Game Reviews8.4/10
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars — Timing, Humor, and a Look of Its Own
Mario seeks the Seven Stars in a battle built on turns and timing, joined for a while by Bowser himself.
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Tag: SNES
Game Reviews7.4/10
Mario Kart’s 1992 Original Still Drives the Whole Genre — Our Review Lands at 7.4/10
A grave account of Super Mario Kart, whose karts, items and shared screens gave racing games a form that endures still.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Super Castlevania IV Earns 8.5: Simon’s Eight-Way Control Remakes an SNES Classic
Simon returns to the castle, his instrument moving free at last, in a tale of dread and turning rooms that still holds up.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Star Fox Straps a Chip Into the Cartridge and Pulls Depth Out of the SNES
A trial of new hardware within an old machine: swift battle, voices of companions, and shapes rendered where plain pictures once ruled.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Secret of Mana Review: Three Players Share One Real-Time Quest on the SNES — 8.5/10
A quest of three players and one sword, told in real time upon the Super Nintendo, with music and magic that never fail.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Mega Man X Review: Wall Jumps and a Dash Remake the SNES Formula
A blue hero, given new dash and wall power, meets eight bosses on the Super Nintendo, in a tale of quick death and fair reward.
Game Reviews8.9/10
EarthBound Review: Bats, Bus Stops and Suburbs Make a Warm, Strange SNES Standout — 8.9/10
A quiet, odd tale of a boy, a bat, and a world gone strange — this old game still moves the heart after all these years.
Game Reviews8/10
Dixie Kong Leads a Colder, Bigger Quest in Donkey Kong Country 3 — 8/10
Dixie Kong and her cousin journey through a colder, larger world in this SNES adventure, scoring 8 of 10 for design and secrets.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest — A Sequel That Outdoes Its Original
Two heroes cross haunted ships and dark passages, springing and spinning through one of the finest quests upon the Super Nintendo console.
Game Reviews9.5/10
Square’s SNES Time-Travel Epic Chrono Trigger Earns a 9.5 Out of 10
A look back at Chrono Trigger, the 1995 Super Nintendo tale of time, allies, and a coming catastrophe, still clear and fast decades later.