What may be lost amongst a solid fall season of games is the family friendly title LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure continues.  Out now for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, and PC - the game supports two player local cooperative play through the whole adventure with drop-in and drop-out play.

The truly unique thing about the title is a cooperative level builder mode much like Little Big Planet provides, except with LEGOs!  Just don't make anything with snakes in it, even LEGO Indy hates snakes!

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Another trailer for LEGO Indiana Jones 2 The Adventure Continues has been released.  If you were like me, and guessing that the sequel would be based solely on the most recent Indy film, well, you'd be wrong.  All new levels based on unused scenes from the original Indy trilogy will be included.  Of course, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull levels are appearing in LEGO form for the first time.  The trailer gives us good looks at new heroes and vehicles, plus the level editor.  Gotta love the tagline: "Where there's a whip, there's a way."  (Insert wildly inappropriate joke here.)

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Indiana Jones is one of my all-time favorite action and adventure franchises, and I am not alone in that sentiment. Unfortunately, even the greatest sagas have some lame chapters. Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings embraces the Nintendo Wii's motion controls and attempts to create an enjoyable niche for Indy fans. Does it succeed as a unique and fun adventure title deserving of the titular character, or does it fall in as a lame chapter to possibly the most famous fedora-donning hero ever?

This month in our Beyond Co-Op Reviews we take a look at quite a few solid titles. We compare the open worlds of Prototype against inFAMOUS; we look at what happens when Plants and Zombies mix. We also check out Knights in the Nightmare, Bionic Commando and the latest Indiana Jones title.

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Get ready to get your co-op on in Indiana Jones And The Staff Of Kings! 2 player local co-op, a co-op fit for kings - or Indiana Jones fans. Co-op specific quests featuring Indie and dad, Henry Jones Sr. You're bound to have a blast playing this one with a friend, check out the co-op preview trailer if you don't believe me!

Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings is now available for the Nintendo Wii! Go ahead, purchase it here!

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You may recall a story which we ran earlier this year, in which we predicted a Lego game based on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.  Well, call us Nostradamus, because we are getting exactly that later this year, and it's coming to pretty much every system.

The sequel will be called Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues.  The new content in the game will focus on last year's Indy film.  In case you are thinking that might not be enough content for a complete game, there's more.  For the first time, a level editor will be included.  Building entire levels brick by brick, just like when you were a kid, should be fun.  It remains to be seen whether a level editor alone will be the shot in the arm the LEGO franchise needs.  We're holding out hope for four players, and bring back online co-op please!

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"Being a Wii owner and an Indiana Jones fan, I am buying Staff of Kings. But I'm not proud of it."

This is what I said to Twitter followers last week, and I meant it. I will probably buy Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings, despite all misgivings. The game doesn't look bad per se...it just doesn't look as good as an Indiana Jones action game could should be.

WiiNintendo.net has a batch of screenshots -- some we've seen already, and some we haven't (such as the above). They still look mediocre, although I do like the atmosphere that LucasArts is trying to create.

In the meantime, I've gotten my Indy fix by visiting the screening room on board our cruise ship and by dabbling with Lego Indiana Jones. Coincidentally, Lego Indy has just had a price drop at Amazon.com and select retail stores for all platforms. Check it out!

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Don't take this post's title the wrong way: I've never viewed Nintendo Wii and DS owners as "casual gamers". To the contrary -- anyone dedicated enough to stand by these consoles while third-party publishers ignore them over and over again is a true gamer in my book.

When I say that Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings is coming to casual gamers, however, I mean just that...because despite the strong license, this game just plain looks like a faceplant by LucasArts. I'm truly afraid that this game will never see mainstream acclaim.

Don't get me wrong: short of Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling, you likely won't find someone as excited about all things Indiana Jones as I am; but the price of this fanaticism is that everything associated with the beloved franchise is pored over with a skeptical eye.

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