Category: Video Games

With it’s overall attention to detail, this game might have the most production value I’ve ever seen. There’s a ton of playable characters (35 I think) from all the games I grew up playing. Numerous characters from Mario Bros., Zelda, Metroid, Sonic, Fire Emblem, even good oldR.O.B. was a playable character.

Brawling with four characters is fast paced and fairly easy to pick up. The online play is very cool too, very little if any lag in the play. Tons of events and extras to keep you busy for a very long time. It is kinda cool in a 3rd grade way to collect the various trophies and stickers.

The single player Subspace Emissary is an impressive game in itself. It got tough towards the end. I beat it with one of my all time favorites, Luigi. It was very fitting that he got the final blow to save the day. There should be a holiday for him. The music like the entire game was very impressive. It’s easy to see that no expense was spared in making this, and it shows when you play it.

Downloaded Super Metroid for the Virtual Console and have been playing that for a little bit. It was originally released in 1994 for the Super Nintendo and is considered to be one of the greatest games of all time. After playing through it I’d have to agree.

While the graphics and sound are very dated by todays standards, I was hooked on the game. Found myself spending many hours in hope of defeating Mother Brain. I never played this game when it was originally released, but glad I did now. Very impressive game, especially for when it came out.

If you enjoy challenging puzzles, then you must try Professor Layton and the Curious Village on the DS. The game is a series of over 120 puzzles set in an adventure style game. Many of theses puzzles are difficult, very difficult.

The European art style is reminiscent from old European cartoons from the 70’s and early 80’s. It works really well for the theme. Very cool, you get better at solving the various puzzles as you play through. Though I still am terrible at the ones where you have to decide who’s telling the truth, seem to better at the one’s involving shapes or math.

Just finished up the Phantom Hourglass for the DS. Is was a very good game, extremely innovative use of the stylus, dual screens and the microphone. The game is completely controlled with the stylus, which really worked well. Having to draw notes on the map at certain points was a really cool idea.

The art was similar to the cartoony style found in the Wind Waker. The art really worked well on the DS, some of the finest graphics I’ve seen on the DS. Excellent game, it’s clear why most sites chose it as 2007 handheld game of the year.