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Welcome to my Towns! (An Animal Crossing Blog)

ACICONHey folks. Just wanted to let you know that today I moved to a new town. But don’t worry. I’ve done this three times before. Before I tell you about my first day in my new town, I thought I’d reminisce about the three towns I’ve lived in before.

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Combo Crew (iPad)

COMBO_BOXCombo Crew is a 2-D beat ‘em up where it’s you against hordes of brawlers. The game is for iOS and Android devices (iPad version reviewed here), and you use finger swipes on the touch screen to kick, punch, perform combos, and dodge attacks. Can you reach the top of the tower to battle the boss?

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Capcom Arcade Cabinet: 1987-1988 Games

1943_BOXFinally in our week-long feature on Capcom Arcade Cabinet titles, we look at games on the collection from 1987 and 1988. There’s the 2-D top-down brawler Avengers, side-scrolling action game Black Tiger, 2-D shooter sequel 1943 and bonus game 1943 Kai!

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Capcom Arcade Cabinet: 1986 Games

WINGS_BOXThe next batch of games on the Capcom Arcade Cabinet are from 1986, and it’s a mish-mash of different oddities. We have the 2-D side scrolling apocalyptic hack and slash Trojan, the car battler The Speed Rumbler, 2-D shooter Legendary Wings, and horizontally scrolling shooter Side Arms.

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Capcom Arcade Cabinet: 1985 Games

GANDG_BOX1985 must’ve been a banner year for Capcom, because many of their iconic staples were first introduced that year. So here’s a short rundown of the games from 1985 that you can play on the downloadable Capcom Arcade Cabinet. We have three vertically scrolling shooters: Savage Bees, military themed Commando, and the Western cowboy themed Gun.Smoke. Also there’s the iconic tough-as-nails 2-D platformer Ghosts N Goblins and the horizontally scrolling shooter Section Z.

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Capcom Arcade Cabinet: 1984 Games

PIRATE_BOXFor the first round of games you can play on Capcom’s Arcade Cabinet, we’re going to take a look at the ones from 1984. These include space shooter Vulgus, platformer/shooter SonSon, Pirate Ship Higemaru (my personal favorite), and arcade smash hit 1942.

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Capcom Arcade Cabinet (PS3, 360)

CAPCOM_BOXRenowned video game maker Capcom is 30 years old this year! (Way to make me feel old, Capcom). To celebrate, they’ve released a downloadable collection of some of their earliest arcade classics with Capcom Arcade Cabinet for PS3 and 360 (PS3 version reviewed here). In honor of their anniversary, this week we’ll be looking at the games you can download for Capcom Arcade Cabinet. But today, we’ll go over the hub where you select and play the games!

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I am MT: Card Battle (iPad)

MT_BOXOne of the things I like about reviewing games is the opportunities it gives me to learn new things. Case in point: I am MT. At first glance I thought it was just something a car would say when it needs gas. But actually, I am MT is a popular cartoon in Asia that spoofs the hugely successful World of Warcraft franchise. And it’s gaining notoriety in the US, too! Now you can play a card battle game based on the cartoon with I am MT: Card Battle for iOS devices (iPad version reviewed here).

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Mind Pursuit (iPad)

MIND_BOXBack in the 80’s when I was a kid, my parents and many other adults hosted Trivial Pursuit parties. The board game was super popular back then for some reason. While the trivia questions were fun (we often took just the box of trivia cards on road trips), I never liked the board game rules because it could take forever to get all the pie slices to win the game. Now you can play a similar trivia board game called Mind Pursuit on iOS/Android devices (iPad version reviewed here), and luckily the rules are better laid out so games don’t last forever!

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Toontastic Jr.: Shrek (iPad)

SHREK_BOXNow your little directors can make their own movies with some help from their DreamWorks Shrek pals in Toontastic Jr.: Shrek for iOS devices (iPad version reviewed here). Using characters and scenes from the first computer animated Shrek film, kids will make a beginning, middle, and end, move around characters, record voices and then save it to view at any time.

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