Saturday, October 22, 2011

A Look Into Video Games: WonderSwan

The WonderSwan was a handheld created by Bandai in 1999 to compete with Nintendo's Gameboy. In never took off outside Japan, but was a decent hit there. It was actually designed by Gunpei Yokoi, the creator of the GameBoy. It sported mostly a bunch of ports and some original Japanese games. Some notable games included Megaman and Bass. A year later they put out the WonderSwan Color. It didn't

Friday, October 7, 2011

Rad Racer Review

Despite being in Nintendo's "Sport Series' this title was not made by Nintendo themselves. It was actually a pure creation of Squaresoft, the folks behind Final Fantasy. Was their racing game as fantastic as their RPGs? No, not even close, and I'm not even a Final Fantasy fan.Rad Racer today is no more than a bare bones racing game with awful graphics, but a decent sense of speed. You go from

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Things I Hate: Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles

I've been trying real hard to get into the Final Fantasy craze. This was one of my first games in the series, and it didn't shape my opinion of it very well. Granted this game is a spin-off, and not a "real" Final Fantasy game. It is more of an action-RPG, than it's turn-based roots. It also has a story, towns to visit, and plenty of monsters to kill. The main problem with the game is that they

Thursday, September 22, 2011

My Top 10 Worst No More Heroes Characters #10: Skelter Helter

He appears at the start of the 2nd game as a enemy of revenge against Travis. He's also a whiny loser. He also happens to be a parody of Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII.