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Live Your “Fantasy Life”

Have you ever wanted to wear a cape while walking your dog and holding a sword? Maybe you wanted to make a name for yourself hunting monsters and fulfilling the requests of a glowing, chattering butterfly. Or perhaps you wanted to live in a fantasy world where you can change professions at will, and wander around at your leisure, doing anything from saving the world to interior design. Whatever your desire, you can do it in Level 5’s new role-playing game (RPG) Fantasy Life for the Nintendo 3DS.

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“Ultimax’s” Place Within the “Persona” Series

As a “Persona 3” fan, I felt let down by the plot of “Ultimax” (although the “Persona 4” fan in me was satisfied). Within the “Persona” series, “Persona 3 and 4” are night and day. “Persona 3” is about gaining strength by facing one’s own death. The Latin phrase “Memento Mori” is displayed during the opening sequence; it is then translated as “remember that you will die” (and a lot of people die in this game). Every time there is a fight in “Persona 3,” the main characters raise a gun-like object (called an evoker) to their head and pull the trigger.

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Exploring “The Evil Within ”

The video game community has been clamoring for a return to good old-fashioned survival horror, and they were promised just that when “Resident Evil” creator Shinji Mikami was announced as the game director for “The Evil Within,” developed by Tango Gameworks and published by Bethesda Softworks. This highly anticipated title was promoted with phrases like “ammo scarcity” and “nightmare inducing,” with the trailers showing the protagonist, Sebastian Castellanos, sneaking through dark, trap-laden corridors stalked by hulking monstrosities. Above all, the world was promised that this would not be a “Resident Evil” game.

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Nintendo Releases Smashing New Game

On Oct. 3, Nintendo released the fourth entry in its successful, “Super Smash Bros.” series for Nintendo 3DS. For anyone unfamiliar with this name, “Smash” is a fighting game starring characters from Nintendo’s iconic franchises duking it out in frantic four player action until only one is left standing. Players select one of these characters, and using a variety of attacks and special moves, attempt to rack up enough damage to send their opponents flying out of the ring. Characters in this version include famous Nintendo icons such as Mario and Link, non-Nintendo characters such as Mega Man, Pac-Man, and Sonic the Hedgehog and even lesser known Nintendo personas such as Mr. Game & Watch and the Duck Hunt Dog.