You can buy the first six Final Fantasy games in one Pixel Remaster bundle or redeem them individually; I decided on the latter, purely to experience the first game and see where it all started. As someone who has never played a Final Fantasy game before, here are my key observations. Memory lane Images: Nintendo ...
But maybe we’re getting ahead of ourselves here, after all, not everyone would have played this weird Zelda-like-meets-Metroidvania all those years ago. LostWinds sees you play as Toku, a boy who comes into contact with the elemental wind spirit, Enrila, before embarking on a journey to destroy an evil force known as Balasar. For now, ...
There are games that are best left alone, or at least that’s what fans are asked who still own their rights and want to continue exploiting them after decades. This is the case with this title which will soon arrive in stores (essentially digital) and which no one had thought of him except for the ...
Image: Damien McFerran / Nintendo Life If you only played the simple parts of “Ball” or “Vermin” for the 35th anniversary, you may be scratching your head what all the fuss is about. But trust me, later Game & Watch titles have a lot more depth. And Gallery’s modern displays dramatically elevate the experience to ...
And then there are complete remakes that completely revamp and reimagine the game. They tend to deviate more obviously from the source material, and with something as sacred as Resident Evil 4, that’s something I naturally hold back considering how amazing the GameCube original is. But I also accept that for new players who haven’t ...
Image: Nintendo Although Nintendo has officially turned back the clock on Kirby’s 30th anniversary, fans of the pink leafy look are still going with a variety of creations. One in particular that has caught the attention of the wider Nintendo community is a new ROM hack for the 1995 release of Kirby’s Dream Land 2 ...
We learn that the French publisher Atari has acquired more than a hundred retro licenses! Games mostly from Infogrames, Accolades and Microprose catalogs from the 80’s and 90’s. Names that will surely appeal to a large segment of the public that grew up during this period. Among the licenses we find Bubsyseries Demolition Racer or ...
Steam came out in 2004 just to take advantage of the launch of the great Half Life 2 who was, at those times, one of those events that we all remember because of its importance since it signified the arrival of the digital format in video games. Something that at the time did not seem ...
The retro shooter Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun is shown in a new trailer and will be released for Xbox consoles in May. Battle-hardened Space Marines mark May 23, 2023 as Focus Entertainment releasing Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun for Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One. In the spirit of a retro 1990s shooter, developer Auroch sends Digital Marines ...
Image: via Tim Stamper (@InTimsWorld on Twitter) / Rare Rare has had successful work over time with Nintendo, but not every project has necessarily seen the light of day. One of those games was the role-playing title Codename Project Dream. It started on the Super Nintendo and was eventually scaled back during the Nintendo 64 ...
