Ephemeral Enigmas

Oh man, I didn't even realize I misread and mistyped it lmao

GODLLA is indeed even better

A billboard for a fictional movie called "Godilla" with the tagline "Size is Problem"

GODILLA

SIZE IS PROBLEM

He has a couple of the same ideas like using C4, but he does feel pretty different overall, so it's almost like getting to play a prototype of his Smash incarnation which is neat

Yeah, it's good fun, wish I had it back when my friends and I were playing a ton of Smash locally! The roster really is the highlight, hard to think of a game with a sillier one out there and I wish they could do it again

Bomberman fights against Megatron in a rendition of a Bomberman maze. Megatron has transformed into a gun

Simon Belmont, Yugo from Bloody Roar, a red Microman toy, and Ricca-chan fight inside of a pink dollhouse

On the Adventure Island stage, Master Higgins, Momotaro, Tyson, and Power Pro-kun fight

The Gradius stage has you fighting on the power-up bar from that game. Here, a moai shoots a projectile at Ricca-chan

89. DreamMix TV World Fighters

If you compare this to Smash Bros, it's going to come up short when it comes to features and controls. However, if you remember that it's the kind of game where you can have the Beyblade kid fight a Gradius moai and Bomberman in a dollhouse, you'll have way more fun

Lutter Lutter takes the Hydlide formula, makes it a side-scroller, gives it the intricate level design and aggressive enemies of Lode Runner, sprinkles in a bunch of puzzles and item management like The C…

New blog post time!

This week's game is Lutter, an ambitious Famicom Disk System exclusive that combines the bump combat of Hydlide, level design that resembles Lode Runner, and the puzzle solving + inventory management of The Castle. It sounds ridiculous, but it really does work!

#blog #gaming

Lutter Lutter takes the Hydlide formula, makes it a side-scroller, gives it the intricate level design and aggressive enemies of Lode Runner, sprinkles in a bunch of puzzles and item management like The C…

New blog post time!

This week's game is Lutter, an ambitious Famicom Disk System exclusive that combines the bump combat of Hydlide, level design that resembles Lode Runner, and the puzzle solving + inventory management of The Castle. It sounds ridiculous, but it really does work!

#blog #gaming

That's unfortunate to hear! I've heard this game is tricky to figure out, so having a good guide just in case would be nice

Obscusion B-Side: The Short (But Memorable) Life of Fresh Games While it's not necessarily as readily provable today, especially since the sheer amount of "indie" games has diluted that feeling to a large...

Obscusion B-Side #100!!!
The Short (But Memorable) Life of Fresh Games

For this milestone edition of Obscusion B-Side I take a look back at the label Eidos created for "Quirky" or "Odd" games in 2002... which Eidos then pretty much killed later that same year, minus one "Final" game in 2004.

Games aren't fun anymore!?

Apparently a lot of people online think games aren't as fun anymore, but that could not be farther from the truth. There's more great games than ever now, so where is this coming from? As always, the culprit is capitalism.
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It's true, very much feels like a sign of the times for a specific kind of person!

These are the kinds of guides that make the site such a treasure, this one's going up there with the Infinite Undiscovery one for me

Gotta respect their commitment to letting us know about everything in their life that could have been updated!

Based on what I know about the game (I'm gonna be playing it for the first time shortly), yeah it actually does!

Yup, that's the one!

A long warning about emailing the writer with "flames"

"Special Spanks go to Satan"

"To Saddam: You're in trouble, dude."

A dedication to the author's EMS school instructor

This 2003 Gamefaqs guide for Illbleed has A Lot going on

A battle between two Furfrous (a white dog) one of which has a different haircut

My Blastoise uses Ice Beam on Jacinthe's Mega Clefable, who uses Protect to block it

I'm crouched behind a planter with my Gallade while a trainer looks around for me

Having tea with an Aggron that towers over the table

88. Pokemon Legends Z-A

This game makes a lot of interesting choices and I think they work very well! The new battle system is fun, the battle-focused story structure complements that, and combing over the city was always fun times. Really hope they do another of these focused on a single location!

A black screen with a JPEG of a green dinosaur looking creature named Gulp in the center. There is no other text aside from "GULP" on the screen.

The same exact screen as described previously except now it says "GULP DEFEATED!"

These extremely minimalist Spyro 2 loading screens are making me laugh harder than they probably should

You definitely should! It's a pretty unique feeling experience and it comes off as a lot more impressive when you factor in its release year + it being a spiritual successor of sorts to Doctor Hauzer from the same developer

OverBlood for the PS1

For this #RandomGameSaturday, I have OverBlood, a 3D adventure game with a hint of survival horror and action. It's an interesting experience worth playing, but it's known for having the most tragic, saddest death scene in all of gaming. Legend has it that the industry is still chasing its example

Interesting theory!

Yeah it kinda does, I like the random Doo in there lol

If he did, I think I would have to agree!

That looks like an E, but it's actually a different weird symbol lol

A 54 character password from Shiryou Sensen: War of the Dead (the PC Engine version)

Oh great, a 54 character password that has a bunch of different symbols, several characters that look near identical, and needs to be slowly typed in every time I die or stop playing, I'm sure that won't get annoying at all

Mr. Mamdani I implore you to play Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana with great haste

The four party members of the game (protagonist, Anlace, Fleurette, and Claymore) stand on a balcony in a castle

Walking around the town in first person. You can see a sky filled with smoke, trees, and some buildings with red roofs.

A big yellow statue named Draug attempts to punch the protagonist, who is using a silver shield to block.

A rockbomb, some fire spirits, and some slimes appear on a dirt trail. Claymore (a guy wearing a pretty normal outfit, all things considered) uses his staff to cast a zap spell

87. Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors

This game wishes it had MotionPlus support, but if you can live with the controls, there's a lot to like! Turning DQ into a rail slasher is really cool and they put a lot of effort into retaining the RPG feel of the mainline games

Playstation 2 Look - Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance

Today's review is Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance
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I've played through this Cavia "classic" several times over the years, so I figured that I should make an attempt to explain why.
#retrogaming #PS2

Oh wow, I had no idea it was you! I've been playing Kabuki Klash and I was digging around for any useful information and that srk thread about it came up

Manto (the ape) uses the Tatsumaki

Manto using Kikoken while posing the same way Chun-Li does

Manto does a diving attack very similar to Dictator's Psycho Crusher

Manto hits Gokuraku (a big dude with a huge club) with a Shoryuken

In Tengai Makyou: Shinden (or Far East of Eden: Kabuki Klash), boss character Manto uses various Street Fighter moves like Shoryuken, Psycho Crusher, Kikoken, and Tatsumaki Senpukyaku against you

Since Manto is a talking ape, these are all funnier looking than usual, too