Category Archives: Video Games

After a fourteen year gap, this game was the fourth in the Donkey Kong Country series. Unlike the first three games, this instalment was made by Retro Studios rather than Rare and so there are a few differences. On the … Continue reading →

(There are three versions of this game, one for DS, one for PSP and one for iOS. They are all mostly the same, but have some minor differences, this review is based on the DS version, the only one I … Continue reading →

This is the second Smash Bros. game and I look at it as a huge improvement over the first. The core gameplay is exactly the same: various Nintendo characters fight in a 2.5D arena with the goal of knocking each … Continue reading →

This is the second Banjo-Kazooie game (here is a link to a review of the first). It takes place two years after the first and starts with Gruntilda’s sisters Mingella and Blobbelda coming along and using magic to rescue her … Continue reading →

This is the thirteenth game in The Legend of Zelda series, and takes place a few hundred years after the events of Ocarina of Time. This game is quite a bit darker than others in the series (aside from Majora’s … Continue reading →

This game is the second in the Star Fox series. It is a ‘on rails’ shooter in which you play as Fox who flies through the galaxy in his ship (known as an Arwing). The story is that Andross has … Continue reading →

This game is the third in the Donkey Kong Country series (here’s a link to reviews of the first and second) and I find it to be yet another fantastic game. The storyline this time is that Donkey Kong and … Continue reading →

This is the first game in the Smash Bros. series, which sees various Nintendo heroes coming together to fight one another. While it does contain a formula for a very good game, I think this particular instalment is rather poor … Continue reading →