Though we here at CB Games sometimes look like former Nintendo employees...with all the coverage we give to the company that Mario built (Really, Miyamato built it, but who’s asking?). Every so often, a game comes along that makes even the most obsessive fan boy cry out that they wished they hadn’t sold their PS3 for an excessively exorbitant rate on eBay, and that game is Heavenly Sword.

With many people already calling it the adventures of Kratos with breasts (Okay, only I’m calling it that), the story involves a feisty, red headed warrior named Nariko and she only has a few days left on the planet. And in those last days on Earth, she embarks on a mission to fight against an entire army with s sword that slowly drains away her life energy whenever she wields it. Yes, yes, yes, I know, I know, this is pretty much just the plot of Spawn with a hot chick with a sword instead of a crispy zombie with a cape. But once you see the game in motion, you’re instantly enamored by how seamless it is. It really does look like a smoother version of God of War. And to think Microsoft actually passed this gem up. For shame.

But here’s what I think. This very well could be Sony’s killer app. The main problem with the PS3, other than its price, its weak selection of games, and, if I forgot to mention it, its price...and since it doesn’t really have one single title that makes me want to trample an old lady just to get one, Sony is suffering because of it. Microsoft has Master Chief and Marcus Fenix from Gears of War, Nintendo has Mario, Link, Donkey Kong, Samus, and just about pretty much everybody else worth caring about, but what does Sony have? The dune buggies from Motorstorm? Uh…okay. Crash Bandicoot has been a sellout since the PS2's inception and do you think those buck-tooth aliens from Resistance are worth a mascot's dime of fame? Trust me, that’s hardly the face that would launch a thousand shipments of the PS3 (see how I turned that around?).

The fact is, even if that face is covered by a visor, Master Chief will draw in crowds and so will the red-capped plumber at camp Nintendo. Sony needs that Crash Bandicoot (except, not Crash Bandicoot); they need that Parappa the Rapper or Jak and Daxter to once again lure people to their grounds again. Because a mascot helps, believe it or not. I mean, just look at how the Sega Saturn did without a Sonic game at launch. I don’t care how great Panzer Dragoon Saga is (Actually, I do care, but apparently nobody else did), if you don’t have a great Sonic game on a Sega system, that system is guaranteed to flop. Guar-on-teed. I mean, look at Sega now. They’re making games for their former nemesis, for crying out loud (and there's a Sonic and Mario Olympic mini-game coming out this holiday season). Hopefully, Sony won’t also go the software route that Sega did. And to hear a comment like that from a Nintendo fanboy, you know I can’t be completely biased.