Say it ain’t so, Nintendo…

You laughed at its box art; now prepare to suffer its revenge.

Bottom of the ninth; full count, bases loaded. There’s a flying turtle at the mound and an enormous lizard playing short stop. What’s your move? Naturally—execute a Star Swing and throw some banana peels into the outfield!

Many readers may not remember the Neo Geo, but any gamer who has held a controller for more than a couple years has probably heard of SNK.  The Neo Geo was a home entertainment system that came out 5 years after the popular Nintendo Entertainment system, in 1990.  Games initially cost quite a pretty penny, and many gamers could only afford the quarters it cost to play some of SNK’s games in arcade...[Read More]

Along with Bleach: The Blade of Fate for the Nintendo DS, Sega has taken its first attempt at bringing the popular Bleach anime series to the western world. As we’ve seen with Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2, the Wii can offer a whole new perspective to the anime fighter with endless options for innovative control schemes. Now, it’s Bleach’s turn to cash in, but can we expect anything more than...[Read More]

Classic Hanna-Barbera in a regrettably not-so-classic videogame.

There's something to be said about a movie based game that captures the intensity and excitement of its motion picture based counter-part. Unfortunately, I wouldn't know what that would be. It's no secret that the majority of movie based games aren't worth the plastic disc they're written on. Of course, that doesn't seem to convince cash hungry publishers to halt the production of these abysmal it...[Read More]

Love to ski?  Hate to ski?  Why not take a visit to the Happy Ski Resort, the Namco Bandai-built digital skiing destination for Miis everywhere?

All right, tubby. If you want to get in shape, you’ve got some work to do. You know you’re sick of that ballooning belly of yours. And you! Yeah, you—the toothpick. Don’t think I’m letting you off the hook, either. Everyone needs a good exercise regimen; it’s scientifically proven to help you live a considerably longer, happier, less stressful, and more competent life. But how many of us really st...[Read More]

When you’ve found a game design that works, sometimes it’s better to simply build on that design rather than constantly reinvent it. Such a conservative approach is especially true for puzzle games, as they’re typically infectious enough as is, and they are extremely resistant to staling. Nintendo’s Dr. Mario Online Rx adopts this approach, with essentially the core of Dr. Mario 64—from the variou...[Read More]

You may recall the original Super Star Soldier—you know, that top-down ship shooter game that had you curled up and crying in the corner for days thanks to its asinine level of difficulty? Well, the original has been available as a Virtual Console download for some time now, and even though 97% of the world has not completed the game in spite of its relative age, developer Hudson Soft has seen fit...[Read More]