Ever since the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console started rolling out I have been waiting (and waiting) for the classic RPGs that I loved to play on the go to start hitting the store. Specifically of course I’m referring to the Game Boy’s Final Fantasy Legends games, but there were others,…
Read MoreThe majority of the adventure genre is fittingly moulded around exploration. The most common approach to “exploring” in retro gaming was to utilise trial and error puzzles with ambiguous solutions rather than teach the player intuitively so that the length of the experience could be drawn out. The former approach…
Read MoreOf all the Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles that we’ve seen released on the Nintendo 3DS to date, Harvest Moon is the one I have been looking forward to the most (well, that and the Final Fantasy Legends trilogy… Get to work Square Enix). Why? Because this is…
Read MoreBefore the Castlevania games became non-linear RPG/ platformers, they were very simple, very straightforward platformers. Anyone whose experience with the franchise starts and stops at the more modern games might be a little surprised by just how primitive the early Castlevania games are, but that’s not to say they aren’t…
Read MoreIt’s hard getting into Sword of Hope 2. There’s retro, and then there’s so retro that it’s alien. With a screen that is 80 per cent made up of menus, and the tiniest, static images representing the entirety of the game’s “graphics,” Sword of Hope 2 is alien. Get past…
Read MoreThe Game Boy, and later Game Boy Color, had a fine heritage in puzzle gaming. From the obvious (Tetris), to the most niche games possible (Catrap), there really was a puzzle game to suit any player on Nintendo’s classic handhelds. Toki Tori is the most recent classic puzzler to hit…
Read MoreI’m going to make a very bold statement here: Yoshi’s Story is the most underrated Nintendo game ever made. The little dinosaur’s N64 romp has been criticised over the years for being too short, too easy, and not a patch on the game many argue to be the greatest platformer…
Read MoreHow do you create a follow-up to one of the greater successes of the video game industry? If The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask is any indication, you reuse much of the same assets and launch it less than two years after its predecessor. Here’s the kicker: you reimagine everything…
Read MoreHere it is. Quite possibly the most reviled Castlevania game of all time (yes, even more than that woeful fighting game, or the terrible Nintendo 64 games), Castlevania Adventure, has arrived on the Nintendo 3DS eShop Virtual Console. Perhaps understanding just how bad the reputation for this game is, it’s…
Read MoreTwo more Game Boy Color titles will be making their way to the 3DS’ Virtual Console service: Harvest Moon and The Legend of the River King. The first title revolves around farming and villager relationships whereas The Legend of the River King is focused on fishing and rescuing a relative.…
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