TL;DR – Kirby’s Dream Land still touches the heart as an airy, well-designed, and completely endearing platform experience. As the most accessible platformer ever made (probably), it holds the distinction as a simple, yet enjoyable excursion into a light-hearted...
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The establishing of a community and its vernacular takes time. Nintendo did this in America within a year or two of Pokemon’s release. Nintendo does not own the Dragon Quest name – that lies with Square-Enix, of course. Dragon Quest...
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Nintendo did not have an RPG to its name prior to 1996. Someone will point out my lack of knowledge in this area, but I can’t think of one or even find one. The majority of NES RPGs were made...
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I’ve had an aversion to plugging my “List” entries full of Nintendo games; they’d take up nearly all the slots. They represent the best in gaming, to me at least, but I think everyone agrees that Nintendo does something special and ineffable...
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I realize that’s from the soundtrack box, but it’s the best logo I could find. I own the box, anyway, so why not? The SaGa series, made by Square-Enix, is a weird anomaly in their catalogue, something of an unwanted...
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