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		<title>Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga &#8211; White Canisters</title>
		<link>http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2009/08/16/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-white-canisters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Maunders</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Character Reviews]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, having a look on the poll I see that nearly 80% of you want me to do the walkthrough’s for Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga white canisters. So that’s exactly what I’m going to do! But, for everything who said no or is thinking no don’t worry. I’m still going to do the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, having a look on the poll I see that nearly 80% of you want me to do the walkthrough’s for Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga white canisters. So that’s exactly what I’m going to do! But, for everything who said no or is thinking no don’t worry. I’m still going to do the usual review of a new game every week so just think of the star wars ones as an add on.</p>
<p>Anyone who’s read the blue canister walkthrough’s can expect the same layout for these walkthroughs … the only difference being these are the white canisters. There are no time limits to get them and as well as saying where they are I will also tell you whether you can get them in story mode or whether you have to wait for free play mode.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/images/legostarwarsmain.jpg" alt="'Lego Star Wars'" /></p>
<p>The chapters are as follows:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Episode 1: The Phantom Menace</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2009/08/16/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-white-canisters-episode-1-chapter-1/">Chapter 1: Negotiations</a><br />
Chapter 2: Invasion of Naboo<br />
Chapter 3: Escape from Naboo<br />
Chapter 4: Mos Espa Podrace<br />
Chapter 5: Retake Theed Palace<br />
Chapter 6: Darth Maul</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Episode 2: Attack of the Clones</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p>Chapter 1: Bounty Hunter Pursuit<br />
Chapter 2: Discovery on Kamino<br />
Chapter 3: Droid Factory<br />
Chapter 4: Jedi Battle<br />
Chapter 5: Gunship Cavalry<br />
Chapter 6: Count Dooku</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p>Chapter 1: Battle Over Coruscant<br />
Chapter 2: Chancellor in Peril<br />
Chapter 3: General Grievous<br />
Chapter 4: Defense of Kashyyyk<br />
Chapter 5: Ruin of the Jedi<br />
Chapter 6: Darth Vader</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Episode 4: A New Hope</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p>Chapter 1: Secret Plans<br />
Chapter 2: Through the Jundland Wastes<br />
Chapter 3: Mos Eisley Spaceport<br />
Chapter 4: Rescue the Princess<br />
Chapter 5: Death Star Escape<br />
Chapter 6: Rebel Attack</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p>Chapter 1: Hoth Battle<br />
Chapter 2: Escape from Echo Base<br />
Chapter 3: Falcon Flight<br />
Chapter 4: Dagobah<br />
Chapter 5: Cloud City Trap<br />
Chapter 6: Betrayal over Bespin</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Episode 6: Return of the Jedi</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p>Chapter 1: Jabba’s Palace<br />
Chapter 2: The Great Pit of Carkoon<br />
Chapter 3: Speeder Showdown<br />
Chapter 4: The Battle of Endor<br />
Chapter 5: Jedi Destiny<br />
Chapter 6: Into the Death Star</p>
<p>So far there are 1/36 walkthrough’s completed.</p>
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		<title>Nacht der Untoten</title>
		<link>http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2009/01/06/nacht-der-untoten/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Maunders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have decided to include this game as in both the “In-Depth” reviews and the “Walkthroughs” because really it is both. I will be describing about this mini-game in Call of Duty 5: World at War as well as giving you a few hints that will help you increase your farthest point in the game. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have decided to include this game as in both the “In-Depth” reviews and the “Walkthroughs” because really it is both. I will be describing about this mini-game in Call of Duty 5: World at War as well as giving you a few hints that will help you increase your farthest point in the game. This game is featured on the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and the PC versions of the game only. The game is called “Nacht der Untoten” which means in German “Night of the Undead”. Anyway as I have already said this is a mini-game which is supposedly never ending consists of … well Nazi Zombies.</p>
<p>To unlock the zombie game mode you must first complete story mode. Now it doesn’t matter whether you finish the fifteen story levels on recruit, or veteran or any difficulty setting just as long as you finish it. After the cut scene it will automatically start the Nazi zombie mode so if you don’t want to play it single player (which isn’t advisable) then quit.</p>
<p>Obviously the more people playing the more easier the game will be – in a matter of speaking. You are abandoned in a house with up to 3 other people with you, zombies will try to get into the house and kill you. Although zombies have no weapon 3 hits from them will kill you straight away (unless you are playing more than one player in which case you can be revived). Now from this point on I am going to tell you I nice walkthrough if your stuck.</p>
<p>You start in a room with 5 windows, one door which says “Hell” or “Help” on it and one stair case with the words “You must rise above the darkness” written on the wall. This room will also feature two guns one is a Karabiner 98k which you can buy for 200 points. Please do not buy this gun, as it is rubbish against the zombies. There is also a M1A1 Carbine for 600 points but alas you can’t buy it yet. If you’re wondering where these guns are you should find their drawings on the wall where you can buy them. You yourself start with a pathetic M1911 Colt which is okay at the beginning but as the zombies get faster it becomes near useless.</p>
<p>The best strategy to start off with is to let the zombies come to you. Let them rip a couple of planks of the window and then either knife them or get a high 100 point headshot. The latter gets you more points; you can then repair the windows which also gets you more points. When you have enough to buy the M1A1 Carbine buy it, it’s not brilliant but it’s the best you have. Keep doing this until you get to about level 4 or 5.</p>
<p>You should by then have got at least 1900 points and even 2500 or above. You have two options go upstairs or go into the help room. Do not go upstairs unless you want to die and lose, so instead go into the help room. Inside this room you can find two windows, one staircase (leading to the big room upstairs), one door (leading to the main room which you started in) and a cave. Now you cannot actually see the cave because of this many people forget it’s there and die, it is opposite the right window and zombies can burst out there at quite an alarming rate. The weapons available are the Thompson which is a must buy at 1500 points; buy it as soon as you have the money. Also there is a double-barrelled shotgun, which is a must not buy unless you want to be killed whilst reloading. Also in the corner of the room is a mystery box. This costs 950 points.</p>
<p>The mystery box can be a lifesaver or an instant failure resulting in your death. You see there are around 20 different weapons inside the mystery box, although most of the weapons are brilliant some of them are rubbish. I would recommend buying the mystery box as soon as you can. What will happen is it will take 5 seconds for the weapon to appear, you should be able to see whether it is good or not. If you do not want to buy it then it will disappear in 15 seconds.</p>
<p>One gun you can get from the box is the ray gun, in my opinion this is the best weapon in the game. It is an instant kill unless shooting at the legs in which case they could start crawling. Some more brilliant guns are any of the mounted ones are the deployable ones and the browning light machine gun a couple of hits and the zombies are dead. Once you have these good weapons do not use them unless overwhelmed. Stick to the Thompson (unless you have two good weapons) as you want to conserve your best ammo for the last stand later on.</p>
<p>The bold weapons in the box can consist of sniper rifles and pistols which you really do not want to get; if you do it could mean game over. Another weapon which is hugely overrated is the flame thrower. It works wonders on big groups of people when instant kill is enabled but that’s it. It takes 3 seconds for the zombie to realise he is burning and collapse. This means in the later levels that you will use the flame thrower and then while on fire the zombies will kill you, not very effective.</p>
<p>Anyway after you unlock the door you should have one person stay in there guarding the windows etc whilst the other one goes round the main room checking windows. This can be very effective especially if you have a good weapon. At the end of each level/day go back to the mystery box to get a better weapon, even if you have the best weapon available (the ray gun) go back to see if you can get a second one so you have two ray guns!</p>
