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Daily Classic: An NES Hit Honed to Excellence in Castlevania III
The original Castlevania trilogy ended on a nearly perfect note.
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Video Feature: A Look Back at Mega Man 2
Please enjoy this video companion piece to yesterday's Comfort Food Games column.
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Crackdown Revisited: The Game That Launched a Generation
One of the first great games of the last console generation may be one of the first great games of new gen, too. Why Crackdown was ahead of its time.
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1001 Spikes 3DS Review: A Murder Sim in Reverse
People complain that video games require too much violence on the player's behalf, but in this trap-happy test of platforming skill it's the game doing the killing.
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Tomodachi Life 3DS Review: Conversation Piece
Your appreciation for Nintendo's weird new life sim hinges entirely on how much amusement you derive from caricatures of your friends spouting bizarre nonsense.
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10 Years Later: Remembering E3 2004
Jeremy and Jaz recount their time at one of the most exciting shows ever.
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Who Makes the Best Sonic the Hedgehog Games?
More than a dozen different developers have tried their hand at creating Sonic's adventures, but all Sonic games are definitely not created equal. Whose are best? Consider the facts and weigh in!
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E3 Precap: Nintendo's Sisyphean Task
It's been a rough couple of years for Nintendo. We look at the root of their troubles (spoilers: It's Wii U) and contemplate how they can turn things around next week at E3.
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Mario's Orphans: The History of Nintendo's Abandoned Peripherals
The Wii U GameCube controller adapter sounds promising, right? And yet, here are 10 reasons it probably won't see much use beyond Smash Bros.
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Virtual Spotlight: Klonoa and the Comfort of the Familiar
Jeremy contemplates a personal connection to new Virtual Console release Empire of Dreams.
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Why Sly Cooper 2 Remains Gaming's Greatest Heist
Funny animals and garish colors still add up to one of the best crime capers in video game history.
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Vita Slim Review: The Curse of the Handheld Revisions
Despite bringing some marked improvements to the table, Sony's revamped Vita model still falls to the pitfalls that ensnare most portable hardware updates.
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The Heartbreaking Casualties of Nintendo's Wi-Fi Connection Shutdown
We lament the most tragic losses to result from the end of Nintendo's Internet service for Wii and DS games.
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Transistor PS4 Review: The Touching Tale of A Girl and Her Sword
Developer Supergiant avoids falling prey to the perils of the sophomore slump with this gorgeous (and surprisingly heartfelt) sci-fi follow-up to Bastion.
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Farewell, Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection
In a few hours, Nintendo DS and Wii games go offline forever. But should we eulogize the service? Or do we spit on its grave?
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What are the Best PSP Games to Play on Vita?
We've picked out 10 of them. Load up your shiny new Vita slim with these last-gen greats!
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Super TIME Force Xbox One Review: Better Than an Acid Flashback
Capybara's recursive action shooter bends time in new and interesting ways, but....
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Exploring Game Boy's True Successor, Bandai WonderSwan
10 years after Game Boy revolutionized portable games, its creator took a swing at creating a faithful follow-up.
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Dragon Quest XI is in the Works, But What Will It Be?
Unsurprisingly, the insanely successful RPG franchise will see another entry, but what form will it take?
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Kirby Triple Deluxe 3DS Review: Content Tourism at Its Finest
Kirby's latest adventure may be as easy as ever, but it comes crammed with so much wonderful detail that you won't particularly care.
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Hitman Go iOS Review: Game of Life Meets Game of Death
Yes, classic console and PC franchises really can work on mobile platforms. Agent 47's stylish new outing shows the rest how it's done.
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Reinventing Genres, Not Just Pilfering Them
Indie games tend to gravitate toward similar play styles, but within that collective approach you'll find plenty of variety.
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NES Remix 2 Wii U Review: Sometimes, Less is More
Nintendo's second 8-bit mini game collection proves that even a great idea is only as good as its content.
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So, How Did All Those Games I Kickstarted Turn Out?
Jeremy finds the most interesting thing at PAX East: All the playable demos of games he backed last year.
