A Super Food.

Advantages: Quick and Easy
Disadvantages: Some are nice others are bland.

...Batchelors Super Noodles The less you eat whilst working nights the better. So as a long time shift worker these are just perfect. Until a few weeks ago you could pick up 3 packets for a £1 at Tescos but now they have hiked up the price to 3 for £1.20. A 20% increase! They come in several flavours; Barbecue Beef (Very Tasty), Mild Curry (V.T), Chicken (V.T), Thai Curry (V.T), Spicy Salsa (V.T), Southern Fried Chicken (V.T). Bacon (V.T), Mushroom (Plain), Spaghetti Bolognese (Plain) Chow Mien (Plain), Sweet and Sour (Bland), Balti (Bland), Tex Mex (Bland), The taste varies and there are some that I found Very Tasty, Plain to quite Bland but in general most of the various flavours are very tasty. Cooking them could not be simpler, Just open the packet, pop it in a pan with a mug of water and cook until...

Maximus-Qualitus 11.06.2009 · Read review
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Super Mario Bros on the Wii

Advantages: Great team playing ability
Disadvantages: None as of yet.

...This game is a timeless classic which has constantly been revised to keep it going. The New Super Mario Bros. Wii has captured all the quality of previous Mario Bros. It captures the sheer simple pleasure of running and jumping; all can be done easily with a d-pad and two buttons. The game play takes a little getting used to but once mastered its great fun. There is also the ability to share it with up to three pals. The first time a Mario game has offered proper co-op play. Keeping the play confined lends the game a more studious approach. What would be a comfortable dash with one player takes on a new light with extra players, encouraging you to work together and carefully negotiate each obstacle to keep your team?s life stock up. It is, for all intents and purposes, the very definition of a co-operative game. That...

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Fairly Super Mario Homage

Advantages: A very different and playable Mario game, with nods to the classics
Disadvantages: Not entirely original, sometimes frustrating

...of several 1Up mushrooms scattered around. Every time you start the game, a letter from the Princess gives you five extra lives to begin with. I would rather have a longer game, where there's a risk of losing your progress, than a game made much easier with too many lives. However, the levels in Super Mario Galaxy will provide a very good challenge, purely because of the ever-changing gravity and the shapes of each world. Having to move around vast distances helps make this game last longer, too. OTHER NOTES One small thing I didn't like was that the game seemed to be confused about whether to be realistic or not. Being able to jump high and long, as well as spinning attacks and what not, is very useful. The time it takes to recover from hits, and being able to execute another spin, is sometimes ridiculous. I kid you not: once I was...

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Review of Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

Super Galaxies of Fun

Advantages: Full of fun, especially for children
Disadvantages: Missing some traditional Mario cast-members

...during a cut-scene is one thing, but having so much fun during routine gameplay is so rare that I cannot possibly stress it enough. Having fun really is the default state when playing Super Mario Galaxy. And that's the key really to making a great game. You can "finish" Super Mario Galaxy, get to an ending, as soon as you collect 60 stars. But "Galaxy" is not really about going to the Center of the Universe, getting through another superb "fortress galaxy" and kicking Bowser's tail, or rescuing the Princess As Soon As Possible. It's about visiting all these strange and wonderful galaxies, experimenting with their unlikely laws of physics and interacting with their cartooney inhabitants. It's practically guaranteed that you'll be back to continue your hunt for the 120+1 stars, not because of the nifty extra rewards, but because the hunt is...

Magrippinho 15.12.2007 · Read review
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Super Show!

Advantages: Teaches letter and word recognition, fun to watch, updates classic stories
Disadvantages: Annoying songs throughout!

...Since becoming a mum, I've become more familiar with children's television shows than I ever cared to be. I'm happy that Harry favours more of the traditional shows such as Fireman Sam, Postman Pat, Bob the Builder and Noddy, but occasionally he stumbles across a more modern show that he falls in love with. Sky television channel Nick Jnr airs an original American show called "Super Why" a few times a day, and its become a regular watch for us, and is often found on our Sky Plus recording list as well! Super Why is a show aimed at toddlers aged from around 3 years old, and encourages the learning of reading and recognising letters and words through interactive stories. It's an interesting concept, and one I've finally gotten my head around after quite a few watches. Although the show started in America, it's been dubbed for English...