<p>When you get to around level 9 it’s time to make your last stand! (If you are playing single player do this much earlier) Make sure you have good weapons with a lot of ammo otherwise you are going to die pretty quickly. Unlock the staircase in the help room and run for your life! When reaching the top run forward into a small room which has the stairs from the other main room. Do not open them, instead go to the right hand corner and wait. There are now only two ways a zombie can get you. One is the window on the right hand side; make sure you keep an eye out on it. The other is the door way you came through. It is very effective because they will all come in a straight line so they are easy to kill.</p>
<p>The only problem is when you run out of ammo! In between rounds you could run down to the mystery box but the better option is to buy the BAR which is a good weapon (it’s not brilliant but it’s effective).</p>
<p>One thing to remember is that there are 4 pickups in the game. These can be done when you kill a zombie in a certain way. The first looks like an “x2” sign. This will get you double points which can be really helpful. The second one looks like an ammo box and this one gives you full ammo. The third looks like a skull and gives you instant kills. The last and best looks like an atomic bomb and kills all zombies in the house at that time!</p>
<p>Hopefully doing this strategy you can get quite far through the levels, at the time of writing this I have got to level 16.</p>
<p>Compare prices for <a href="http://www.twenga.co.uk/dir-Video-gaming,Sony-PlayStation-3,PS3-games/Popular-video-games-Call-3-57756">Call of Duty: World at War</a> at Twenga</p>
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		<title>Star Wars: The Force Unleashed &#8211; Duel Mode</title>
		<link>http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/09/22/star-wars-the-force-unleashed-duel-mode/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Maunders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an in-depth summary on Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: Duel Mode. Duel mode is exclusive to the Nintendo Wii so if you haven’t got this game on that version you are really missing out. Especially because the story mode is pretty short, so what else is there to do on other consoles? Nothing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is an in-depth summary on Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: Duel Mode. Duel mode is exclusive to the Nintendo Wii so if you haven’t got this game on that version you are really missing out. Especially because the story mode is pretty short, so what else is there to do on other consoles? Nothing really, apart from redo the story mode which is okay. Duel mode though is essential for all the star wars fans and anyone else buying this game because it’s just that good. To do a basic summary there are 27 characters (which I will say later) from the Star Wars universe, you see characters from episodes 1, 2 all the way to 6 and some extra ones that, unless you read every book going, you have never heard of before. </p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/images/SWTFU6.jpg" alt="'Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Screenshot'" /></p>
<p>So duel mode is only two players and you will each pick a person, then you will select the number of kills you have to do until you win (1-5) and the time limit. You must then select out of 9 areas: In Orbit – TIE Construction Yard, Coruscant – Jedi Temple, Raxus Prime &#8211; Junkyard, Bespin – Carbonite Chamber, Kashyyyk – Wookie Village, Geonosis – Colosseum, Hoth – Battlefield, Tatooine – Ben’s Hovel and Felucia – Sarlacc Pit. </p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/images/SWTFU9.jpg" alt="'Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Screenshot'" /></p>
<p>So on to characters, although there are 27 some are repeated in different clothing. For each character there are 4 “abilities”. These are: Lightsaber Power, Force Lightning, Force Grip and Force Push. Each fighter will either be: Low, Medium, High or Very High on each one of these abilities. So “Luke Skywalker” for example has a Medium Lightsaber Power, Low Force Lightning, Low Force Grip and Very High Force Push. </p>
<p>This is a list of all the characters in duel mode, whether with their stats (so if it was for Luke you would see this: “Luke Skywalker: Medium, Low, Low, Very High – It goes Lightsaber Power, then lightning, then grip and then push):</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/images/SWTFU8.jpg" alt="'Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Screenshot'" /></p>
<p>The Apprentice: Medium, Medium, Medium, Medium<br />
The Apprentice – Light Training Gear:  Medium, Medium, Low, High<br />
The Apprentice – Kento’s Robes:  High, Medium, Medium, Medium<br />
The Apprentice – Corellian Flight Suit:  Low, Medium, Medium, High<br />
The Apprentice – Bounty Hunter Disguise:  Medium, Medium, Medium, Medium<br />
The Apprentice – Ultimate Good:  Low, Medium, Medium, High<br />
The Apprentice – Industrial Explorer Outfit: Medium, Medium, Low, High<br />
The Apprentice – Jungle Combat Gear: High, Medium, Medium, Low<br />
The Apprentice – Sith Robes: Low, High, Medium, Medium<br />
The Apprentice – Heavy Training Gear: Medium, Medium, Medium, Medium<br />
The Apprentice – Ultimate Evil: Medium, Medium, Low, High<br />
Qui-Gon Jinn (yes it’s not another apprentice!): Medium, Low, Low, High<br />
Obi-Wan Kenobi: Medium, Medium, Low, High<br />
Anakin Skywalker: Medium, High, Medium, Low<br />
Darth Vader: Medium, Low, High, Medium<br />
Young Luke Skywalker: Medium, Low, Low, Very High<br />
Jedi Luke Skywalker: Medium, Low, Low, Very High<br />
Mace Windu: High, Low, Medium, Low<br />
Shaak Ti: Medium, Low, Low, High<br />
Darth Maul: High, High, Medium, Low<br />
Count Dooku: Medium, High, Medium, Low<br />
Asajj Ventress: High, Medium, Medium, Low<br />
Rahm Kota: High, Medium, Low, Medium<br />
Aayla Secura: Medium, Medium, Low, High<br />
Mara Jade: Medium, Medium, Medium, Medium<br />
Darth Phobos: Medium, Medium, Medium, Medium<br />
Maris Brood: Medium, High, Medium, Low</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/images/SWTFU7.jpg" alt="'Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Screenshot'" /></p>
<p>Yes I know that there are 11 different versions of the Apprentice but he is the main character of the game! Anyway there isn’t much else to say about the duel mode except that it is a really fun way to challenge your mates and have a lot of fun. </p>
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		<title>Super Smash Bros. Brawl &#8211; Characters</title>
		<link>http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/05/19/super-smash-bros-brawl-characters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 20:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Maunders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally now with only 39 days to go I cannot wait for Super Smash Bros. Brawl to come out on the wii. This game is going to be brilliant! If you can&#8217;t wait that long then &#8230;. well, tough! But I can&#8217;t make you want to buy the game even more with what I am [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finally now with only 39 days to go I cannot wait for Super Smash Bros. Brawl to come out on the wii. This game is going to be brilliant! If you can&#8217;t wait that long then &#8230;. well, tough! But I can&#8217;t make you want to buy the game even more with what I am about to write. Now if you are one of those people who want to know nothing about the game and then when you play it are completely surprised then don&#8217;t read this. However if you are like me and want to know everything about the game before it comes out such as playable levels and characters etc then look no further because that is now what I am going to tell you.</p>
<p>Okay well there are a total of 37 playable characters in the game (although 2 of them are transformations of another 2 characters). Now this is your last chance if you do not want to know the characters then get off this page now. Otherwise scroll down now to see the 37 playable characters in alphabetical order and I will tell you if they have been in any of the previous 2 super smash bros. brawl games. (Super Smash Bros. in 1999 and Super Smash Bros. Melee in 2002 &#8211; I will abbreviate Super Smash Bros. to SSB and Super Smash Bros. Melee to SSBM)</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/images/supersmashbrosbrawl.jpg" alt="'Star Fox" /></p>
<ul>
<li>Bowser &#8211; Has been in SSBM</li>
<li>Captain Falcon &#8211; Has been in both SSB and SSBM</li>
<li>Diddy Kong &#8211; A newcomer to the series</li>
<li>Donkey Kong &#8211; Has been in both SSB and SSBM</li>
<li>Falco (From Star Fox) &#8211; Has been in SSBM</li>
<li>Fox &#8211; Has been in both SSB and SSBM</li>
<li>Ganondorf &#8211; Has been in SSBM</li>
<li>Ice Climbers &#8211; Have been in SSBM</li>
<li>Ike (From Fire Emblem) &#8211; A newcomer to the series</li>
<li>Jiggleypuff &#8211; Has been in both SSB and SSBM</li>
<li>King Dedede (From Kirby) &#8211; A newcomer to the series</li>
<li>Kirby &#8211; Has been in both SSB and SSBM</li>
<li>Link &#8211; Has been in both SSB and SSBM</li>
<li>Lucario (From Pokémon) &#8211; A newcomer to the series</li>
<li>Lucas (From EarthBound) &#8211; A newcomer to the series</li>
<li>Luigi &#8211; Has been in both SSB and SSBM</li>
