2575 - Imagine Teacher [U]

Filed Under (NDS) by abubin on 17-08-2008

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Full Name: Imagine Teacher
Rom Number: 2575
Game Region: USA
Rom Size: 128Mbit
Release Date: 12 Aug 2008
Published by: Ubisoft
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Genre: Simulation

Brief: All sorts of strange games coming out from Nintendo. They are really the bunch that is pushing the games to all sort of people. Who would have thought their Wii concept will be a success? Everyone said it was crazy when I was announced. But now, Wii is the best selling console among it’s peer. So, all this crazy idea sometimes really works. Now, Imagine Teacher might become a success that there will be more of this series like Imagine Pets, Imagine Firefighter, Imagine Dog Poo, Imagine Sex and so on. Well, one can only imagine.

Description: Imagine Teacher allows players to become a teacher at a brand new school. Teach your class a variety of subjects and increase your students’ knowledge. Become a successful teacher, recruit new students and develop your school into one of the very best.

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2573 - Bangai-O Spirits [U]

Filed Under (NDS) by abubin on 14-08-2008

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Full Name: Bangai-O Spirits
Rom Number: 2573
Game Region: USA
Rom Size: 64Mbit
Release Date: 12 Aug 2008
Published by: D3 Publisher
Developed by: Treasure
Genre: Shooter

Brief: Hmm…this game looks to have some simple graphics but some parts of it does have better graphics. The gameplay is aimed at very small kids level but I have the feelings that older kids would like this game too. Hope there are not too much talking which you can’t skip. I hate these kind of talking which serves to prolong the game.

Description: In this DS remake of the classic Bangai-O, you take the roles of Riki and Mami and strap into the powerful Bangai-O suit to undertake the task of catching criminals red-handed. Bangai-O Spirits provides gamers with shooter gameplay and punishing supermoves, along with strategic and tactical elements. The game also offers co-op, competitive multiplayerfor 1-4 players via local wireless, a powerful level editor tool which allows players to edit in-game levels or create new ones from scratch, and the revolutionary new ability to transfer data among DS systems through sound data transfer technology known as Sound Load.

  • Maneuver through the omni-directional, explosive sensory overload onscreen as you conquer challenging themed obstacles through strategic trial and error and collect quirky powerups to create Combo Attacks that annihilate your enemies
  • Use the DS touch screen and stylus to design and perfect your own original levels to play and share, either from scratch or by editing any of the 160+ existing levels in the game from the very beginning—you can essentially access the full game code from the moment you press start
  • Swap levels, game footage replays or high score statistics by converting the data into a sound file that is output through your DS speaker. Your sound files can be received and interpreted between DS systems, uploaded and circulated online via the Internet, or saved to a recording device like a PC or jump drive for transport and distribution, allowing you to catalog, share and compare levels online easily with gamers all over the world
  • Play ad hoc wireless multiplayer for up to four players in co-op mode; combine this with the Level Editor and Sound Load for addictive and infinite replay opportunities
  • Select strategic combinations of the game’s ten weapons— Napalm Missiles, Homing Missiles, Bounce Missiles, Break Missiles, Direct Missiles, Freeze, Reflect, Sword, Bat and Shield— from two different classes to discover ideal strategic advantages and create just the right attacks

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2569 - Madden NFL 09 [U]

Filed Under (NDS) by abubin on 14-08-2008

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Brief: I don’t really like sports games especially American Football that is an American game. This seems to be a decent game. Fans of NFL would like this. I guess….

Descriptions: Play through NFL season with EA’s long running football series as it reaches its 20th anniversary, Madden NFL 09 is developed by EA Tiburon and published by EA.

