carnival games are.

In the end, “Carnival Games” is a fun collections of mini games that are highly-recommended for the whole family. This is not just a game that is fun to play with, but it also makes the family stay closer with each other.

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Super Paper Mario, the third game in the Paper Mario Series, is originally developed for Nintendo Game Cube. However its developer, Intelligent Systems, a division of Nintendo has switched this game on the Wii platform for some game play improvements and unique innovations.
Unlike with the previous games in Paper Mario series such as “Paper Mario” and “Super Mario Bros” that have only role playing style game, this time, Super Paper Mario is blended with some elements of platforming game play that makes it stands out among them. This new combined package was created out of a desire to add some new styles in the gameplay but still managed to retain its classic concepts and familiar look. This sequel has many never before seen features such as switching from 2D to 3D dimension, creative story, unique funny dialogue, fun and entertaining characters and better game play with some new puzzle elements.

The adventure began when Count Bleck, the main antagonist in this game, forced to marry Princess Peach and Bowser in order to create a blasphemous object called the “Chaos Heart”. This destructive object will be used by the evil count to open an interdimensional rift known as “The Void” that will finally destroy the entire universe. The only way for Mario to banish the Chaos Heart and reverse the destruction is to complete 8 Pure Hearts. These sacred objects should be gathered in order to stop the bad plans of the evil count and eventually save the world from obliteration. Although Mario is the main star in this game, the player will come across with some other characters such as Princess Peach, Bowser and Luigi that have different powers and abilities. Switching Mario to these characters will help the player to easily overcome the obstacles and to reach the final level. Aside from the special powers of Mario's members, the player will also see new companions known as pixls which will join him on his quest to gather Pure Hearts and defeat the evil count.

Now that the game is switched to Wii platform, playing Super Paper Mario uses enough Wii features so that the players will barely notice its platform switch. Instead of using the classic pad for playing this game, the players can now able to use the wireless wii remote as their new controller. Aside from this, it's unique feature to switch from a 2D perspective to a 3D world is the best changes for this game. This transformation helps the player to get over with some obstacles in 2D, to discover new routes and to solve new amazing puzzles.

Although Super Paper Mario has encountered bad criticisms on its effects on camera and audio, these negative feed backs have not succeeded to turn down this game. Its overall features such as creative designs, switching from 2D to 3D, accessible game play, amusing dialogue and entertaining characters have made this game fun, exciting and enjoyable to play with. In fact, Super Paper Mario is truly a remarkable adventure and is considered as one of Wii's best game on DVD.

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The third game in the Halo Series,Halo 3, has become a phenomenal hit world wide when it was first launched. In fact, Microsoft has confirmed that this game has achieved the biggest entertainment launch in history on its opening day and made a remarkable trademark as the hottest selling title in the video game history. Among the previous title in Halo series, which are “Halo: Combat Evolved” and "Halo 2", this game is considered as the most awaited sequel on the series because of its never before seen features.

Halo 3 is a first-person shooter video game that is exclusively available on XBOX 360. Its overall design and amazing features are definitely behind its success. The game play of Halo 3 becomes better and hotter because of new cool features added on this game that have attracted more gamers to engage in playing this game. It introduces new weapons and vehicles in the game that made the battle and actions more exciting and thrilling. Machine Gun Turrets and Flamethrower are the new weapons in this game that help to increase the player's firepowers. Halo 3 also added new class of reusable items that have various effects and functions on their enemies. This weapon is called Equipment that helps the players to have their own protections through out the battle. It also features a strong vehicle components, with new vehicles that can be used for their attacks on their enemies.

Forge is another good feature of the Halo 3 game. This tool is a new flavor to the Halo series that adds more excitement and fun in playing game. Most gamers consider this feature as the coolest addition to the game play of Halo 3. This enables the players to insert game objects into existing maps. By using this tool, the players can able to place and move almost all weapons, vehicles, and interactive objects on maps.

