Posts Tagged ‘Platform’

Over the Hedge for the DS starts off on a promising foot. We’ve been told that the DS can only do 3D on one screen at a time, but this game’s done the unthinkable. The top screen displays a third-person view of the action while the bottom screen displays an overhead view (not to be [...]

At first sight, Spongebob Squarepants is a cartoon easily dismissed. It’s loud and full of childish tomfoolery, and kids love it, so it can’t be that great… right? But for those who have gotten past Spongebob’s high-pitched giggles, you’ve no doubt found the kind of random–and sometimes twisted–humor more notably known by The Simpsons and [...]

Yoshi’s Island has always been considered as one of the best, if not the best 2D platformer of all time. It features some really slick graphics, great level design, tight controls and enough challenges to keep you busy for a while. That game was one of the reasons why I kept playing my SNES for [...]

In space, no one can hear you be sick. In your living room, they might. The E3 video footage of Super Mario Galaxy left us feeling sick in parts, but not necessarily in a bad way. For a start, the first thing you see is our favourite Italian plumber spinning around rapidly in a variety [...]

I often herald Super Mario All-Stars as my absolute favorite game ever made. Granted, Mario All-Stars is just a compilation of all previous Super Mario games, but that little SNES cartridge encapsulates the peak of creativity and fun. No video game before or since even comes close. Not even Mario’s jump into 3D has found [...]

When the DS first came out, Namco was one of the system’s greatest supporters. Now that the DS has become popular, Namco’s dual screen redesigns of everything from Ridge Racer to Dig Dug just don’t cut it anymore. But somewhere inbetween Namco’s “best by default” and the introduction of really good DS material, Pac ‘n [...]

THQ’s Tak series is somewhat of an anomaly to me. The first game, Tak and the Power of JuJu, was so poorly put together, it’s surprising two sequels were made thereafter. During all this, THQ’s much better Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy has disappeared entirely. There really is no justice. One thing that Tak has [...]

Donkey Kong Country 3, the third installment in the popular Super Nintendo series, has made its way to the Game Boy Advance. The original Donkey Kong Country 3 was released at the end of the SNES’s life. This was during the Nintendo 64 hype, and it was overlooked by many, even those who enjoyed the [...]

The guy has been saving the girl for 20 years. It started with Mario saving the damsel in distress Princess Toadstool in the original Super Mario Bros. It has continued to this generation, with games constantly having the well-built male characters coming to the rescue of the opposite sex. Not every game has been that [...]

Initially a rebuttal to Nintendo’s flagship mascot, Sonic the Hedgehog has found a nice home on the GameCube and Game Boy Advance. He fits the Nintendo universe so well, it seems like he should be included in the next Super Smash Bros. I doubt that will ever happen, however, but he has jumped aboard the [...]

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