Actually, Cole flies forward wreathed in smoke and fire. It's called the Firebird Strike. But unlike Ice Launch, it doesn't aid in travel nearly as well.

They were Fire. Though Cole's use of her powers tends to manifest in smoke, ash and draining the lifeforce from everyone in the vacinity in an unholy feast. And the theirs "Spikers." I'm not even going to try and figure out how they work with Fire powers.

Still, gotta love the harmony of fire, ice, and lightning.
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I genuinely had no idea Nix had fire powers, since all she did was capture people in those black column things and teleport around the place. Unlike Kuo who actually used ice, I don't think I've ever seen Nix use a fire attack.

Now you've described Nix's powers as granted to Cole, it sounds so awesome, I'm glad to get the chance to play the other side of the fence but I'm almost regretting not picking this powers? At least Nix forgives me.

If I recall correctly, turning evil after the power transfer with Kuo let's you have access to Nix's powers and vice versa with evil to good. Don't hold me on it though.

Besides, you'll have to play through it twice anyway. There are two endings like the first game, one good and one evil. They are very twist ending-y, so I won't give away the details beyond that the two endings exist.

Oh, that undermines the moment a little bit then if that is the case.

I really didn't like the first one when I played it, but that was like four years ago and around a friends. I do plan on picking it up though and having another crack at it, I also heard the save carries? So that might be my incentive to see the second ones second ending.

The save from the first game starts you out at either Guardian or Thug depending on the final alignment in the first game's save, along with I belive some extra energy reserve dots. Just a little bonus for folks who played the first game.

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I played my two new games today.

Resistance SUCKS but MotorStorm Apocalypse is loads of fun, it's a shame the online is dead.

If you really like Racing game, I highly recommend Modnation Racers. A friend of mine has it, and I really like that game. It's more like Mario Kart, but the customization is tons of fun.

I love arcade racers, they are frustrating as anything but I feel the simulation racers drain all the fun out of a race. Plus I've always been pretty good at them, not that you can tell since the only people who play online are veterans with lightspeed cars.

I'm sure everyone knows there are those games they can just go back to time and time again because they're just so addicting to you...

Right now I'm playing StarTropics on my old NES again, and the magic is still there for me. I remember renting the game so much for our local video store as a kid. In fact, I believe it was the game I rented the most out of any other game. I didn't want to return it for fear of a kid erasing all my work.

It is seriously still fun for me, much like TMNT IV: Turtles in Time, another game I go back to time and time again, but can beat in an afternoon.

StarTropics takes time, but it never really feels boring, and I still remember the code you have to input at a certain point in the game by heart.

StarTropics II: Zoda's Revenge on the other hand...

I do wish Nintendo would revisit the franchise though.