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HOW SYMBIOTEIC | Venom returns in Marvel's Spider-Man 2, but he's not who you think he is
There's also a cool Spider-Man 2 PS5 Limited Edition on the way
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GIMMICK A BREAK | What's the best game with the worst gimmick? The Best Games Ever Show episode 59
Video games are full of gimmicks, and the bad ones are usually found in bad games. But not always...
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LIKE A DRAGOON | “Experimentation and emotion”: The past, present, and future of RPGs with Final Fantasy 4's Takashi Tokita
One of the most influential RPG creators – developer of Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger, Live A Live and Parasite Eve – talks about the future of the genre.
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Hold Your Horses | Super Mario Bros. Movie producer downplays those Legend of Zelda film rumours
Always take a pinch of salt when you hear a Nintendo related rumour.
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To Infinity... | Hideo Kojima stays true to his brand, says he wants to make a game you can play in space
The heart wants what the heart wants.
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SMODERLING RIVALRIES | Classic GBA title Fire Emblem ignites Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack on June 22
Plan your strategy and draw your steel.
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Pause Screen | Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel on hold due to the ongoing writer's strike, says Chris Pratt
A sequel hasn't been formally announced as of yet.
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THE OFFSPRING | Can bad games have good sequels?
In contrast to Hollywood, videogames usually improve with every iteration. The Best Games Ever Show Episode 54
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KINGDOM COME | Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is great, but I hope the next game is nothing like it
Whatever Nintendo does with the next part in the Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom series, I hope it's something completely different.
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ADVANCED TO THE MAX | Complete your Super Mario Advance collection on Switch with these three additional titles
Hot town summer in the city, more Mario Advanced on Nintendo Switchy.
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TONY BLEURGH | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.46: The best game that features a 90s star
It was the best decade between the 80s and the 2000s.
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MAMMA MIA | A short history of how Mario, gaming’s most famous Italian, almost wasn’t Italian
What if Mario had been designed as a generic European guy? What then?
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FARTHOUSE | Nuts to Mario: How a £10 discount made me a 'Wario Kid' for life
Don't forget the Wario fans – there are dozens of us! Dozens!
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X GON GIVE IT TO YA | Metroid Fusion remains the scariest 2D game ever
The Metroid franchise has never been too cheery, but GBA’s sole new Metroid entry cranked the spook factor up to eleven. 21 years later, it still unnerves us.
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GREEN WITH NOSTALGIA | Game Boy games are mostly awful, but GBA on Switch Online Expansion Pack is huge
Game Boy Advance was a golden age of handheld gaming, if you could see the screen.
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RETRO MADNESS | Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games coming to Nintendo Switch Online
A selection is out today.
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HOLE IN ONE (ENGINE) | The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King was developed using Tiger Woods engine
Tiger Woods engine later had Gandalf references in the code.
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SIMS IN THE BIG CITY | The Urbz at 18: EA’s most bizarre spin-off experiment may be one of its best
The Sims' lesson in sociology? Say no more.
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PRATT FALL | We replaced Chris Pratt with Charles Martinet in The Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer
Mario's original voice actor has quite the range.
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The Spice | The GBA's latest game is an unreleased Dune adaptation with a fresh lick of paint
A reminder that where there's a will, there's a way (sometimes).
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Console Walls | Have a million bucks to spare? You could buy around 2400 different consoles on eBay right now
The listing in question likely won't be snapped up any time soon.
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advance and subtract | The Sonic Advance trilogy deserves a rerelease as much as the classics do
Complicated legal issues aside, Sonic Advance deserves a modern rerelease in some form
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Pokemon for Pokemon | Game Freak's co-founder and managing director has left the studio for senior role at The Pokemon Company
They're leaving one Pokemon company for another.
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It's Bound To Happen | Ex-Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aimé says "don't hold your breath" for more Earthbound or Mother 3
Fils-Aimé also said that it's just a small group of fans that are asking for Mother 3.
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PokeNecromancer: How An Artist Is Resurrecting "Lost" Pokemon With Amazing Illustrations
A little paint and imagination can lift a cold Pokemon from the cutting room floor and into fans' hearts.
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Meet Jason Paige: Singer, Cryptocurrency Enthusiast, and the Voice of the Pokemon Theme Song
After 20 years, the voice behind the classic theme is learning to embrace his unique fame.
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What Game Do You Replay At Least One Per Year?
COMMUNITY REQUEST | Let's talk about the games we never quite finish playing.
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The Fan-Made Mother Sequel is Back From the Dead as Its Own Game, Oddity
Ground control to Mother 4.
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What's Your Favorite Console Revision?
COMMUNITY QUESTION | The Switch Lite is out today, so let's look back on the history of console revisions.
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Downhill Jam: The Game Industry Reflects on 20 Years of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater turns 20 in September, so we spoke to people across the industry who remember the series fondly.
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The Top 25 Pokemon in Series History: The Best Monsters From Pokemon Red and Blue to Sun and Moon
On the 20th anniversary of Pokemon's release in North America, we rank the 25 best Pokemon to date.
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The Oral History of Treyarch's Spider-Man 2: One of the Best Superhero Games Ever
Sure, it made a lot of money. But it also rewrote the rules for what a superhero game could be. Here’s the story behind Treyarch's 2004 masterpiece.
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Kingdom Hearts 3 Primer: Making Sense of Kingdom Hearts' Notoriously Complex Story
We try to condense everything you need to know about Kingdom Hearts, so you don't have to read five million Wikis.
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The Oral History of Treyarch's Spider-Man 2: One of the Best Superhero Games Ever
Sure, it made a lot of money. But it also rewrote the rules for what a superhero game could be. Here’s the story behind Treyarch's 2004 masterpiece.
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Discussing Fire Emblem's Anniversary, Tabata's Surprise Resignation, Geno, and More
AXE OF THE BLOOD GOD | Kat and Nadia revisit the Fire Emblem that started it all in North America, plus talk Hajime Tabata, Geno, Diablo Immortal, and more.
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Metroid Game By Game Reviews: Metroid Fusion
Metroid's fourth entry may have painted the saga into a corner, but those brushstrokes present a better picture than many want to admit.
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Nadia's Midboss Musings: The Shameless, Beautiful Creature That Was the Classic NES Series (Plus: Meet Luca Blight!)
Before there was the Virtual Console, there was the option to pay $20 for Super Mario Bros on the GBA.
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All of the Kirby Games, Ranked From Worst to Best
In honor of Kirby's 25th anniversary, we ranked them all. Yes, even Kirby Air Ride.
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USgamer Community Question: What's Your Most Memorable Console Launch?
Which console debut occupies the most space in your memory banks?
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I Watched Portable Gaming Evolve Through a Decade of Anime Conventions, and That's Awesome
A convention crowd's portable preferences can tell you a lot about the state of handheld gaming.
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How Mother 3 Escaped Development Hell to Become a Modern Classic
While this EarthBound sequel may never see an official English release, it still stands as one of Nintendo's greatest achievements.
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Now on Virtual Console, Drill Dozer Proves Game Freak Can do More than Pokemon
While you were distracted by E3, one of the last great GBA games released on Wii U.
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USstreamer: Bob Samples the Game Boy Advance's US Launch Lineup [Now Archived on YouTube!]
Tune in for a tour of the first games available for the GBA when it debuted in America 15 years ago.
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How the Game Boy Advance Re-Introduced Americans to the 16-bit Chapters of Final Fantasy
The GBA installments of Final Fantasy IV, V, and VI finally let English-speaking audiences play restored, uncensored versions of the classic RPGs.