Top 11 Hot Gift List: Gaming

Top 11 Hot Gift List: Gaming Gift Guide

Hottest Games, Consoles & Accessories for 2011 Holiday Season!

GAMING ITEMS: TOP 11 HOTTEST PRODUCTS

1. Battlefield 3 (Playstation / XBOX360)

Highly anticipated game released in October; this game is one of the blockbuster releases

http://www.amazon.com/Battlefield-3-Xbox-360/dp/B003O6G5TW/

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2. Call of Duty Series

Just released: Call of Duty is the other monster first person shooter release this season

http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-Modern-Warfare-Xbox-360/dp/B00503E8S2/

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3. Super Mario Brothers Accessories

Super Mario T-shirts & plush toys are hugely popular

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=node%3D166461011&field-keywords=super+mario+brothers&x=0&y=0

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4. Wii Controllers (Nunchuk / Zapper Gun)

Take your Wii gaming to the next level with these.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse/ref=sr_tc_2_1?node=14218871&ie=UTF8&qid=1320704248&sr=8-2-tc

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5. Batman Arkham City (Playstation / XBOX360)

The hugely popular new sequel to Batman Arkham Asylum!

http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Arkham-City-Playstation-3/dp/B002I0F5M8/

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6. Xbox 360 Live Subscriptions

Xbox Live subscriptions are great holiday gifts, allowing online play for all your gamers

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_13?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=xbox+live+subscription&sprefix=xbox+live+sub

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7. Forza Motorsport 4 (XBOX 360)

The biggest new driving game this year for the Xbox

http://www.amazon.com/Forza-Motorsport-4-Xbox-360/dp/B003O6E986/

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8. Gears of War 3 (XBOX 360)

Released Oct 24th exclusively for the Xbox.

http://www.amazon.com/Gears-War-3-Xbox-360/dp/B002I0H79C/

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9. Xbox 360 Console

Xbox 360 is the only gaming console to make the top 10 list

http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-4GB-Console/dp/B003O6JKLC/

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10. Rage (Playstation / XBOX 360)

Hot new first-person shooter game released Oct 4.

http://www.amazon.com/Rage-Xbox-360/dp/B00354NAYG/

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11. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (Playstation / XBOX 360)

BAFTA award-winner & only 2010 game to earn a place on the top products list

http://www.amazon.com/Need-Speed-Hot-Pursuit-Xbox-360/dp/B003R783IY/

Rosalina is Finally Mine!!!

Sunday afternoon I started playing Mario Kart with only the Mirror Special Cup to get a Star Ranking on and Rosalina would finally be mine. Since I was successful with Bowser Jr (not sure why, he is not really fast, quick or stable) & the Super Blooper, I decided to try it again. After about 3 tries, I won the cup with 60pts, had raced pretty clean and had not used much for Super Weapons.

I anxiously clicked through the screens and waited to see if I would get a letter rank or the Star I so desperately sought after.... That split second seemed to take forever, then there it was, a single STAR!!!!

After the obnoxious ending, the game reboots, I click on my license and finally Rosalina is MINE!!!!

I also went into my License details and saw the Star in place of the "A" that I had for so long on my Overall ranking. So it took me a total of 1305 races to get Rosalina. All using the Wii remote and all on Automatic Settings.

Since then I have jumped online and done a little WFC racing, just to see the Star next to my name online, got my WFC Ranking up to 7002 just last night.

So what is left..... Well I plan to put on an assault against my friends Time Trials and try to best all their times so I am leading on Mario Channel among my friends and to keep pushing my score up on WFC. Also, I would eventually like to add that 2nd or 3rd star next to my name on WFC!!

Maybe we should have a pool to see how long before, my Blog Co-Authour, Jacon can get Rosaline????

Closing in on Rosalina...

Friday night I played a little Kart before bed. I kept on playing the Star Mirror cup with my Mii and Super Blooper, kept getting A ranks, so close, finally I started switching characters and bikes to change things up. Finally with Bowser Jr and the Super Blooper, Star status was attained, then went on WFC and got my score up to 6800+. Overall pretty productive evening.

Saturday afternoon we spent some time on our Wii Fit with the family, after that since the Wii was warm, I slid in the Mario Kart disc. I used Funky Kong and the Flame Runner bike to get a star on the Lightning Mirror cup after about 5 trys.

Then some friends came over, we played some Super Mario Party 8. After they left, I fired up Mario Kart again. On my second try with Bowser Jr & Super Blooper I won the Special Mirror cup, but I only got an A rank, with 52pts, very close.

After the win, there was a special ending and a different commemorative photo. That also unlocked the Large Phantom Bike. So now I have everything unlocked except Rosalina. I just need to get that Star Rank on the final Special Mirror Mode cup. That will also give me a star next to my name when I race online. Who knows, maybe tonight I will get it done....

Dry Bowser is Mine!!!!

Last night I finished getting stars on the 150cc Wii Cups, so last night I got the Star Cup in a single try and it took about a half dozen attempts at the Special Cup.

So my formula was the following for each Wii Cup Circuit:

Mushroom Cup - Diddy Kong with Mach Bike

Flower Cup - Peach with with Super Blooper

Star Cup - Mii with Super Blooper

Special Cup - Mii with Super Blooper

All this was with Automatic drift. Overall the bikes seem to be faster and I like to wheelie, but I was just getting pushed off the tracks too much with the bike, going with a quick kart seem to help with that respect. You can win and get stars with just about any character, this just worked for me.

So here is Dry Bowser, he is very bad ass looking and makes cool noises when you drive him. Now I just need to dig into the Retro 150CC cups, which I think are a little easier and open the Jetsetter. Then also I should have stars on all tracks that I have raced, so I then should have a star next to my name online. I have unlocked Mirror Mode but have not raced. I am resisting the temptation so that I can get the star rating and then just get one star at a time in Mirror Mode to preserve that ranking.

My own Mario Kart progress

On Friday night, I finally unlocked all the expert staff ghosts and unlocked my 2nd Mii outfit, I must say my Mii looks very good in overalls.

Time to go back and finish getting at least one star in all the 100cc Retro Cups to unlock Bowser Jr. Hopefully tomorrow night I will have some time to get into a Kart groove. Then onto getting stars on the 150cc.

I think it would be really cool to have a star or two next to my name during online WFC matches! If one gets one star in every Grand Prix cup, he or she will have one star by his or her name during online play. Similarly, if one gets two stars in every Grand Prix cup, he will have two stars by his name, and so on.

The Quest continues....