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Pete Fairhurst wrote:

> I've been humming-and-harring about which 'proper' game to buy when I
> eventually get mine sometime next year.  I wanted to get something
> purposeful - which made me think Zelda initially - but something that would
> also *finally* a) get my wife into gaming wholesale (Animal Crossing on DS
> is nearly there - thanks Sift! - but not quite), and b) stop my
> brother-in-law endlessly ripping my love of Nintendo, "because it's stupid
> and for kids".  I was thinking about getting Red Steel and then Wario Ware:
> Smooth Moves -- because the GBA version almost caused me to soak my
> underpants on many, many occaisions -- but you've definitely sold me on
> Raving Rabids now!

I've read that Red Steel is seriously bugged in places, so it probably 
won't do the 'brother in law' trick, or your wife for that matter.

Wario Ware I cannot wait for.. the GC version was so much fun, and the 
wife and I spent hours trying to complete it as best we could. So Smooth 
Moves is top of my 'wants' list next year. I'd say that Rayman is very 
similar to Wario, only the games aren't as quick, and the range is 
really diverse - racing, flying, FPS shooting, logic, dancing, etc. But 
it does have that Rayman cartoon element, which won't help convince 
cynics :)

I'm waiting for Excite Truck.. I know it isn't supposed to be all that 
hot, but damn it looks fun! and of course SM Galaxy - ahh, gaming bliss. 
I'm tempted to get Trauma Centre as well, and perhaps CoD 3 just to see 
how it handles, but it'll never look as good as on my PC.

Cheers,

Rich
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