Halo Wars 2 offers loads of thrilling, addictive gameplay in various forms. It's odd to imagine a smooth RTS experience even with a joystick - let alone the D-pad of a bit machine. Of course, this is partly a testament to just how stellar the debut in this iconic franchise is. Yet, this streamlined experience can also be attributed to the simple menu screen and vibrant, clear-cut map layout. The mechanics are both detailed and tight, allowing players to micromanage and tend to various city tasks in seconds.
These include reward buildings like casinos, Bowser attacks, and a coveted Mario statue granted following "megalopolis" status. Though it made a name for itself for decades on the PC front, it just may have found a home on Nintendo 's hybrid console. Even moreso than the Wii, the Switch allows for a particularly brisk, intuitive style of play. This is thanks to its sharp motion controls and touch-screen abilities.
The latest rendition of Civilization nicely incorporates these functions, especially in handheld mode. This RTS odyssey is epic in scale - featuring tons of scenarios, structures, and units, comprising a whopping hours of gameplay for completionists. Lack of online play aside, this is one of the strongest RTS efforts on a home console. Nintendo fans were intrigued when iconic designer Shigeru Miyamoto unveiled a peculiar strategy game involving hordes of small, anthropomorphic plants.
This turned out to be the distinctly fun Pikmin series, which saw its most enjoyable, lavish rendition yet on Wii U. The game takes advantage of the Wii U's Gamepad, functioning as both a controller and an extension of the game itself. With tons of strategic gameplay that's both focused and detailed, this series still shines as an example of how to do an RTS right on a console. No Nintendo console could be successful without a great Mario Kart title. Instead, it focused on using the perfected karting mechanics of previous titles to focus on some of the best original levels in the franchise.
Super Circuit also allowed players to unlock circuits from the original Super Nintendo Mario Kart game, a move so well received by fans that every other game in the franchise also delivered a few classic courses. While technically two games released one year apart from each other, Golden Sun was originally a standalone project aimed at the Nintendo Unfortunately, the migration of the project to the Game Boy Advance imposed a series of technical limitations, so the team of Camelot Software decided to split their ambitious story into two parts.
Besides featuring an original and complex narrative, both Golden Sun games also have one of the most beautiful pixel art of the Game Boy Advance. The combat system is also enhanced by the ability to find hidden mystical partners around the world, increasing the customization of your party. Both Advance Wars and its direct sequel are not only among the best games on the Game Boy Advance but are also some of the best strategy games you could play on any platform.
The campaign of Advance Wars has players controlling the production and positioning of units, resources, and general-like characters with special powers that can turn the tide of a duel at the last moment. The story is also well-written, and the roster of characters is charming, improving the production value of both Advance Wars titles.
The cherry on the top of the cake is the multiplayer mode that allows players to face their friends. Long after finishing the story mode of Advance Wars , players can still hone their skills and learn how to use every different unit in-depth, making it a title you can keep playing for hundreds of hours. The winds fail. Ships stand still, unable to fill their sails. The world races to its end. Unless a handful of heroes can protect the remaining crystals, the world will fall into ruin.
In the game, you'll follow the adventures of Django, a young vampire hunter on a quest to rid the world of evil.
As Django, you must overcome traps, defeat enemies, and fight through the deepest parts of dungeons. Watch out for the amount of sunlight--Django is stronger by day, while the vampires are stronger by night. The game features a solar sensor on the cartridge and a real-time clock system.
The follow-up to the original Game Boy Advance release features a new system under which the game determines difficulty by your battle clearances under a variety of conditions. Install your car kits, head to the track, start your engines and get ready to challenge the most competitive racers on the circuit! Choose from over 45 authentic cars and race for championship gold on an amazing 32 different tracks. Upgrade your car's performance using 9 categories of upgradeable parts including the engine, suspension, aerodynamics and more.
Super Monkey Ball Jr. It's your mission to help the exiled scientist Ciel discover the source of a new reploid energy! Conquer your adversaries and find the energy source It's up to you to defend good from the destructive powers in the universe. The legendary Bruce Lee is back as Hai Feng!
Master Bruce's fists of fury, nunchaku and dozens of awesome moves as you travel across the globe to locations of mystery and intrigue in this epic martial arts adventure! Use the environment to your advantage, evade your enemies by scaling walls, fight like the Masterwith multiple combo and power-up attacks. Finally, the biggest, baddest bruiser of them all goes portable!
