I was always a SEGA kid. Sure, A Link to the Past is at the top of my all-time list, and I felt a guilty thrill cheating on my Genesis as I played through Super Metroid, but my fondest 16 bit memories were of games like Sub-Terrania…and Sonic the Hedgehog. I remember counting the minutes ’til [...]
Posts Tagged ‘platformer’
Sonic Adventure Review
Posted: September 16, 2010 in Playstation 3, XBOX 360Tags: dreamcast, platformer, ps3, xbox360
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Ivy the Kiwi? (Wii)
Posted: September 4, 2010 in Nintendo DS/i/3DS, WiiTags: nds, ndsi, platformer, wii
When I first heard about Ivy the Kiwi, it was in the context of being the new game from Yuji Naka, the creator of Sonic the Hedgehog. And while that’s a notable fact that may help sales (and is printed right there on the back of the game box), I think Ivy the Kiwi is a [...]
Starting off as a student project a few years ago, “Reflection” (as it was once called) managed to make enough of a splash in the indie scene to attract the attention of Konami. The publisher picked it up, rebranded it and shipped it into the DSi Shop – but you can definitely still tell that the [...]
Street Fighter IV On Facebook?
Posted: August 18, 2010 in Console AccesoriesTags: fighting, platformer
What do you do when you are a major Japanese video game maker who faces a shrinking home market and sees the social games sector virtually explode at the same time? You make the jump, just like Capcom, the brand behind such hit games like Street Fighter, Resident Evil, or Mega Man. According to Japanese business [...]
When Earthworm Jim first came out, I was about ten years old. Playing the game for the first time, I remember being incredibly unsettled by the oddness of the characters and the disjointed situations that star hero Jim wound up in. Looking back, I assumed my young age was the reason for these feelings — [...]
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Gamelion wants you to play with their balls. Now, if you read that sentence in the mildly suggestive manner I intended it, you’re already one step closer to understanding Furry Legends – this rolling-ball platformer draws from that style of thinly veiled, mostly uncomfortable humor a lot. It’s probably just the team trying to [...]
