DS Download Station

For the first time ever, I used a DS Download Station.  I had to go to Best Buy anyways, so I decided to bring my DS along as well.  Right when I got in I selected Download Play on my DS’s touch screen, and within seconds the Download Station was found.  I selected it, and a menu of downloadable content came up.  I’ve really been looking forward to getting to play Brain Age, so I chose it.  It took about half a minute to download.  After I left, I realized it took longer to check out than it did to download a game.

Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean

Game: Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean

Console: GCN

ESRB: T (Teen)

Players: 1

Discs: 2

Memory blocks needed: 8 per save

Developers: Monolith Soft and tri-Crescendo

Publisher: Namco

I know some people may not agree with me on this, but I think Baten Kaitos is possibly the most beautiful, colorful, and fun RPG’s for the Nintendo Gamecube, with an exception of the voice-overs of course.

Pass the Salt

Nintendo certainly has a collection of strong franchises under its care. The Legend of Zelda and Metroid series are some of the most revered to date. Mario has always had large appeal (but won’t stop showing up in ridiculous spin-offs). A slightly lesser known — but still popular — series is Star Fox.

Minish Cap Review

With Capcom’s reputation and the word “exclusive” being batted around so freely, you would think relations between the company and Nintendo would be a little shaken. But such implications are only the result of “fanboyism.” Nintendo still trusts Capcom with their most revered franchise as Capcom has been behind the development of the Game Boy Zelda lineup for quite a while.

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance Review

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance was released somewhat late in the Nintendo Gamecube’s life. However, the game only proves that the more love a game recieves, and the more time is invested into it, the better it will be. FE: PoR is the Gamecube’s best game.

Fire Emblem 7 Review

   The first exposure many English-speaking players got to the storied Fire Emblem series was via two unlockable characters–Marth and Roy–in Super Smash Bros. Melee for the GameCube.

Let’s Support the Little Guy, Chibi Robo!

Let’s face it, the Gamecube is good as dead. Twilight Princess might as well be a Wii exclusive, and Over the Hedge isn’t going to replace its absence here and now. So it would seem that Chibi-Robo is a pick-up by default. Then again, it’s difficult to take anything seriously that has “chibi” in it. But don’t let the cutesy name fool you. Inside is an experience you’ll not find anywhere else.

Battallion Wars, Its Not So Advance Wars!

Nintendo struck gold with its Advance Wars series. The orginal Advance Wars is my favorite handheld game, after all, and that’s no easy task to accomplish considering I had a dislike towards all things turn-based after playing too many Final Fantasies. But for as fun and rewarding as Advance Wars is, turn-based games just don’t have the same level of engagement and intensity offered in real-time. Battalion Wars attempts to bring the complexity of Advance Wars into that dimension, but along the way, something went terribly wrong.