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  • Rating:9.6
    Very addicting gamplay, especially online...

    Age of Mythology

    Very addicting gamplay, especially online...

    It takes awile to get this game because in my opinion it is very hard to get use to....when i first started playing this game i had no idea what was going on or what to do so i kept on loosing but when i knew about evert... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.6
    Castlevania is easily one of Konami’s most famous and well-known franchises

    Akumajou Dracula: Circle of the Moon

    Castlevania is easily one of Konami’s most famous and well-known franchises

    The basic premise of every Castlevania adventure has the player making his way through a large castle while bashing zombies, bats, skeletons, and other undead creatures along the way. The main character starts out with o... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.2
    Very good "Pick Up and Play" type game. No multiplayer, Create a Skater, or Create a Park

    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2

    Very good "Pick Up and Play" type game. No multiplayer, Create a Skater, or Create a Park

    The game includes 13 skaters to play as through 6 levels from the Playstation originals (5 from THPS2, 1 from THPS1). These levels are created rather faithfully, although some changes were made due to limitations in the ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5.5
    Natsume has succeeded once again in crafting a game whose origin cannot be deciphered

    Gekitou! Car Battler Go!!

    Natsume has succeeded once again in crafting a game whose origin cannot be deciphered

    In a post apocalyptic world, men have taken to mounting weapons of minor destruction to their cars in order to brave the perilous land. There is also the Car Battler League, an organization that turns the aforementioned ... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.1
    Nintendo’s bad boy Wario returns in his fourth adventure on one of Nintendo’s handhelds

    Wario Land Advance: Youki no Otakara

    Nintendo’s bad boy Wario returns in his fourth adventure on one of Nintendo’s handhelds

    In Wario Land 4, Wario finds himself trapped in a pyramid after sneaking in to find lost treasure. The game quickly runs Wario through a tutorial level to teach his huge variety of moves which, unlike in Wario Land 3, ar... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.3
    Everyone likes to blow things up. In Bomberman Tournament, you do just that.

    Bomberman Story

    Everyone likes to blow things up. In Bomberman Tournament, you do just that.

    As stated before, there are two modes in Bomberman Tournament: Quest and Battle. Quest is the single-player story based adventure. Fellow bomber Max was checking out a disturbance on the planet Phantarion, but never retu... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9
    Easy, pick up and play but surprisingly deep<br />

    Wario Ware, Inc: Minigame Mania

    Easy, pick up and play but surprisingly deep<br />

    Our opportunistic protagonist, Wario, hears about the booming video game industry and happens upon the conclusion that he should form his own developing company entitled Warioware, Inc. Experiencing some initial setbacks... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.4
     I decided to check out Sega’s offering

    Greatest Nine

    I decided to check out Sega’s offering

    Baseball Advance is rather simple in regard to features. It has four modes of play: Exhibition, Season, Playoffs, and All-Star Game. The season follows the 162 game schedules from 2001. In a season, you can check out the... Read Full Review

    3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7
    This remake of an Amiga classic has finally arrived on the GBA

    Wings

    This remake of an Amiga classic has finally arrived on the GBA

    The strafing missions are my favorite part of the game, as a fan of the Strike series of games, I felt right at home in these areas. The key difference between this gameplay style in Wings and the Strike games is the div... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:6.8
    lacking in many important departments

    All-Star Baseball 2003

    lacking in many important departments

    ASB 2003 has a lot of features in it. All of the necessary licenses, every stadium, the All Star game, batting practice, seasons, and the World Series. It even has trading cards to earn by playing. You can then trade the... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:4.4
    WWF Road to Wrestlemania is the second wrestling game for the Game Boy Advance in North America

    WWF Road to WrestleMania

    WWF Road to Wrestlemania is the second wrestling game for the Game Boy Advance in North America

    The controls for this game leave something to be desired. For the main grappling system, they take a page out of Fire Pro Wrestling's book where you have to take a pause after initiating a grapple, to enter the button co... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9
    Chalk up another one for the Game Boy Advance

    Advance Wars

    Chalk up another one for the Game Boy Advance

    Being that this is a strategy game, during game play, your troops, the enemies, everything is presented in a grid. You're looking down at the battlefield, commanding your troops as if they were in a giant chess game. Not... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.8
    There is something about the game that I love

    All-Star Baseball 2003

    There is something about the game that I love

    ASB 2003 is all about simulation. This is not an arcade game; Acclaim’s goal was to create as realistic a game as possible. Thanks to their efforts, All-Star Baseball 2003 features a surprisingly great number of options ... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.4
    Nintendo did a great job of shrouding it in secrecy

