Super Smash Bros. Brawl Review

With Super Smash Bros. Brawl which was released earlier in the US, showing a mightily impressive sales return of 120 units per minute in the first week. We hoped our American cousins were correct to make this Nintendo’s fastest ever selling video game in US history. From the evidence of our play through of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, we agree with what America has shown us in way of sales…it’s a gem of a game that needs to added to your Wii’s collection.

So is Super Smash Bros. Brawl all polished & shiny or more a rough type of gem?

Let’s shine a light on the subject for you.

Diablo III lives!

Can you really believe that it’s been 10 years since Diablo first rose from the fiery pit?

What better way to celebrate than for Blizzard to announce the next chapter in the Diablo series, of course that has to be Diablo III!

So what delights do Blizzard allow us to revel in? Here’s what has been announced so far:

Top Spin 3 Review

Who doesn’t enjoy a good sports game once in a while? They’re great for kicking back with your mates for a head to head game, and even better for racking up some achievement points. Ever since next-generation consoles have launched, the visuals and gameplay get better year after year, setting an even higher bar for themselves. The Top Spin series is a fantastic example of this, hitting the bar every time.

2K Games’ Top Spin 3 is set to be the “Most Realistic Tennis Simulation to date”, which it will definitely have to be in order the raise the bar even higher than its predecessor did. The Top Spin franchise has always set the benchmark for Tennis Simulation games; however will their latest title live up to the part? Let’s see.

Sweet Flag site news

OK folks, I promise this will be quick.

The news at Sweet Flag is that we now have registered the domain http://sweetflag.co.uk and for you, this means accessing the site is much quicker than before. Please ammend your bookmarks accordingly!

Those of you getting here by feeds, you don’t need to alter anything for the time being but this could change in the very near future, watch this space.

Also please note there are 3 email changes to the site:

The general contact email for Sweet Flag is: contact@sweetflag.co.uk

To contact Tom Bastable: Tom.Bastable@sweetflag.co.uk

To contact me, DM Osbon: dmosbon@sweetflag.co.uk

That’s all for now.

More very soon!

Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Review

The Narnia book series has proven to be amazingly successful over the years and more recently, has been turned into a huge chain of blockbuster movies. Prince Caspian has recently launched in cinemas, taking the world by storm making itself $56.6 million in its first weekend. But of course with every huge movie these days, there is indeed a video game following behind it. Will the game live up to the fantastic storytelling we’ve seen in the movie?

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian follows the story from C S Lewis’ second book in the series. The story bridges a huge gap in Narnia history, coming back nearly 1,200 years later where Narnia has been taken over by Telemarines. Narnia is certainly not a nice place to be anymore, with all of the friendly talking animals being driven into the forest, where they have adapted to life and formed a heavy defence against their new enemies. As Prince Caspian you play through the story seeking revenge after a certain chain of events.

Spore: Galactic edition

As with most new gaming releases today, a limited edition is normally on the cards. So it is with Spore, as EA have today announced the Galactic Edition of the game:

“This special box will contain the ‘Making of Spore’ DVD, ‘The Art of Spore’ hardback mini-book, a fold-out Spore poster, and a premium 100-page Galactic Handbook. The Galactic Edition will also feature a DVD documentary from the National Geographic Channel called “How to Build a Better Being”.”

Retailing at £5.00 more than the regular edition at £44.99, for the collectors out there it maybe worth forgoing that £5.00 from the Spore CC reimbursement & pick up the Galactic Edition.

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Sweet Flag celebrates 1 year: Competition time!

As mentioned previously, we are running a competition for the next 7 days in celebration of Sweet Flag making it through it’s first year.

Please read the following carefully:

How to enter

There are 2 sets of questions to choose from.

Each set has 2 questions, which have to be answered to be in with a chance of winning the prize associated with that set of questions.

You may only enter once per set of questions. This allows you a chance of winning a maximum of 2 of the 4 overall prizes.

ALL answers must be submitted via the comments section of this post. No emails allowed.

You do not have to enter both question sets to win a prize - 1 entry for 1 prize per person.

A valid email address must be supplied for each entry.

Tom & I will be judging the answers. Our decision is final.

Closing Date

1st July 2008 at 10am GMT.

Prizes

Prizes are compatible with PAL systems ONLY. Check your console!

All prizes donated generously by EA. Our thanks go to Jodie Van Hibb!

There are 2 copies of Boom Blox (Wii) to win.

There are 2 copies of UEFA Euro 2008 (PS3) to win.

QUESTIONS

OK, ready!?

What follows are 2 sets of questions. You must state in your (comment) answers which set you are answering from, followed by your answers.

REMEMBER: You are allowed to answer each set of questions the once!

Question set #1

Prize: Two winners will be chosen to win a copy each of Boom Blox(Wii).

Question 1: EA celebrated what anniversary last year?

Question 2: Come up with a new blox type for the Boom Blox game. Your blox can’t have any element from any original blox & has to be unique from the ones in the released game. No copies please. Describe how your blox would interact within the Boom Blox game.

Question set #2

Prize: Two winners will be chosen to win a copy each of UEFA Euro 2008(PS3).

Question 1: EA celebrated what anniversary last year?

Question 2: Name your best eleven players from the teams that qualified for this years finals. Finals meaning from the last 16, NO ENGLAND PLAYERS!

Only 2 players from any 1 team allowed in your eleven.

GOOD LUCK to those who enter. The competition will be running for the next 7 days. Tom & I are looking forward to reading through all your answers!

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