QCF: Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge

Team Ninja’s release of Ninja Gaiden 3 earlier this year was met with a laundry list of criticisms on an abysmally large scale, and was poorly received by majority, myself included. Yosuke Hayashi and his team had their work cut for them when Tecmo made the decision to re-release the title on the WiiU with enhancements, some even calling the equivalent of the Sigma treatment that prior entries received from the same team on the PlayStation 3.

This is not the case, for you cannot enhance something that was originally broken, you can however fix it, and boy, did Hayashi sure follow through as they manage to not only do just that but labor to add more content in this surprisingly solid action launch title for the fledgling Nintendo console.

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QCF: Hairy Tales

There's often a fine line between what makes a good and bad puzzle game. While some puzzles can be deceptively hard and rewarding in certain games, other puzzles for some reasons can just be frustrating. And when a game is made of nothing but these challenges, you better be sure that they're fun and well designed, because without anything else, a pure puzzle experience just doesn't have much to fall back on.

Hairy Tales is very much one of those pure experiences. It's a cheap little game that's all about its main mechanic and little else. And while that can be commendable for a pure gameplay centric title, sometimes it just doesn't work.

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QCF: ARC Squardon

The future of handheld entertainment is a hotly debated one. Nintendo's 3DS gives gamers on the go a portable 3D entertainment center that not only plays games in surprisingly clear 3D, but also allows for relatively speedy online play, internet browsing and even Netflix from a WiFi hotspot. Sony's PlayStation Vita sports some surprisingly high fidelity, handily running games very similar in scope to the PS3.

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QCF: New Super Mario Bros. U

Nintendo has always had a special charm that’s undeniably inherent in each of their releases, even if some of them are starting to show their age. The “New” within the title of Nintendo’s resurgence effort to bring Mario back into the side-scrolling platformer spotlight has been looked at with some skepticism, argued to some extent even that it’s hardly “new” to begin with. With the Wii U out of the gates, we’re treated to the breakout Mario launch title; New Super Mario Bros. U, and while the “New” argument still holds some weight, this latest installment manages to defy any jaded expectations.

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PPR 67

Was Freecell ever on the Turbo Grafx 16? Eh, it doesn’t matter, because there are so many other games that are so much more worthy of your time. This week, the PPR crew gathers ‘round to discuss the 16-bit underdog with its Japanese counterpart hitting 30 years of age recently. On the way, James and George argue over the true merit of Assassin’s Creed III, Toast bids for an N-Gage to cheer him over his troubled Vita, and Ser hates on the Avengers and so much more.

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PPR Presents Lime Light: New Super Mario Bros. U

Nintendo’s quote unquote “Next-Generation” console is dropping on Sunday and George is going to muck it through some lines to get his hands on one. So what a better way to show off the WiiU to everyone than putting together another edition of Limelight, and the game on tap is the newest entry to the red-overall wearing plumber saga, New Super Mario Bros. U! Tune in around Sunday, November 18^th, at 3:00 PM pacific time and join us in the chat on our Justin.TV account or settle in for the stream right here where George, Andrew, and Matt Jay get down on the get down and might have a couple of brews while they’re at it.

QCF: Halo 4

The Master Chief is back and is making his debut with 343 Studios behind all his covenant killing antics. With Bungie not being at the helm for the first time ever and Master Chief making his first appearance in five years the expectations for Halo 4 are high from fans. 343 is hoping to make a statement with the first game in its Reclaimer trilogy, and while 343 didn’t take many chances with this installment I would have to say that the result of 343’s hard work pays off with one of the best entries in the series.

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QCF: Assassin's Creed III: Liberation

From the moment I booted up Assassins Creed: Liberation, and for the majority my play through, one word kept popping   into my head, wow. To say that it wowed me from the very beginning might make you excited at the prospect of a full Assassins Creed title that you can take with you on the go. And it is a full AC game all the way through with pointless side quests and rhythm based combat being all a part of the package. But sometimes when you say wow it’s not always a good thing.

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