Category Archives: Video Games

This game is the first in the excellent Banjo-Kazooie series, which is a spin-off for the character Banjo, from Diddy Kong Racing. The story starts with Banjo fast asleep in bed and his sister, Tooty, outside chatting with Bottles the … Continue reading →

This is the first game in the marvelous Donkey Kong Country series. It has a strange link to the old Donkey Kong arcade games too; the Donkey Kong of those games is now the Cranky Kong of these games and … Continue reading →

This is the first main game in the Mario series and the one which properly establishes most of the staples of the series. In fact, it was the first traditional side scrolling platformer game and something of a revolution in … Continue reading →

This game is a direct sequel to Ocarina of Time, but, as with the majority of Zelda games, no real knowledge of the other instalments is required to be able to enjoy it. The story begins with Link searching through … Continue reading →

While this game is the second in the Rayman series, it has no strong connections to the first game (other than featuring Rayman as the main character) and there’d be absolutely no confusion if you were to play this game … Continue reading →

Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue were the first two games in the Pokémon series to be released in English (there were two before them, but they weren’t much different to this). Much like every main Pokémon game, the story is … Continue reading →

While I do tend to prefer reviewing originals before I review remakes, I don’t think I’m ever likely to play the original Snake Eater, and so I shall just review the 3DS version as if it were the original. I … Continue reading →

I tend to like to review the original versions of games before I review their remakes, but, as I’m sure you can tell from the title, this game is actually a remake. I’m writing this review because I don’t think … Continue reading →

This Zelda game (the second, as I’m sure the title gives away) is probably the one which the smallest number of people really know anything about. The reason for the game’s obscurity probably isn’t because people think it’s bad though … Continue reading →

Super Mario RPG is the first RPG game to be released in the Mario series and quite frankly, I think it is also one of the best games in the entire franchise. The story starts out like your average game, … Continue reading →