Contributor Recognition : bluej33

DS

Advance Wars Day of Ruin	In its own right, the best Advance Wars game to date	01/22/08	9/10
Advance Wars Dual Strike	Break Out the Tanks--It's Time for War!	05/29/07	9/10
Animal Crossing WW	Be careful -- it's a Wild World out there!	01/03/08	9/10
Apollo Justice	A must-play only for long-time fans of the franchise	03/21/08	7/10
Assassin's Creed	A few fun parts of the game are completely destroyed by several problems	03/19/08	5/10
Bleach The Blade of Fate	The epitome of hardcore	04/14/08	7/10
Brothers In Arms DS	Fire and Forget?	11/09/07	7/10
Cake Mania	This one could have stayed in the oven a little longer...	09/27/07	5/10
Castlevania: PoR	Go ahead and frame it	12/10/07	8/10
Civilization Revolution	Not the Civilization I know	08/06/08	6/10
Clubhouse Games	Put on your poker face, because it's game night again...	01/03/08	9/10
COD4: Modern Warfare	A painfully short campaign and lack of replay value make this game not worth buying	05/08/08	6/10
DS Hardware	Lite is Right?	09/19/07	8/10
Elite Beat Agents	A thoroughly useless review of a thoroughly breathtaking game	07/30/09	9/10
Etrian Odyssey II	Retro done right	07/21/08	8/10
Final Fantasy III	Insanely fun, in a twisted, psychotic kind of way	08/28/08	9/10
Final Fantasy Tactics A2	Quest: Read this Review; Reward: A Pile of Bangaa Crap	09/08/08	6/10
Glory Days 2	Almost glorious	02/19/08	7/10
Hotel Dusk: Room 215	Life goes on long after the thrill of living is gone	07/07/09	8/10
Insecticide	Crime: Homicide; Victim: this game; Culprit: BlueJ33	04/17/08	3/10
LostMagic	Find the Magic!	05/29/07	7/10
Luminous Arc	What it lacks in originality Lumious Arc makes up for with fun, addictive gameplay	07/09/08	8/10
Magnetica	A fun albeit short-lived puzzler that is often overshadowed by its more popular competitors	04/21/08	7/10
Mario Hoops 3 on 3	Another Blocked Shot?	09/19/07	6/10
Mario Kart DS	Who Needs a Car When You've Got a Kart?	09/24/07	8/10
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2	Minis...MARCH!	05/29/07	7/10
Meteos	Planetary Destruction is a Good Thing	10/01/07	9/10
Metroid Prime: Hunters	Metroid Sub-Prime Hunters	11/26/07	6/10
N+	N+ would have been great...if it's sould hadn't been ripped out	09/25/08	6/10
Nanostray	I'm Reminiscing of Galaga...	05/30/07	6/10
Ninja Gaiden DS	While it starts out slow, Ninja Gaiden DS quickly shows you how much it has to offer	05/12/08	9/10
Nintendogs: Labrador	Don't buy that puppy!	01/15/08	3/10
Orcs & Elves	Handheld Oblivion: not as fun as you might expect	07/23/08	4/10
Phoenix Wright	The Truth Will Set You Free!	09/19/07	9/10
Phoenix Wright 2	You Deserve Justice!....Again	11/05/07	8/10
Phoenix Wright 3	A fantastic conclusion to a fantastic trilogy -- and a must-have for any Phoenix Wright fan!	03/03/08	9/10
Pokemon Diamond Version	Finally, a step in the right direction for the Pokemon franchise	01/16/08	7/10
Pokemon Dungeon Blue	Pokemon fans deserve better than this	11/19/07	4/10
Professor Layton	The biggest surprise on the Nintendo DS	03/28/08	9/10
Rondo of Swords	Imperfect execution of a well-conceived concept	07/28/08	7/10
Rune Factory 2	It's all about the turnips	02/03/09	7/10
Spectrobes	What could have been a successful, innovative game instead absolutely fails to impress	03/10/08	4/10
Star Fox Command	Star Fox Command is a perfect example of a cool game idea that just didn't work out	07/07/08	6/10
The World Ends With You	The definitive DS RPG and possibly the best game on the system	07/28/08	9/10
Trace Memory	All too soon, it becomes nothing but a memory	04/10/08	7/10
Trauma Center	Experience Surgery in a Whole New Way	11/09/07	9/10
Trauma Center 2	Medical terrorists these days...	08/15/08	7/10
Zelda: Phantom Hourglass	The Best Zelda Game Since Majora's Mask	10/15/07	9/10