<li>Mario &#8211; Has been in both SSB and SSBM</li>
<li>Marth (From Fire Emblem) &#8211; Has been in SSBM</li>
<li>Meta Knight (From Kirby) &#8211; A newcomer to the series</li>
<li>Mr. Game &amp; Watch (From Game &amp; Watch) &#8211; Has been in SSBM</li>
<li>Ness (From EarthBound) &#8211; Has been in both SSB and SSBM</li>
<li>Olimar (From Pikmin) &#8211; A newcomer to the series</li>
<li>Peach &#8211; Has been in SSBM</li>
<li>Pikachu &#8211; Has been in both SSB and SSBM</li>
<li>Pit (From Kid Icarus) &#8211; A newcomer to the series</li>
<li>Pokémon Trainer &#8211; A newcomer to the series</li>
<li>R.O.B (From R.O.B) &#8211; A newcomer to the series</li>
<li>Samus (From Metroid) &#8211; Has been in both SSB and SSBM</li>
<li>Sheik (From The Legend of Zelda) &#8211; Has been in SSBM</li>
<li>Snake (From Metal Gear) &#8211; A newcomer to the series</li>
<li>Sonic &#8211; A newcomer to the series</li>
<li>Toon Link &#8211; A newcomer to the series</li>
<li>Wario &#8211; A newcomer to the series</li>
<li>Wolf (From Star Fox) &#8211; A newcomer to the series</li>
<li>Yoshi &#8211; Has been in both SSB and SSBM</li>
<li>Zelda &#8211; Has been in SSBM</li>
<li>Zero Suit Samus &#8211;  A newcomer to the series</li>
</ul>
<p>There we go, now all we have to do is wait for the release date!</p>
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		<title>Tomb Raider: Anniversary &#8211; Weapons</title>
		<link>http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/04/07/tomb-raider-anniversary-weapons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Maunders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an in-depth review on the weapons lara croft has in Tomb Raider: Anniversary. These weapons are included in all 5 platforms the game is featured on. (PS2, PC, PSP, Xbox 360 &#38; Wii)
Well then, I&#8217;m sure you all want to know how many shots it takes with which weapon it takes to kill [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">This is an in-depth review on the weapons lara croft has in Tomb Raider: Anniversary. These weapons are included in all 5 platforms the game is featured on. (PS2, PC, PSP, Xbox 360 &amp; Wii)</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Well then, I&#8217;m sure you all want to know how many shots it takes with which weapon it takes to kill which enemy. So I&#8217;m going to be explaining all of this including all the weapons you have (which isn&#8217;t many), as well as saying which weapons are better.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">There are in total 6 weapons in the game, however two of them are secret so you might not even though of them. I&#8217;m going to say now the weapons in order (and explain them) from which you get them in the game. So the first weapon you get in the game will be first and the last one last.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong>Dual Pistols</strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>Well this has to be the first weapon you have. Lara&#8217;s trademark weapons! Lucky for you you actually start off with these guns straight away! These guns have a lot of advantages about them, one of the main ones being is that they have unlimited ammunition. This way you can never ever run out of ammo in the game. Also the guns are very accurate so another great point. They have a magazine size of 40 and they cause 45 damage per shot. So animals like the bat (which has 60 life) can be killed in 2 shots. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/images/tombraiderani8.jpg" alt="'Tomb Raider: Anniversary'" /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong>Shotgun</strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>This weapon has the lowest damage per shot of all 6 weapons (only 35!) however in some situations it is by far the most powerful. The closer you get to the enemy the more damage it will do. So when you are only a couple of feet away from a enemy it is extremely deadly. The magazine size is 8 and unfortunately you can only carry a maximum of 48 ammunition. Also this gun takes a long time to reload, a very long time. As well as this if you trying using it against a enemy that is far away you won&#8217;t even touch it.  This gun is found in “Peru: The Lost Valley”. I would recommend this weapon for when you are close to the enemy. </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong>50 Caliber Pistol</strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>These weapons are by far the best “non-secret” weapons of the game. I mean come on with 85 damage per shot this weapon is nearly double all the rest. While I&#8217;m adding the good news I can also tell you that this weapon is very accurate and it has a long range of fire. What else can you ask in a weapon? The magazine size is 30 and the maximum ammunition you can carry us 630! All good so far, however there&#8217;s is only one point left in a weapon and unfortunately it is not good. Ammunition. You can store plenty but the problem is finding it! There isn&#8217;t a lot around and it is usually in hidden places etc. Unless you know where to look it is pretty useless using this gun. You don&#8217;t find the gun until “Greece: The Coliseum” so you do actually have a reasonable amount of time to find a lot of ammo by then. I would recommend using this gun when ever you&#8217;re up against hard enemies (such as lions) but remember, you probably don&#8217;t have a lot of ammo. </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong>Dual Mini SMGs (Sub Machine Guns)</strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>These guns in my opinion are also great (well any weapon that you have two of is great!). I think the best thing about this gun is that you can fire the bullets so quickly. So your very likely to kill a enemy quicker with this weapon than any other. The magazine size is 50 and the max ammo is 650! Also the damage per shot is 40, although that doesn&#8217;t matter considering the speed the bullets come out the gun! However there are some bad points. Being able to fire like nobody&#8217;s business is good but it will also get you saying “Huh, where&#8217;s all my ammo gone?”. It goes so quickly that would have used it all up with 10 seconds of rapid fire. You find these guns at “Egypt: The Sanctuary of the Scion”. I would recommend you using these weapons against larger enemies but be careful with your ammo!</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/images/tombraiderani9.jpg" alt="'Tomb Raider: Anniversary'" /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><em><span>Now on to the secret weapons:</span></em></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Both of the following weapons can only be got under the following two conditions:</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-style: normal;">You 	finish the game.</span></p>
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<li> <span style="font-style: normal;">You 	complete the time trial for the “Lost City”. </span></li>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span style="font-style: normal;">Dual Silver SMGs (Sub Machine Guns)</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span>Yea if you though the mini SMGs were good wait until you see the silver ones! The silver SMGs carry all of the same features of the mini SMGs so unfortunately again the range isn&#8217;t massive. However it carries one important improvement. It is double damage! Yep, the mini ones were 40 damage per shot while these silver ones are 80 damage per shot!</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span style="font-style: normal;">Golden Shotgun</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span>Were many people believe gold is better then silver and when your comparing the gold shotgun to the silver SMGs they are certainly right. This is one hundred percent the best and the most powerful gun in the whole of the game. Come to think of it probably the most powerful gun in all of the tomb raider games, it literally is powerful. Obviously again it carries a lot of the features of the original shotgun so it does take along time to reload. But you won&#8217;t care about the time it takes to reload because the enemy will be dead long before you need to reload it. This gun is special because it is called a “one shot kill gun” yep that&#8217;s right. No matter who you are facing you will kill them in one shot. Whether it is a gorilla or a cat flesh mummy they are dead in one shot! If only you had unlimited ammo. </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span style="font-style: normal;">Enemies</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span>Okay now I&#8217;m am going to show you a list of all the enemies there are and how many life points they have. You can do the maths to see which gun kills them the quickest! Lucky for you I have put the enemies in order from lowest life to highest. </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span>Large Rat (50)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span>Giant Bat (60) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span>Wolf (400)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span>Lion (650)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span>Panther (750)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span>Crocodile (800)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span>Winged Demon (800)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span>Cat Mummy (900)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span>Cat Flesh Mummy (900)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span>Bear (1000)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span>Velociraptor (1000)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span>Gorilla (1000)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span>Centaur Mummy (1000)</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/images/tombraiderani10.jpg" alt="'Tomb Raider: Anniversary'" /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">I hope that this in-depth weapon review has helped you and if there is anything I’ve missed all something you don’t understand simply add a comment or go into the about me section and email me.</p>
