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  • Mario and Sonic at the olympics cheats for the Nintendo Wii

    Here are the some of the cheats for the fantastic Mario and Sonic Olympics for the Nintendo Wii.

    unlockable events

    400m Hurdles - Win Sunlight Circuit
    400m Race - Win Planet Circuit
    4x100m Relay - Unlock the Moonlight Circuit
    Advanced Class - get First place on the Moonlight Circuit
    Archery - Unlock the Stardust Circuit
    Big Bang Circuit - Place on podium on Universal Circuit
    Cosmos Circuit - Win Supernova Circuit
    Dream Fencing - Win Comet Circuit
    Dream Platform - Unlock Galaxy Circuit
    Dream Race Event - Unlock the Moonlight Circuit
    Dream Table Tennis - Win Satellite Circuit
    End Credits Sequence - Place in 1st on Big Bang Circuit

    Unlockable Emblams

    Aquatics Emblem - win a Gold Medal on all swimming events
    Bouncing Emblem - win a score of 10 on the trampoline
    [Character] Emblem(s) - Complete all missions with any character
    Complete Game Emblem - Unlock all events
    Crown Emblem - Complete all events with any character
    Dream Emblem - Get a Gold Medal on all dream events
    Field Emblem - Get a Gold Medal on all field events
    Full Play Emblem - Play all events
    Gallery Owner Emblem - Complete all gallery events
    Gymnastics Emblem - Get a Gold Medal on all gym events
    Hunter Emblem - Get 120 points in Archery
    Knight Emblem - Go 15-0 in an individual event
    Network Emblem - Connect to Wi-Fi Nintendo Rankings
    Olympic Record Emblem - Break a record on any event
    Penalty Emblem - False start on the 100m event
    Ping Pong Emblem - Win table tennis with a score of 11-0
    Rocket Emblem - Win the 100m event
    Skeet Emblem - win 40 points on Skeet Shooting
    Track Emblem - win a Gold Medal on all track events
    World Record Emblem - Break a world record on any event

    Their are a few more unlockables than this such as a few more events and some music tracks and i will add these as soon as i find them out.

  • Nintendo Wii review.

    Nintendo seem to be creating a reputation for themselves lately for being the most innovative and original games + console designers out their. Firstly with the stunning Nintendo DS and now the crazy Nintendo Wii. Not only have they utilized the touch screen control method of the DS but have come up with the mental wireless motion sensor controls. This involves the use of 2 hands on most games but you can just use the remote on its own on some games. you just plug in the necessary wires and some batteries in the remote place the sensor bar on top of the TV and away you go.

    This revolutionary new technology [ at least for home use ] has changed the way we play games traditionally by using movement to control most of the on screen actions. For instance if you were to be playing Tiger woods golf you would lift the Wiimote and play a shot in a very similar way to the real thing. And if you were playing boxing then you would hold the remote and the nun-chuck in a defensive boxing position and then thrust the remotes in a punching manor to throw a punch, and use the analog stick on the nunchuk to move around the ring. The sensors on the Nintendo wii are extremely sensitive and pick up the speed of the motions surprisingly well. i for one was very skeptical about this new style but i can gladly say that it works.

    The build quality of the Nintendo Wii is superb and the size of the console is a lot smaller than i was expecting. On no fewer than about 4 times has my friends Wii been accidentally kicked over [ at least thats what we tell him ] only for it to be fine. My brother owns the Xbox 360 and that broke when someone accidentally kicked that, started making crunching noises and stuff, but i'll review the Xbox 360 another time.

    Graphically the Nintendo Wii is not as good as the other next generation consoles. With no HD support and a much lower spec graphics engine. However the Graphics are still sweet enough to please most. But the Nintendo wii is a lot cheaper than it's rivals so you can't complain at that. Nintendo have always focused on gameplay and originality and cost before graphical ability. The sound quality is great too with explosions and gun shots sounding nice and cinematic.

    As well as a range of unique games available, the Nintendo hosts a vast range of peripherals. The basic package just comes with one remote and nunchuck but theirs all sorts of different deals on the Nintendo Wii.

