Good Ol' Super Mario Bros.

Advantages: Great 4-way multiplayer quality, for a platformer
Disadvantages: A lot of recycled or uninspired material

...3 years after the successful reincarnation of the classic Super Mario Bros. adventuring recipe on the DS, Nintendo brings the formula to its second most popular console, also introducing what series' creator Shigeru Miyamoto was aspiring to integrate for the past couple of decades: true co-operative multiplayer modes. The Story You might easily regard the story of New Super Mario Brothers Wii as the biggest cliché of all time. It is, after all, about rescuing princesses from a dragons' fortresses and it's been pretty much the same for every Super Mario platformer in existence... but I choose to see it a bit differently. I find the true story behind every Super Mario platformer is one of surreality & escapism. It's about being transported into a completely nonsensical world, one filled...

Magrippinho 09.12.2009 · Read review
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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 Show!

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

...audiences using English voice actors which makes it far more friendly for our toddlers. As well as being a really fun watch with lots to keep you hooked, it's an educational show and thats a definite plus for me as a parent. Super Why is a computer animated show set in the fictional town of Storybrooke Village. This is supposedly a place behind your bookshelf where all the fairytale characters live, and where our 4 characters live too. The show centres around its 4 characters, 3 of them from stories children should be familiar with themselves. Pig is from The Three Little Pigs, Princess P is from "The Princess and the Pea" and Red from "Little Red Riding Hood". The fourth character, and the one the show is named after, is Wyatt, who is meant to be the younger brother of Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk, although I don't think this is made...

mummy2harry 25.03.2009 · Read review
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Super Mario Galaxy

Advantages: Great Gameplay, Amazing Graphics, Nice soundtrack
Disadvantages: None

...mario themes. There is hardly any voice acting but I prefer Mario games with minimal voice acting. This is a great add to the game. Overall, Super Mario Galaxy is one of the best games. It is definately a must buy for anyone who owns a Wii....

Mirza93 30.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

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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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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Super Galaxies of Fun

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

...Nintendo's flagship series makes its way to the Wii, with "Super Mario Galaxy". It's always a challenge to find a household that won't benefit from a Mario game, given their guaranteed appeal to children and kids-at-heart, and "Galaxy" makes that challenge harder with joyous gameplay that should also entice gamers looking for more mature video-game experiences. The Story The Mushroom Kingdom is in merry colours as it prepares for the Stardust Festival: A celebration coinciding with the mysterious comet that fills the skies every one hundred years, causing a star shower as impressive as it is peculiar. Princess Peach invites our hero Mario over and he predictably arrives just in time to see the Princess doing what she does best: get kidnapped. To be fair, there's not much you can do when the kidnapper uproots the whole...

Magrippinho 15.12.2007 · 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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Review of The Super Sandwich - Catherine Vase

Super Balls.

Advantages: Very handy, nice shiny silver effect for cakes, desserts. Contains no gunk.
Disadvantages: Little taste to them.

...Dr Oetker / Super Cook's Silver Balls What are they? *************** Sugar silver balls used in decorating cakes, biscuits buns and desserts. Special Features? ******************* These are tiny little silver balls made from sugar but covered with silver colouring. They contain no hydrogenated fats, artificial colours, artificial flavours, artificial sweetners or any artificial preseratives. What do I think of them? ************************* I really like using these for decorating, something silver and shiny just to add a bit of extra sparkle. My mum hates them as they remind her of metal and I suppose they can taste a little metallic when you have this thought in mind. They are also quite hard in texture, especially when they first go in your mouth, but being made of only sugar they do soon melt away. In...

Leighsa 23.03.2009 · 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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Review of Batchelors Super Noodles