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		<title>Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga &#8211; Blue Canisters</title>
		<link>http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/12/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-blue-canisters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Maunders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an in-depth review on the special blue LEGO canisters. I will tell you exactly where they can be found, to the best of my knowledge. This is for Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga which I have on the Wii. However I have also heard that this review can also apply for the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is an in-depth review on the special blue LEGO canisters. I will tell you exactly where they can be found, to the best of my knowledge. This is for <a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/06/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga/">Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga</a> which I have on the Wii. However I have also heard that this review can also apply for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Obviously if I was going to write all the ‘walkthrough’s’ at once you wouldn’t see this for another week. So what I’m going to do is put a link below this page for every episode and chapter there is. So like there will be ‘Episode 1: Chapter 1 …..’ and when you click it should take you to the page where I have written the walkthrough.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you are reading this as soon as I’ve posted it or not long after then you will probably find that there are no links just the words. Don’t worry, as soon as I’ve wrote the walkthrough for one chapter the link will be fixed etc.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You will also be able to get to the walkthrough’s through the ‘Walkthrough&#8217;s’ link on the left of this page.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/images/darthmaul.jpg" alt="'Lego Darth Maul'" /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><u>Episode 1: The Phantom Menace</u></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/12/episode-1-chapter-1/">Chapter 1: Negotiations</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/12/episode-1-chapter-2/">Chapter 2: Invasion of Naboo</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/12/episode-1-chapter-3/">Chapter 3: Escape from Naboo</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/12/episode-1-chapter-4/">Chapter 4: Mos Espa Podrace</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/12/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-1-chapter-5/">Chapter 5: <st1:place><st1:placename>Retake</st1:placename> <st1:placename>Theed</st1:placename>  <st1:placetype>Palace</st1:placetype></st1:place></a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/12/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-1-chapter-6/">Chapter 6: Darth Maul</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><u>Episode 2: Attack of the Clones</u></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/12/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-2-chapter-1/">Chapter 1: Bounty Hunter Pursuit</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/13/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-2-chapter-2/">Chapter 2: Discovery on Kamino</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/13/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-2-chapter-3/">Chapter 3: Droid Factory</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/14/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-2-chapter-4/">Chapter 4: Jedi Battle</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/14/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-2-chapter-5/">Chapter 5: Gunship Cavalry</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/14/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-2-chapter-6/">Chapter 6: Count Dooku</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><u>Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith</u></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/14/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-3-chapter-1/">Chapter 1: Battle Over Coruscant</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/14/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-3-chapter-2/">Chapter 2: Chancellor in Peril</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/15/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-3-chapter-3/">Chapter 3: General Grievous</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/16/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-3-chapter-4/">Chapter 4: Defense of Kashyyyk</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/21/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-3-chapter-5/">Chapter 5: Ruin of the Jedi</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/22/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-3-chapter-6/">Chapter 6: Darth Vader</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><u>Episode 4: A </u></em></strong><st1:city><st1:place><strong><em><u>New Hope</u></em></strong></st1:place></st1:city></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/24/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-4-chapter-1/">Chapter 1: Secret Plans</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/25/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-4-chapter-2/">Chapter 2: Through the Jundland Wastes</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/25/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-4-chapter-3/">Chapter 3: Mos Eisley Spaceport</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/25/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-4-chapter-4/">Chapter 4: Rescue the Princess</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/25/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-4-chapter-5/">Chapter 5: Death Star Escape</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/25/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-4-chapter-6/">Chapter 6: Rebel Attack</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><u>Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back</u></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/25/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-5-chapter-1/">Chapter 1: Hoth Battle</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/25/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-5-chapter-2/">Chapter 2: Escape from Echo Base</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/26/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-5-chapter-3/">Chapter 3: Falcon Flight</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/26/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-5-chapter-4/">Chapter 4: Dagobah</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/26/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-5-chapter-5/">Chapter 5: <st1:place><st1:placename>Cloud</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>City</st1:placetype></st1:place> Trap</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/26/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-5-chapter-6/">Chapter 6: Betrayal over Bespin</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><u>Episode 6: Return of the Jedi</u></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/26/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-6-chapter-1/">Chapter 1: Jabba’s Palace</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/26/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-6-chapter-2/">Chapter 2: The Great Pit of Carkoon</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/26/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-6-chapter-3/">Chapter 3: Speeder Showdown</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/26/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-6-chapter-4/">Chapter 4: The <st1:city><st1:place>Battle</st1:place></st1:city> of Endor</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/26/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-6-chapter-5/">Chapter 5: Jedi Destiny</a><br />
<a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/26/lego-star-wars-the-complete-saga-episode-6-chapter-6/">Chapter 6: Into the Death Star</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All walkthrough&#8217;s are completed!<o:p></o:p></p>
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		<title>Super Paper Mario &#8211; Welderberg</title>
		<link>http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/09/super-paper-mario-welderberg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Maunders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is not a character review on Welderberg but is more like an in-depth review on Super Paper Mario.