    For years i have been a Nintendo fan, through thick and thin i always new they were the daddy's. Thats not to say that i don't like Sony, Microsoft and sega because i have owned their machines in the past as well and enjoyed them. But theirs always been something special about Nintendo to me from the classic super street fighter 2 on the snes to the awesome golden-eye on the Nintendo 64. Not to mention the unbeatable Mario and legend of Zelda titles, I just think that Nintendo have always made the best games. I am glad Nintendo are doing well with wii and the ds at the moment as this insures the existence of a excellent manufacturer. the the nintendo wii is an easy console for anyone to grips with So if your thinking of getting one of these you should, trust me you won't be disappointed. Check out my blog for more Nintendo Wii and DS cheats and reviews. Games

  • Nintendo Wii Games cheats Guitar Hero 3 Codes

    These are the Games cheats codes for the awesome Guitar Hero 3 on the Nintendo Wii. just go to the options screen then to the Games cheats section and play the following codes. Enjoy.

    G=Green, R=Red, Y=Yellow, B=Blue, O=Orange.

    Games Cheat Effect;

    Hyperspeed:
    (YO) (Rb) (RO) (Gb) (RY) (YO) (RY) (Rb) (GY) (GY) (Yb) (Yb) (YO) (YO) (YB)

    Y R (RY) R Y O Unlock all songs in Quick Play
    RY) (Rb) (RO) (Rb) (RY) (Gb) (RY) (Rb) Performance Mode
    GR) (GR) (GR) (RY) (RY) (Rb) (Rb) (Yb) (YO) (YO) (GR) (GR) (GR) (RY) (RY)(RB) (Rb) (YB) (YO) (YO) Precision Mode
    (BY) (GY) (GY) (Rb) (Rb) (RY) (RY) (BY) (GY) (GY) (Rb) (Rb) (RY) (RY) (GY) (GY) (RY) (RY) Air Guitar
    (GR) b (GR) (GY) b (GY) (RY) O (RY) (GY) Y (GY) (GR) No Fail (does not

    work in career mode)
    G R G Y G B G O G B G Y G R G (GR) (RY) (GR) (Yb) (GR) (BO) (GR) (Yb) (GR) (RY) (GR) (GY) Large Gems
    (GR) (GY) (Yb) (Rb) (BO) (YO) (RY) (Rb) Easy Expert (does not work in

    Career mode)
    (GRbO) (GRYb) (GRYO) (GYbO) (GRYb) (RYbO) (GRYb) (GYbO) (GRYb) (GRYO) (GRYO) (GRYb) (GRYO) Unlock Everything (no sound plays when you enter these chords)

    Thanks I will be posting more cheats for guitar hero the exellent Guitar Hero on the Nintendo Wii shortly.Home Page

  • American consumer panel

    This is another highly reccomended website that i have been a member of for some time. quick and easy to register and lots of customer testemonials. on average you will recieve about 3 survays a month which pay at anything between $10-$50 whats more if your lucky enough to get choosen for focus groups then these pay a minimum of about $25 not bad for 10 minutes of your time eh!

    their are a lot of sites like this i have tried but most of them pay you peanuts or points which can be used for exchanging for vouchers or prizes, but with American Consumer panel you get a check maid payable to you at the end of the month. The only emails you get from them are invites to survays, focus groups etc. my only complaint about this company is that i wish they did more survays! so if you want to make a bit of extra cash and make your opinion heard [the results of the survays often go to top magazines and news shows] then this is well worth a look. you can find the link at the side of this page that takes you to are partner site their you will find a direct link to this the website at the bottom of the page. well wort a try thanks.

  • RADEON X1300 PRO [ graphics card ]

    Hi all
    Just thought id review my old graphics card.The RADEON X1300 PRO.
    This card offers unprecedented realism and visual quality to you with true support for Microsoft Direct x9.0 and Shader model 3.0 technology
    The card offers more than just blistering frame rates and fluid graphics with realisticand dynamic lighting,The RADEON x1300 pro features threaded core graphics, ATI'S Awesome avivo V.D.T .
    SPECIFICATIONS:

    Plug-in graphics card;
    PCI Express x16

    ATI RADEON X1300 PRO
    Core clock speed 600 mhz

    RAMDAC Speed 400 MHZ
    OpenGL,Direct x9.0

    256 MB - DDR 2 SDRAM
    Video output - 2560 x 1600

    Monitors suported 2
    TV Interface HDTV Out

    ROhS

    The card it;s self is a nice deep blue color with an awesome looking gremlin design on it. The build quality is superb too the sort of quality we;ve come to expect off ATI RADEON.I have run many games on it before some top spec ones as well, such as F.E.A.R. Dirt, Quake 4, Command and conquer tiberian wars, and Age of empires.The graphics maitain a smooth frame rate and can handle some awsome effects .However i did experience some visual problems on some games, such as Quake 4 and pro evolution soccer 6, there was a strange line running down the screen every few seconds distoring the picture a tiny bit as the line went down. No idea what this is could be Maybe it's somthing to do with the pc i dont know. nevertheless i found this very anoying and ruined the game for me. But that was just on a couple of games out of many.

