Luxor: Pharaoh's Challenge | 
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| From: MUMBO JUMBO
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $18.30
You Save: $21.69 (54%)
New (17) Used (5) from $18.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 3737
Platform: Nintendo Wii
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: 10381
Model: 1000-10381
UPC: 811930103811
EAN: 0811930103811
ASIN: B000V1OUT0
Release Date: January 9, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | All new storyline takes you through the world of ancient Egypt, as well as the afterlife! | | • | Five new scarabs | | • | Upgradeable power-ups | | • | 13 new blessings | | • | A Story Mode and an Endless Mode for different styles of game play |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Reenter the captivating world of Luxor with the new Pharaoh's Challenge! Follow an all-new story in set in the complicated mythologies of ancient Egypt. Beautifully rendered levels with crisp, stunning graphics of pyramids, temples and other Egyptian marvels are matched with exciting, addictive, and incrementally challenging marble-shooting game play. Exclusive features include five sphere-pushing scarabs, upgradable power-ups, two different modes (Story and Endless) and 13 all-new blessings to help enhance and customize your game play experience.
High-quality graphics ESRB Rated E for Everyone.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Fun game for puzzle lovers September 19, 2008
As a Zuma addict and JT's Blocks fan, this definitely fits in. Compared to Zuma, you have to shoot balls from the bottom rather than the center, and this can be problematic in many of the scenes, but it's an enjoyable challenge. Scoring is also clearer on Zuma, and much more fair as you automatically receive your bonuses, rather than having to catch them as is done in Luxor, including bonus balls. The story-line is done between levels and reminds me of my original Nintendo games, but for someone who can play the fast-moving puzzle games for hours, it's great.
Luxor Fan September 13, 2008
I had this game on PC, Nintendo and now on the Wii. I find it very relaxing and it is something my whole family can enjoy. I find that the controls on the wii can make the graphics on the game a bit shaky at times, that was the only thing I found annoying. The graphics and colors are good. On the down side you are not able to name your profiles so you just have to remember how far you have gotten in the game if you are playing with another person in your house. Overall i would recommend this game. It has made a nice addition to our family games on the Wii.
Just Plain Fun July 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Luxor for the Wii is fun. End of review.
Well....okay, maybe a few more thoughts. I did own Luxor 1 & 2 for my Mac before I got this for the Wii, in fact, owning it for my computer is most likely the reason I bought it for my Wii. Computer games are cool enough but I just can't get into playing games with my keyboard or mouse so the Wii version was much better as far as controlling game play goes. The game itself is much the same, shoot balls at other balls to make three in a row or more of them disappear. Good stuff.
The only small fault I could find was that the graphics seemed a little small on the screen although, due to the wireless nature of the Wii controls, I was playing it from across the room on my couch instead of 12 inches away like on the Mac version.
All in all, Luxor is lots of fun and through the "find new and used from $$" button on amazon, is easily purchased and shipped for less than $20.
Luxor Wii July 6, 2008
Luxor for the Wii is an alright game. I'm having a hard time getting super-enthused to play it, but at the same time I don't hate it. If you've played Zuma on the PC before, then you basically know what you're getting. That's why for the price ($39, but on sale for $29), I'm not really sure it's worth the money.
The gameplay is smooth and it's easy to control the shooter. The endless mode is fairly good too, and it should keep you entertained for awhile.
One big drawback, though, is that it's strictly a one-player game. I'm not sure how you would incorporate a second player, but it definitely would have been a worthwhile addition to the game.
Overall, Luxor is a one-trick pony, but it's decently done. There's not much depth to the game, especially given the lack of a second player. If you love Zuma, I'd say pick it up for the full price. Otherwise, I'd wait until it's down to about 19.99, which would be a fair price for Luxor.
 IF YOU LIKE ZUMA! June 26, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
if you like zuma and you are addicted to it like i am you will love luxor. great price! i'll have to tell you amazon has the best prices. what keeps me coming back is the price and also the free shipping!
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