Joe Garcia writes "Every single video game generation has had its watershed moments that people point back to when they discuss them at any length, for better or worse. Super Mario Bros. on the NES revived an industry that E.T. for the Atari 2600 had left for dead. Sonic the Hedgehog on the Genesis/Mega Drive spawned the first legitimate console war across school yards everywhere. An ill-advised betrayal spawned Nintendo's greatest competitor when they decided to work with Philips rather than Sony for their proposed Play Station SNES CD-ROM add-on."
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
LittleBigGeneration
You hit it right on with LittleBigPlanet but really I'm not so sure about Halo Reach.
I can't wait to play LittleBigPlanet 2 only I don't think LBP needs a sequel(I bet I'll get disagrees for saying that but It's true and I'm not bashing it I'm still going to buy it). I still haven't finished playing the millions of user created levels. LBP is a great value and you will get more play time than any other game this gen.
Uncharted 2 defines part of this generation, for sure - but not a good part: overhyping, bullshots, graphics and presentation over gameplay, and fanboys.
the others, well i wouldnt really say they define the genre. id say games like Halo 3, Gears of War and Modern Warfare defined this generation. its all about shooters, 'gritty' graphics, and a huge focus on online play. Reach will do what Halo 3 did, but far better - but Halo 3 is the one that kickstarted it all this generation.
The Last Guardian; book it!