  • Fun, Accessible Family Play—Now anybody can dominate the game like a pro with all-new EA SPORTS Rookie Mode. Simplified playcalling controls and an easy-to-use passing system make Madden NFL 09 the most accessible PSP football game ever.
  • All-New Playcalling—Players of all skill levels can be competitive by calling plays from three unique playbooks, ranging from Easy to Advanced. Intelligent Coach Tips provide instant feedback to help you become a better player on the fly.
  • Deliver Big Hits with Ease—Dominate on the defensive side of the ball with an all-new one-button control scheme featuring assisted player movement allowing new players to enjoy early success.
  • New Player Indicators—Find the open man effortlessly with the help of new open receiver icons identifying who’s open or covered. Wide-open receivers help you out even more, calling for the ball by waving their arms. Player indicators also tell you when to evade an approaching defender or perform a crushing tackle.
  • Wi-Fi Multiplayer Returns—Back by popular demand, play head-to-head against a friend over Wi- Fi, including single-card mode that allows you to challenge anyone with a Nintendo DS, or play with up to seven other players in Wireless mode.
  • All-New Rec Room Mini-Games—Push your football skills to the limit with all-new mini-games made exclusively for the NDS, including Last Minute Miracle, where you lateral your way through defenders on your way to the unthinkable score.

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Lee Hyori - It’s Hyorish

Filed Under (Korean) by abubin on 13-08-2008

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Brief: 3rd album from one of the sexiest female singer from South Korea. She lacks vocal but everything else about her is top notch.

Description: If anyone deserves to have their own adjective, it’s probably Lee Hyo Ri. Lee, who emerged as a Korean pop icon since turning solo in 2003, introduces “hyorish” to our urban dictionary through the release of her new album It’s Hyorish. Bringing the cute-sexy concept back to the stage, Lee teams up with some of the best talents in the business, namely producers Park Geun Tae and Kim Do Hyun, along with music video director Cha Eun Tek, to present what is expected to be one of the best-selling albums of 2008. A staggering 60,000 pre-order copies were sold with ten days left before the official release, proving once again, the massive appeal she brings to Korean pop culture.

Composed by rising songwriter E-Tribe, the hip-hop dance number U-Go-Girl (Track 3) is one of the double principal tracks featured on the album. Highlighted by Lee’s unique resonating voice, the song is dedicated to her female fans and features lyrics that loosely translate to “don’t be shy, show yourself boldly”. Injecting Euro dance rhythm into electronica sound, Hey Mr. Big (Track 10) is a trendy dance number featuring fellow singer Wheesung’s lyrics, which include the words of advice, “be a real man, show heart and courage.” Some big names also show their support for Lee by contributing their vocal and creative talents, namely Kim Gun Mo and Wheesung in Bbal gahn ja dong cha (”A Red Car” - Track 9) and Sexy Boy (Track 8), respectively.

Artist: Lee Hyori (이효리)
Album: It’s Hyorish (한정판)
Release: 16 July 2008
Language: Korean

Track List
  1. 천하무적 이효리
  2. Lesson
  3. U-Go-Girl (With 낯선 Nassun)
  4. 사진첩
  5. 이발소 집 딸
  6. Don’t Cry
  7. 괜찮아질까요? (With Bigtone)
  8. SexyBoy (With 휘성)
  9. 빨간자동차 (With 김건모)
  10. Hey Mr. BiG
  11. P. P. P (Punky Punky Party) (With 낯선 Nassun)
  12. My Life
  13. Unusual (With 서정환)

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The Legend [KR] - 태왕사신기 (太王四神記)

Filed Under (KDrama) by abubin on 11-08-2008

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Brief: This is one of South Korea’s recent big production series. It also have big cast such as Bae Yong-Jun (not so good looking without glasses). The special effects are top notch but the storyline is rather mediocre. At least for me. Maybe cause I am comparing it with western series like 24 and Heroes. I can’t really stand too much conversation thus probably reason why I am watching less series but more movies. I know…I have short attention span…

edit: At last, this post is complete. Wow…24 episodes looks kinda long. But I still have a tough time watching bearded Bae Yong-Jun with his sweet white completion. He just doesn’t look convincing in a warrior era.

Descriptions: A long time ago, a tribe that respected the tiger and controlled fire called the Ho-jok (Tiger Tribe), ruled the world. They eliminated and assimilated all tribes except the tribe that respected the bear, called the Ung-jok (Bear Tribe). The Tiger Tribe and the Bear Tribe fought, and Hwanung could not bear to see so many people getting killed. He brought the three gods of nature; Baek-Ho (백호, the White Tiger), Cheong-Ryong (청룡, the Green Dragon), and Hyeon-Mu (현무, the Black Turtle-Snake).