And it's all here Practive your technique, remember to sidestep, and pray your skills are up to the challenge. Nothing compares to the massive bone crunching moves and brutal face-poundings of the King of Iron Fist Tournament.
V-Rally evolves in its third installment with more detailed cars, customizable rally cars, and scurrying spectators. Choose one, and then overcome spectators, deformed car parts, and extreme driving conditions as you race in six real-world locations and various gameplay modes. The life of a professional rally driver is rough--it's up to you to strategize your career and race your way to the top.
This game is similar to the original Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town, but now you can play as a girl who has left the city to pursue a life on the farm.
You'll take part in growing crops, managing livestock, finding a husband, and raising children. Matt Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 takes you for a ride through free-roaming cities, where you can perform a variety of stunts on your bike. You'll travel to eight expansive cities that come to life with helicopters, boats, cars, and pedestrians.
Then, challenge your friend in Push mode, where every time you score big, your side of the screen gets bigger while your friend's shrinks.
There's trouble in Metro City. The members of the Mad Gear Gang have kidnapped the mayor's daughter Jessica and the clock is ticking. The mayor, an ex-street fighter himself, calls in the big guns to help, enlisting the iron fist team of Cody and Guy.
Now, it's a race against time to scour the city, defeat an army of the Mad Gear Gang's minions, and rescue Jessica before it's too late! Take on the roll of Ninja Five-0 as he uses all his skill, stealth and magic to rescue hostages and defeat his enemies.
Master the art of ninja swords, shuriken throwing stars and ancient ninjitsu magic! This year's action features more advanced levels of player detail and responsiveness. Play as one of the best players from 16 leagues and teams, from Europe's super leagues to the Americas.
Plus, a new Career Mode gives you the chance to take a team from the lower divisions, battle through ranks, sign new players, and turn them into champions. With immersive atmospheres, total realism with the world's premier clubs, and improved gameplay, FIFA Soccer looks to reach the goals of soccer fans.
Embark on a harrowing mission to rid of Martian Moon Base of hordes of demonic creatures. In the platformer Drill Dozer, you can take the roll of Jill, the daughter of a crime boss who is set on revenge. When a rival gang steals away her family's heirloom, Jill gives chase in her Drill Dozer, an upgradeable piece of power armor equipped with a large drill. This piece of equipment will help you navigate through six different areas, where you will encounter varied enemies and bosses.
Alien scientists have taken control of the top-secret Area 51 military base, and are plotting to overthrow Earth! But not if Duke can stop them. Armed with alien-busting weapons, his kick-butt attitude, and using the aliens' own transporters, Duke takes the battle to four unique locations around the world. Oh, and rescues a few babes along the way. In Mega Man Zero 2, Zero falls prey to a trap set by Neo Arcadia's ruthless commander, who plans to use Zero to end the peace between reploids and humans.
As Zero, you must battle through a variety of levels and challenges to make sure the commander doesn't succeed.
A new weapon-customization system lets you adjust the game-level difficulty. The game new features also include a Cyber-Elf collection system, two-player mode, temporary save features, and a tutorial mission. Players can test their backhand in this unique role-playing tennis adventure.
Train hard at the Royal Tennis Academy to be a champion. Gain experience and improve your skills through lessons and tournaments, and rise to the top of the ranks. Advance through the story and unlock even more characters, all with their own power moves. Beat Mario at his own game, then link up with a friend or three for even more frantic fun. That's what your opponents will be doing when you're at the wheel.
Race from a top-down perspective as you steer down one of 22 tracks. Blast ahead with gas and brake control. Make your opponents spin and crash as you bombard them with a barrage of weapons. Take your competition out of the race with rockets and mines. Earn money every time you win to buy newer, faster vehicles and weapon power-ups for more fire action.
The most accurate, advanced version of Duel Monsters arrives! The ultimate duel simulator based on the hit Trading Card Game and Television series! Duel against dozens of opponents from the TV show or challenge your friends. Import cards from the Official TCG to boost your deck. Complete your card collection and create the ultimate deck to enter the World Championship Tournament!
