Game Reviews9.2/10
Wave Race 64 Review: When the Water Fights Back
Wave Race 64 review: how Nintendo's 1996 Jet Ski racer turned water into a moving track, with buoys, power arrows, and a 9.2 on Metacritic.
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Tag: Nintendo 64
Game Reviews9.9/10
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Review: The Standard at 9.9
A review of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Nintendo's 1998 N64 classic, and why its time travel and ocarina songs still set the standard.
Game Reviews9.5/10
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Review: The Clock Is the Point
Majora's Mask gave Nintendo under two years to follow Ocarina of Time. It answered with a falling moon, a three-day loop, and the series' darkest world.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Nintendo’s crossover brawler finally gets a fighting game that takes its chaos seriously
Super Smash Bros. hit the Nintendo 64 in 1999, replacing health bars with percentage damage and open stages. A retro review of Nintendo's crossover fighter.
Game Reviews9.4/10
Super Mario 64’s design still holds up, even where its camera doesn’t
Super Mario 64 at 30: how Nintendo's 1996 N64 launch title defined the 3D platformer with 120 Power Stars, Peach's castle and the endless stairs.
Game Reviews8.8/10
Star Fox 64’s Corneria Still Teaches Players to Fly Before It Lets Them Fight
Star Fox 64 review: Nintendo's 1997 rail shooter sold 4 million copies. Branching paths, barrel rolls, wingmen, and why the controls still hold up.
Game Reviews8/10
Nintendo’s launch-window flying game made a virtue of three aircraft and a license exam
Pilotwings 64 launched with the Nintendo 64 in 1996 alongside Super Mario 64. A look back at its three flight events and its tiny map of America.
Game Reviews9.7/10
Perfect Dark: Rare’s Best Shooter Is Still the Best Thing the Nintendo 64 Ever Ran
Perfect Dark, Rare's 2000 Nintendo 64 shooter: Joanna Dark, difficulty-based objectives, weapons, split-screen multiplayer and the 2010 remaster.
Game Reviews9.3/10
Paper Mario’s flat world hides a surprisingly deep RPG underneath
Paper Mario launched in 2000 after Square passed on it. Intelligent Systems built a turn-based RPG with action commands and eight partners that still holds up.
Game Reviews8/10
Mario Party 2’s boards turn friendship into a grudge match, and that’s the point
Mario Party 2 hit the Nintendo 64 in 1999 with six characters, five boards, and 65 mini games. A look at the sequel that fixed the original.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Mario Kart 64 traded tight handling for four-player chaos, and the trade was worth it
Mario Kart 64 review: eight characters, 16 tracks, three engine classes, and a multiplayer mode that still holds up decades later.
Game Reviews8.5/10
F-Zero X Review: Thirty Machines, One Energy Meter, and a Framerate That Keeps Its Promise
F-Zero X review: the 1998 N64 racer with 30 machines, an energy meter that doubles as a boost gauge, and a framerate that never breaks.