Super Mario 3D Land

Hello!  As Alex managed to break her computer and is so unorganised that she didn’t have any other reviews ready, Liz is here instead to bring you the weekly review!

Super Mario 3D Land, as you can probably guess, is a 3D Mario game on the 3DS. Like many others in its series the storyline is that Princess Peach of the Mushroom Kingdom has been kidnapped by the evil Bowser and it is up to Mario to travel through eight worlds to save her. The opening cut scene is not very long and doesn’t actually show Peach getting kidnapped but instead shows Mario and some Toads (cute little mushroom head guys) finding a letter with a picture of Peach in a cage while a Bowser roar is heard followed by Peach’s signature annoying “MARIOOOOO” scream. The adventure then kicks off with Mario at world one.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf

The UK release was last week and I really wanted to review it then but I was so busy! So apologies about that. Alas, I still have to review this game just so if any one wanted to come visit the town of Ooo and meet Alex they have my friend code: 4983-5552-0467. Be sure to add me and leave your friend code in the comments below!!
Now onto the review.

I've been anticipating New Leaf ever since I got my 3DS and it had to deliver something good because I've played every version of Animal Crossing since the Gamecube game in 2004! However, I have felt like each rendition has been less exciting than it's predecessor. The wii game 'Let's go to the City' was put away quite quickly and the DS 'wild world' was good but it never reached the obsessive excitement of the Gamecube game. Maybe after playing 3 versions of the same game there was nothing more for the series to offer me. Or maybe I've just grown out of quaint games like Animal Crossing... That was a thought too sad to bear!

Asura's Wrath

This is only my second time reviewing a video game. So look kindly upon it! Especially as this game is so weird and has so much in it!!

Combining religious figures, science-fiction and all different kinds of game play Asura's Wrath is difficult to explain. With half of the game being made of interactive cut scenes and being set in with episode structures I would almost call this an 'interactive anime' rather than a video game. The story is based in a strange past world where space travel is much more advanced, the earth-like planet Gaea has been over-populated and polluted and is now attacking the humans (yes, the earth started to attack the humans) in the form of relentless numbers of Gohmas, impure beasts. The only beings strong enough to  destroy the Gohma are the demigods, mainly the eight Guardian Generals. One of the eight Generals, Asura, is framed to have killed the emperor. His wife is killed, his daughter (the priestess) is captured for her power and Asura is sent to Naraka, a barren realm for the afterlife. With some coaxing from the 'Golden Spider', Asura climbs back to the realm of mortals with vengeance in mind.