If there is one thing that Nintendo has got good at doing it’s getting you buying the same thing multiple games. Hands up who has bought Super Mario Bros at least three times? Be honest. Yeah most of you, thought … Continue reading
Role playing games have long been aimed towards the more niche end of the market but there have been times when they have burst into the mainstream. The late nineties boom in Japanese RPGs for example or in recent years … Continue reading
There was a time, long long ago, when a console wasn’t a console without a Japanese role playing game. Seriously, that was one of the biggest game genres lapped up by millions of adoring fans. In the last few years? … Continue reading
Ah Pixar, how fond we are of you, the saviour of Disney, and the proof that CGI animated movies were ever more than just a fad. It only took about 20 years but finally it was clear that there would … Continue reading
Traveller’s Tales’ LEGO games are stupidly addictive for completionists. Nearly every object can be destroyed and turned into a burst of studs, which bounce about until falling of an edge or disappearing because they weren’t collected in time. Worse, a … Continue reading
Nintendo recently teased that they’d be releasing some big news related to the popular Pokémon series on January 8th – speculation was tossed hither and thither that it may be anything from a console adaptation of the game for the … Continue reading
Skylanders is one of those ideas that makes perfect sense; tying in a decent video game into collectible toys. Alright, that’s just Pokemon but the magic is in the the Portal of Power that enables you to play the toys … Continue reading
See, if you are an older gamer such as myself, Mario is a mushroom-killing, dungaree-wearing, fireballing Italian, hellbent on rescuing his better half from a dinosaur with some personal space issues. Sonic on the other hand, is a blue hedgehog … Continue reading
It’s 2012 in the Land of the Rising Sun, and with this new year a brand new set of challenges and hopes have been ushered in. As always, the biggest words on everybody’s lips are the words that have been … Continue reading
There have been times in videogaming history where things just fit. Mario 64 ushered in 3D movement and exploration so perfectly that you would be forgiven for thinking that the N64 was made for that game only. Soul Calibur brought … Continue reading