Another cool feature of Halo 3 is the ability to save a copy of multiplayer campaign game data to their Xbox 360's hard drive. With this kind of feature, the players can able to watch and view the action from almost any angle and any player's perspectives. They can even slow down the speed of the game as well to view its reverse game play. Most gamers described this saved film feature as an excellent training aid because it helps them to gain valuable tactical insight into the strategies of other players .

There's no doubt that the tremendous success of Halo 3 game has contributed a lot to the sales record of Xbox 360. In fact, the sales of Xbox 360 has been doubled when this game was first launched. And now, Halo 3 is recognized as the best xbox 360 game.

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Nintendo have released so many video game consoles on the market for the past years. Among all their launches, there's definitely one that stands out and makes a huge difference, and that's Nintendo Wii. This video game console has made a big name on the market for its undefeated high gross sales, since it was first launched. It has also made a remarkable trademark to those gamers for its innovative design and advanced features.

Wii is the Nintendo's fifth home game console. Compared to the other previous video games they have released, Wii has a greatest impact to most game fanatics and those who are fond of collecting video game consoles. In fact, most gamers consider it as the coolest game console because of its unique accessories and compact design. The superb features of Wii are some of the good reasons why people from all ages get attracted and be amazed to it.

One of its distinguishing features is the Wireless Wii Remote that can be used for pointing purposes and motion-sensing abilities. As a pointing device, this helps the player to be more comfortable in playing because they are no longer require to come near to the console just to choose or change a new game. In that case, it helps playing game more accessible to people. Wii Remote also makes playing game more exciting and fun, since the players do not need to use the classic controller. It also includes speaker and expansion ports intended for connecting additional input devices such as Nunchuk. By connecting Nunchuk on the wireless wii remote, the players can detect the acceleration or movements of their characters that makes playing more enjoyable. Some gamers consider this Nunchuk as an ideal partner for Wii remote because they can use Nunchuk's analog stick to assist them in character movements and wii remote to perform a specific actions. Another distinct feature is the Nintendo DS Compatibility in which Wii system supports wireless connectivity with the Nintendo DS. This allows the players to use some accessories of Nintendo DS such as Microphone and touch screen as inputs in Wii games without any additional accessories. For this reason, it would be an advantage for those people who owned Nintendo DS console because they can able to use them again in playing Nintendo Wii. Online connectivity is another great feature of Nintendo Wii. This provides Wii to have an online connection from the Internet by using WiiConnect24 and Wi- Fi connection. Through WiiConnect24, it enables Wii to receive messages and updates from the Internet while the console is on the stand-by mode. By means of Wi-Fi Connection, the players can able to facilitate free Internet play of Wii games.

Indeed, Wii is truly one of the greatest achievements of Nintendo Company. Its overall compact design and features are the main reasons why most people are encouraged to have their own Wii.

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Now that we are moving forward into the new millennium, kids, are also influenced by modern technology in choosing what games they want. Since the technology is getting advanced, playing games through internet was made possible. For this reason, most games they desire usually involves online connectivity and interaction. Today, online games are popular because it is fun, challenging and exciting to most kids who are games enthusiast. These games are also continuously developed in order to attract their attention and increase their passion for games.

Online game is considered as the first choice of the kids in playing games. Instead of playing the usual or common type of games such as playing basketball, soccer, football and other games involving physical activities with their friends, most of them prefer to play with online games. For them, playing online games would keep them up with the new trends of modern technology or to belong to the society of internet connection. They also find it more challenging enjoyable, and exciting because it can be a multi-player game. Through playing online games, kids can able to meet new friends and can able to play with them using the same video games. In that case, they can challenge their new friends from some other place or country because the scope in finding players has a wide range. They also find online games more interesting and fascinating because they can have a chance to interact with their real opponents.

Indeed, online games are truly the next generation game. Without online games, playing games with interaction from some other players or opponents are not possible. They also continue to catch the attentions of most kids as well as the old ones because they give more fun and excitement to them compared to other common games. Playing online games give kids more challenges because of the participation of other players from different places.

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