Tag: Nintendo

F-Zero X
February 23, 2018 2 Responses

F-Zero X

Developer: Nintendo EAD    Publisher: Nintendo    Release: 10/27/98   Genre: Racing The Super Nintendo launch brought a number of ground breaking titles. Pilotwings was an excellent showcase of Mode 7 with its simulated 3d environment. But F-Zero was the standout in...
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Kid Icarus
February 5, 2018 one Response

Kid Icarus

Developer: Nintendo R&D1   Publisher: Nintendo    Release: 07/87    Genre: Platformer It really is amazing just how forgotten Kid Icarus has been. Aside from its little known Gameboy sequel it took over twenty years for the series to receive a...
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Metroid
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...
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Wave Race: Blue Storm
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...
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Diddy Kong Racing
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....
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F-Zero
July 14, 2017 5 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...
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SNES Classic announced, 09/29, $80.00, 21 games including Star Fox 2!
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...
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Faxanadu
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...
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Wave Race 64
May 19, 2017 4 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...
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Super Mario RPG
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...
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