Super Smash Brothers (N64)

OK, I know this game is over a year old, but I finally got a chance to play it recently (I don't get to play many N64 games anymore; no one seems to want to play N64 these days) and just had to review it. Hopefully I can still give you all the information possible, especially considering . You gotta give Nintendo credit for one thing: they have an incredible knack for giving us the unexpected. Like in Metroid on the NES when we learned that Samus Aran was a woman. Like when we were introduced to StarFox, the first 16-bit game to sport 3D polygons. And let's not forget the unforgettable transition from 2D to 3D that Mario underwent with the advent ...  Read the complete review

I first remember hearing of this game way back in an old issue of N64 magazine (in its glory days), I think they had reviewed the Japanese release. I remember the magazine printing a little form for its readers to fill in if they wanted desperately to see the game released on these shores. Then they would send them off to Nintendo and wait for the results. Who knows whether the publishers actually did, but the point is the magazine must have received literally thousands of these replies, and this is just after one review and a few screenshots. I can remember my 13 year old brother insisting it was going to be the best beat-em-up ever and was getting all his friends to ...  Read the complete review

The person who thought up the idea of smash brothers was a mastermind. The game uses the whole Nintendo crew including characters like Mario, Donkey Kong, Link and so on, fighting against each other in the biggest scrap of the century!!! Once again Nintendo have created a game, which is truly superb!!! It may sound like an ordinary beat em up game but I think it is above that. There is no health or energy bar where when it runs out you die, but instead a damage bar where the more you get hurt the further you fly through the air when hit. When the energy bar gets too high you can be punched, kicked or throw off the edge and fall into oblivion only to come back ...  Read the complete review

Soon Tekken Tag Tournament will be out on PS2. Already, Powerstone is tearing it up on the Dreamcast. N64 owners however have to make do with this. Don't get me wrong this game isn't a disaster, it just seems to have been made by some guy who wanted to shut up his five year old kid. In days of huge combos, multiple throws etc., this game really doesn't stand out. 1 button is assigned to kicking, punching, everything really. Now I'm all for simplicity, and it has to be said the game is ideal for those younger gamers, as well as those with an extremely limited range of motion in their right thumb. For the rest of us, the solo game might ...  Read the complete review

This is a beautiful game and a Nintendo classic just like Super Mario Kart was for the snes. The cool thing in this game is that it allows you to beat up characters such as Mario, Pikachu and Link or you can in turn be them. Also the most original part is that there is no energy bar and instead there is a percentage of how low the gravity is for you character which means the more you get hit the easier it is for you to fall off and lose. The multiplayer option is the best part of the game and in some ways can even be compared to the quality of Goldeneye and Perfect Dark which are also fanatastic games. There are loads in this game to keep you entertained such as ...  Read the complete review