For those of you in the dark, Mighty No. 9 is the long-awaited “spiritual successor” to the legendary Mega Man games. Along with other projects like Yooka-Laylee and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Mighty No. 9 gained a massive following off of its Kickstarter campaign back in 2013. It exceeded its initial campaign goals, and […]
Back in the 8 and 16-bit days, Kirby was a bit of a revolutionary platformer, really doing its own thing in a sea of Super Mario clones with its copy abilities, replayability and a unique interface every time. While the original Kirby’s Dream Land was nothing special, Kirby’s Adventure on NES added many of the […]
It has been 2006 since Nintendo released a Star Fox game, with Star Fox Command. The Nintendo DS game had multiple endings, which went off in very different directions: Fox disbands Star Fox and had a kid with Krystal, Krystal rejoins Fox’s rival gang Star Wolf, Fox and Falco join an F-Zero like racing circuit, […]
Normally for Dynasty Warriors games, Koei would rerelease the game with more content and label it the “Xtreme Legends” version. But for Hyrule Warriors, all of the parties the made the Wii U game: Nintendo, Koei Tecmo, Team Ninja and Omega Force; collaborated to release the enhanced edition on Nintendo 3DS, named Hyrule Warriors Legends. […]
When Intelligent Systems made Fire Emblem Awakening a few years ago, they decided to make it the best installment yet. It wasn’t because they were pumped about making a new Fire Emblem on the Nintendo 3DS or that there was a big marketing push for it, it was quite the opposite. See, throughout the years, […]
Ever since Pokemon debuted 20 years ago at Japan, fans have been clamoring for battles to feel more like actual battles than being treated as a RPG. The Pokemon Stadium series was the first step, but they were basically the handheld battles on the big screen and better looking Pokemon. In other words, a true […]
In November 2006, Nintendo released The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess as a Wii launch title and a month later as the GameCube’s swan song. For many Nintendo fans, it was a “hardcore” introduction to motion controls while Wii Sports attracted the casual audience and the rest was history with that. Controlling with the Wiimote and Nunchuk […]
Funny enough, it was January 2013 where we first saw the game that would eventually be called Xenoblade Chronicles X, and nearly three years later, we finally see the end result. The successor to one of Nintendo’s highest rated games and one of the highest rated JRPGs of all time: Xenoblade Chronicles. There are high […]
Futuristic racing games had their heyday in past console generations. The standouts were the F-Zero and Wipeout franchises, but other than Wipeout HD on the Playstation 3, there hasn’t been many of them in recent years. It’s a shame too because they were graphical powerhouses of previous consoles especially when they showcase their sense of […]
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash has two things in it: Mario characters and Tennis. While that may sound stupid and obvious, that’s literally that you get since there’s little else. Never has a Mario sports title have such little content that it’s barely worth mentioning, so this review is a warning to all those expecting a career […]