When you’ve been playing Super Paper Mario have you get fed up from having to use lifts to get to everywhere? Are you fed up with going through the mirror hall each time you want to get [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">This is not a character review on Welderberg but is more like an in-depth review on <a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/02/26/super-paper-mario/">Super Paper Mario</a>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When you’ve been playing Super Paper Mario have you get fed up from having to use lifts to get to everywhere? Are you fed up with going through the mirror hall each time you want to get to flopside? When finally I have found the answer, Welderberg. Wait, who the hell is Welderberg? Well he is a digger, believe it or not, and for a reasonable fee he can dig three pipes for you to lead to different places around the two towns.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Now do not pay the fee is you love walking around and spending wasted time getting from one place to another. However for anyone else, which is mostly everyone the fee is well worth it. It is not huge and it can make life for you a lot easier by far! Now out of the three pipes I bet the first one you would choose is the one from Flopside to Flipside and vice versa, I know I would. Well unfortunately it doesn’t work like that. You have to get him to build the three pipes one after another, and you’ve guessed it the one leading between the two worlds is last! Typical!</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/images/welderberg.jpg" alt="Welderberg" /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The first place Welderberg is hiding is just opposite the pit of 100 trials in Flipside. The directions to get there are on the Flipside pit of 100 trials review by <a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/06/pit-of-100-trials-flipside/">clicking here</a>. Then when you get there simply flip into 3D and walk left. You will them meet Welderberg (his picture is above). He says that he will make a pipe for you from the point where you are now to the 2<sup>nd</sup> floor of Flipside (which is where Merlon’s house is) for 100 coins. The convenience is worth more than the money so if you have money to spare, I would recommend above 700 coins at least, then pay it.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The second place you will find Welderberg is opposite the pit of 100 trials in Flopside, what a surprise. Again to get the directions look at my Flopside pit of 100 trials review by <a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/09/pit-of-100-trials-flopside/">clicking here</a>. Then from there flip into 3D but this time walk right. He will ask the same thing again and the pipe will take you to the second floor of Flopside (where Nolrem’s house is) for 100 coins. Pay it again, if you want to, the choice is yours.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you do decide to pay it then the handiest pipe of the game (Flipside – Flopside) is next. Meet Welderberg on the 2<sup>nd</sup> Floor of Flopside (Nolrem’s house) and keep walking to the left until you pass Merlee’s house of charms. Flip again into 3D and talk to Welderberg. Now the shocking part. How much do you think it will be, 100? 150? 200? I was expecting 250 max, however it turned out I was wrong and the price he actually asks for is 300 coins! But being the handiest thing in the game I would urge you to buy it if you had 500 or more coins, or possibly even less than that.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With these pipes in play you can now get around Flipside and Flopside a lot easier. I hope this review has helped. <o:p></o:p></p>
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		<title>Super Paper Mario &#8211; Pit of 100 Trials (Flopside)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Maunders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an in-depth review on the pit of 100 trials which is from the Super Paper Mario game on the wii. Not the original Paper Mario.
Okay just like the other pit of 100 trials review I’m gonna start by telling you the directions. This is from Nolrem’s house (The wizard in Flopside):
Go left from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">This is an in-depth review on the pit of 100 trials which is from the Super Paper Mario game on the wii. Not the original Paper Mario.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Okay just like the other pit of 100 trials review I’m gonna start by telling you the directions. This is from Nolrem’s house (The wizard in Flopside):</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Go left from his house to the lift and follow it down.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then at the next level go left past one house to the next lift and follow it down.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then at the next level go right past ‘The Overthere’ house and follow the lift down.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">At the bottom keep going to the left and you will find yourself at the pit of 100 trials.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Now just for everyone reading this is the flopside version I am reviewing. If you want the flipside version <a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/06/pit-of-100-trials-flipside/">click here</a>. Also I should add that you have to have completed the flipside version of the pit of 100 trials before attempting this one. Otherwise you will find a big wall in front of the entrance in which you cannot get past.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In my other review you would have remembered me going on and on about you can die. Well on this one the chance is even higher. Now the main structure of the pit is the same as the previous one. Every tenth floor there is a card (and possibly Flimm) and you have the chance to escape and try another day. Of course the enemies are different but technically that is about the only thing that is.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/images/bowser.jpg" alt="Bowser" /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Last time I said to leave about 90 minutes, this time I would recommend over 2 hours. It is a lot harder, a hell of a lot harder. Plus you have to complete it twice, and no I’m not winding you up or trying to annoy you I am being serious. Mind you the prize at the end is well worth it but I will go into that later.