Game Reviews6.6/10
Kirby’s Dream Land 3 Charms With Soft Art but Asks Little of the Player — 6.6 of 10
A soft, dreamy Super Nintendo game where Kirby swallows foes and joins companions, gentle in pace though modest in trial.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Kirby’s Dream Course Turns Golf Into a Puzzle Worth Solving
A round ball, floating stages, and cups to seek — Kirby's Dream Course still rewards the careful mind on its old, remembered green.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Killer Instinct on SNES Keeps the Combos, Trades Away the Arcade Polish
A home cartridge fighter, born of an arcade original, wherein the dread combo remains, though the scene about it grows less rich.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Capcom’s Final Fight 2 doesn’t reinvent the brawler, and it mostly gets away with that
A sequel worked over on the Super Nintendo alone, chasing a wicked gang across many lands with old moves and new fighters.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Final Fight on SNES: Reduced, Yet Still Strong
A city seized by a gang, a father who fights to win back his daughter, and a home version that still holds its own weight.
Game Reviews7.4/10
F-Zero: Pure Velocity, Narrow Package
A look back at F-Zero, the Super Nintendo launch racer whose Mode 7 trick still gives pure velocity its own peculiar charm.
Game Reviews7/10
Six Stages of Pure Chaos: Why Contra III Earns Its 7/10 by Never Letting Up
A brutal, brief battle against alien machines upon the Super Nintendo, wherein two guns and dread bosses reward the daring soul.
Game Reviews9.5/10
Link’s Two Worlds Still Reward Curiosity on the SNES — 9.5/10
A kingdom split into two worlds, one legend. This aged classic of the Super Nintendo console still holds its throne.
Game Reviews9.1/10
Super Metroid Review: Silence, Search and Reward on the SNES — 9.1
A hero returns to a strange, harsh world to hunt a stolen creature — a dark, silent journey that still holds up today.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Yoshi Takes the Lead and Mario Rides Along in Yoshi’s Island
A creature carries a small passenger across a drawn world, hunting coins and stars in a strange, patient platformer.