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Animal Crossing 'Comparison' clip
You don't need to look at the screenshots of Animal Crossing: City Folk for long to notice the game looks awfully similar to Animal Crossing on GameCube and Wild World on DS. If you thought the screenshots were deceptive or that something was missing from them, GameVideos has just put together a comparison video to let you see the three games -- in motion -- quick succession.

With so many huge releases coming out in the last few months, one of the tricks publishers have employed to help pull gamers in to purchasing their game over the competition is special preorder bonuses. One of the coolest bonuses came with last week's new release from Rare, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts. Customers who preordered the game from select retailers received a free download code for the full original Banjo-Kazooie on Xbox Live Arcade weeks before it's available for purchase for anyone who didn't preorder...or at least preorder customers should have received that code. I didn't when I picked up my copy of the game, and it turns out I wasn't alone.

A post on the official PlayStation blog yesterday outlined this week's slate of downloadable costumes for Little Big Planet. One is a design from the community that will cost you nothing, while the paid content inherits its look from a very stylish (and controversial) Sony franchise. Both free and premium outfit packs will be available for download starting this Thursday, November 20.

1UP Show: Super SF2 Turbo HD Remix Hands On

However much Boom Blox (pictured) ended up selling after all was said and done, it seems the amount was enough for Electronic Arts to carry forward with a sequel. Variety reports that EA is indeed currently working on Boom Blox 2 (a placeholder title), which comes along with news that the publisher is closing down its mysterious EA Blueprint division.