He removed the power of fire from the leader of the Tiger Tribe, Gajin, sealed the power into an artifact called the Heart of Ju-Jak (주작, the Red Phoenix), and gave it to the woman he loved; Se-o. However, Gajin was mortally wounded while attacking another tribe, and she seemed to die until Hwanung healed her. This thoroughly convinced Gajin to not make a grudge against Hwanung. When her tribe was revived to take back the power of fire, they didn’t listen to Gajin and decided to attack the Bear Tribe. Gajin then slew her tribe’s council with her own blade, and escapes from her own tribe and heads towards the Bear Tribe, deciding to become Hwanung’s woman.

However, Hwanung likes Se-o and declared his love for her, not knowing that Gajin was watching them secretly when this took place. Gajin was infuriated by this and began reforming the Tiger Tribe and attacked the Bear Tribe. Unfortunately, this was the time when Se-o was pregnant, and when she had given birth, the baby was kidnapped by Gajin who offered Se-o a deal to trade her baby for the power of fire. When Se-o refuses Gajin, Gajin responds by dropping Se-o’s baby from a cliff, leading to Se-o going out of control and releasing the Heuk-Jujak (Dark Phoenix), even though Hwanung had saved the baby. (Note: Jujak is roughly the equivalent of Phoenix.) Hwanung’s subordinates, the White Tiger, the Green Dragon and the Black Turtle-Snake fought the Dark Phoenix, but they were no match for it.

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2565 - Race Driver GRID [U]

Filed Under (NDS) by abubin on 10-08-2008

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Brief: This gotta be one of the most anticipated game on NDS. With the success of this game on almost all platform, now it’s time for it to invade NDS.

Descriptions: GRID will take players to beautifully realised and dramatic race locations over three continents to compete in an unprecedented variety of racing events. Packed with the most powerful race cars – new and classic, circuit and drift – players will compete to conquer the most prestigious official race tracks and championships and then go beyond to compete in challenging city-based competitions, through to road events and urban street races. The DS Version also offers quick-fire play styles in the form of Challenges, Time Trials, Speed Tests and Chase events.

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Jill Vidal (衛詩) - Jillympics

Filed Under (Chinese) by abubin on 10-08-2008

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Brief: Well, I was waiting for Janice Vidal’s album but it was delayed and delayed again until to my surprise Jill’s album came out first. Oh well, Jill’s music is more upbeat with more funky tunes which is not really my style. Though, it is quite good material by itself, I still think Janice is the better singer. Nonetheless, Jill is a good singer as well trying to make her own style and staying away from being cliche with Janice. She does succeed in this factor and any fans of Janice or Jill would be able to differenciate their songs easily. This is new songs + collections of her previous works. I think the best among this bunch is the remake version of 傻女 (track 4). The rest are equally cactchy with tunes like Get Out (track 5) and 可可 (track 11).

Description:
Album: Jillympics
Singer: Jill Vidal 衛詩
Release Date: August 08, 2008
Language: Cantonese & English

Track List
  1. 聽得見的青春
  2. 因獸鬥
  3. 小圈子
  4. 傻女
  5. Get Out
  6. Lonely
  7. Axel F
  8. Heartbreaker
  9. De Ra Go
  10. Mon Saturday
  11. 可可
  12. 意料之外
  13. Funny Jealousy
  14. 隨時忘記
  15. Be A Man
  16. Wordy Rappinghood

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Feel the Magic / The Rub Rabbits

Filed Under (NDS) by abubin on 08-08-2008

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Brief: This is a double posting of one of those strangest games on NDS. Good games it is too. The concept is so refreshing and it can only be done with NDS. All the strange mini-games with better quality than Warioware. Both game basically have the same plot of a guy going after a girl of his dream. The music also is very wacky and nice. Sound effects is fantastic. All in all, both game are equally fantastic and had high production values. Definitely one of the must for any NDS owner.

Descriptions:
Feel the Magic
Feel the Magic: XY/XX is played solely with the stylus and microphone, and features a voice recognition system through both speaking and breathing. It is composed of several minigames that are loosely linked, as the player tries to impress the girl.