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This next paragraph is nearly the same as I wrote in the first review. As the things you need are the same. I’m assuming you already have ‘Barry the Pixl’ in your group. As he is the Pixl I believe you should use the most. I would also recommend for everyone who has completed the game to get the Pixl (Tiptron). But only if you think it will help you (It helped me!), she is an exact replica of <a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/08/tippi/">Tippi</a> which you don’t have anymore. However unfortunately she costs 999 coins! You can buy it off of Francis in chapter 3-4. Again the most important thing is health. Use exactly the same stuff I told you to use last time. To recap your memory I said: The main things you need to buy is about between 5-7 shroom shakes (which are around 20 coins each) and between 5-7 (the same amount of shroom shakes) fire bursts. Then go to flopside to the cookery place called the Hot Fraun. She will ask for two items to cook into one item. Give her one shroom shake and one fire burst. She will make it into one object ‘Emergency Ration’ this will heal 50 HP in the pit so get as many as these as you can. Other things that come in useful are things such as POW block and ice storm. If you need money go on my review on pit of 100 trials (Flipside) by clicking above (4<sup>th</sup> Paragraph) where it says, believe it or not, CLICK HERE!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Now joining with the paragraph above I would make sure that you had a lot of emergency ration’s probably about 8 or even 9. This pit is mega difficult so you will definitely need them, trust me! Make sure you have money as well because before entering the pit for the second time you will need to restock on more emergency rations. I would also recommend tunnels in the game with the help of Welderberg. To see my review on this <a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/09/welderberg/">click here!</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Okay now all the creatures in the room are completely different from the previous ones. How? Because they are all dark versions of themselves, so instead of a Goomba you get a ‘Dark Goomba’. Unfortunately there are two bad points to this. One if the fact that they are encased in a black silhouette so you have no idea who they are. (That is unless you spend each day observing the outline of each enemy, which is quite boring, not that I would know of course!) The second bad point is the fact that unfortunately they are twice as hard to kill. Which is why I said about it will take longer to complete.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Okay so here are all the enemies. Now as I said they are all Dark so I’m going to save my hands by not typing dark, okay? Here they are:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">01- Goomba<o:p></o:p><br />
02- Koopa, Goomba<o:p></o:p><br />
03- Goomba, Paragoomba, Tech Cursya<o:p></o:p><br />
04- Paragoomba<o:p></o:p><br />
05- Koopa, Spiked Goomba<o:p></o:p><br />
06- Squiglet, Cherbil<o:p></o:p><br />
07- Spiny, Squiglet<span>                 </span><o:p></o:p><br />
08- Goomba, Spiny, Cursya<o:p></o:p><br />
09- Spike Top, Koopa<o:p></o:p><br />
10- Treasure: Dashell Card<o:p></o:p><br />
11- Fuzzy, Squiglet<o:p></o:p><br />
12- Stone Buzzy<o:p></o:p><br />
13- Cleft, Paratroopa, Heavy Cursya<o:p></o:p><br />
14- Cleft, Paragoomba<o:p></o:p><br />
15- Spania, Goomba<o:p></o:p><br />
16- Dull Bones, Spiny, Tech Cursya<o:p></o:p><br />
17- Stone Buzzy, Spike Top<o:p></o:p><br />
18- Fuzzy, Spiked Goomba<o:p></o:p><br />
19- Dull Bones, Goomba<o:p></o:p><br />
20- Treasure: Goombario Card<o:p></o:p><br />
21- Pokey, Reversya Cursya, Fuzzy<o:p></o:p><br />
22- Spania<o:p></o:p><br />
23- Fuzzy, Longator<o:p></o:p><br />
24- Dull Bones, Pokey, Paragoomba<o:p></o:p><br />
25- Cleft, Ruff Puff<o:p></o:p><br />
26- Dark Boo (It’s already dark so its official name is ‘Dark Dark Boo’ Cool!)<o:p></o:p><br />
27- Ruff Puff, Heavy Cursya, Squiglet<o:p></o:p><br />
28- Stone Buzzy, Spania<o:p></o:p><br />
29- Dark Boo, Goomba<o:p></o:p><br />
30- Treasure: Kooper Card<o:p></o:p><br />
31- Shlurp, Ruff Puff<o:p></o:p><br />
32- Sproing-Oing, Squiglet<o:p></o:p><br />
33- Choppa, Pokey<o:p></o:p><br />
34- Boomboxer<o:p></o:p><br />
35- Growmeba, Reversya Cursya, Squiglet<o:p></o:p><br />
36- Boomboxer, Cursya<o:p></o:p><br />
37- Growmeba<o:p></o:p><br />
38- Cherbil<o:p></o:p><br />
39- Dark Boo, Megabite<o:p></o:p><br />
40- Treasure: Bombette Card<o:p></o:p><br />
41- Striker<o:p></o:p><br />
42- Shlurp, Cursya, Heavy Cursya<o:p></o:p><br />
43- Boomboxer, Choppa<o:p></o:p><br />
44- Sproing-Oing, Tech Cursya, Reversya Cursya<o:p></o:p><br />
45- Shlurp<o:p></o:p><br />
46- Hammer Bro, Goomba<o:p></o:p><br />
47- Boomerang Bro, Dark Paragoomba<o:p></o:p><br />
48- Fire Bro, Spiked Goomba<o:p></o:p><br />
49- Magikoopa, Striker, Squiglet<o:p></o:p><br />
50- Treasure: Parakarry Card<o:p></o:p><br />
51- Muth<o:p></o:p><br />
52- Chomp<o:p></o:p><br />
53- Clubba<o:p></o:p><br />
54- Squiglet<o:p></o:p><br />
55- Squiglet, Spania<o:p></o:p><br />
56- Boomerang Bro, Tech Cursya, Squiglet<o:p></o:p><br />
57- Tileoid<o:p></o:p><br />
58- Hammer Bro, Cursya<o:p></o:p><br />
59- Striker, Magikoopa<o:p></o:p><br />
60- Treasure: Bow Card<o:p></o:p><br />
61- Magikoopa, Chomp<o:p></o:p><br />
62- Pigarithm, Magikoopa, Eeligon<o:p></o:p><br />
63- Magikoopa, Heavy Cursya, Tileoid<o:p></o:p><br />
64- Ninjoe<o:p></o:p><br />
65- Chomp, Fire Bro<o:p></o:p><br />
66- Hammer Bro<o:p></o:p><br />
67- Clubba, Tech Cursya<o:p></o:p><br />
68- Koopatrol, Clubba<o:p></o:p><br />
69- Ninjoe, Megabite, Cherbil<o:p></o:p><br />
70- Treasure: Watt Card<o:p></o:p><br />
71- Jawbus<o:p></o:p><br />
72- Koopa, Koopatrol<o:p></o:p><br />
73- Barridad<o:p></o:p><br />
74- Choppa, Eeligon<o:p></o:p><br />
75- Dayzee, Pigarithm<o:p></o:p><br />
76- Koopatrol<o:p></o:p><br />
77- Ninjoe, Tileoid<o:p></o:p><br />
78- Skellobit, Ninjoe<o:p></o:p><br />
79- Skellobit, Spiky Skellobit<o:p></o:p><br />
80- Treasure: Sushie Card<o:p></o:p><br />
81- Spiky Skellobit, Cursya<o:p></o:p><br />
82- Magikoopa, Cherbil<o:p></o:p><br />
