Dance Dance Revolution

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WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role

Viewtiful Joe 2

Bigfoot

Big Nose Freaks Out

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Bible Buffet

Bible Adventures

Battletoads

R-Type

Burnout 3: Takedown

Nintendogs: Chihuahua & Friends

The Legend of Dragoon

What is crap when you're already sitting in a pool of it?

"This room is tidy. This shows a lot about this person's personality." Dart, a strapping spiky-haired teenage male of main character clichés, was standing in a small, dainty room when this box of text vomited out of h... Read Full Review

Final Fantasy IX

A Mostly Sunny Life

Right at Birth If we consider the life of Final Fantasy from its origins, when characters moved like pixilated beasts, to Final Fantasy VIII, when characters moved like full-bodied humans, then Final Fantasy IX resemb... Read Full Review

Bombastic

Capcom explodes. We die.

At best, Bombastic is the sequel to the action-puzzler Devil Dice for the Playstation. At worst, who cares? Sure, there will be that dustcloud of time when you will be sucked into that steady vacuum of clearing assortmen... Read Full Review

Indigo Prophecy

A Vision of Falling Snow

As snow falls innocently outside the bathroom window, a man sits quietly, his forearms freshly cut with the symbol of two snakes. Rivers of blood run from his fingertips. A silent crow watches from behind the frozen glas... Read Full Review

Facade

A World That Only Games Can Tell

Questioning whether Façade is a game would be to overlook its importance in game design. In fact, to rant on this independent-party, low-budget, one-gigabyte download would be a failure to admit its inherent production v... Read Full Review

Meteos

Countdown To The Stars

Combining three like objects somehow never loses its appeal, as long as there is a twist, and for Q? Entertainment, that twist was probably found by wanting to reach the stars. With rockets in hand, Meteos lights a fuse ... Read Full Review

Minna Daisuki Katamari Damacy

Does the Prince like vibration?

We Love Katamari is as guilty as a pleasure gets. Never has rolling up a ball of mass destruction been so undeniably fun. Who would have thought picking up chickens, PE teachers, and ice cream sandwiches with a sticky sp... Read Full Review

Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2

Streaming Down The Arrows

7:30. The crowd shuffles out beneath the dimming lights. The booths at the DigitalLife convention begin to empty as Sunday closes upon DDR NYC 2005. Long, long faces stare blankly where the competition once stood, where ... Read Full Review

Dance Dance Revolution Extreme

Dance Dance Revolution In A Conventional Oven

Remember the time you were so desperate that you threw whatever leftovers you had into the frying pan and hoped something edible came out? Well, Konami has cooked up DDR Extreme in much the same way, and while starved fa... Read Full Review

Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Bose

If I were a cut-scene, where would I be?

Xenosaga II is not for everyone, including even those who have completed Xenosaga I. While graphically superior, especially in level design, most players will be turned off by the onslaught of in-game cinematics. Horrend... Read Full Review

Mario Kart 64

Perhaps Trent forgot inflation when he gave a 6.4.

If there is any video game that Gamespot should seriously consider giving a regrade, Mario Kart 64 is undeniably one of them. I understand each and every criticism our fellow Gamespot reviewer, Trent, gave to this game, ... Read Full Review

Tekken 5

An overwhelming rebirth, an underwhelming pastiche.

Namco finally gets its act together in Tekken 5. Taking a back-to-basics approach, Namco has returned to the combat fundamentals of Tekken 3 in response to the mixed reactions toward Tekken 4. Experimenting with position... Read Full Review

SSX 3

Like an experimental concept board that invites danger and takes risks but is ultimately sweet.

SSX 3 continues EA Sport's success with numerous improvements, increased customization, and an extensive and unified environment. Instead of a World Circuit where events are held at separate venues, SSX 3 takes place on ... Read Full Review

Pump It Up: Exceed

Drink Lots of Water

Step onto the Dance Dance Revolution platform. Look at your feet and chances are that you are standing in the middle, on a metal plate that covers not only the center, but also the corners of the pad. You are only a tap ... Read Full Review

Genso Suikoden IV

Poor execution, oversimplification, a dissatisfying storyline, and a lack of enthusiasm plagues Suikoden IV.

Following an unfortunate trend, Konami's fourth installment concentrates on improving its graphics and incorporating vocal dialogue in order to compete with the current trends in the RPG genre while not giving enough att... Read Full Review

Katamari Damacy

Katamari Damacy breaks the recession of the puzzle genre with unparalleled originality and unforgettable presentation.

Namco, best known for its revolutionary Tekken series, reaches new territory in originality, execution, and sheer enthusiasm with their new action/adventure puzzle game, Katamari Damacy. The King of All Cosmos has rather... Read Full Review

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

When will I be free?

No matter how many I save, how many I defeat, the question is never far behind. Is this a burden that all heroes carry, bound before the path? Every step I take, grasping for the earth, brings me closer to death. But eve... Read Full Review

WWF No Mercy

To understand the genius of WWF No Mercy is to understand the revolution of execution.

As easy as it might seem, the dynamic sport of "wrestling entertainment" ranks among the most difficult to both accurately and effectively translate to a video game. In the age of the N64, just thinking about how to incl... Read Full Review

Tekken Tag Tournament (Platinum)

Too much open palm, not enough closed fist.

Before committing themselves to a Tekken 4, Namco has released a tag-team variation of its prominent fighting series befittingly entitled Tekken Tag Tournament (triple T, if you will). The concept is quite simple: roundu... Read Full Review

Amplitude

Like a dormant volcano, Amplitude watches the gaming world from afar, settling under waning human interest.

Saying that the rhythm genre has been barren is an understatement. It is already fall 2005 and nothing has grown from that musical tree. Just like leaves, the industry has left the genre to wither, gently plummet to the ... Read Full Review

Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!

4 Going On 40

The words "education" and "entertainment" usually don't belong together. So when we call Oregon Trail, Reading Rabbit, and Math Blaster "edutainment" software, heads start to turn; even more so for Brain Age: Train Your ... Read Full Review

Guitar Hero

The Authentic Chords of Self-Respect

Simulations are seen as fake. While most genres are judged on creativity as works of "fiction", many sports and rhythm-based games are "non-fiction" and are judged on how close they come to the real thing. Accordingly, D... Read Full Review

Capcom Fighting Evolution

Darwin, Wake Me From My Nap<br />

Instead of trying to update or reinvent any of its fighting franchises, Capcom continues to inflame the cross-over fighting madness with Capcom Fighting Evolution. The question of whether Ryu is stronger than some other ... Read Full Review