Game Boy Advance

Banjo-Pilot	Unoriginality at its worst	08/22/08	3/10
Baseball Advance	Home run by a rookie!	05/29/07	8/10
Castlevania Double Pack	Two good games are better than one good game	09/02/08	7/10
Drill Dozer	Drilling is Dull Work...	09/19/07	4/10
FF Tactics Advance	One part strategy, four parts role-playing	02/28/08	7/10
Final Fantasy I & II	Relive the beginning of the end	08/05/08	8/10
Final Fantasy IV Advance	Role Playing at Its Finest!	09/19/07	9/10
Fire Emblem	Quite possibly the BEST GBA game ever created	05/29/07	10/10
Fire Emblem: Stones	It's Not What it Should Have Been	10/01/07	6/10
Golden Sun	You've gotta make your own kind of music	09/01/09	9/10
Gunstar Super Heroes	The perfect rental	01/18/08	6/10
Metroid Fusion	I'll take quality over quantity any day of the week	02/04/08	9/10
Pokemon Ruby Version	I Now Support Pokemon Euthanasia	10/01/07	4/10
Rebelstar: Tactical Command	Aliens attack...and gamers rejoice	02/06/08	8/10
Riviera: The Promised Land	Pseudo-exploration plus quasi-battles equals wannabe-RPG	07/23/09	5/10
Zelda: Minish Cap	Shrink, Link! Shrink!	09/24/07	7/10

GameCube

Battalion Wars	Deceptively Deep, Incredibly Fun	12/05/07	8/10
Chibi-Robo!	A truly innovative game that's got a ton to offer	03/10/08	9/10
Fire Emblem: Radiance	Save the World...Yada yada	09/19/07	4/10
GameCube	It's Hip to Be Square	09/28/07	8/10
Harvest Moon: Magical Melody	The moon shines brightly again!	05/29/07	8/10
Mario Kart: Double Dash	Where'd He Get HIS License?	10/22/07	6/10
Mario Superstar Baseball	A Solid Hit	10/08/07	8/10
Paper Mario	You'll Never Look at Paper the Same Way Again...	10/01/07	9/10
Pikmin 2	Budding Brilliance!	09/19/07	9/10
Spyro: A Hero's Tail	One Story You Won't Want to Hear...	05/29/07	2/10
Super Smash Bros. Melee	The Ultimate Fighting Game	10/05/07	10/10
Zelda: The Wind Waker	Drowning in Monotony	09/19/07	7/10

PlayStation

Metal Gear Solid

Despite some huge writing issues, Metal Gear Solid is for the most part an intelligent, well-rounded action game.

07/27/09

7/10

PlayStation 2

Final Fantasy XII	Gimme a crossbow, dammit!	06/02/09	7/10
Metal Gear Solid 2	Even Raiden's whining doesn't suppress the pure fun you'll have with Metal Gear Solid 2.	08/03/09	8/10
MGS3: Subsistence	He's oh so good, and he's oh so fine...	09/14/09	9/10

PlayStation 3

Assassin's Creed	Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy	08/24/09	6/10
Battlefield 1943	Apparently during the battle of Iwo Jima, Marines would shout "Gotcha" upon gunning down a member of the IJN.	07/22/09	8/10
Burnout Paradise	A high-reaching project that is ultimately less than the sum of its parts	09/08/08	6/10
Heavenly Sword	Note to self: gimmicks ruin games	06/01/09	6/10
Metal Gear Solid 4	A supposedly fun thing I'll never do again	08/28/08	8/10
Mirror's Edge	Looking before leaping doesn't make for a particularly exciting game	01/26/09	6/10
Ninja Gaiden Sigma	Fun only in short bursts, if at all	10/19/09	6/10
Prince of Persia	It's not complicated, or difficult, or hardcore, but it's sure fun	06/15/09	8/10
Uncharted Drakes Fortune	Uncharted: Drake's Fortune beats the crap out of games like Tomb Raider, and then takes their wallets and cell phones	02/09/09	8/10

Wii

Battalion Wars 2	A worthy battle for your gaming dollars	01/14/08	8/10
Carnival Games	Everything you love about a carnival, except the fun.	12/10/07	2/10
Cruis'n	A lesson in self-degradation	07/28/08	2/10
Excite Truck	Is it really that exciting?	05/29/07	4/10
Guitar Hero III	You're no hero...	11/29/07	5/10
Mario Kart 64	Multiplayer makes the game	11/26/07	7/10
Mario Party 8	Never Party Alone	10/08/07	5/10
Nitrobike	Same old	01/28/08	5/10
Okami	Okami is the best adventure title on the Wii to date	07/25/08	9/10
Puzzle Quest	The worst way to play a great game	01/03/08	5/10
Sonic & the Secret Rings	Frustrating yet somehow fun	01/28/08	7/10
Sonic Riders: Zero G	Too slow and frustrating to wholeheartedly recommend	01/14/08	6/10
Star Fox 64	An action-packed, high-quality shooter that everyone should experience	06/30/08	8/10
Super Mario Galaxy	Fun, pure and simple	12/14/07	10/10
Super Monkey Ball: Banan	Thoughts from Inside a Plastic Ball...	09/19/07	7/10
Super Paper Mario	Perfect on paper, not quite as good once executed	11/28/07	8/10
Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Simply Smashing	03/17/08	10/10
WarioWare: Smooth Moves	Lacks the charm of its predecessors	01/14/08	4/10
Wii	I used to be a huge Nintendo fan	07/31/08	6/10
Wii Sports	Finally, a reason to play sports on a video game console	10/15/07	7/10