Annual Gaming Review 2008: Jiggy

Categories:
Best Game
Most Pleasant Surprises
Most Disappointing Games
Best Games I Played Late
Games I Might Have Bought But Didn’t (and why)
Miscellaneous Thoughts

Posted under 2D Platformers, Action RPGs, Annual Gaming Review, Arcade Shooters, Features, Hudson, Nintendo, Nintendo DS, Rhythm Games, Sony PSP, Square-Enix, Turn-Based Strategy, Virtual Console, Wii, WiiWare, Xbox 360 by Jiggy on December 31, 2008 Comments (0)

Just Another VC Monday (12/29): StarTropics II: Zoda’s Revenge

Closing out North America’s year – and its six-week streak of one retro game each (or ten weeks if we pretend the release of Space Invaders: The Original Game never happened) – is StarTropics II: Zoda’s Revenge. One of the small number of first-party NES games that I wanted to play but never had, it’s [...]

Posted under 2D Adventure, Features, Just Another VC Monday, Nintendo, Virtual Console, Wii by Jiggy on December 29, 2008 Comments (0)

Just Another VC Monday (12/22): Phantasy Star IV

Welcome to the real debut of Just Another VC Monday, where every week I’ll talk about the newest Virtual Console releases.
A single release in this case (more on that another time), but at least it’s an excellent one: Phantasy Star IV for the Sega Genesis, standing tall among the best RPGs of that system – [...]

Posted under Features, Just Another VC Monday, Sega, Turn-Based RPGs, Virtual Console, Wii by Jiggy on December 22, 2008 Comments (0)

1Up Keiji Inafune Interview: Strider, Mega Man, Clover Studios, and Japanese Hamburgers

Of all game publishers, few can claim to have as many classic franchises worthy of revival as Capcom. And with the recent release of the retro-stylized Mega Man 9 and the enhanced, high-definition remakes of Bionic Commando and Street Fighter 2, Capcom appears to be aware of it. But what about other long-absent but not [...]

Posted under Capcom by Iam Canadian on December 21, 2008 Comments (0)

Dragon Quest V site launches (Nintendo DS)

On a site based in Japan, where Dragon Quest reigns along with Pokemon, no material about a DQ game – not even a remake – would qualify as news on the fringe of gaming. And the series deserves to sell as it does there, with its adventurous spirit, quick pacing, minimalist story elements, flawless balance, [...]

Posted under Nintendo DS, Previews, Square-Enix, Turn-Based RPGs by Jiggy on December 20, 2008 Comments (0)

My World, My Way preview (Nintendo DS)

My World, My Way: a lighthearted, offbeat DS RPG with a female protagonist named Elise, a princess so good at demanding her way with a Pout Button that villagers may reward her for fetch quests she hasn’t bothered with, and monsters can get stronger or give more experience to suit her whims. Elise can also [...]

Posted under Nintendo DS, Previews, Turn-Based RPGs by Jiggy on December 18, 2008 Comments (0)

Retro Game Challenge site launches (Nintendo DS)

Timely enough considering yesterday’s news, the Retro Game Challenge site has launched!
With site design like that, do I even need to say anything? Click over and get more info on this excellent-looking DS game collection. Those NES cartridges will accept nothing less, so hop in the DeLorean pictured there and travel back to the… …past.
Official [...]

Posted under Game Collections, Nintendo DS, Previews by Jiggy on December 17, 2008 Comments (0)