Despite its conclusive-sounding name, Final Fantasy is one of the longest running role-playing game series. With more than 20 years under the belt, the Final Fantasy series has undergone a lot of changes. But what about those of us who miss the more ‘old-school’ FF titles? The 4 Heroes of Light for DS is supposed to fill that void.

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Around this time of year, video game bloggers will often list their favorite scary games for Halloween. But for me, Halloween is more than just being scary. I’ve also viewed Halloween as more of a silly fun holiday. I mean, dressing up and going door to door to get candy is pretty silly (and fun) for kids if you think about it. So, for my little list of Halloween games, we won’t be looking at the scariest games to play. Instead, my list focuses on the fun aspects of Halloween: costumes, candy, and silly spooky fun!

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Back in the 16-bit gaming days, the Super Nintendo was the best place for enthralling RPG adventures. One of the lesser-known gems was Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals. While it never got as renowned as Final Fantasy 6 or Chrono Trigger, it was a surprisingly playable game in its own right. Lufia 2 featured tried and true turn-based battles, catchy music, and best of all, fun dungeons with brain-teasing puzzles. Now, Lufia 2 is reborn in a totally different reboot on the Nintendo DS.

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Last year I reviewed Scribblenauts, a critically acclaimed and highly unique 2-D action puzzler where you type in whatever word your want, and it’ll appear in the game for you to use to solve puzzles and bypass obstacles. Now the sequel, Super Scribblenauts is here. So what makes it so super? You’ll just have to read on to find out.

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When Halo Reach came out, video game stores across the country celebrated with Halo launch parties with all sorts of fun stuff. But you know what’s not fair? NOBODY ever did a Kirby launch party when Kirby’s Epic Yarn came out last week. Don’t you think a Kirby party would be fun? Or maybe I’m the only one. Oh well, I’ll show you how much fun a Kirby party can be with my own pretend Kirby party right on this blog! I’ll have a special review of Kirby’s Epic Yarn. And stick around afterwards for some more Kirby fun!

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Those popular big-eyed, bobble-headed miniature toy pets for girls, Littlest Pet Shop, are back in a big way in a game on the Nintendo DS. In the third installment, Biggest Stars, help your favorite pets practice and try out for the Biggest Stars teams, as well as collect ingredients to make cool fashions and yummy treats for your Littlest Pet Shop critters. The DS game comes in three different flavors: Blue Team, Pink Team, and Purple Team (Blue reviewed here). Each version has its own special pets to play with. And for a limited time, if you get the game at Toys R Us, it comes with two special real life toys exclusive to the DS.

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Grab your inner tube, snow disc, and toboggan and get ready for some crazy downhill snow racing with Sled Shred. Race well enough and you might have a chance to join the Jamaican Bobsled Team at the World Snow Games. Slide, battle, and race in the only sledding game on the Wii.

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Just in time for Halloween comes the sequel to Dead Rising. This time, instead of taking over a shopping mall, the undead have overrun the fictional Fortune City, a Vegas lookalike. Just as in the first game, you can pick up nearly anything and use it as a weapon against the droves of zombies. And now you can play online and play games on a pretend zombie reality TV show! Definitely more campy than scary. My brother Jeff is such a Dead Rising fan, I thought I’d have him take a stab at reviewing it. So here’s high school senior Jeff Orth’s review of Dead Rising 2! (Xbox 360 version reviewed here)

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I just got Samurai Shodown Sen real cheap, around ten bucks. It’s a 3-D fighting game with characters from the popular Samurai Shodown 2-D brawlers from SNK. I don’t think it’s the first time they’ve made a 3-D Samurai Shodown game, wasn’t Samurai Shodown 64 also 3-D? Anyway, here’s a brief review of the new game and a rundown on all the characters.

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Sonic the Hedgehog is one of the most popular and iconic video game characters. And yet, the blue blur has had a bit of a bumpy ride in the past few years with his 3-D endeavors. So now he’s gone back to basics with a new 2-D classic-styled adventure you can download on Xbox LIVE, WiiWare, and PSN (Xbox version reviewed here). So does Sonic 4 live up to its series’ original greatness? Most definitely yes! If only for a short while…

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