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Woaah we're over half way there. Here's some games! Enjoy today's batch!

I covered Kororinpa back a couple of months ago for my Bargain Bin buys. It's a pretty good tilting, maze type balance game. The controls are fluid and it's got a high replay value with collectibles, a mirror mode, and challenge stages

Lara Croft Tomb Raider Anniversary is a remake of the first Tomb Raider for the PS1. It was a pretty solid outing even if some of the motion controls are a bit finnicky. Still, it's definitely worth checking out, even for other systems as it's an excellent remake of a great game.

Lego Batman combines the usual Lego puzzle platforming that you love with Batman. Inspired in some ways on the animated series, it's a really fun game. You get a campaign where you can play as the heroes you know and love or take control of the villains. It's a pretty decent game.

Lego Indiana Jones features the first three Indiana Jones movies (They saved the 4th with the sequel) as playable Lego adventures. Much like all lego games it's the usual puzzle platform, character switching experience Lego video game players enjoy

And another Lego game comes in Lego Star Wars the complete saga which combines episodes 1-6 into one package. Definitely a pick up if once again you enjoy the Lego style of games.

Let's Tap is a rhythm type game that requires you to lay your wii mote flat on a table and tap on said table or whatever flat surface you may have. It's a pretty fun game just for concept alone. There are some control issues as you'll have to make yourself up a little box stand to put it on (of which Japan got, but not over in the U.S. Still definitely worth a rental.

Line Rider Unbound 2 is a pc game ported over to the wii and it can be pretty fun. You'll be tasked with drawing lines for your snow rider to travel through in order to conqueor the story mode. There are create a level elements and other such things. Not a bad game by any means, but I really can't remember most of it either.

Little King's Story is a real time strategy, kingdom building simulator that showed up out of nowhere and impressed me a heck of a lot. I remember reading a review and thinking if it scored this highly it must be enjoyable. The story is humorous featuring a cast of characters that each has a unique personality to them. The kingdoms you set out to conquer are varied and vast. The monsters and enemies you fight are both fearsome and fun. In one such instance you're literally fighting a boss pinball style. The music is entirely based on classical music ranging from Rhapsody in Blue to Bolero. If you have yet to play it, you should definitely check it out.

Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked is a survival adventure game that isn't very good. I had some high hopes, but it's entirely too boring. More often than not the mechanics of the actual survival can hamper the fun. Your character constantly gets hungry or thirsty every 5 minutes and just about anything on the island can make you sick or kill you. It's not terribly hard, but I didn't really enjoy it.

Lost in Shadow is flawed, but fun. As I covered in my bargain bin buy review when it gets to it's latter half, the game is damn near brilliant, playing around with various light and shadow mechanics as you interact both with things in the real world and shadow world, rotating platforms, etc. However, it's far too short, far too easy (the game tells you that you have to be 21 grams to beat the boss, but I was well below that at only 17), and has monotonous key collecting.

MadWorld is a excellent song and an excellent over the top hack n slash/beat em up game. The cel shaded style is terrific, the story/commentary track is hilarious, and the boss fights are really fun. It can get a tad repetitive and the motion controls can hurt your wrist, but overall for Platinum Studios first game it was a hell of a title.

Marble Saga Kororinpa is another I coverd and is the sequel to Kororinpa Marble Mania. They added some cool things even if most weren't entirely necessary (such as a story mode). Overall however it was a brighter, tighter, enjoyable sequel that managed to surpass even the original.

Mario Kart Wii brough Mario Karting online and added Bikes (or maybe it did...I'm not sure) Either way Mario Kart Wii was super fun and I played the crap out of it back when it was released. It was fun, frantic, and absolutely enjoyable.

And for the last game of today's batch is a "New Play control" title. Although various games used the actual title such as new play control jungle beat and Pikmin, other titles that were ported from the Gamecube did not such as Mario Power Tennis, Super Sluggers, or even Pikmin 2. The new wii controls are pretty good overall. They don't hamper the experience and it's still just as fun as it was on the Gamecube. Definitely worth a look if you didn't pick it up.