    Animal Crossing

    Nintendo did a great job of shrouding it in secrecy

    He’s a warm, compassionate soul, and when you tell him of your plight (see, you kind of forget to make housing arrangements before moving...just a SMALL problem), he hooks you up with a place to stay. This seeming idiocy... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.8
     It looked like an impressive title and reminded me a lot of Diablo

    Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance

    It looked like an impressive title and reminded me a lot of Diablo

    Finding a good control scheme for any GameCube game is a troublesome experience. However, the developers at High Voltage Software found one that works well with this kind of hack ‘n slash title. The primary A and B butto... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.3
    Bloody Roar: Primal Fury (BRPF) is the semi-sequel to the PS2’s Bloody Roar 3.

    Bloody Roar: Primal Fury

    Bloody Roar: Primal Fury (BRPF) is the semi-sequel to the PS2’s Bloody Roar 3.

    As for the actual hand-to-hand combat in the game, there is a punch (B), a kick (A), a beast attack/beast transform button (X) and a throw/block button (Y). While in beast form, pressing X does an attack, which is genera... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.4
    The series that has appeared on so many systems is finally on the one and only Gamecube

    Bomberman Generation

    The series that has appeared on so many systems is finally on the one and only Gamecube

    There are two ways of looking at this Bomberman title. One way would be the classic mulitplayer. I look at this first because it is by far my favorite. Here you will find 5 modes of battle: Standard, Reversi, Coin, Dodge... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.3
    Ever since I got into the racing genre I’ve always been skeptical of racing games

    Burnout 2: Point of Impact

    Ever since I got into the racing genre I’ve always been skeptical of racing games

    In Burnout 2: Point of Impact there are tons of things to accomplish and unlock so let me start with the beginning. When you first start up the game you have a training mode titled “Offensive Driving 101” in this mode yo... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.5
    Horrible visuals but a constant framerate and overall smoothness

    Doubutsu Banchou

    Horrible visuals but a constant framerate and overall smoothness

    The game begins with a cinema about how the colorless (The antagonists in Cubivore) more or less enslaved the land in which you are about to be born into. After the cinema you are born with literally nothing else but a p... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.6
    crazy fun!

    Def Jam Vendetta

    crazy fun!

    I was just happy that the tried and true AKI game play engine remained in tact on the next-gen platforms. I was somewhat worried on how the controls would transfer over from the N64 controller to the unique GameCube cont... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.4
    Your exploration of the Eternal Darkness begins here.  <br />    <br />

    Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem

    Your exploration of the Eternal Darkness begins here. <br /> <br />

    Many people believe this game to be a Resident Evil clone. Besides the fact that you fight zombies and other horrid creatures, ED is in a league of its own. When playing ED, do not expect an instant payoff. Although, for... Read Full Review

    2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.4
    F-Zero GX is the first F-Zero game not developed by Nintendo

    F-Zero GX

    F-Zero GX is the first F-Zero game not developed by Nintendo

    The gameplay in GX follows the F-Zero formula to a tee. Fast racing? Check. Back-and-forth racing? Double check. Fantastic course design? Yup, that’s in here too. There are also some new wrinkles added to the mix as well... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.4
    great soccer game that is easy to learn

    FIFA 2002: Road to FIFA World Cup

    great soccer game that is easy to learn

    For sports games I usually try playing them before reading the manual, to try and determine how easy they are to pick up for new players. Thankfully FIFA passed this initial test. The controls are simple, straight-forwar... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7
    Freekstyle is motocross to the “n”th degree

    Freekstyle

    Freekstyle is motocross to the “n”th degree

    As you can probably imagine, Freekstyle has you going from venue to venue beating everyone in your path on your quest for supremacy in the motocross world. During this trek, you will face-off with riders even more twiste... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:6.3
    The game is billed as a multiplayer title and is rightfully so

    Gauntlet: Dark Legacy

    The game is billed as a multiplayer title and is rightfully so

    Gauntlet is a game you can pick up and play with very little learning curve. There are few strategies to be had; just hack, hack, hack. There are several characters to choose from, each with their own strengths and weakn... Read Full Review

    1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.5
    Videogames based on movies has always gotten a bad reputation

    Hulk

    Videogames based on movies has always gotten a bad reputation

    Now you go through each level as two characters. One, is obviously the Hulk, and the other is Bruce Banner. Now the story of The Incredible Hulk goes like this. Bruce Banner a very brilliant scientist does a experiment w... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.3
     never really cared for stories in shooters, all you need is a setting and boom, and you’re good

