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December 18, 2017 5 Responses

Metroid

Developer: Nintendo R & D 1 Publisher: Nintendo Release: 08/15/87 Genre: Platformer Metroid has always been a bit of an anomaly in Nintendo’s library. Where I was used to bright and cheery worlds in Nintendo’s games Metroid stood in...

August 25, 2017 2 Responses

Wave Race: Blue Storm

Developer: NST Publisher: Nintendo Released: 11/18/01 Genre: Racing In terms of sheer number of hours I have probably spent more time playing Wave Race 64 than the vast majority of games in my thirty seven years. Of course a large...

August 18, 2017 2 Responses

Diddy Kong Racing

Developer: Rare Publisher: Nintendo Released: 10/31/97 Genre: Racing Mario Kart 64 was one of the biggest releases of 1997. As the long awaited sequel to the original SNES game the move to 3d did wonders for its track design. While....

July 14, 2017 4 Responses

F-Zero

Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo Release: 08/23/91 Genre: Racing For as much as I like racing games I will admit that most of the 8-bit titles in the genre did nothing for me. There were valiant attempts that...

June 27, 2017 one Response

SNES Classic announced, 09/29, $80.00, 21 games including Star Fox 2!

Gaming’s worst kept secret! We all knew it was just a matter of time after the wild success of the NES Classic last year. There’s been retailer talk and such for the last few months as well. But now its...

May 29, 2017 4 Responses

Faxanadu

Developer: Falcom Publisher: Nintendo Release: 09/89 Genre: Action RPG Despite public opinion of it becoming mixed over the last decade or so I still like Zelda II. The shift in viewpoint and gameplay turned away many and I will...

May 19, 2017 2 Responses

Wave Race 64

Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Released: 1996 Genre: Racing Every new console has one or two titles designed to showcase the new hardware. The NES had Super Mario Brothers, the PlayStation 2 had Tekken Tag Tournament and the Ga...

January 20, 2017 No Responses

Super Mario RPG

Developer: Square Enix Publisher: Nintendo Release: 05/13/96 Genre: RPG The concept of a Super Mario RPG does not seem strange now considering the Paper Mario series is a modern day staple. But at one point even suggesting such a...

December 19, 2016 2 Responses

Mike Tyson’s Punchout!

Even though Mike Tyson’s Punchout! was one of the earliest Nintendo titles it remains one of its most significant. Not just because of its celebrity endorsement and graphics but because it is still to this day of the system’s best. ...

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