As I look forward to the games being released this year, one of the titles that I am most anticipating is Capcom's new Playstation 2 action title Okami. This title has been touted as an innovative, beautiful, and potentially classic game. With its unique premise, stylish art direction, and new game play mechanic, this game could become a very heavy hitter. However, one has to wonder whether a game like this is being over-hyped. Okami shows signs of being an instant classic, but has just as much of a chance of being a huge disappointment.

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That's pretty much what I thought of the new Sonic E3 trailer. When I saw the initial trailers for the new 360 and PS3 Sonic game, I had high hopes for the blue guy; I couldn't wait to see him retake his spot in the video game hall of greatness. But as soon as I saw this new trailer with princesses, Shadow in a jeep, and a psychic hedgehog; I gave up any looking forward to it. Now I'm just afraid it's going to be another horrible 3D Sonic game.

You've got to wonder what made Sonic so good…

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