83- Skellobit, Spiky Skellobit<o:p></o:p><br />
84- Jawbus<o:p></o:p><br />
85- Magiblot<o:p></o:p><br />
86- Koopatrol, Reversya Cursya<o:p></o:p><br />
87- Striker, Squiglet<o:p></o:p><br />
88- Longator<o:p></o:p><br />
89- Magiblot, Tileoid<o:p></o:p><br />
90- Treasure: Lakilester Card<o:p></o:p><br />
91- Cursya, Tech Cursya, Heavy Cursya, Reversya Cursya <o:p></o:p><br />
92- Magikoopa, Squiglet<o:p></o:p><br />
93- Hammer Bro, Boomerang Bro, Fire Bro<o:p></o:p><br />
94- Magiblot, Dayzee, Cherbil<o:p></o:p><br />
95- Headbonk Goomba<o:p></o:p><br />
96- Jawbus, Megabite<o:p></o:p><br />
97- Skellobit, Spiky Skellobit<o:p></o:p><br />
98- Muth<o:p></o:p><br />
99- Koopatrol, Fire Bro, Hammer Bro, Boomerang Bro<o:p></o:p><br />
100- Nothing &amp; Shadoo</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Okay as you can see for room 100 first I have put nothing. That’s because when you get there the first time there is … NOTHING! However the second time it is completely different. You will face Shadoo. Well technically first you will face 4 other people 1 by 1. The first being Dark Luigi, then Dark Bowser, then Dark Peach and finally Dark Mario. All of them have no equipped items except for Dark Mario who has Cudge.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Once you have completed that feel good for yourself you’ve just one some huge prizes. (Yay you) You get 4, no sorry 8 new cards. Dark Luigi, <a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/03/luigi/">Luigi</a>, Dark Bowser, Bowser (1), Dark Peach, Peach (1), Dark Mario and <a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/02/mario/">Mario</a>, however if your thinking now “What? I just did that for 8 crap cards” don’t. Because the last one is very special, with the Mario card you can now have infinite 3D! That’s right you can stay in 3D forever (if that’s what you want).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Well in my opinion all 3 pit of 100 trials (considering you have to do the flopside one twice) are the hardest and take up the most time in the entire game. Believe me I know. So hopefully this review will help you go that one step further to getting 100% completion in the game.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Just like last time anything I haven’t covered or which you need to know please email me at nick AT xtragamer DOT co DOT <st1:country-region><st1:place>uk</st1:place></st1:country-region>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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		<dc:creator>Nick Maunders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an in-depth review on the pit of 100 trials which is from the Super Paper Mario game on the wii. Not the original Paper Mario.
First of all to get to the pit of 100 trials in flipside follow these directions:
From Merlon’s house go left to the lift and go down
From there go to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">This is an in-depth review on the pit of 100 trials which is from the <a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/02/26/super-paper-mario/">Super Paper Mario</a> game on the wii. Not the original Paper Mario.</p>
<p>First of all to get to the pit of 100 trials in flipside follow these directions:</p>
<p>From Merlon’s house go left to the lift and go down</p>
<p>From there go to the first lift on the right and go down</p>
<p>Then go left past ‘the Underwhere’ building to the lift and go down</p>
<p>It is on your right. Use <a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/03/luigi/">Luigi</a> to jump up and hit the ‘!’ switch</p>
<p>I would recommend saving before entering.</p>
<p>I don’t how many of you have tried the pit of 100 trials in Flipside on Super Paper Mario but it is very very hard. As the name suggests you go down into a pit and face off against different opponents in 100 rooms. The thing that is so difficult about this is the fact that you can’t save your game anywhere in the pit. So basically if you die, then ….. you DIE! No second chance or anything, you just have to start again (if you feel like doing it again)</p>
<p>The reason I am reviewing the Flipside pit of 100 trials is because that is the only one you can do to start with as the Flopside one is locked. Now a warning for any of you attempting the pit of 100 trials for the first time, make sure you have the time. The first time you do it is unlikely you will complete it and when you do it can take around 90 minutes to two hours. So the most important thing is making sure you have enough to time to complete it.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/images/pitof100trials.jpg" alt="Mario &amp; Tippi" /></p>
<p>Hopefully however with the help of this review you will be able to complete it the first time round. I myself have managed to complete the pit of 100 trials in flipside. But it was my third try. My first try got me to room 70 and on my second try I died in room 100 (it was so frustrating)! One thing that you must do though is never give up. Although I would not recommend playing it twice in one go(unless you lose in the first 20 rooms).</p>
<p>Okay I’m going to say now some important things you need to complete it. Now I would recommend that you have completed the game first because then you have higher experience and more coins. I would also recommend you have ‘Barry the Pixl in your group’ (which you can get if you go back to chapter 3-1, yes he’s still behind the bush!). As he is the Pixl I believe you should use the most. The most important thing in the pit is health. You need lots of it. For that you will need coins (if you have hardly any coins then go to chapter 5-1, make sure you have dotty the Pixl, and go to the right end of the first location. Then flip and shrink with dotty to go through the hole in the wall. Then jump in the pipe to get some coins and go out the other side. A whacka mole pops up. Jump on him and you will receive a whacka bump. If you keep going back down the pipe and back up again (each time hitting the mole) you can receive a max of 8 whacka bumps before he leaves for good. These whacka bumps are worth 150 coins each so sell them).</p>
