X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse (SNES)
X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse is usually billed as something between a platformer and a beat-em-up, and while both genre names come
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The Game Hoard
Chronicling Video Game History By Playing Every Video Game Ever Released
Game Series
New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
Nostalgia is an incredibly powerful thing, and Nintendo is perhaps the company best poised to use it in their titles,
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X-Men (PS3)
When I was young, there was an arcade called Border Town attached to a Taco Bell, and for as long
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Link’s Crossbow Training (Wii)
The Legend of Zelda series didn’t have many spin-offs before Link’s Crossbow Training, but a confluence of factors all came
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Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (PS4)
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is a hard game to classify. Its short length and minimal content would make
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Metroid: Zero Mission (GBA)
The original Metroid tried to create an exploration-based action platformer, but because of technical constraints and an unwillingness to accommodate
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Metroid Prime Pinball (DS)
Nintendo appears to really enjoy making pinball spin-offs for their major franchises. Mario, Kirby, and Pokémon all have had portable
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Metroid (NES)
The Metroid series is one of Nintendo’s most well-regarded franchises, with at least two of its games, Super Metroid and
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Soulcalibur Legends (Wii)
Fighting game lore can be difficult to track. Storylines are often split across the roster, with some characters even having
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Wii)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the penultimate book in the Harry Potter book series and the third to
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Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (PS3)
With the breakout success of Resident Evil 4, Capcom managed to reinvigorate the Resident Evil series with a splendid mix
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Disaster Report: Dogz (GBA)
Do not let the doe-eyed puppy dogs on the game’s box fool you. Just like with real life pet shops
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Mario Party DS (DS)
The Mario Party series is undoubtedly one of the more derivative Mario spin-off series. They found a format for a
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Shrek: Reekin’ Havoc (GBA)
After the subversive fairy tale movie Shrek changed the tone of animated features for years to come, the video game
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Tomb Raider (PS3)
Lara Croft is one of the most iconic gaming heroines of all time, the Tomb Raider series one of the
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Mass Effect 3 (PS3)
It’s not always easy for a trilogy to stick the landing with its final entry. All the build-up of the
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Mass Effect 2 (PS3)
The original Mass Effect is a stupendous combination of detailed world-building, likeable characters, and dynamically branching story beats, hampered only
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Mass Effect (PS3)
It’s near impossible to predict how humanity will react when we first encounter intelligent life on other worlds, but sci-fi
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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King (Wii)
One of the launch titles for the WiiWare service and still one if its highest profile releases, Final Fantasy Crystal
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Contra ReBirth (Wii)
If you are on the lookout for a good WiiWare game, it might just be best to look towards the
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Star Wars Trilogy: Apprentice of the Force (GBA)
Considering the absolute juggernaut that is the Star Wars franchise and the colossal footprint it has left on popular culture,
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