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land is an action-packed side-scrolling adventure chock full of awesome copy abilities and fast-moving gameplay. Kirby may not look tough, but he can float over dangerous obstacles, eat enemy projectiles, and copy his enemies' abilities. You can use these skills in the single-player story mode or multiplayer mode with up to three friends using the Game Boy Advance Link cable.
As Mario, you must race through challenging levels while finding keys and releasing Mini Marios before time runs out. Along the way, you'll master new moves that can help you overcome new puzzles. A controversial franchise marks its return in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance. This time around, the fighting game features an all-new fighting system, an in-depth, supernatural storyline, and the infamous brutal fatalities.
Beginning the next chapter in the battle of good versus evil, two powerful sorcerers--Shang Tsung and Quan Chi--join forces to deliver unrivaled fighting action in their quest for supreme mortality.
Use new or classic Mortal Kombat fighters and engage in hand-to-hand and special-weapon combat, executing secret moves and combinations for fatalities and deadly body blows. Other new features include a tutorial mode, a recap system, minigames, and more. Pokemon Leaf Green adds more content and features to one of the first Pokemon games ever released. In this version of the classic role-playing game, you can collect all of the monsters from different Pokemon installments, including Ruby, Sapphire, and Colosseum.
The game comes with a wireless adapter, which lets you connect with your friends' Game Boy Advances to chat, trade Pokemon, and participate in battles.
It's up to you to successfully build and maintain a farm while befriending the people of the town. In Harvest: Moon: Friends of Mineral Town, you can do anything from planting vegetables and raising different animals to marrying the woman of your dreams and starting a family.
The game lets you choose which events, minigames, and adventures to complete. One of the most popular RPGs of all time continues in this epic quest. Enter the magical life of a hero Ryu, a dragon morphing warrior, as he embarks on a vast adventure in search of his missing father and little sister. Eight mysterious characters will join you along the way to help you find and master the hidden secrets of the amazing lands you will explore.
Discover the right combinations of magical spells, strength, wisdom, guts, and luck to determine your fate as you master the world of dragons, demons, and mystery. Enter the futuristic universe of Mega Man. EXE in this new adventure in the Battle Network series. Join him in his battle to fight cyber crimes in this mega role playing adventure. Now, there's a new net crime organization in town and its computer hacking has created a virus that's quickly gaining momentum.
It's up to Mega Man. Stop it before it spreads! It has a simple high fantasy story that follows an unnamed hero on their quest to defeat the Dark Lord and save the Mana Tree. The hack-and-slash combat is also easy to grasp but manages to remain challenging far into the game. As I said before, the GBA was ripe with many remakes and re-releases for younger audiences to engage with the classics. The game also adds nine new islands for players to explore, so even if you know the original inside-out, there are still some discoveries ahead.
Not to mention these gen 3 games have a ton of ROM hacks out there to re-live the experience in different ways. This generation added 2v2 battles, which are a staple of competitive play nowadays, and the Hoenn region is just a pleasure to explore.
The story follows a group of youngsters from the town of St. Heaven series is Riviera, an unusual turn-based RPG that differentiates itself from others with its unique art style and somewhat bizarre storyline.
Back when it first came out, FFVI was revolutionary, taking everything that had worked on the previous games and even other franchises and polishing it to a mirror sheen. Part of what made it so impressive at the time is the depth of its characters and their dramas, which touch on themes like teenage pregnancy, use of chemical weapons in warfare, and life under a military dictatorship. Developed by Camelot Software Planning, this traditional turn-based RPG proved there was a market for incredibly deep, expansive storylines.
It backs up this fantastic narrative with striking visuals, including dynamic sprite-based cutscenes and flashy battles. Picking up right where the original Golden Sun left off, The Lost Age follows a ragtag group of enemy survivors from the first game, who fight to accomplish what they failed to do in the original.
Experiencing the same story and conflict from two opposed perspectives opened my mind to what kinds of stories video games could tell. Gameplay-wise, the game brings more of the same awesome puzzles and maze-like dungeons that made playing through the first one such an engaging experience. The seventh installment in the Fire Emblem series was also the first one to be released worldwide, bringing the fantastic tactical gameplay of the franchise to Western audiences.
Coupled with fantastic visuals and well-designed scenarios, this made The Blazing Blade into one of the most influential titles of the decade. Other than the unique card-based battle system, this game features a room-synthetizing mechanic that lets players influence everything from mob strength to the appearance of a Save spot in a newly generated area.
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