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Kid Icarus: Of Myths And Monsters
In February of 1987 Nintendo released unto the world a game unlike any of there others. This game was released with very little fanfare and was often picked it up on a whim or found it for cheap, usually became enthralled. There are very few low scores for Kid Icarus recorded. The simplistic action platformer with the plot of save the princess from Medusa, was easily overlooked when Super Mario Bros. 2 (Doki Doki Panic) was looming near. The somewhat sluggish sales did not stop Nintendo from releasing a follow up prequel on their popular Gameboy console. So in early 1991 Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters was released. Again…
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Disgaea: Afternoon Of Darkness
Okay! So I’m a little bit late jumping on this bandwagon, but damn it all, this series rocks! I also realize that N1 is bringing it to the market at an awful time considering that Final Fantasy Tactics has just been released for the same platform. Now, I’m all for some FFT, but where that game made this genre of strategic role-playing games popular, Disgaea makes it seem like a fine craft.
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Castlevania: Portrait Of Ruin
It’s no secret that I love the Castlevania series as a whole. Ever since my friend had the original on his NES, I fell in love with the games. It’s quite an anomaly as I wasn’t even a big fan of vampires or anything of the sort. There was just something about a guy with the courage to fight a supernatural creature with nothing but a whip. Who does that? The Belmont clan, that’s who.
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Castlevania: Dawn Of Sorrow
Dawn of Sorrow is better than Symphony of the Night. Now that I’ve blasphemed everyone’s favorite Castlevania, I can tell you exactly what makes this game so good.
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Castlevania: The Adventure
Released during the early days of the original Game Boy, Castlevania Adventure has many good and bad aspects worth mentioning. First off, the game has some really top-notch music – some of the best for the Game Boy.
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Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow
Before I start, I’ve got to mention that I’m a huge Castlevania fan. As such, this review may be a little biased and feature comparisons to previous Castlevania games on this system. I will, however, try to be as unbiased as possible.
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Advance Guardian Heroes
“In the current state of the industry, popular characters or licences are more then ever the key for publishers. That is one of the main reasons for the choice of Guardian Heroes. If you go original, it is really hard to have your project accepted. We would like to go original but it is not always possible.” -Treasure Rep, September ’04 Issue of Edge Magazine
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Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
This game and I go waaaaaaaay back…At least its Genesis equivalent and I do. Tetris may have been the first puzzle game I ever played, but Dr. Robotnikís Mean Bean Machine was the first one I understood. Yep, at age 6, Tetrisís goal of making lines eluded me, but grouping four or more beans of the same color was easy as pie. One could say that Mean Bean Machine is the game that taught me to love puzzle games, well into the present.
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Tekken Dark Resurrection
The Playstation Portable is truly an amazing machine. When it launched, fighting fans were treated to the excellent Darkstalkers Chronicle. Less than a year later, Capcom again blessed us with what may be the best version of Street Fighter Alpha 3 yet. However, there haven’t been any successful 3D fighters for the system here in the States. Namco looks to remedy that by presenting us with what could be the first real system-selling game since Grand Theft Auto. After playing the PSP version of Tekken Dark Resurrection, you’ll immediately begin making comparisons to Playstation 2’s own Tekken 5. Those who have played it will likely compare this to the arcade…
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Tetris DX
Close your eyes and its there. Lie trying to fall asleep and it’s there. Put a Tetris DX cartridge into you Game Boy and, believe it or not, it’s there. I’m talking about the Tetris mindset. Falling blocks possessing your mind, endlessly being fit into each other. This is what happens when you play Tetris (or any good puzzle game). It stays with you…. FOREVER! Not that that’s a bad thing, especially when it’s portable. Tetris DX is the best incarnation of Tetris I have ever played. There are four game modes (more one those later) on of which is very innovative. You also get color, something lacking from the…
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