Due to a deal between publisher Virgin Interactive Entertainment and Sega, the console version of Command & Conquer was a Saturn exclusive until 1997. 🤝
In 1999 the game then was ported to the Nintendo 64. While lacking multiplayer support this version features updated graphics with 3D models and environments and four new missions, though the FMV cutscenes were removed and replaced with static images, voice acting and sound effects. 🎖️
Civilization II was first released in 1996 for the PC and ported to the PS1 in 1999. 💿
The game is mostly similar to the first Civilization while the graphics have been changed from top-down to isometric view. 🗺️
As in the original, there are two victory types: Conquer every other civilization or build a spaceship and reach Alpha Centauri. The latter is much more difficult because there are a limited number of turns in the game, ending in the year 2020. 🚀
Yetisports is a series of online Flash games created in 2004 by Austrian studio Edelweiss Medienwerkstatt that also received console ports for PS1, PS2, Xbox and Wii. 🏔️
Yetisports Deluxe released in 2004 for PS1 contains four different games. Among them is Super Pingu Throw, a game where the player must hit a penguin with a baseball bat. Depending on if and when the player hits the penguin, the penguin will fly a long or short distance. 🐧
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...in the series to feature an open world called Bayview, which itself is based on the U.S. cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles. 🌆
The game sold around 11 million copies and is widely regarded as one of the best games of the series due to the quality of the gameplay, the length, the endless customization, the interesting side-missions, the graphics, and the addition of open-world free roam. 🚗
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Need for Speed: Underground 2 from 2004 is the eighth installment in the series and was developed for Windows, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. 🏁
Resuming the Need for Speed: Underground storyline, the game entails tuning cars for street races while providing several new features, such as broader customization and new methods of selecting races. 🛣️
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NHL 95 is an ice hockey video game published by EA Sports for SNES and the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive based on the 1994 - 1995 NHL season. 🏒
It's the 4th game in the NHL hockey franchise from EA Sports and features significantly improved graphics from years past. 📺
NHL 95 introduced the ability to play through a complete NHL season. There are also options to trade, sign and even create own hockey players. ✏️
Tales of Symphonia is a 2003 role-playing video game by Namco for the GameCube and the fifth main installment of the Tales series. 💫
The game has been adapted into 7 manga collections, 2 novel series, 7 drama CDs, and an anime series. 📺
A sequel, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, was released for the Wii in 2008. Both titles were collected as a PS3 HD release in Tales of Symphonia Chronicles in 2013. 💿
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...the inclusion of Solid Snake to Sakurai, but the game was too far into development. Also Sonic Team head Yuji Naka confirmed that Sonic was not added due to time constraints. Both later became playable in the successor, Super Smash Bros. Brawl for Wii. 📦🦔
Melee received universal acclaim, with many critics praising the game's expansion from its predecessor as well as its visuals, tight controls, multiplayer, and soundtrack. 👏
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...GameCube console's graphical power. The development team worked with three different animation studios to finish the FMV opening. 🎞️
Sakurai also felt pressured to make the game as content-rich as possible to help it stand out from both other games at the time and its predecessor. Super Smash Bros. Melee therefore features 25 characters, 13 more than its predecessor, and a total of 29 stages. 💿
Hideo Kojima originally requested...
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Super Smash Bros. Melee for the GameCube from 2001 is the second installment in the Super Smash Bros. series. 🥊
The opening movie of Melee mostly uses FMV scenes along with some scenes of actual gameplay. The FMV scenes were given particularly high attention by the developing team. According to director Masahiro Sakurai, the team wanted to create an entire, high-quality FMV sequence in the game to highlight the then newly-released...
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...to skip the secret courses. ⤵️
Initially, there was a multiplayer planned but technical limitations kept the developers from implementing this ambitious idea. 👨👩👦👦
In 2020, Super Mario Sunshine was ported as a Nintendo Switch title as part of Super Mario 3D All-Stars, along with Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Galaxy. All three games have a 1080p resolution with upscaled graphics and a hacked aspect ratio to match modern regulations. 🎮
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...instead of Power Stars. ☀️
Some reviewers were critical towards certain aspects of the game like the camera system and the high difficulty. In a 2002 interview, Miyamoto said he regretted that Super Mario Sunshine "turned out to be difficult for the average user", explaining he felt that anyone in the family should be able to play a Nintendo game, and that in retrospect he would have wanted to allow players...
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Super Mario Sunshine is a 2002 platform game for the GameCube, the ninth entry in the Super Mario series and the second 3D game, following Super Mario 64. 🏝️
The game contains a number of independent levels, which can be reached from the hub, Delfino Plaza. Gameplay is based around collecting Shine Sprites by completing various tasks in the levels and over world, very similar to Super Mario 64, but with Shine Sprites...
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...of a pre-order bonus disc, which features Ocarina of Time and Master Quest, an altered port of the original Ocarina of Time with partially re-designed, more difficult dungeons. 💿
The Wind Waker's reputation improved over time, especially with retrospective analyses. An HD remaster was released for the Wii U in 2013. The game was also a launch title for Nintendo Switch 2 as part of the Nintendo Classics service in 2025. 🎮
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...also notable for being the first game in the series to employ cel-shading, a lighting and texturing technique that results in a cartoon-like appearance. Both the seafaring gameplay and cartoon-like graphics were a point of critique, leading to comparatively weak sales: Wind Waker sold 4.6 million copies, far below the 7.6 million sold by Ocarina of Time. 📉
Pre-orders of the game were significantly boosted by the inclusion...
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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker from 2003 is the tenth main installment of the series and the first Zelda game for the Nintendo GameCube. 🌬️
It is an indirect sequel to Ocarina of Time, taking place several hundred years after the events of the previous Nintendo 64 installments. ⏳
Wind Waker differentiates itself from other Zelda games with its massive Overworld, the Great Sea, which must be explored using a boat. It is...
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...Miyamoto's original vision of realism for the series. 💭
By 2015, it had sold nearly 9 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling Zelda game until Breath of the Wild (2017). 🏆
Following the discovery of a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Wii version of Twilight Princess, an exploit known as the "Twilight Hack" was developed, allowing the execution of custom code from a Secure Digital (SD) card on the console. 💣
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...in development under the working title The Wind Waker 2, with a similar graphical style.
Nintendo of America told the Japanese developers that North American sales of The Wind Waker were sluggish because its cartoon appearance created the impression that it was designed for a young audience. These concerns led to the realistic appearance of Twilight Princess, hoping to both appeal to the North American market and meet...
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The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is a 2006 action-adventure game for the GameCube and Wii. Originally planned for release exclusively on the GameCube in 2005, Nintendo delayed the release to refine the game, add more content, and port it to the Wii. 🛡️
The GameCube and Wii versions feature several minor differences. The Wii version uses the motion sensors and built-in speaker of the Wii Remote. 🔊
The game was...
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