Threw my controller at least once, and questioned my choices in life many times over as I played through the arcade mode of Samurai Shodown on the Super NES!
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Pocket Rumble Live Stream
Delayed by over a year, Pocket Rumble is finally out on Nintendo Switch! Be forewarned that the first 30 minutes or so of the live stream is pretty brutal as I get demolished repeatedly by skilled players and the AI. Thankfully I got a bit better by the end!
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Mario Tennis Aces Review
Mario Tennis on the Nintendo 64 has proven to be a very difficult act to follow. Released in 2000, Nintendo found the sweet spot between simulation and arcade action that made that game a master-class title. To this day, if you play any of the Mario Tennis games released after this one in “Classic” or “Simple” mode, you’re essentially playing the same game that was conceived almost 20 years ago.
Later installments of the franchise would try really hard to make meaningful additions to its seemingly-iron-clad formula with little luck. Mario Power Tennis on the Gamecube undermined the skill-based action of the original with silly power shots and even sillier courts that were so cluttered with crap that it was hard to discern what was even happening. As for Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash – besides being an overall lackluster product – also failed to build on the core formula, as it simply made standard power shots more powerful through jumping and added a mega mushroom that essentially gave you power shots all the time.
It may have taken almost two decades to get here, but Nintendo has finally found a way to make Mario Tennis better.
Super Star Wars Live Stream
Follow Luke on his quest to save the galaxy until he meets his untimely demise inside of a sandcrawler!
P.S. – Happy 4th of July to all my American friends! Enjoy the holidays!
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GCYoshi13 (Hazama/Yosuke) vs jettftw (Weiss/Ruby) BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
Did I stand a chance against FGC pro GCYoshi?
…of course not! But I tried valiantly to keep up!
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Kickstart Guide to BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
Anime worlds collide in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle! As with any fighting game, onboarding is going to be a bumpy ride. Even though this one has a lower barrier to entry, it’s also a niche fighter with a hardcore audience that can make the newcomer experience even tougher than most. If you’re tired of being shredded by Ruby and want to be the one slicing and dicing with her scythe, maybe this guide can get you off the ground floor!
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Sibling Rivalry! Brothers Square Off in Mario Tennis Aces!
Just got my copy of Mario Tennis Aces and the first thing I did was square off against my brother Randy! He’s got a head start on me, but can I stop him from completely running me over?
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Slice and Dice! Teenage Mutant Nina Turtles on Gamecube Demo
A far cry from Turtles in Time, I was incensed by the banality of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles demo on the Gamecube. Was this really supposed to inspire someone to buy the game?
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Throwback! Mario Power Tennis on the Gamecube!
In anticipation of Mario Tennis Aces on the Switch, I take a trip back in time to remember why I didn’t like Mario Power Tennis on the Gamecube. It’s too wacky for my tastes, but to each their own!
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BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Review
Historically, my relationship with the BlazBlue franchise has been strained at best. Initially wowed by its visual splendor, its gameplay complexity was impenetrable to me. As they had done previously with the Guilty Gear franchise, they stacked character-specific mechanics on top of an already steep list of system-level mechanics onto BlazBlue, making for a game with an incredibly steep learning curve. Even now, as someone with almost a decade of serious fighting game experience under my belt, mainline BlazBlue is too much for me to handle.
When news of a BlazBlue tag-team spinoff arose, I didn’t bat an eyelid. Having been burned by the first two entries in the series, I wasn’t ready to try again. However, after having spent some time with the demo, I realized that this wasn’t the same type of BlazBlue game that didn’t work for me back then.
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