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Description: If you know exactly how much time you have to kill, this shooter game comes in quite handy! Just select "Start Game", then choose whether you'll play for two minutes or five minutes, and the action will begin. But within the game's short time span, there are many ways to increase your score and two ways to increase the power of your spaceship. No matter how many times you play this game, there's always the challenge of getting a better score next time.
Free tip: Don't neglect weapon and force upgrades after you've increased them to their maximum power. Each upgrade collected for something that's already at its maximum gets you 10,000 points, and that quickly adds up!
Cookie tip: Always, always, always attempt to get the 80,000 point Delilah bonus if your weapon level is 5 or 6. You can attack the eyes with your rear lasers if your front ones don't get the job done, and making an accidental shot that hits one eye but not the other doesn't disqualify you.
Description: Plenty of characters, a fully-fledged story, and literally dozens of unlockables. Sounds like a game I won't tire of for a while. If you're familiar with Super Smash Bros. Melee, the gameplay is basically the same, except that Air Dodges can no longer nudge your position or stop you from using further moves, and other minor changes like that. Oh, and one MAJOR change: Smash Balls, which enable you to perform super-powerful special attacks. If you're not familiar with any Smash Bros. games, you won't have much trouble finding someone who does. It's that sort of game.
Free tip: In Subspace Emissary, not all damage is created equal. Damage dealt may do more to reduce an enemy's health if you direct it to the proper place on their body - for example, the Greap's head.
Cookie tip: Here's a number of things regarding the collection of Smash Balls. Propelling your rival in the direction of the Smash Ball actually works pretty well if you send them sailing past it. Attacks with any sort of delay (such as Meteor Smashes) are not your friends. However, fast-moving projectile weapons will work very well (unlike with Metal Boxes, you do get credited for hitting the Smash Ball if you do it from a distance).
Description: Actually, this isn't much more than a glorified puzzle book. But what a collection of puzzles it is! There are simple puzzles and brain-busting puzzles. There are straightforward puzzles, and annoying puzzles with oddly-worded instructions. There are number puzzles and picture puzzles. Everyone can find some puzzles they'll love, and if you use Wi-Fi you can get even more puzzles. What makes this game so much fun? That's not a very puzzling question.
Free tip: You can sometimes save hint coins by simply re-reading the puzzle's instructions, word by word. Pay close attention to each word - you may discover a helpful detail, or realize what isn't in the instructions.
Cookie tip: Hint coins may be limited, but there's a lot of them! Check the windows, the barrels, the bushes - anything that's the right size for a coin.