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Wii 'em And Weep #1 - Super Mario 64

Advantages: Revolutionary for it's time, still fantastic after all these years
Disadvantages: Obviously looks dated

...*Prelude* Welcome to the first of my new series of reviews: Wii 'em And Weep! With the launch of the Wii console, Nintendo is offering gamers the chance to re-live classic gaming memories, or create new ones, with the inclusion of the Virtual Console. This will allow players to download games released for previous generation consoles including the NES, SNES, N64 and SEGA Megadrive. For a small price, of course. In this series I will look back at some of the biggest games available to download, and will be reviewing them in comparison to todays gaming market to see if they are truly worth downloading. First up it's one of my personal favourites, and the game that completely redefined platform gaming. Yes, it can only be the N64 classic, Super Mario 64. *Review* Originally released in Japan and America in 1996, and reaching...

sprinklesUK 29.11.2006 (28.11.2007) · Read review
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Super Noodles

Advantages: -
Disadvantages: -

...Super noodles are a student must have, when I lived in halls in university I basically lived on Super noodles eating at least one packet a day, I probably put my self right off them because I havent ate them since. The reason I found Super noodles so great when I was living in halls was because they are really easy to make, you just add boiling water and pop them in the microwave, also because they are quick to make takeing just around 5-6 minutes to cook depending on how you like them. Also Super noodles are quite versetile and can go with a range of different foods as part of a meal for example as a side, in between two rounds of toast or they are just tasty on their own as well. Another good thing about Super noodles for students is that they are nearly impossible to burn so you wont waste your time and money on food...

lorrainek90 25.09.2009 · Read review
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Quite Litteraly super

Advantages: Gameplay, Graphics, imagination,design
Disadvantages: suits hard to control

...Finally, the game all wii owners have been waiting for, and it doesn't dissapoint, Super Mario Galaxy is possibly one of the greatest video games of all. You can't not love it, whether your a hardcore gamer or a child. The story starts in a fairly familiar way Bowser kidnapps Princess Peach and Mario sets out to save her. However from then on Mario needs to travel into different galaxies to collect power stars, which allow Rosalina to see further on into the universe. This continues until Mario has ollected enough power stars so Rosalina can see Bowser in the centre of the universe. When you travel to a galaxy they are a joy to explore you jump from tint planets to other tiny planets where the gravitational forces pull you in. Another way of traveling to another planet is via pull stars, what you do is hold the A when the pointer...

mcleism01 13.07.2008 · Read review
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A super book

Advantages: tactile book
Disadvantages: Overlapping bits can be damaged

...The Super sandwich I teach children wioth Special Needs and whenever we are involved in a topic try to find sensory materials, and this includes books. I found this book when we were doing a topic on food, and bought it along with the other book in the series-The Incredible cake. Although the books retail for £5.99, I bought these in a discount bookstore and they cost £5 for the two, so I wasn't complaining. The books thamselves are square shaped, and are therefore easy for little hands to hold. They have a thick and almost padded front and back cover making them instantly appealing for children to hold because they just don't feel like books usually do. The front cover is covered almost entirely with a picture of a slice of bread and behind the front cover, we can see different foods poking out at the top and to the side...

danielalong 14.12.2008 · Read review
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Batchelors Super Noodles: I love the chicken ones best!

Advantages: Great packaging makes them stand out, good price, delicious taste, I love the flavouring.
Disadvantages: High in fat & calories... Oh well!

...I adore Super Noodles and when I saw these on offer, 3 for £1.00 in Tesco recently I just had to buy £3.00 worth of the chicken flavour. There are quite a few flavours available including chicken, chinese chicken, bacon, barbeque beef, sweet & sour, curry etc but chicken is my favourite and always has been. The noodles are provided in a blue foil fresh packet with the Batchelors logo, a picture of some super noodles & the usual nutritional information and ingredients etc. Inside the packet is 100g of noodles and a little silver packet of flavouring (dependant on what pack you've purchased of course). I do not following the cooking instructions precisely on the packet and here is how I make mine: I break my noodles in to four or six pieces and then put them in a bowl, top with cold water & then put in the microwave for around 2...

katyeverett 28.10.2009 · Read review
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