Happy Birthday Sonic!!!
To celebrate Sonic’s 25th Birthday, we thought revisit our countdown of his classics as we await the announcement of a new title. Continue reading Happy Birthday Sonic!!!
Tag: GameCube
Super Smash Bros. – Legacy
Oddly enough, the first Super Smash Bros. seems quite a humble little title with all things considered. It started life as plain polygons fighting one another and Nintendo didn’t expect it to cause much of a stir overall, even as … Continue reading Super Smash Bros. – Legacy
Gaming and Me: The Simpsons Rental Rage
Remember those days when we rented video games, not as a stream through a digital service on our next generation consoles, but as in we went in person to the rental shop to take a physical copy of a game … Continue reading Gaming and Me: The Simpsons Rental Rage
Sonic 25th Anniversary Countdown – The Middle 5
Things start to look a little brighter here. It’s Sonic’s middling entries, as they move from average to pretty darn good. Continue reading Sonic 25th Anniversary Countdown – The Middle 5
Sonic the Hedgehog: 25th Anniversary Countdown – The Bottom 4
We start our countdown with the bottom of the pile. Sonic’s worst titles fill this list, but it’s not all so bad, there’s at least something to redeem each title. Continue reading Sonic the Hedgehog: 25th Anniversary Countdown – The Bottom 4
Losing Mythology in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U
The new entries in the Super Smash Bros. series are indisputably the most comprehensive fighters on modern day consoles. Almost every corner of Nintendo’s expansive library is represented here, from the choice of fighters all the way through to the … Continue reading Losing Mythology in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U
Starwing – Legacy
Star Fox, (known as Starwing in PAL regions to avoid confusion with the German company StarVox) was first released in 1993 as a game that broke all the expectations Nintendo had for the Super Nintendo console. Thanks to the Super FX chip inside … Continue reading Starwing – Legacy
Kirby’s Dream Land – Legacy
If one were to say to me “I’ve never played a Kirby game before” I wouldn’t be completely surprised, but what I would say is that if you like what else Nintendo has to offer then you’re missing out on … Continue reading Kirby’s Dream Land – Legacy
F-Zero – Legacy
F-Zero began as a launch title on the SNES, one of which showed off the capabilities of the shiny new console. Mode 7 texture mapping allowed the console to give the impression of 3D environments and F-Zero, shortly followed by … Continue reading F-Zero – Legacy
BWU: The Worst Retro Tracks in Mario Kart 8
The retro tracks in Mario Kart 8 are a bit different to the retro tracks in previous Mario Kart games. If the game wasn’t telling us these tracks originated from an earlier entry in the series then many would hardly … Continue reading BWU: The Worst Retro Tracks in Mario Kart 8
