Shadow the Hedgehog is a character who appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series released by Sega. Designed as Sonic's arch-rival, Shadow has been featured in a variety of Sonic series games, including a self-titled game, which received mixed reviews. Shadow encounters the androids of himself over the...
The series is notable for its open-ended gameplay and extensive use of the game systems' internal clock and calendar to simulate real passage of time. Thus, passage of time in the game world reflects that in reality, as well as the current season and time of day. The player's house can also be furnished,...
It was released in Japan on April 27, 2000, in North America on October 26, 2000, and in Europe on November 17, 2000. Approximately 314,000 copies of the game were sold during its first week in Japan, and three million copies were sold worldwide. The game was rereleased for the GameCube as part of The...
Monster Jam is a live motorsport event tour and television show operated by Feld Entertainment. The series is sanctioned under the umbrella of the United States Hot Rod Association and takes place primarily in the United States. Monster Jam shows are held throughout the whole year with more shows during...
As part of the Playstation 2 classics program, the Playstation 2 version was re-released in Europe on the PlayStation Network in late February 2012 and September 17, 2014 in Japan. Sonic Heroes is the eighth primary installment in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Speed characters can perform homing attacks...
The Sims is a life simulation video game series, developed by EA Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. The games in The Sims series are largely sandbox games, in that they lack any defined goals . Game designer Will Wright was inspired to create a "virtual doll house" after losing his home...
Need for Speed: Underground is a 2003 racing video game and the seventh installment in the Need for Speed series. Three different versions of the game were produced: one for consoles and Microsoft Windows, and another for the Game Boy Advance. It was the first game in the series to offer a career mode...
Traveling to a rural area of Spain, Leon fights hordes of violent villagers and reunites with the mysterious spy Ada Wong. Initially developed for the PlayStation 2, the first attempt was directed by Hideki Kamiya after producer Shinji Mikami requested him to create a new entry in the Resident Evil series....
The Thousand-Year Door is the second game in the Paper Mario series following Paper Mario, and is part of the larger Mario franchise. In the game, when Mario and Princess Peach get involved in the search for a mystic treasure that holds great fortune, Peach is kidnapped by an alien group called the X-Nauts;...
The game was a launch title for the GameCube, and the second title in the Mario franchise where Luigi is the main character, instead of Mario, the first, third, fourth and fifth being Mario is Missing!, Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, New Super Luigi U and Dr. Gadd for short) has equipped him with the "Poltergust...
Ocarina of Time is the fifth game in the The Legend of Zelda series, and the first with 3D graphics. Link sets out on a quest to stop Ganondorf, king of the Gerudo tribe, from obtaining the Triforce, a sacred relic that grants the wishes of its holder. It was also ported to the iQue Player in 2003, and...
The game has also been re-released for the PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, iOS, and is featured on the Dreamcast Collection. It became one of the few Sega All Stars on the Dreamcast, and also earned Greatest Hits and Player's Choice status on Playstation 2 and GameCube respectively. Along the...
Link, a young man raised as a wrangler in a small, rural village, is ordered by the mayor to attend the Hyrule Summit. He sets off, oblivious to the dark fate that has descended upon the kingdom. When he enters the Twilight Realm that has covered Hyrule, he transforms into a wolf and is captured. A mysterious...
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 is the fourth game in Tony Hawk's series. This game was the last of the main Tony Hawk's video game series to be flanked with the Pro Skater name for 13 years until the release Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 in 2015. Pro Skater 4 is a departure from the previous three games' Career...
It is the second game in the Super Smash Bros. Melee includes all playable characters from the first game in the series on the Nintendo 64 and also adds new characters from franchises such as Fire Emblem, of which no games had been released outside Japan at the time. The game received critical praise,...
It is the eighth installment in the Need for Speed series and the direct sequel to Need for Speed: Underground. Brooke Burke is the voice of Rachel Teller, the person who guides the player throughout the game. The Nintendo DS port introduces a new feature in which the player can design custom decals...
Lost Kingdoms is a fantasy video game developed by FromSoftware and published by Activision in North America and Europe. In Lost Kingdoms, the fog invades the land of Argwyll, home of the main character Katia, who is also the princess of this kingdom. Using this runestone, Katia is granted to leave the...
Developed by Capcom as the second installment in the Resident Evil series, its story takes place two months after the events of the first game, Resident Evil. The initial version of the game, commonly referred to as Resident Evil 1.5, differed drastically from the released product and was scrapped at...
Aside from the objectives, gameplay is similar to previous Sims titles. The Game Boy Advance and N-Gage version puts the player's Sim in "SimValley" for a summer holiday. Like the console version, GBA/N-Gage version gameplay is objective-based – every time the player completes a series of tasks, the...
NBA Street is the first game in the NBA Street series and was followed by NBA Street Vol. Aside from the basic structure of basketball, players try to collect trick points, which are scored through the use of almost every basketball game maneuver such as faking out defenders, shot blocking, diving for...
It was released in Japan in July 2002, in the United States and Canada in August and September 2002 respectively, and in Europe and Australia in October 2002. A villain resembling Mario, known as Shadow Mario, vandalizes the island with graffiti and Mario gets blamed for the mess. It sold over 5.5 million...
Viewtiful Joe 2, known in Japan as Viewtiful Joe 2: Secret of the Black Film , is a video game and sequel to Viewtiful Joe. Using either of the characters Viewtiful Joe or Sexy Silvia, the player must utilize "VFX Powers" in order to battle enemies and solve puzzles. The player takes control...
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube home video game console. Aided by allies including pirate captain Tetra and a talKing boat named the King of Red Lions, Link sails the ocean, explores islands, and traverses dungeons to...
