Chop Chop Ninja (Tap Your Way To Victory)

Veering away from the usual, virtual D-pad interface, Chop

Chop Ninja simplifies things by allowing users to perform a

Variety of moves by merely tapping on the screen.

Tapping at the back of an enemy allows you to attack, while

tapping the top part of the display lets you jump, and so on and

so forth. As simple as the game-play is, it certainly doesn't lack 

in terms of action. With along the way, Chop Chop Ninja will

put your tapping skills to the test.

Super Mario Galaxy 2

Mario games have always been a classic, and there

is probably no gamer alive who's unaware of this plumber's 

existence. So what makes Super Mario Galaxy 2 any 

different from its predecessors? Well, it employs the same

concept, along with the controls. In a nutshell, it's a lot like

Super Mario Galaxy, only better. Don't judge it just yet, for

this might be one of the most fantastic games ever released

in Wii. For the uninitiated, in this game Mario is tasked to jump

from galaxy to galaxy to collect stars. The star may be collected

in different ways such as by defeating a boss, solving a puzzle,

or simply locating it. There will be a Cosmic Guide that will let

you know the drills, but don't expect to get a Power Star in the

end as you'll only get a Bronze Star when you use the guide. 

Saving Peach from Bowser had never looked and sounded this

good, with the game's refined visuals and orchestral soundtrack.

Upon playing, you'll feel that you truly are in Super Mario Galaxy,

but with more features that make the game fresh despite being a sequel.

The game is a complete package: responsive controls with new 

challenges, new gameplay mechanics, and an almost flawless camera

movement-all of which are infuse with the classic Mario charm.

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands

I've always felt that the recent Prince of Persia games suffered

from a severe lack of ambition always feeling like A-tier games

at a times but severely failing as overall packages. The Forgotten

Sands continues this dubious tradition, and completely squanders

its core differentiating factor the cool sand powers by not featuring

them enough and integrating them into the game's puzzles properly.

Fans of 2003's fantastic Sand of Time will be elated to see some

of the same elements and feel creep back into the series, but 

Forgotten Sand is still a Ubisoft game at heart: crappy combat,

insulting easy puzzles and overt handholding make the Prince's latest

romp quite forgettable.

Sherlock Holmes VS. Jack the Ripper

With the advent of technology, we can now play the famed

detective himself and attempt to finally get a hold of fame 

serial killer, Jack the Ripper, in London circa 1888.

Players will get to play Sherlock Holmes either in first-person

mode or as a point-and-click adventure. In first person mode,

Sherlock Holmes follows the chilling, real-life crimes of Jack the

Ripper that happened in the Whitechapel area by talking to people,

looking for clues and applying actions. There are side missions as

well, mostly from the people you talk to; do them a favor and they'll

get you the information you need. This game's strong point is definitely

its story. Graphics are reminiscent of the consoles of yesteryears,

which I found to be a waste. What was worse was the fact that Jack 

the Ripper's murder victims looked very cartoony upon examination

which robs the entire mood of the game altogether.

I find that Sherlock Holmes Vs. Jack the Ripper can be really worth

it only if you're a huge fan of Holmes himself or the crime-solving

genre. Otherwise, save up for another game or better yet, purchase

this secondhand.

IRON MAN 2

How do we best simulate the life of millionaire bon vivant

Tony Stark? A 4X-type spreadsheet nerd-fest like Civ, 

perhaps? maybe a stock trading sim much like Wall Street 

Kid? Nope, Sega totally blew it and released this pile or 

public consumption. It's probably the most forgettable

action game in existence - pretty much all you do is fly, 

shoot things, and maybe throw around a tank or two. Name

a convention from any rote action game over the past couple

of years and this game has it: loadouts, upgrades, chapter-based

levels, and an overcomplicated control scheme. The only things

missing are a cover system and Nolan North.

The premise of having a game continues where the [incredibly

well done] movie left off was initially interesting. However,

Sega's incompetent U.S. team just had to poop on an otherwise-

interesting plot with such an unremarkable product.

SUPER STREET FIGHTER 4!

Capcom could have easily made more money by

renaming this game Street Fighter 5 and put a full price 

tag on it. Instead, Capcom released it as a 1.5 version 

of SF4 with a speacially marked-down price. But if you

 are thinking that this is just a mere add-on, you are sorely

mistaken.

This rehash of the already spectacular SF 4 comes with all

35 fighters unlocked and ready for the picking. The roster 

comes with eight new fighters from previous version of Steet

Fighter. Dudley, T. Hawk, Guy, Cody, Ibuki, Adon, Makoto

Dee Jay. There are two completely new fighters as well: Hakan,

a brutish Turkish oil wrestler, and Juri, a speedy Shadaloo agent.

With other notable and very welcome changes to the game, which

includes a complete rebalance of its fighters, updated cinematics

revamped online battle modes, and a new second selectable ultra

combo for each character, Super Street Fighter 4 is probably the

only fighting game you would ever need to ease that brawler's itch

you had since you got tired of SF 4. 

Fable III PC Gamers, REJOICE!

Relief for our long-suffering PC gamers is in the

horizon, as two high-profile games will be made

available for Windows. EA finally made it clear 

that the sequel to Dead Space 2 will be ported

over to the PC. Meanwhile the leaked box art for

Peter Molyneux's Fable III has an "Only for XBox

360 and Windows" note plastered proudly up front.

GET READY TO SCRIBBLE

While married with various gameplay glitches 

and problems, it still can't be denied that the 

concept and idea behind Scribblenauts was 

quite unique and fantastic. The gameplay

 concept is really out of this world that the

 game truly deserve a second shot at commercial 

success. Thankfully, Warner Brothers Interactive 

thinks the same way and is giving us a 

sequel titled Super Scribblenauts 

which will be out later this year.