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Returning to Star Fox Assault: When the space animals crew went for bigger ambitions [ENG/ESP]

--- --- Star Fox Assault is an interesting game in how it was an honest attempt to expand the gameplay and ideas of Star Fox 64, down to the on-foot mode actual...

Mega Man 2 - The always referenced classic from the blue bomber [ENG/ESP]

--- --- This is an interesting game both in retrospective and when put next to Mega Man 1, with how there's some stuff clearly refined since the first entry, ye...

Revisiting some of the less praised Mega Man X games [X5, X6, Xtreme 2] - [ENG/ESP]

--- --- For my own sanity and yours, I'm going to be a bit more brief than usual with these, as with how much could be unpacked from X5 and X6 alone, on top of ...

Trying out Pikmin for the first time [ENG/ESP]

--- --- At this point you are probably familiar with what Pikmin is, either by the games themselves or by Smash Bros: You control this small captain that finds ...

Mega Man Zero - When the red maverick hunter went portable in a new world [ENG/ESP]

--- --- Mega Man Zero is a pretty interesting departure from other games back when it was made in many ways: Art style, chronological setting and story, and eve...

Einhander - Square's surprisingly good yet fierce PS1 shoot-em-up [ENG/ESP]

--- --- Interesting to think that, at one point, Square [back then Squaresoft], now mainly known for Final Fantasy, tried their hand into making a shoot em up g...

Ghost in the Shell on the PS1 - Piloting a surprisingly mobile mech over missions [ENG/ESP]

--- --- I'm not sure if this thing would count as a mech because it isn't built like a robot, but it sure doesn't feel like it deserves to just be called a vehi...

First Impressions with Split/Second - High-speed racing on roads where everything explodes [ENG/ESP]

--- --- If the golden era of Need for Speed games like Underground and Most Wanted invoke the feeling of racing in early Fast and Furious movies, then Split/Sec...

Punch Out (Wii) - Reviving a classic boxing game with extra effort [ENG/ESP]

--- --- Well, I finally got a good chance to sit down and play this one after a long while. Think that's all there is for backstory from me about this game. Pun...

Custom Battler Bomberman: The Bomberman game for DS that exclusive to Japan and Europe [ENG/ESP]

--- --- And a bit confusingly due to the existence of Bomberman II on the NES, is also known as Bomberman 2 I'm Europe, as Custom Battler Bomberman is the Japan...

Virtual-On Marz - Story of one mecha pilot against an entire army of enemies [ENG/ESP]

--- --- This is most certainly not a game you'd usually hear of anywhere, let alone when SEGA has basically all but buried Virtual-On's name internationally out...

Trying out Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage - The latest re-release of a decade old fighter [ENG/ESP]

--- --- Well, there were a few free-to-play days not too long ago on Steam, so I got to try out the game that had eluded me for so long: The first PC release of...

Nirin - Namco's stylish yet forgotten street bike arcade racer [ENG/ESP]

--- --- Well, let's get to the chase. Yet another arcade racer that lived on my head but turns out to be fairly obscure, this one used to be at the local arcade...

Trying out Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii thanks to a Xbox Game Pass giveaway [ENG/ESP]

--- --- It is what it says on the tin. If you haven't heard of it yet, there's been a collaboration between Xbox and Webtoon where, if you read all 5 episodes o...

Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games [NDS] - An adventure mode awaits in a minigame collection? [ENG/ESP]

--- --- You know, it had been over a decade since the last time I thought about this specific game, let alone actually play it, as I used to play it back when I...

First Impressions with Yakuza 5 - The never ending ballad of Kiryu's troubles [ENG/ESP]

--- --- Well, I guess that the fighting life follows him no matter where he goes, no matter what new identity he takes, no matter how he tries to run away from ...

Cybertroopers Virtual-On - Revisiting the revolutionary mecha fighting classic [ENG/ESP]

--- --- Well, I had to talk about this one someday, more so when I used to be obsessed with this game [and its sequel] several years ago. The version I'm using ...

Mario VS Donkey Kong [GBA] - When the plumber and the ape faced off once again [ENG/ESP]

--- --- Its interesting how Donkey Kong's origin was a game where he was the big bad, while you played as Jumpman, who would eventually transform into Mario aft...

Retro Review - NiGHTS into Dreams…

It's been a little over a month since I did any game review and since I started working I have had very little time to dedicate to HIVE, although I've been play...

Starting Metal Gear Solid on the PS1 - Taking knowledge from new to the old [ENG/ESP]

--- --- So...funny story is that I actually played most of Metal Gear Solid Twin Snakes before playing MGS1 recently, which is why I refer to taking some knowle...