    Ikaruga

    never really cared for stories in shooters, all you need is a setting and boom, and you’re good

    Ikaruga controls a bit differently from most of your average shooters. The main focus of it all is the two main polarities (colors): black and white. These are the colors for the enemies and your plane (polarity can be c... Read Full Review

    1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.2
    The always loved, always pink Nintendo icon literally comes racing his way onto the GameCube

    Kirby Air Ride

    The always loved, always pink Nintendo icon literally comes racing his way onto the GameCube

    Amazingly, Nintendo managed to pull off a fully functional racing game using only the A button and the control stick. The craft is propelled by itself (which can be odd at first for us that are used to holding down a but... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.3
    The phrase “preorder bonus” has never been sweeter

    The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Bonus Disc)

    The phrase “preorder bonus” has never been sweeter

    Upon booting up the GameCube, you are immediately faced with a simple menu interface. You can play the original Ocarina of Time in all its glory, attempt a remixed version of the game (Master Quest), or watch any of seve... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.4
    Perhaps the most popular Nintendo franchise in existence

    The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (Limited Edition)

    Perhaps the most popular Nintendo franchise in existence

    Zelda titles usually have some kind of main element that becomes the center of their gameplay (and the subtitle). In OoT it was time, in Majora’s Mask it was the masks, and in Wind Waker it is the wind. The wind affects ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:4.5
    I never thought a series could fall so far, so quickly

    Legends of Wrestling II

    I never thought a series could fall so far, so quickly

    Despite the game’s flaws I will give Acclaim their due. They’ve included every wrestler from the first game, except for Rob Van Dam, and have risked plenty of lawsuits from WWE in an effort to recreate the gimmicks of so... Read Full Review

    0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8
    This game runs on a versatile new engine developed from the ground up.

    Legends of Wrestling

    This game runs on a versatile new engine developed from the ground up.

    LoW’s gameplay is accomplished with one of the finest wrestling game engines I’ve yet experienced. The versatile game engine allows for smooth transitional moves that haven’t been seen before in any wrestling game. The g... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8
    One of the genres that Nintendo was sorely lacking during the N64's lifespan would have to be the RPG genre

    Lost Kingdoms

    One of the genres that Nintendo was sorely lacking during the N64's lifespan would have to be the RPG genre

    The game starts out in a castle and your character is introduced as the princess of a land that has been besieged by a mysterious fog causing all sorts of havoc. The king of this once peaceful land has left the castle ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.8
    Luigi's first solo adventure

    Luigi Mansion

    Luigi's first solo adventure

    Luigi goes through a haunted mansion busting ghosts and trying to find his brother Mario. Making a return from previous Mario games is Toad who acts as a save point. Professor E. Gadd, a new character who for some reason... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9
    It's football season and I can smell it in the air

    Madden NFL 2002

    It's football season and I can smell it in the air

    The gameplay is phenomenal, Madden gets easier and easier to play each time a new version comes out. Not to mention all the modes, including Create-a-Team, Create-a-Player, Two Minute Drill, Franchise and Season Mode, wh... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.4
    It comes as no surprise that Mario needs some R&R

    Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

    It comes as no surprise that Mario needs some R&R

    Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour is at its core an arcade golf game; meaning, there are over the top shots, eccentric characters and fantasy courses. There are institutes of simulation in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour as well. Mo... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8
    This game is fun to play multiplayer

    Mario Party 4

    This game is fun to play multiplayer

    When you start, you are presented with four game modes. * Party Mode: you and up to four of you friends can go head to head challenging the game board and all the consequential mini-games that come with it. * Story ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:6.9
    way to friggin easy

    RockMan EXE Transmission (Best Price!)

    way to friggin easy

    With the exception of the Battle Chips, Network Transmission plays like any of the traditional 2D Mega Man games. Mega Man has all of his trademark moves from charging to the famous mega buster all the way to the often u... Read Full Review

    0 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.8
    The Nintendo Gamecube’s true force has arrived in style, and it's not a plumber. It is a golden armor-clad bounty hunter

    Metroid Prime

    The Nintendo Gamecube’s true force has arrived in style, and it's not a plumber. It is a golden armor-clad bounty hunter

    I will get right to answering the question you must have swirling around your head at the moment. "How could this 3D game possibly feel like Metroid as opposed to just a fancy FPS?" True, it could have been that way. Ret... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful