Surprise XBLA threefer: Stickball, Beat'n Groovy, and Shadow Assault

In this day and age, how can these small companies afford to put out crap? I am sure a handful of people will buy a hot steamy turn every once in a while, but even the dumbest of dumb will eventually learn.

and not a one worth playing beyond the demo...

Yay more shovelware.

Tenchu does a good job bringing it's game philosophy to a new style of gameplay. It feels like a solid arcade game, and seems to have a good amount of stages, characters, and variety of gameplay.

Beat'N Groovy is Pop'N Music for world consumption! Considering the amount of Pop'N games, this seems to be a pretty decent game. If you're adverse to japanese games with bubbly music, sure, you'll hate this. But if "Music game" brings Beatmani, DJ Max, and Dance Dance to your head, rather than Guitar Hero and Rock Band, you'll probably appreciate this.

These 2 are great suprises to be released on Tokyo Game Show week.

Stickball isn't my kinda game, so I have no comment on it ^_^

"All three games can be purchased for 800 Microsoft points ..."

So, I can get all three for a total of 800 points? Maybe that part of the post could be worded more clearly since I doubt that's the case.

wow more trash for bin.
where's my vigilante 8? or better question. WHERE THE F*** is my DISHWASHER!?

I played the dancing game, and MLB stick ball. The rhythm game is nothing more than a shitty version of DJ Max. MLB stick ball is just a god awful game. That 5.5 review in OXM is doing it justice.