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Take Home This Holiday’s Hottest Arcade Racer for the Wii and Nintendo DS

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A disappointing title that could have been far more than a generic hack-and-slash.

At first glance, Fairytale Fights appears to have all the elements needed to be an extremely unique and entertaining experience. There's brightly-colored cutesy characters with a lust for blood and carnage, what appears to be a ridiculous storyline filled with deliciously twisted versions of my favorite fairy tales, and protagonists which mercilessly hack away at innocent creatures within a world where only insanity prevails. Unfortunately, upon closer inspection, all I could find was a generic hack and slash with a bland storyline and a misleading coat of paint.

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According to a recent Q&A with Iwata, Nintendo will be testing the possibility of bringing demos to WiiWare.

During a recent Q&A briefing, Satoru Iwata discussed the market for WiiWare and DSiWare titles, as well as a future idea that may increase interest in both.

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The sequel brings the series into true video game territory while retaining it's musical tool roots.

Jam Sessions released on the DS roughly two years ago as a musical tool instead of an actual video game. As a guitarist, I had a natural interest in the title, and from pre-release information, it seemed like a competent product had been created. After some time with the game, it was obvious that the simulator had some interesting potential, but didn't amount to much more than a fun toy to play around with from time-to-time. Of course, when I saw that Ubisoft had made a sequel, I was interested to see what they could have possibly done to enhance the game further. After a short play session, it was clear that Plato vastly improved the two main modes found in the original game.

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