Child of Eden, an Awesome Game without an Awesome following.

A few years ago during Christmastime, my brothers and I received some new Kinect games for our Xbox because we didn't have that many and the Kinect was starting to gather dust. One of them was called Child of Eden. This is a game created by Tetsuya Mizuguchi, who created the slightly more well known game "Rez" for the PlayStation 2 and the Sega Dreamcast. For those of you who have never played this game (Child of Eden), which is probably most of you, this game is all about how in the near future, Lumi, the first person born on the international space station. She was never able to go to Earth, but she dreamed about it her whole life, and she conveyed her feelings into songs she made with her band "Genki Rockets" and sent them to Earth. When she died, her body was preserved and memories archived. Later, scientists tried to recreate her likeness in the Internet (which is called Eden at this time) and everything goes awry when a virus infects the system. Your goal is to expel the virus in Eden and save "Project Lumi."

The game's visuals are similar to Rez's in the way that they are very stunning. At least when I play the game I spend a lot of the time looking at the visuals, which get better and better the bigger the screen you have because it becomes more immersive. If you suffer from epilepsy or have a history of seizures, then be warned that the visuals could trigger that. It is very bright, colorful, and overall is a complete pleasure for the eyes unless you have a really high brightness setting on your T.V.
The overall difficulty of the game is actually quite fair at first. It's not easy at first but that's only really because you haven't gotten used to the controls yet. If the game becomes too difficult for you to muster than you can always change the difficulty from normal to "Feel Eden" which is basically kids mode, where you don't take any damage from enemies and you can explore the game in more detail, at least that's what it's for.

I love this game, but it didn't sell well despite having really positive review scores for the most part, and most people who bought the game enjoyed it a lot. The only problem I can really find with this game is that it can be really short, but I will let you decide that for yourself.

If you have played this game and like/hate it, let me know in the comments below.
By the way here are some links to Genki Rocket's music because it actually is pretty good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL2od1AF_Cs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFgVvMK4EfU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-rpz6ONidM

Mario Sunshine is Fantastic.

Hey everybody, what is going on? I've recently beaten Super Mario Sunshine again, and it is one of the richest and most fantastic games ever created by Nintendo. It received a lot of hate for including some features that Mario games had never had before and, sadly, have been discontinued since. For one, F.L.U.D.D. A lot of people didn't like how Nintendo changed up the platforming so that you needed assistance from a water pack on your back, and it can take some getting used to, but it creates unique and entertaining levels throughout the game. Another problem people had with the series was the voice-overs. I don't care if I have to listen to characters or read dialogue, it's all the same to me. Especially when the majority of the time in video games with voice dialogue, it's coupled with subtitles, or at least the option for subtitles.
This game is only annoying in certain places, for example, the underwater levels when Mario gets a helmet to help him hold his breath longer. The mechanics are a little choppy, and also the Pachinko machine level is glitchy and annoying to play.
However besides those two annoying level types, this game introduced another type of level design that was very unique. These level types were the secret areas that F.L.U.D.D. was taken away from Mario for and he has to platform in true Mario fashion and make it to the end of these levels that vary in difficulty.
In other words, it's not as flawless as Mario Galaxy, and it's not as influential as Mario 64, but this game has a special place in my heart as being one of the most unique and fun games ever created. 
I love Mario Sunshine, and if you do too you should let me know!