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gamers with special items for missteps are offset by the fact A deftly made product, 3D Dot
no apparent reason. The that 3D Dot Game Heroes Game Heroes offers a bug-free
majority of these items can never takes itself too seriously. challenge that never becomes
never actually be used, and There are a handful of jokes prohibitively difficult, and in
tracking them down isn’t so about the game’s visuals, from its constant attempts to
much a matter of using the king demanding that his 2D duplicate the superficial
intuition, but simply revisiting realm evolve to 3D to attract qualities of The Legend of
villages and talking to tourists, to an exasperated Zelda, it occasionally hits notes
characters after any minor villager complaining that three that are pitch-perfect. But it
event. It comes off as dimensions are much harder to never reaches a level of
unnecessary fluff designed to clean than two. The manner in excellence, simply because it
pad the game time and sate the which players catalogue the can’t compare to the games it
completionist nature of many beasts they have conquered is fastidiously apes. That says
modern gamers. And for a humorously literal, and the more about the source material
clone of The Legend of Zelda, developers have inserted a than the facsimile, but a game
3D Dot Game Heroes pays number of comical references has to be considered
curiously scant attention to its to other From Software games, disappointing when its only
princess, even letting players like Demon’s Souls and real accomplishment is
win without rescuing her. Armored Core. reminding players of The
Fortunately, the narrative Legend of Zelda's greatness.

What's New in Arcades?

Elevator Action: Death Parade
Taito continues its long-running franchise in this first-
person shooter that pits players against a variety of
monsters and other baddies. The unique arcade
cabinet features real elevator doors that slide open and
closed to reveal the action as one or two players blast
their way through a multi-level skyscraper. Although
this title has seen wide release in Japan, it may be
more difficult to track down in U.S. arcades.

Tetris Giant
This release arms players with gigantic joysticks
(featuring force feedback) as they attempt to drop and
group Tetriminoes on a 7 x 6 grid. Modes include two-
player co-op, versus and timed, as well as solo
challenges. If you can’t track one of these down in the
arcade you can always save your quarters to purchase
one for the princely sum of $10,000.

- Chris Cavanaugh

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