Category: Nintendo

Published by Nintendo of America Inc. Developed by Midway Games, Inc. Released Oct 31, 1996 Also For Arcade, Wii Cruis’n USA was released for the Nintendo 64 in 1997, a conversion of the arcade game that falls short compared to rival games on other consoles (namely Ridge Racer) but still has much to enjoy. Firstly the graphics are nicely done with chunky cars and very detailed colourful backgrounds spanning several landmarks on the North American Continent, there are 10 tracks in total including San Francisco, Chicago and Washington DC. The sound effects and music are…

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Published by Square Soft, Inc. Developed by Square Co., Ltd. Released Oct, 1992 Platforms SNES, Wii, Wii U Published by Square in 1992, Mystic Quest is known as “The beginner’s Final Fantasy” or beginner’s RPG in general. Our protagonist, Benjamin is given the quest to save elemental crystals to restore balance to the world. Reviving and saving crystals from falling into the wrong hands is a staple to Final Fantasy storytelling. Apart from that feature, Mystic Quest does not share many of the same elements as other titles in the franchise.     One of…

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Published by Konami, Inc. Developed by Konami Co., Ltd. Released 1992 Also For Arcade Being a huge fan of The original cartoon series I was very excited at the release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time on the Super Nintendo. This game is absolutely fantastic, for many many reasons. Firstly the graphics are fantastic! Massive chunky detailed sprites, bright vivid backgrounds and superb animations. Also worth mentioning is the incredible 3d scaling effects, where you can throw an enemy into the screen (not possible on the Megadrive due to the lack…

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Developed By: Nintendo R&D4 Published by: Nintendo Platforms: Famicom/NES, GameCube (Collectors Disk), Gameboy Advance, Virtual Console Released (initially): January 14, 1987 (Japan) September 26, 1988 (PAL) December 1, 1988 (North America) The Adventure of Link: Want a game that is/was unforgiving, old school and wished that an emulator with a save state existed back in 1988? Well, here’s the challenge! (GEG NOTE: Think 1988, readers! WILL NEVER INCORPORATE time line theory until if and when Skyward Sword is reviewed thank you!) As a Zelda fan: I still have yet to…

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Published by Nintendo of America Inc. Developed by Rare, Ltd. Released Dec 01, 1995 Also For Game Boy Advance, Wii, Wii U Released in 1995 Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong’s Quest is the follow up to the immensely successful Donkey Kong Country released the year earlier (both for the Super Nes). This game improved on the already fantastic original by upping the difficulty level, offering a new character (Dixie Kong who replaces Donkey Kong who was kidnapped), speeding up the gameplay and adding even more variety to the levels (such as on board…

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The Legend of Zelda Developed By: Nintendo R&D4 Published by: Nintendo  Platforms: Famicom/NES, GameCube (Collectors Disk) Gameboy Advance, Virtual Console Released (Initially): February 21, 1986 (Japan), August 22, 1987 (North America) November 15, 1987 (PAL) February 19, 1994 (Japan NES) The Legend of Zelda: a game that started a franchise; although a bumpy start for the franchise in general (especially when it comes to this games’ successor)… Nintendo abroad was highly skeptical on releasing this game outside Japan due to its complexity. This game is very important in gaming history because…

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Published by Konami (America), Inc. Developed by Konami Co., Ltd. Released Apr, 1993 Platform SNES Batman Returns on the Super Nes is a Final Fight style scrolling beat em up and a very good one at that. Released just after the Blockbuster movie of the same name Batman Returns on the Snes really captures the atmosphere and moody charm of the dark knight. The graphics are amazing with large sprites and fantastic scrolling backgrounds full of detail, the controls are superb with very responsive hits, the music is very impressive with several scores taken directly from…

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Published by Nintendo of America Inc. Developed by Quintet Co., Ltd. Released Sep 01, 1994 Platform SNES The second game in the “Gaia Trilogy (preceded by Soul Blazer) Illusion of Gaia was released by Quintet for the Super Nintendo in 1994. Known as Illusion of Time in Europe,  IoG takes place on a fantasy version of Earth. Will is our main character, and he meets a girl named Kara. After will accidentally finds himself in a dimension called “dark space” he meets and enitity called “Gaia”. Gaia appoints Will the task of saving the Earth from…

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