OK everyone shut the fuck up and listen:
With the new releases on Eshop tonight, the three best games on the Game Gear are now available on the 3ds.
Shining Force II: The Sword of Hajya
Defenders of Oasis
Tails' Adventure
You can get them all for about $14 total. This is the best 14 dollars you will ever spend in your life, so just stop hesitating and go get them.
Shining Force II is like a Fire Emblem; army vs army, and you control your individual unique units in a top-down strategy battle. Unlike FE, there's no perma character death and no weapon wear (except for the really special gear). But there are promotions, spells, new equipment every town, and general SRPG awesomeness. The game goes from battle to battle with little exploration involved. Give it a break; it's probably older than most of you reading this. $3.99
Defenders of Oasis is a as classic an RPG as classic gets, set in an arabian nights setting. You befriend a genie, he's cool as fuck, you fight the evil that attempts to invade the land (it was 1992, you had to have been there). Random encounters, turn based, unforgiving combat (in some parts at least). Combat does dry out toward the endgame, save for the genie's spells, but by then you're so invested you'll want to finish anyway. $3.99
Tails' Adventure is the best sonic spinoff there is (spindash can suck it). You play as Tails and only Tails, in a platforming-exploring-backtracking find-the-next-equipment-so-you-can-progress castlevania-metroid love affair. Instead of being a complete pussy like in recent games, Tails throws bombs and has a remote control robot that turns into a GODDAMN SUBMARINE. While still being a total badass, the animation is adorable. You're gaining new and cool equipment all the way to the end. $4.99
For me, these games were my childhood so it was an instant buy. Nostalgia goggles aside, I seriously suggest you check them out, especially if you've never got a taste of early 90's video games.
The hell are you still reading this for? Go buy them, play them, and I'll not go as far to say to love them, but appreciate how things were done 20 years ago.
With the new releases on Eshop tonight, the three best games on the Game Gear are now available on the 3ds.
Shining Force II: The Sword of Hajya
Defenders of Oasis
Tails' Adventure
You can get them all for about $14 total. This is the best 14 dollars you will ever spend in your life, so just stop hesitating and go get them.
Shining Force II is like a Fire Emblem; army vs army, and you control your individual unique units in a top-down strategy battle. Unlike FE, there's no perma character death and no weapon wear (except for the really special gear). But there are promotions, spells, new equipment every town, and general SRPG awesomeness. The game goes from battle to battle with little exploration involved. Give it a break; it's probably older than most of you reading this. $3.99
Defenders of Oasis is a as classic an RPG as classic gets, set in an arabian nights setting. You befriend a genie, he's cool as fuck, you fight the evil that attempts to invade the land (it was 1992, you had to have been there). Random encounters, turn based, unforgiving combat (in some parts at least). Combat does dry out toward the endgame, save for the genie's spells, but by then you're so invested you'll want to finish anyway. $3.99
Tails' Adventure is the best sonic spinoff there is (spindash can suck it). You play as Tails and only Tails, in a platforming-exploring-backtracking find-the-next-equipment-so-you-can-progress castlevania-metroid love affair. Instead of being a complete pussy like in recent games, Tails throws bombs and has a remote control robot that turns into a GODDAMN SUBMARINE. While still being a total badass, the animation is adorable. You're gaining new and cool equipment all the way to the end. $4.99
For me, these games were my childhood so it was an instant buy. Nostalgia goggles aside, I seriously suggest you check them out, especially if you've never got a taste of early 90's video games.
The hell are you still reading this for? Go buy them, play them, and I'll not go as far to say to love them, but appreciate how things were done 20 years ago.