Illegal Alien at Ryerson...How about Some Reviews?

Well I am wasting time at the local Ryerson and figured I would do up a review or 2...though since my 360 is out of commision, I haven't played anything of note or long enough for PS2 and I don't own a PS3...both will be Wii reviews. Not that theres anything wrong with that....its just that i don't own a Wii, and it seems every time I play I want one just a little bit more.

WarioWare: Smooth Moves - Wii
9/10
If you've played any kind of WarioWare before be ready for more of the wonderful same. Random Mini-games a plenty and every single one has its own art style. I love the art and randomness to death, its a game that forces you to think and perceive. Also possibly the only place it falls short. Every WarioWare is in the habit of dumping you face first into the games with little to no instruction. Though as I said it forces you to think and do what should be considered the obvious action for the mini-game situations. But if your new or retarded you will fall flat on your face repeatedly. It's a steep learning curve and unfortunately alot of people have too tight an asshole to relax and figure things out. Otherwise WarioWare is a wonderful group and single player game with lots of entertainment and gameplay that lasts, if not for fun then for perfection of all the mini-games.

Metal Slug Anthology - Wii
8/10
Basically one of those get-what-you-paid-for-which-was-on-the-label kind of things. Metal Slug Anthology is the quintessential collection of the Metal Slug series having every iteration of the game from the beginning. Gameplay is simple with the nice ability to use almost anything to play the game, a GC controller, the wii-mote in different positions, one even said "Nunchuck only". I didn't try it 'cause I was afraid. :P
The graphics are slightly cleaned up and the levels have been increased in difficulty with tweaks to enemy counts and boss patterns. The reason for this is the fact that you have unlimited continues. ...believe me you'll need it, on average I died 30+ times per level.
My only issue was that it is quite simple, the graphics are fun but not stellar, loading screens...yes for some reason there are loading screens...break up gameplay at times, and some control aspects are annoying....like having to shake the wii-mote to throw a grenade.
Otherwise it's a good buy, but only if you like really simple gameplay or metal slug.

Ok, that's all folks.
Until Next.

Waiting on a Dream....well Actually just Future Shop

Holy Crap....did you feel that!? The whole stopped time thing that just happened...I think it's been like a year or something....wow.....yeah... I'll stop.

So how about that nothing since forever with the blogging. Well if you missed my stuff I'm sorry, I didn't have the time or interest, more so the latter.

How about I welcome you back to my life with some current events recap and the such.

Since October my 360 has been in and out of the shop...the Future Shop. My box started to scream and slow down as well as freeze so I took it in to the Shop. So here's my policy: If the product requires more then 3 repairs it will be replaced, Each time it is in for repair they have 60 days to repair it.

First Turn In:
Box Status - Slow, glitching, Chronic Freezing, screaming fans (...and not the good kind), and random loose piece rattling inside, otherwise in good condition

58 days later, Received Status: Still loud fans, Scuffed Case, Original box is "fucked up", Freezing reappears in a week, and so does the rattle (yeah I don't know how a rattle reappears).

After realizing they fixed nothing, I attempted a swap with another 360, turns out it has the 3 red lights of death. That is the state I turned the box over to Future Shop. They know it could not be fixed without being refurbished by Microsoft. They still send it in for repair, I was unable to convince them to give me a new one.

Second Turn In: 3 weeks after received
Still waiting on return....they have less then a month...

So thats that drama....I want my fucking box back....

I have purchased Lost Planet, Superman Returns, Arcade unplugged, and Table Tennis since my box has been gone....and I was in the middle of Viva Pinata when it started to die again.

Never buy anything expensive at Future Shop. Get it at Wal-mart of Costco....you say there is something wrong, they toss it and give you a new one.

Anyways...ya so when I can play games I will give you sufficient reviews....I might think up some for the Wii games I have played on my friends system...Wario is awesome.

Until Next.