    The RADEON X1300 PRO comes complete with some nice features such as AVIVO which enables superb high definition options. Enhances digital video, games, photos, ensuring sharp images and crisp text. It also comes complete with all the cables needed to connect to your pc and TV.I paid 55 pound for my one from overclockers uk but you can get them now for around 35 quid from dabs,overclockers,pc-world,or any good pc retailer.

    All in all i am pleased with this card the graphics are crisp, sharp, and the color is fantastic great for photos, films and games. For the price i would say i;ts well worh alook. cheers.

  • Juiced 2 Hot Import Nights [ Nintendo DS ]

    HI all.
    Juiced 2 hot import is just another run of the mill racer which you collect cars, tune them up and race against other tuned cars to earn money. nevertheless the tracks are good.The handling is ok too,and the graphics are great lush 3D.

    You'll find most of the game modes you;ve come to expect from games like this. The career mode is split up into 10 categerys, each of which contain a number of different tracks,with events such as eliminator,perfect lap,and drift challenges. Winning the events is you;re main goal, but you also need to do specific challenges to unlock new cars and move on.These goals include winning bets tailgating certain opponents,and scoreing points drifting.as you go through career mode ypu will unlock cars,parts uprades paint jobs.Some good cars on offer such as mistubishi, and lotus, and nitros oxide.

    Handling is best desribed as loose,forgiving,heavy.easy to drift round corners when you need to.Crashing into gaurd rails dosen't slow you down too much.You get plenty of nos to play with.The tracks are a bit small, but have satisfying straits and bends that will give you hours of driving fun.

    Each race has 4 drivers,The tracks are small ish so 4 is ok.The AI is somtimes predictable and robotic,The opponents race the same line all the time.thay finnish in the same order every time too.One intresting part is you can pressure other opponents off course.The pridictable AI dosent kill all of the fun, but its still a bit disappointing.Multiplayer mode is better but you;ll need 2 copies of the game as it doesent support download play.

    Graphics.................8/10
    sound....................7/ 10
    gameplay.................7/10
    lifespan.................7/10
    Ov erall.................7/10

    Juiced 2: overall i am pleased with the game but it could have been a better.The graphics are the best thing about this game.Still worthy of any racing fans collection. I got mine for $25 in blockbuster, but can be found at asda, game, hmv, blockbuster,
    thanks.

  • Colin McRea D.I.R.T [ X-BOX 360 ]

    D,I.R.T. is the latest realese of codemasters take on the Colin Mcrae rally games.D,I.R.T.as the title sugests is an all new look in the series with full HD graphics.Thats not to say that fans will be dissapointed in the game.D.I.R.T.veers a good bit further into arcade territoy than earlier games ,but is still a blast to drive, and some

    truly stuning graphics.
    There are have been plenty of driving games that look impresive,but very few live up to the HD visualson desplay in D.I.R.T.the game is a benchmark in next generation racers in track design,car,and damage modeling.The cars are beautifuly rendered,highly detailed models that look so real you can even see the brake calipers woking.You can loose

    most of your body parts such as
    bumper, sideskirts, wheels, hood, exhuast, loads of stuff. The tracks are just as beautiful from the monsoon ridled mountains of japan to the dry desserts of australia,to the tarmac rallys of italy,and the country roads of the the UK.

    All these great visuals come at a cost though ,the frame rate suffers somtimes and i noticed slow-down on a few races,especially on tracks with multiple cars on the track.so expect some performance problems unless your running a top of the line pc.slow-down is not as much as the 360 version but still is anoying.
    One problem with D.I.R.T is the mutliplayer lacks a lot of the game modes theres only hill-climb and rally.the usual way of online play is available your dumped in a lobby with a choice of servers then you vote on a track.you cant pick a car you want just random all the time which is dissapointing.

    When you stop stairing at the graphics you are presented with six game modes including, rally, rallycross, hillclimb. crossover, time attack and rally aid.the game does a good job in easing you in to these modes. explained by Travis pastrana at the start of an event.
    Realistic damage does happen alot but the game stil has an arcade feel to it .but this dosen't by no means make this easy once you get past the first few events things really get dificult The handling is a bit floaty and can feel likr your not on the track a bit..

