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

Ninja Kid (NES) Review

I've never heard of Ninja Kid as a kid. I guess the horrendous boxart kept most people away. His sword isn't even on his back and it's tall as his head. I could draw better than that when I went to kindergarten. Okay enough criticism about the boxart, the game itself couldn't be as bad right? Right....?Apparently production values were very low-budget on every aspect of the game. Even the

Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti (Famicom/NES) Review

Now most games that came out on the Japanese Famicom also arrived on it's American counterpart the NES. It was usually just Japanese TV shows and movie games that stayed in the land of the rising sun. However a few notable games didn't go overseas for no apparent reason. Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti is one of them. Despite being more cartoony and "kiddy", it's actually one of the best games in