Inuyasha: The Secret of the Cursed Mask Review

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(More customer reviews)I must say, Bandai does have my interest.A game that lets you create your own character and meet the Inuyasha cast, building relationships with them?Sounds pretty good.The story involves the original character you can control, who you pick is male or female, winds up getting transported to the feudal era and encountering none other than everyone's favorite dog-demon.Shortly afterwards you team up with the regular cast of the show, including Kagome, Shippo, Miroku, and Sango.Having played the demo, I can confirm the game will feature the English Dub cast, such as Richard Cox, Moneca Stori, Jillian Michaels, and the rest.Inuyasha also follows you around on the game map, similar to, say, how Pikachu follows Ash in Pokemon Yellow.Although the graphics are nothing ground-breaking, they are at least okay to look at, despite the fact that the characters are in a super-deformed style similar to the older Final Fantasy games, but you must admit seeing a chibi Inuyasha running around isn't boring, to say the least.Sadly, I wasn't able to experience combat yet, but the game does seem to be satisfying on the most part.Apparently this game will also include the many aspects of the series, including the action(boss battles) romance(relationship forming... hmm....), and humor(...... if you've seen the series you'll probably have an idea), so the game looks to be at least satisfying to the Inuyasha fans, like me.I wouldn't know about the casual RPG fans yet, though.But still, being an Inuyasha fan I can must say I am looking forward a lot to this title.See you in November for a full review.

ANTICIPATION: 5/5

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Inuyasha: Secret of the Cursed Mask takes you back to fedual Japan with the cast of the popular anime! Learn the secret of the Cursed Mask and make it back to the present day, while interacting with your favorite characters from the TV series.

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Chibi-Robo Review

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(More customer reviews)WARNING: SOME SPOILERS
Intro:

The game starts out kinda slow. With limited things to do and limited battery life. (only 80)
The good part is it is very easy to get more battery upgrades by collecting happy-points.
There is a toothbrush you can pick up not long after you start the game, which is for cleaning stains on the floor.

Every stain cleaned gives you 2 happy-points. Not to mention when you've cleaned a certain amount of stains you get a point bonus, usually 20+. You can also pick up scrap paper, candy wrappers, cookie crumbs, etc. By throwing these in the garbage can in the living room (I haven't been able to locate another one yet) you get even more points, not to mention Moolah, the games currency. Using Moolah, Chibi can buy things from the Chibi-PC in the Chibi House (located in the living room).
I'll tell you the coolest thing I've found so far (which I've bought) is the Chibi-Blaster.
Using it Chibi can blow through cracks in the walls to reach new areas and blast through spider-webs.
Most importantly, you use it to fight the little robotic spiders that appear randomly. Known as Spydorz.
However, you don't need to worry, they appear only after you've purchased the Blaster.

Defeating them leaves behind scrap metal which you can use to build Utilibots.
One is a latter which is very useful for reaching high places. Another is a Warp. Very handy for moving up and down the stairs in the foyer. (Which takes forever to do on foot.)
And yet another is an extendable bridge. A little bridge that unfolds that can reach far away places you couldn't get to other wise.
Exploring in the game is very fun. The games day/night cycle lets you explore during the day or the dead of night. Making even old areas seem different. Initially, you only have 5 minutes before the day or night ends and you have to return to your Chibi-House. However, from your handy Chibi-PC (once again located in the Chibi-House) you can purchase extensions. The first allows you to take 10 minutes instead of just five. The third, 15. It doesn't sound like much, but it makes a big difference when exploring.
Chibi can climb a number of things in the house as well as interact with other things. (Such as speaking to the toys that come alive at night.)
As mentioned early in the review, the battery can be annoying. Not enough to make the game repitive or anything, but you really need to keep an eye on your battery meter! Don't worry though, again as mentioned before the upgrades are fairly easy to get. I've went from 80.0 power to 160.0 since yesterday.
(The upgrades are in increments of 20).
Falling from high places though can spell Chibi-Robo's end. The end of his battery that is. Falling drains battery power significantly. If you take a fall and it doesn't drain Chibi completey, get to a plug-in, quick! It's not a catostrophe if he does die. It can be annoying. You have to start back from the Chibi-House plus you get Moolah taken away.
However, you don't need to worry about falls if you utilize one of Chibi-Robo's most important tools.
The Chibi-Copter. After equiping, hop off a high place to glide gently and safely down. You can also hover horozontily for a few seconds by holding A.

Review:

Graphics: 9.0
The game's visuals are awesome. From the details in the house to Chibi himself, the graphics won't dissapoint!

Sound: 9.5
As were the graphics, the sound is amazing. Always there, but never annoying.
It's very creative how they made a different tune play depending on what Chibi-Robo's doing.

Gameplay: 8.5
The gameplay is excellent. I don't know about the replay value though. Which is why I only gave it 8.5.
I would think I would want to play it again though.

Overall: 9.8
As close to excellence as you can get Chib-Robo is a game that I will remember and play for a long time.
Don't pass this one up.

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Chibi-Robo! is the latest household device the Sanderson family has acquired. He's less than a foot tall, but Chibi won't let that hold him back. Help him along as he completes chores and clashes with enemies. Protect the professor and his invention from the burglars but make sure you remember to keep ChibiRobo powered up! Watch him learn about the objects he encounters, gaining experience and skills along the way.

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