• Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (SCD)

    ...as a whole is slightly hamstrung by this rigid commitment to chronicling the all-American rodent’s exploits in the correct order, but not to the extent that the game is ruined....

  • Wii Fit (Wii)

    ...a lazy American gaijin, you are most likely one of those people, and that number is probably higher in the States. If you’re looking to finally crack down on your...

  • Dragon Warrior (NES)

    ...Dragon Quest in Japan somehow actually managed to be worse than the American release. Well, OK, it’s likely that the Japanese RPG scene would have turned out the same, even...

  • The Legend of the Mystical Ninja (SNES)

    ...Nintendo—the kinda “other” flagship character). I kinda figure that American audiences really don’t go for a whole game that is completely Japanese in tone. It’s hard to get into a...

  • Breath of Fire III (PS1)

    ...prices were soaring due to a nationwide shortage, leaving the average American with little else to do but fart into their gas tank, praying to Satan that it would work....

  • Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)

    ...it has. Few things in life ever live up to their hype. Indie music. Buddha. Apple pie. David Cronenberg films. Seth McFarlane, although I’ve really warmed up to American Dad...

  • Mega Man (NES)

    Long ago, there was a time when Zero was merely the amount of fashion sense the average American had, when Battle Network was just a pet name for the TV...

  • Wild Arms 3 (PS2)

    ...and then there’s the Native American shaman with a sawed-off shotgun who’s surprisingly useless in battle. Basically, this game is just a wild west Dragon Warrior. That’s what it eventually...

  • Mega Man 2 (NES)

    ...American whose gaming skill is vastly inferior to that of a Japanese toddler” (mislabeled as “Normal”). In the watered-down version, your weapons do more damage to the bosses, and certain...

  • First-Person View: To Shoot or not to Shoot

    ...him and kill Harper (an American ally captured by Menendez). The game gives me the option of either carry on the command, or to disobey and shoot Menendez who is...