Donkey Kong Country Returns

Donkey Kong Country Returns is pretty much what you want from a revival of the excellent SNES classic. But the problem is that what we remember from the original is a feeling rather than the truth. The truth of the original is that it was a pretty standard platformer...

Super Mario Galaxy 2

There are several things that Super Mario Galaxy 2 did wrong, and only a few that it did right. However, the impact of those that it did right ended up carrying the experience and leading to a wonderful game that is more often than not, a joy to play. I...

Kirby's Epic Yarn

I like Mario, Zelda, Metroid, and Donkey Kong as much as the next guy, but man am I sick of playing the same games over and over. In fact, I put down Spirit Tracks because of this. I'm getting tired of franchises that are unable to expand...

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles

I was really excited about The Darkside Chronicles because I remembered enjoying The Umbrella Chronicles pretty well, and I'm a sucker for co-op light gun games. The bummer is that Darkside Chronicles just didn't live up to my expectations or hopes. Yes, Darkside Chronicles fixed a lot of things...

Metroid Other M

Wow, Other M really turned itself around at about the ten hour mark. I was really getting down on this game for the first half of my play time. It's so strictly linear in the beginning. And as we all know, Metroid games aren't really known for their linear gameplay. In...

LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias

LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias takes up exactly where the previous game left off, reinforcing the feeling that this is more like "world 2" of a larger game instead of "game 2" of a series of small games. However you define the titles, Winter of the Melodias is a nice evolution...

Sin and Punishment: Star Successor

I was looking forward to this game so much -- especially after liking the first one as much as I did. But whatever happened during the decade between these titles didn't do the franchise any favors. The gameplay was largely fine -- fun even. But there were some fundamental...

BIT.TRIP BEAT

Think back a few years to when games weren't about high resolution graphics and you'll recall when gaming was about refined skill and a high score. It's rare to see a modern game hearken back to the good old days yet manage to be wholly original. Bit. Trip Beat is...

Dead Space Extraction

First of all, I'd like to say that Dead Space Extraction looks phenomenal for a Wii game. But since I'm not a graphics-whore, that is all I will say about how pretty the game is. Gameplay-wise, Extraction is pretty much your standard on-rails light gun game. I've said it before,...

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

For about twenty years, we've been dying to play another side-scrolling 2D adventure like those we enjoyed on the NES/SNES. A short while ago, we got a taste of the awesomeness that could be with New Super Mario Bros. on the DS. And if that was the...

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