Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Super Castlevania IV

EarthBound

Kirby Super Star

Kirby's Dream Land 3

Kirby's Adventure

Kirby's Dream Land

Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

Super Smash Bros.

Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

A sadly unfinished game, but hints of the masterpiece remain.

Arcanum was one of a few games that Troika pumped out before going defunct, and, much like the other titles they made, and that Obsidian is now making, it is ambitious, but doesn't quite live up to its potential due to b... Read Full Review

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Much like Link to the Past, a perfection of the elements seen so far.

Twilight Princess oftentimes gets both a lot of praise and a lot of flak for its innermost soul, that of a classic Zelda game. There are some Wiimote controls for bows and such, but all in all, this is a Zelda game much... Read Full Review

X-COM: Terror From the Deep

Difficult, and little more than a mission-pack, but nonetheless great.

Terror From The Deep has a lot of reasons to be hated by the X-Com fanbase. For one, it is merely a mission-pack sequel. The visuals have been redone, the weapons and aliens renamed, but it is still essentially the sam... Read Full Review

X-COM: UFO Defense

Nothing like it, before or after.

X-Com: UFO Defense, known as UFO Enemy Unknown in Europe, is one of those rare games that is unparalleled in the gaming industry. It has just the right mix of difficulty, micromanagement, and tension. It has a few mino... Read Full Review

Hoshi no Kirby Super Deluxe

Kirby's Magnum Opus

Among the Kirby games, Kirby Super Star stands as the strongest, and it makes sense, it's the one on the Super Nintendo! While its premise seems a little gimmicky, 'Eight Games in One!' pans out very well. Snappy, and ... Read Full Review

Donkey Kong Country Returns

Be prepare for both challenge and a lot of fun.

Donkey Kong Country Returns has a well-loved pedigree to live up to, the first three games on the SNES are some of the best games the system has to offer (Of which there are a lot, but I digress.) Fortunately, Retro Stu... Read Full Review

Blood (1997)

A few uninventive gameplay mechanics, but overall, just as fun as the other great Build engine games.

Blood was one of those titles developed right after Duke3d hit the market, and, like those titles, it didn't exactly have the same impact. However, Monolith, as proved by titles like No One Lives Forever, FEAR, and Unre... Read Full Review

American McGee's Alice

Repetitive and unimaginative gameplay, especially by modern standards, but great story and visual style.

American McGee's Alice has a great concept. Take Alice in Wonderland, and turn it into a creepy, horrifying exploration of Alice's psyche after her parents were killed in a fire and she was put into a mental hospital. ... Read Full Review

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Endless hours of fun gameplay. One of the best titles on the Wii.

Super Smash Bros has quite the high pedigree, and Brawl has taken that up to new extremes. The idea of Nintendo characters from all their universes duking it out is excellent, and the basic gameplay has been proven to b... Read Full Review

X3: Reunion

Plenty of rough spots, and not for everyone, but a great game nonetheless.

X3 Reunion is probably one of those love-it-or-hate-it type of games. Its basic premise is something that will appeal to some people a lot, and to some people none. That is, Privateer taken to its logical extreme. Eve... Read Full Review

Mother 3

True to its tagline: Strange, funny, and heart-rending.

As far as Eastern RPG's go, the Mother series has always been *the* overlooked classic. Earthbound, the only game to get a US release, did poorly in the States, but its immense quality sealed it as a cult classic. Mo... Read Full Review

Kirby's Epic Yarn

While obviously not a 'proper' Kirby release, it stands on its own as a great new addition to the series.

The first thing one will notice about this game is its art style. Everything in yarn makes the game cuter than seems possible! The motif is expanded quite creatively through several different styles, from the expected ... Read Full Review