<p>So the main things you need to buy is about between 5-7 shroom shakes (which are around 20 coins each) and between 5-7 (the same amount of shroom shakes) fire bursts. Then go to flopside to the cookery place called the Hot Fraun. She will ask for two items to cook into one item. Give her one shroom shake and one fire burst. She will make it into one object ‘Emergency Ration’ this will heal 50 HP in the pit so get as many as these as you can. Other things that come in useful are things such as POW block and ice storm.</p>
<p>There are the creatures in all 100 rooms (and I haven’t cut and paste from another website):</p>
<p>01- Squiglet<o:p></o:p><br />
02- Goomba<o:p></o:p><br />
03- Squig, Squiglet<o:p></o:p><br />
04- Sproing-Oing<o:p></o:p><br />
05- Goomba, Gloomba<o:p></o:p><br />
06- Cherbil<o:p></o:p><br />
07- Sproing-Oing, Squig<o:p></o:p><br />
08- Squig, Squiglet<o:p></o:p><br />
09- Gloomba, Poison Cherbil<o:p></o:p><br />
10- Treasure: <a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/08/tippi/">Tippi</a> Card <o:p></o:p><br />
11- Paratroopa, Koopa Troopa<o:p></o:p><br />
12- Paragoomba, Spiked Goomba<o:p></o:p><br />
13- Shlurp, Bald Cleft<o:p></o:p><br />
14- Flip Goomba, Koopa Troopa<o:p></o:p><br />
15- Boomboxer, Shlurp<o:p></o:p><br />
16- Tileoid G, Koopa Troopa<o:p></o:p><br />
17- Flip Koopa Troopa<o:p></o:p><br />
18- Buzzy Beetle, Squig<o:p></o:p><br />
19- Koopatrol, Squiglet, Koopa Troopa<o:p></o:p><br />
20- Treasure: <a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/08/thoreau/">Thoreau</a> Card<o:p></o:p><br />
21- Spiny <o:p></o:p><br />
22- Boo, Gloomba<o:p></o:p><br />
23- Fuzzy, Cherbil<o:p></o:p><br />
24- Boing-Oing, Sproing-Oing<o:p></o:p><br />
25- Chain Chomp<o:p></o:p><br />
26- Crazee Dayzee, Paragoomba<o:p></o:p><br />
27- Squiglet<o:p></o:p><br />
28- Hammer Bro, Koopa Troopa<o:p></o:p><br />
29- Rawbus<o:p></o:p><br />
30- Treasure: Boomer Card<o:p></o:p><br />
31- Tileoid B, Tileoid G<o:p></o:p><br />
32- Longator<o:p></o:p><br />
33- Growmeba, Cursya, Squig<o:p></o:p><br />
34- Stone Buzzy, Bald Cleft<o:p></o:p><br />
35- Choppa, Squig<o:p></o:p><br />
36- Ninjoe<o:p></o:p><br />
37- Spike Top, Buzzy Beetle, Squig<o:p></o:p><br />
38- Magikoopa, Spiked Goomba<o:p></o:p><br />
39- Fire Bro, Tileoid G<o:p></o:p><br />
40- Treasure: Slim Card<o:p></o:p><br />
41- Clubba, Squiglet<o:p></o:p><br />
42- Pokey, Gloomba<o:p></o:p><br />
43- Koopa Striker<o:p></o:p><br />
44- Squog, Squig, Cursya<o:p></o:p><br />
45- Tileoid R, Tileoid B<o:p></o:p><br />
46- Flip Paratroopa, Flip Goomba<o:p></o:p><br />
47- Ice Cherbil, Poison Cherbil, Cherbil<o:p></o:p><br />
48- Magikoopa, Clubba<o:p></o:p><br />
49- Squog<o:p></o:p><br />
50- Treasure: Thudley Card<o:p></o:p><br />
51- Flip Spiny, Spiny, Buzzy Beetle<o:p></o:p><br />
52- Pigarithm<o:p></o:p><br />
53- Spania, Tileoid B<o:p></o:p><br />
54- Dry Bones, Clubba<o:p></o:p><br />
55- Hooligon<o:p></o:p><br />
56- Dark Boo, Tech Cursya<o:p></o:p><br />
57- Zoing-Oing, Ice Cherbil<o:p></o:p><br />
58- Amazy Dayzee, Crazee Dayzee<o:p></o:p><br />
59- Yellow Magiblot, Squig<o:p></o:p><br />
60- Treasure: Carrie Card<o:p></o:p><br />
61- Beepboxer, Heavy Cursya, Cursya<o:p></o:p><br />
62- Dull Bones, Dark Boo<o:p></o:p><br />
63- Boomerang Bro, Clubba<o:p></o:p><br />
64- Tileoid Y, Tileoid R<o:p></o:p><br />
65- Blomeba, Growmeba<o:p></o:p><br />
66- Skellobit, Ninjoe<o:p></o:p><br />
67- Longadile, Longator<o:p></o:p><br />
68- Flip Hammer Bro, Squog, Squoinker<o:p></o:p><br />
69- Soopa Striker<o:p></o:p><br />
70- Treasure: Fleep Card<o:p></o:p><br />
71- Moon Cleft, Bald Cleft<o:p></o:p><br />
72- Jawbus<o:p></o:p><br />
73- Cursya, Reversya Cursya, Tech Cursya, Heavy Cursya<o:p></o:p><br />
74- Copta<o:p></o:p><br />
75- Ruff Puff<o:p></o:p><br />
76- Blastboxer, Beepboxer, Boomboxer<o:p></o:p><br />
77- Blue Magiblot, Squog<o:p></o:p><br />
78- Chromeba, Blomeba<o:p></o:p><br />
79- Flip Skellobit, Flip Spiky Skellobit<o:p></o:p><br />
80- Treasure: Cudge Card<o:p></o:p><br />
81- Hogarithm, Tileoid Y<o:p></o:p><br />
82- Red Magiblot, Squoinker<o:p></o:p><br />
83- Pink Fuzzy, Cherbil<o:p></o:p><br />
84- Shlorp, Spania<o:p></o:p><br />
85- Poison Pokey, Dark Boo<o:p></o:p><br />
86- Koopatrol, Magikoopa<o:p></o:p><br />
87- Chromeba, Reversya Cursya, Copta<o:p></o:p><br />
88- Ninjoe, Ninjohn<o:p></o:p><br />
89- Headbonk Goomba<o:p></o:p><br />
90- Treasure: Dottie Card<o:p></o:p><br />
91- Gawbus<o:p></o:p><br />
92- Ninjerry, Ninjohn, Ninjoe<o:p></o:p><br />
93- Skellobit, Ninjerry, Cursya<o:p></o:p><br />
94- Flip Fire Bro, Squoinker<o:p></o:p><br />
95- Skellobit, Spiky Skellobit<o:p></o:p><br />
96- Flip Boomerang Bro, Flip Fire Bro<o:p></o:p><br />
97- Squiglet<o:p></o:p><br />
98- Red Chomp<o:p></o:p><br />
99- Blue Magiblot, Red Magiblot, Yellow Magiblot<o:p></o:p><br />
100- Wracktail – BOSS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As you may have noticed in every 10th room (except for room 100) there is a treasure card. There is also the chance to exit the pit of 100 trials. But if you do you will have to start from the beginning again. Only do this if you’re really low on life and have no more health items. Flimm will also be in a couple of these rooms. If he has health stuff and you have space in your inventory then buy it. You will need it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The boss of the pits is Wracktail (which I go into more detail in a later review) he is pretty much like Fracktail except a lot more powerful. He has an attack of 10 and the little robots on his back also have an attack of 10. This is where you are likely to lose. Use a combo of Luigi and Slim when on his back slowly working your way to his head. You need to have PATIENCE in this game. Where you get to his head and the robots are facing you use Luigi’s special jump to jump on his sensor (what ever you want to call it) and repeat a lot!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Once completed you will receive Dashell a Pixl with speed! By holding down 1 you can speed up which is very useful in some situations. Also winning the pit will unlock the pit of 100 trials in flopside. To see my review on it <a href="http://www.xtragamer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/09/pit-of-100-trials-flopside/">click here!</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Anything I haven’t covered or which you need to know please email me at nick AT xtragamer DOT co DOT <st1:country-region><st1:place>uk</st1:place></st1:country-region>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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