    Some exellent cars in D.I.R.T. and 4x4 including. subaru, mitsubishi, toyota, shogun, 206, and loads more.50 cars to unlock in total.As well as a series of the game throws 60 events at you and 150 car extras to unlock.
    GAMEPLAY.....................8/10
    GRAPHICS.....................9/10
    SOUND........................8/10
    LIFESPAN.....................7/10
    OVERALL......................8/10

    All in all i'm pleased with this game but was expecting a bit more from codemasters, the multiplayer is the only thing i'm truly dissapointed with but that said i think you should give it a try if you like driving games. The game costs around 25-30 pound from all good games stores.

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  • Nintendo DS Lite

    Hello there. thinking of buying a nintendo ds then well you should and this is why. The Nintendo ds is an awsome little portable console.with the ability to go online and play the rest of the world for free. Yep no more bank sapping online fees like you get with sony or microsoft. The quality of the nintendo is second to none. I dropped mine and it was fine. I also like the fact that you can play multiplayer with just one cartridge via wireless download play. The graphics are impresive for the size of it.
    You can easily fit the Nintendo into your pocket, making it a true portable console. With plenty of games for all ages, the ds is a versatile handheld and well worth the money.

    If you tried to buy a DS in december like my brother did doh! Then you will already now how popular they are now. This is great for nintendo but nintendo could have sold more last christmas easily. Stock supplies are still in demand. My brother went to by one from asda the other day and they were sold out again. So my advice is phone to check on supplies or look online.

    However if you do get hold of one then I can recomend some essential games for you. First of all is the all time 42 classics game only 16 pound from hmv,asda,game,etc.This is a great game to get if you can only afford one.some of the games on the cartridge include chess,darts,texas hold em,5 card draw,drafts,blackjack,bowling,connect 5,battleships,pool,and many more. Oher games i recomend include mario cart,metroid prime,race driver create n race, legend of zelda the phantom hourglass, All these games are great and work online too via wi fi.battery life is about 4-8 hours depending on volume and screen brightness. You can just use the power pack though when close to a mains socket. You can also close the DS whilst playing to save battery life,sort of a like a fancy pause button. I love my ds and im sure you will too, trust me buy it! Thanks for reading.

  • Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 [ X-BOX 360 ]

    Tiger woods has been a successful series in the video game industry for a long time. The company responsible for the franchise are the American based Electronic Arts [E.A] games. Every year they bring out a follow up to the last game. This does my head in a bit because i think they could make better games if they spent longer making them.
    This latest rendition is somewhat disappointing as the game is practically the same as Tiger woods 07 but with a few extras thrown in. Graphically their has been some improvements such as the trees, grass and people all look a little more crisp and color full. The controls are the same as before were you use the analog stick to swing your golf club and tap a button to generate spin and power.

    You start your career as either a rookie Tiger Woods or a created golfer with limited skills. You gain better skills for beating other opponents and climbing the career table. Because your golfer is rubbish to begin with you Will find that the first dozen of games or so are long and difficult. But things get a bit better when you have earnt some skills. The game rewards your efforts by giving you cash for completing challenges and matches . You can then use this money to buy new golf clubs, hats, gloves, balls, clothes, all sorts of stuff.
    Before you start your career you have to create your own player kit them out and choose their attributes. you can also upload your best or funniest shots onto the EA Sports Gamer-net . this allows people from all over the world to view your shots. this is a good little extra that wasn't their in the previous games. The multi-player livens things up a little with matchplay. the game is very glitchy with golfers vanishing and trees popping up in the background this is not what you expect from a so called next generation game!

    Ratings:
    Gamplay........................7/10
    sounds..........................8/10
    Graphics.......................8/10
    lifespan.........................7/10
    Overall...........................7/10

    Tiger woods PGA tour 08 is not the best in the series by a long way, after playing the Nintendo wii version of tiger woods 07 this did not impress me much. It always seems to me that EA have a habit of taking 1 step forward and 2 steps back , i would say that only every 1/3 games they release are better than the last . If your new to the tiger woods games then it's probably worth a look, but if you have tiger woods 07 then i would stick with that. The game costs around 30 pound from all good games stores. thanks for reading please feel free to leave a comment or ask me any questions.

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