This is no wax-winged folly, but a daring reinvention of a hero too long on the subs bench. Look past the controls for the biggest, prettiest and downright silliest 3DS game to date.
BLG writes: "While it didn’t sell as well as the Nintendo DS, the Nintendo 3DS was nonetheless a wonderful system. And, while this may be a hot take, it’s easily my favorite handheld. Even more than a decade removed from launch, the system’s library has so many titles that feel as fresh today as they did back at release. While it was hard to narrow down, these 30 Nintendo 3DS games are emblematic of the system’s success."
From Zelda to Metroid, Nintendo Everything goes over the top five Nintendo franchises that have made the jump from 2D to 3D the best.
Nintendo has always been known for flaunting fine-tuned gameplay over full-blown narratives, however, Kid Icarus: Uprising literally flipped the script as it shined with its writing, story, and characters above all else.
"Front-loading a review with misery is kind of a bummer."
They sure started out making the game sound absolutely awful.
Going by the final score, I'm guessing that they eventually found other elements to make up for it. The gameplay? I honestly can't say for certain: the article is a mostly incoherent mess. There's quite a bit of text there, but it doesn't actually say much of substance.
I'd thought this site was one of the older, more 'respectable' ones out there. Perhaps I should reevaluate that opinion.