There are three main modes of play. Story mode is the main mode which contains the minigames in each chapter with three levels of difficulty, ‘Normal’, ‘Hard’, and ‘Hell’. Memories is a gameplay mode where one can play any of the previous minigames previously beaten. Stars can be collected in Memories, that can unlock certain pieces of clothing. The third mode, Maniac, is where one is able to take all the articles of clothing earned during the game to dress up the girl.

The Rub Rabbits!
The Rub Rabbits! features an all-new protagonist, love interest and female villain. As in the original Feel The Magic: XY/XX, the protagonist sees the love interest in passing, and instantly becomes smitten by her. However, 11 other men also develop an interest in her at the same time, and the hero has to compete with the other men to gain her attention.

At one point early on in the game, the hero lends a hand to another girl who is inconvenienced by the rush of men chasing after the love interest. Even though this was just a brief, chance encounter, the female antagonist becomes instantly infatuated with the hero, and begins doing everything in her power to steal him away for herself. Her efforts include brainwashing the other men to continue interfering, building various robotic creatures to try to separate the lovers, kidnapping the hero, and poisoning the girl. In the end, the protagonist foils all of her plans and rescues his friends.

After the credits, it is revealed that the hero of the game becomes the leader of the Rub Rabbits, with the other men becoming the members of the troupe.
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Tanya Chua - Tacit Understanding (New + Best Selection)

Filed Under (Chinese) by abubin on 07-08-2008

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Brief: Tanya Chua is a very talented singer and song producer. Her songs are not as commercialized as most other pop songs singer but it’s this sort of unique production that made her who she is. Her music is very different from most other singers and she also produce songs for other singers. Definitely one of the best music producer out there.

Description: Things go as planned for the multitalented Tanya Chua. Taiwan’s 19th Golden Melody Awards saw her snatch the trophies for Best Producer and Best Mandarin Female Singer, catapulting her to a new career high. There’s probably no better way for her fans to celebrate this success than through her latest greatest hits plus new song compilation Tacit Understanding. The song repertoire on this album covers smash hits like “Souvenir” (Track 13), “Breathing” (Track 3), and “Really Need A Holiday” (Track 9). Those looking for new material are served Two of Us, It’s Your Chance, an English cover version of Faye Wong’s “Wrong Number”, and the titular Tacit Understanding (Track 2).
Artist: Tanya Chua (蔡健雅)
Album: Tacit Understanding (New + Best Selection) (默契 新歌+精選)
Release: 31 July 2008
Language: Mandarin

Track List
  1. Two of us
  2. 默契
  3. 呼吸
  4. My Color TV Set
  5. 你的溫度
  6. 無所謂
  7. 可以愛你真好
  8. 跟你借的幸福
  9. 好想放假
  10. 衝動
  11. 你快走開
  12. 好無聊
  13. 記念
  14. I Do Believe
  15. True Love
  16. It’s Your Chance (王菲 “打錯了”原曲英文版)

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Elva Hsiao - 3 Faced (蕭亞軒 - 三面夏娃)

Filed Under (Chinese) by abubin on 07-08-2008

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Brief: Elva is one of my favourite female singer due to her great dancing talents. She might not have very strong vocals but her songs are catchy pop tunes that are easy to follow along with her dances. Throughout the years, you can shee how she mature and started to go into more serious kind of music production. She even went to study music in US and learned to produce her own music. Well, the attempt is noble but the result might not. This is her second attempt at doing an album where she is involved in the production throughout. The songs are very mature and is not the good ole Elva days. That dancing diva throne has been taken by Jolin. There are few good songs in there but ultimately it’s the new Elva which you have to learn to accept. She even looked very different now.

Artist: Elva Hsiao (蕭亞軒)
Album: 3 Faced (三面夏娃)
Release: 13 June 2008
Language: Mandarin

Track List
  1. I’ll Be There
  2. 沖動 (Chong Dong)
  3. 兩個人的寂寞 (Liang Ge Ren De Ji Mo)
  4. More More More
  5. 時光隧道 (Shi Guang Sui Dao)
  6. 速配程度 (Su Pei Cheng Du)
  7. 之後 (Zhi Hou)
  8. Baby Girl
  9. Hey Girl
  10. 類似愛情 (Lei Shi Ai Qing)
  11. 暫停戀愛 (Zan Ting Lian Ai)
  12. 你看不見的地方 (Ni Kan Bu Jian De Di Fang)

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