While everyone else has been buzzing about XBOX 360′s forthcoming motion-sensing control “Project Natal”*, I’m buzzing about this announcement, Super Mario Galaxy 2 is coming! We’re suckers for a good game of Mario around here and no doubt we’ll be hibernating with the Wii this one when it comes out. Yoshi will be playable in the sequel, and can be inflated to float to new areas. Other than that there doesn’t appear to be any other major news or a release date relating to the title yet, but for now you can peep this video from IGN.

*Personally, I’m reserving judgement on this new XBOX 360 motion control shit until I see it in action (much like DJ Hero), I need to be convinced that it will work the way its ‘sposed before I get excited.

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After the jump are four Playstation 3 games (some will be on the 360 too) I’m looking forward to playing when they come out. What’re you anticipating on the videogame front?

God of War III

If you’ve played the first or second then you know this game is the shit. Mean graphics, awesome gameplay and a story based around Greek mythology… meanage. Due: ???

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Street Fighter IV

What more do I needa say. If you’ve got an arcade joystick for your PS3 then you’re good to go – nevermind gold coins at the spacies. Due: tomorrow!

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Killzone 2

I never really played the first one but I’ve played the demo of this and it blew me away. This is gonna be like Resistance for grown ups or Gears of War‘s big brother if you’re an X-Box owner. Due: next week.

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Resident Evil 5

To be honest I haven’t really messed with this franchise since part 2, but I’m keen to see what it’s like on the next generation consoles. If they can make it even half as scary as Dead Space (you should play that shit if you haven’t already) then aw mate.

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My boy Jay put me on to this. If this doesn’t make you wanna jump on some goombas, warp through sewer pipes or punch bricks to get coins then you must be too damn young. Props to Jesse Tugboat – the man behind the 8-bit goodness (thanks to all those that pointed that out in the comments). Check the tracklist after the jump if you can’t work out the songs.

8-bit Hip Hop medley

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Jay-Z — Dirt Off Your Shoulders
T.I — What You Know
Chamillionaire — Ridin’
Ludacris — What’s Ya Fantasy
Bonecrusher — Neva Scared
Twista & Kanye — Overnight Celebrity
Ludacris — Move Bitch
Lil’ Jon — Get Low
Kanye — Gold Digger

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Let’s hope that the edited version we’re getting in NZ doesn’t spoil the fun…

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*interestingly this doco shares some of the same soundtrack music as one of my other favourite doco’s Scratch.

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For those of you that can already clock normal tetris up like this dude, you can now literally step it up to the next dimension. I had a crack at this and I was fucking hopeless, I can’t do that spacial shit. But I’m lame at normal tetris too, anything where you dont do fireball or dragon on the joystick aint really my deal. Some of you guys might be good though. Play it HERE

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Since Super Mario Galaxy I’ve acquired a new reason for D. to visit me, that is Guitar Hero III. In fact our New Year night was spent thrashing out rock songs on my toy guitar haha, great fun and even the wahines got involved. My flatmate sent me this video of a turntable mod for Guitar Hero that’s pretty clever and looks a bit more fun than that lame DJ game that came out a few years ago (I think there’s still one at Yifans).

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So the new Mario game is out now for Wii – Super Mario Galaxy. My routine when i go round to Glacier’s house generally goes something like this. Walk in the door > say hello > walk to lounge > turn on xbox 360 > play Halo 3 online for the next 2 hours. Sprinkling it with the odd grunt of conversation here and there. Last time I went round though, I was gutted to find no credit left on the Xbox live account, what a fucking disaster. I love Halo 3, but single player doesnt even feel like a game after playing online… it feels like a chore.

Due to the dire circumstances, Glacier’s suggested I play the new Mario game they’d acquired recently on Wii. I havent played a Mario game since … sheeit, Mario Kart maybe? And I was a bit skeptical as to how enjoyable manoeuvering the cartoon plumber could be, especially when compared with shooting shotguns and throwing grenades at various cunts online.

How wrong I was.

The game is fucking mean-ah. Admittedly I view Mario with a somewhat rosy tint being that the N.E.S was the first console I owned, but nostalgia aside.. Nintendo really know how to make games. The controls with the Wii-mote are easy enough for your mum to play, yet its still fun as for even the staunchest gaming dude. I aint even gonna get into the in-depth reviewing I’ll leave that to the pros here(Peep the numbers). What I will say though is the game is worth playing just to get to the ‘Ray Surfing’ stage. Fun-est shit out! See below.

p.s Is it just me or does it look like they bit the whole Mario flying through the stars thing for Kanyes album artwork.

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