• Casey’s Top Picks for 2006

    ...partly because it was never released over here. Still, I had some friends who claimed it was among the greatest RPGs ever made. I was therefore excited to see that...

  • Double Dragon II: The Revenge (NES)

    ...sense because in DDII and in DDI arcade, Billy is Player 2. The move system is pretty unique, and it isn’t seen much these days. Rather than having designated punch...

  • WarioWare: Mega Micro Reviews

    ...always easy to use. While twisting through the menus you can hold the right shoulder button to freeze them in place while you reorient your hands. The sensor also recalibrates...

  • Shadow of the Colossus (PS2)

    ...and faster. Some require you to use the environment to defeat it, while others use the environment against you. The controls are kept simple, and your means to defeat the...

  • Ice Climber (NES)

    ...if you aren’t careful. Each level consists of about five or six different “floors”, if you will, that you must use your trusty hammer to break through. Once a nice-sized...

  • GUN (PS2)

    ...control and ease of use. A small complaint could be made about the use of the R3 and L3 buttons for rather important tasks (reloading and using the scope, respectively);...

  • Halo 2 (MXB)

    ...admirable, I would have told Bungie “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Some of the changes are for the better; but it feels like a whole new game, not...

  • Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES)

    ...you can use certain items, enter caves or villages, and sometimes interact with your surroundings in primitive ways. The main difference here is that you cannot attack and are not...

  • The Adventures of Willy Beamish (SCD)

    ...you travel the city (diner, Plumber’s union, evil mansion, pier, etc.), find objects to use on other objects, and talk to people to advance the story through hours of spoken...

  • Sonic Heroes (PS2)

    ...has a “speed” character (Sonic, Shadow, Amy, Espio), a “Power” character (Knuckles, Omega, Big, Vector), and a “Fly” character (Tails, Rouge, Cream, Charmee). Speed characters can use a homing attack...