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124 results for 'return'

    Capcom's Preposterous Portable Porting Prowess(Post)

    10 lbs of games in a 5 lb cart One of the coolest things in the world of retro games is when companies take titles that shouldn’t work on specific hardware and somehow bend them to their will. We’ve

    Pain-in-the-Ass-a-Thon 2018 is coming!(Post)

    Geekade’s Pain-in-the-Ass-a-Thon is back! For those not in the know, every year, the folks over at Geekade (the site that hosts the Stone Age Gamer Podcast) gather together for 24 hours of pain-in-the

    Who Are All These People?(Post)

    Knowing full well this is going to be almost certainly completely wrong and ultimately pointless when we get the full roster reveal (possibly at E3 in a few weeks) I just don’t give an E tank. We have

    Feeling Board: The Zaxxon Board Game(Post)

    I think I missed the boat on the original Zaxxon. It probably has a lot to do with when I actually got around to playing it. From what I’ve gathered, it was the game’s isometric 3D perspective that re

    A Plea For Hand Drawn Mario(Post)

    Mario Needs His Style Back Being of a certain age (ie. old), I’ve watched the Super Mario franchise change a lot over the years. From his humble beginnings as the star of Donkey Kong, through his bl

    Dreadly Preparation: Part 1(Post)

    Let's Get Ready for Dread So, you saw the Metroid Dread trailer and thought to yourself “You know, maybe it’s time I tried out one of them there Metroid games.” That sentiment seems to be going ar

    The Sunset of Switch(Post)

    The sun's getting real low Last week’s Nintendo Direct was a good time, but it left me with the distinct impression that the Switch’s life is coming to an end. Let me preface this by saying I don’t

    A Game Boy Advance Story(Post)

    (Originally published in 2017)Console launches are very special events, and Nintendo console launches for many are particularly so. With the launch of the Nintendo Switch on the horizon, I’ve decided

    Generation Wii-visited Part 2: Off Nintendo's Beaten Path(Post)

    Welcome back! Last week we started a fun and fantastic journey through the Wii’s library. As we get further and further away from this system and its seismic, industry-shifting effects, it seems that

    Generation Wii-visited Part 4: World of Adventure(Post)

    PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 were absolutely wonderful platforms. They were the birthplace of some of the best games ever made, and they helped usher in the new HD era, making standard definition CRT te

    Quest for the Unholy Triforce: Part 2(Post)

    When we left off, I had a CD-i, a crappy controller, a stack of awful discs, Hotel Mario, and no Zelda games. Things stayed this way for a long time. Years passed, and eBay became a thing. I would per

    A Nintendo 3DS Story(Post)

    (Originally published in 2017) Console launches are very special events, and Nintendo console launches for many are particularly so. With the launch of the Nintendo Switch on the horizon, I’ve de

    A Super NES Story(Post)

    (Originally published in 2017) Console launches are very special events, and Nintendo console launches for many are particularly so. With the launch of the Nintendo Switch on the horizon, I’ve de

    The Run You Love(Post)

    When Runner 3 came out earlier this year, the reviews were pretty troubling. The previous 2 runner games were flat out obsessions for me, and especially after Runner 2 turned out to be one of my all-t

    A Year of Anniversaries(Post)

    Video game anniversaries are all over in 20212021 has been a heck of a year for a number of reasons, but in the world of video games, it marks a stunning number of anniversaries. From Zelda to Donkey

    From Wii U to Switch 2(Post)

    How We Might Play Next The Switch doesn’t seem to be showing any signs of slowing down, but a successor is inevitable. The hardware’s been more or less outdated since the console launched, and while

    Hold the Minis, Please(Post)

    A story of co-opted gameplayDonkey Kong has always been one of Nintendo’s biggest icons. He and their biggest icon Mario, are inextricably linked in history having both debuted in the same game, 1981’

    The Franchise Report: Hudson-Soft(Post)

    Welcome to The Franchise Report, where we take a look at a 3rd party game publisher and see how their biggest franchises are doing these days. Today we look at Hudson Soft, a once near-titan leve

    Was Virtual Console Truly Superior to Nintendo Switch Online?(Post)

    Ever since the Switch launched, folks have been clamoring for a return of the Virtual Console. So much so, that there's a vocal sect of the gaming populace that firmly believes that things were truly

    A Whole New World of X(Post)

    We just got some new information on the Mega Man X Legacy Collections and it’s left me with a lot of thoughts. It seems that Capcom went ahead and did what we all thought they might but shouldn’t, and