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Virtually Overlooked: Taboo: The Sixth Sense [update 1]


Welcome to our weekly feature, Virtually Overlooked, wherein we talk about games that aren't on the Virtual Console yet, but should be. Call it a retro-speculative.

Rare has been responsible for many of the most beloved games on Nintendo systems throughout the years. RC Pro-Am, Goldeneye 007, and Donkey Kong Country come immediately to mind when thinking about the company and its history of great games.

Taboo: The Sixth Sense is not great, or beloved, or even a game. If it were a game, it would be one of the worst ones on the NES. But if something like Taboo can even have a time, then that time has come.

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Get a degree in knowing how to play Big Brain Academy


We haven't read any research on the particular brain-embiggening properties of Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree, and we're also quite certain that playing it won't result in an actual degree conferral (which is too bad, because we could use some more of those!) Whatever health or brain-bigness benefits it may have, the game certainly looks cute and fun.

Siliconera has posted some impressions of the Japanese version, with plenty of screenshots and explanation of the various minigames involved. We suggest you check it out and dramatically increase the size of the area of your brain that holds Big Brain Academy gameplay details!

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This Month's New Games

Name Date
NBA Live 09 All-Play
Oct 7
Army Men Soldiers of Misfortune
Oct 7
Crash: Mind Over Mutant
Oct 7
Sam and Max Season One
Oct 16
Safecracker
Oct 16
Monopoly
Oct 20
Carnival Games: Mini-Golf
Oct 20
Celebrity Sports Showdown
Oct 20
Circus Games
Oct 21
Pet Pals: Animal Doctor
Oct 21
Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon Oct 21
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
Oct 21
KoF Collection: The Orochi Saga
Oct 21
Naruto: Clash Of Ninja Revolution 2 Oct 21
Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun Oct 22
Guitar Hero: World Tour
Oct 27
MySims Kingdom
Oct 28
FIFA Soccer 09 All-Play Oct 28
Cooking Mama: World Kitchen
Oct 28
Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2009
Oct 28

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