Games That Changed Our Lives: ‘A Link to the Past,’ the Quintessential Zelda Game
A Link to the Past Laid Out the Framework for Other Entries to Follow I’ll never forget the moment I first booted up A Link to...
‘Donkey Kong Country’ – Still as Difficult, Demanding and Amazing to This Day
Donkey Kong Country: 25 Years Later Back in 1994, Nintendo was struggling with their 16-bit Super Nintendo Entertainment System, which wasn’t selling as well as...
Ranking the Nintendo Consoles
by Staff
What is the best Nintendo Console? It was in 1985 that Nintendo launched the Nintendo Entertainment System on North American shores and forever changed the...
‘Super Metroid’ Was Released 25 Years Ago In North America
It’s hard to believe that one of Nintendo’s most-beloved games turns 25 today. Super Metroid, the follow-up to the 1991 GameBoy title Metroid II: Return...
Games That Changed Our Lives: ‘Secret of Mana’
Better known as ????? (Seiken Densetsu 2) in its native country of Japan, Secret of Mana is a 1993 Super Nintendo release fondly remembered by...
‘A Link to the Past’s’ Mythological Structure
by Renan Fontes
It says quite a lot about the quality of the game that A Link to the Past’s contributions to The Legend of Zelda franchise are...
Games That Changed Our Lives – ‘Earthbound’ and the SNES
by Taylor Smith
There are few experiences that I’ve had similar to those with my Super Nintendo. Earthbound might have been one of my earliest emotional kicks as...
What’s the Deal With ‘Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble’?
Donkey Kong Country is a game held in high regard and with good reason. It pushed the boundaries of what the Super Nintendo was capable...
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 97: ‘Donkey Kong Country 3,’ ‘Mr. Shifty,’ and A Return of Physical Copies
This week on the NXpress Nintendo Podcast we review Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble, Mr. Shifty, and Kamiko....
The Top 50 SNES Games
by Staff
Part Two...
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 87: Drugs, Dreams, Nightmares, Virtual Reality, Black Mirror, Diddy Kong and the Nintendo Switch
This week, we continue our Donkey Kong retrospective with the sequel to Rare’s spectacular hit Donkey Kong Country and let you know if we think...
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 85: ‘Donkey Kong Country’ / Nintendo Switch
In 1994, Rare recast a classic Nintendo villain as the titular hero Donkey Kong Country and gave him a unique set of skills and his very...
NXpress Nintendo Podcast 73: Nintendo Switch rumors, ‘Severed’ and ‘Super Castlevania IV’
Although Castlevania would be taken to a new level by Symphony of the Night, when you’re talking about the traditional installments —it really doesn’t get...
‘Donkey Kong Country’ – An Instant Classic and One of the All-Time Greatest Games
by Mark Sylvia
People tend to forget this largely because now it’s considered the greatest game console of all time, but there was a time where the Super...
‘Star Fox 2’ – the Game That Never Was, yet Inspired the Franchise Moving Forward
by Taylor Smith
In 1993, Nintendo, in cooperation with Argonaut Games, released Star Fox on the Super Nintendo. It was the first polygon-based game for the console....
‘Super Mario RPG’ is a testament to the versatility of Nintendo’s iconic franchise
Is there anything that Mario can’t do? Nintendo has placed the iconic plumber in as many professions as the Japanese publisher has deemed marketable to...
‘Chrono Trigger’ soundtrack tribute just released – a five disk, 75 track album
by Staff
When we ask our team what their favorite SNES games are, Chrono Trigger is usually mentioned on the top five. If you ask me, Chrono Trigger...