First-person truth about the latest games.

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• Skate It
• Electronic Arts brings their slick skate sim to the Wii with intuitive Wii-mote controls, gnarly Balance Board support, and a bag of tricks that'd make Tony Hawk take notice. THE BOTTOM LINE: Not as good as last year's 360 and PS3 versions, but still an excellent effort for the Wii, with surprisingly good "flick-it" controls. Finicky but fun Balance Boa

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• Animal Crossing: City Folk
• If you look close enough, you can trace the casual roots of today's Nintendo back to the GameCube's quirky runaway phenomenon, Animal Crossing. The game's latest incarnation, Animal Crossing: City Folk feels and plays extremely natural on Nintendo's flagship family-friendly console and feels right at home with wii-mote and nunchuck in hand. For gamers taking their fir

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• Star Wars The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels
• Star Wars the Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels is strictly for the younger half of the fandom, the kids who are still awed by the rise and fall of Anakin and the antics of Jar Jar Binks, God help them. THE BOTTOM LINE: If the Clone Wars branding wasn't enough of a clue, a quick play session quickly confirms the game's intended audience. Younglings will rev

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• Review: Wii Music
• Don't go into Wii Music expecting it to be the second coming of Guitar Hero or Rock Band. In fact, it's almost the opposite. Instead of demanding extreme accuracy, Wii Music encourages creativity. On the other hand, its learning curve is much deeper. It might not have the same pick-up-and-play charm as titles like Wii Sports and Wii Fit, but you may just dig the beat

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• de Blob (Wii)
• "Ba-dooba-doo beep bop, ba-doobity-doo wowww," I splatter the walls of dreary, oppressed downtown Chroma City with some much needed paint. De Blob is as close to synesthesia as most of us will ever get, so we should enjoy it. THE BOTTOM LINE: de Blob is a cute game that is best taken at a leisurely pace when you feel like putzing with something uncomplic

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• We Cheer (Wii)
• The premise for We Cheer is simple enough: choose a squad leader for your brigade of cheerleaders and travel cross-country from venue to venue as you pump up the audience through expertly choreographed dance routines. With each stage you clear, you can recruit another cheerleader to your squad, unlock clothes, shoes and pom-poms to customize your dancers with, and fur