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The Best PS1 Games on PlayStation Network
We've picked 15 must-play classics that you can, in fact, play quite easily.
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Yumi's Odd Odyssey 3DS Review: Not a Casual Fling
Cutesy only on the surface, this surreal platformer demands top-level play.
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Game Boy Advance Bodes Well for Virtual Console, But....
We'd like to think Nintendo's latest classic reissues are a sign of great things to come, but history tells us not to get our hopes up.
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Keiji Inafune on the Perils and Potential of Kickstarter
We talk with Comcept's boss about Mighty No. 9, expectations, trust, Azure Striker Gunvolt, and more.
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Fez PlayStation Vita Review: Born to Run
This bizarre world of black holes, divine owls, and spinning tesseracts feels like it was always meant to be portable.
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The Resurrection of Koji Igarashi
The final boss of classic Castlevania finds new life as an indie developer. We talk to him about why he went solo and what's next for his new venture.
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GDC 2014: Why Koji Igarashi is Grateful for the Word "Metroidvania"
Even if he does find it woefully inaccurate.
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Final Fantasy's Producer Asks: What Makes a Good (or Bad) English Localization?
Yoshinori Kitase wants your feedback on how American gamers prefer their English-language RPGs.
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Where Yoshi's New Island Misses the Mark
Yoshi's latest adventure scored highly with us, but it still disappointed on one level. Where do reviewers draw the line between fair criticism and personal expectations?
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What's so Hard About Hard Games?
The excitement over Dark Souls II proves that gamers still like facing a ruthless challenge every now and then. So why are good, tough games so hard to come by?
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Yoshi's New Island 3DS Review: Damn Straight It's a Baby Game
Despite the preschool familiarity of Yoshi's latest adventure, an excellent game lurks underneath.
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Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster PlayStation 3 Review: Heavy Metal Fluff
It's the odd moments, not the expected ones, that make this pair of visually remastered RPGs worth revisiting.
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Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and the New Impermanence of Gaming
Farewell, vanishing video game experiences. We already miss the days of buy-once play-forever.
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Daily Classic: System Shock, a Study in Parallel Evolution
A pioneering shooter who beginnings well predated Doom's twitchy success.
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Daily Classic: Marathon, The Other Thinking Man's Shooter
System Shock wasn't the only early FPS to put a cyberpunk twist on run-and-gun action.
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The Two Snakes: Who's the Real Hero of the Metal Gear Saga?
As the Metal Gear saga advances with another adventure starring its one-time villain, we're left wondering just who we're supposed to be cheering for, anyway.
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Daily Classic: Spectre VR, an Old-School Shooter Even at the Genre's Dawn
How can an entry in a genre that has barely begun feel old-school?
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Daily Classic: Doom II Proved the Value of More of the Same
If Doom established the FPS concept, its sequel revealed the genre's true potential.
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The Living City: A Look at Thief's Excellent Open World
Thief's troubled reboot manages to rise above reproach in at least one area: The intricately crafted three-dimensional puzzle that is the City.
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Who Makes the Best Zelda Games?
Many minds have contributed to the Zelda franchise, but whose work holds up best?
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Thief PlayStation 4 Review: Not Quite a Master Criminal
Small flaws and annoying design decisions steal Garrett's thunder and prevent this long-awaited stealth revival from living up to its legacy.
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Daily Classic: How Chrono Cross Triumphed Over Destiny
As a sequel to upbeat Chrono Trigger, this gloomy RPG should have been a wreck... yet somehow, it wasn't.
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Daily Classic: Bionic Commando Elite Forces and the Cycle of Rebirth
A mostly-forgotten Game Boy Color adventure that felt like a foretaste of the modern age.
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For Classic Game Lovers, a Japanese 3DS Will Pay for Itself
Japan's relatively vibrant Virtual Console makes an import handheld a smart purchase.
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Daily Classic: Elevator Action II, An Arcade Oddity Too Beautiful for This Miserable World
What if they held a sequel and no one came?