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Neversoft reinvents Guitar Hero with a wild and wacky adventure mode, adding some over-the-top power-ups to the familiar gameplay formula.
EA Sports brings its hockey expertise to the Wii, but loses some stickhandling skills in the process.
Both the cartoon and game take a lighthearted approach to crime fighting more in tune with Adam West’s live-action show from the ‘60s. Cheesy one-liners are thrown as often as punches, but they elicited genuine laughs.
Mixing Metroid with Team Ninja’s Ninja Gaiden series seemed like a possible win. Unfortunately, the combo proves sour.
The sign of a good mystery is that it keeps you guessing until the end. For all of its goofy characters, motion-based minigames, and occasional frustrations, Guilty Party does just that.