Pokken Tournament Review - The Old School Game Vault

Pokémon fans, rejoice! The fighting game that all of us have been waiting for has arrived. Featuring elements from Tekken, Street Fighter and several other stalwarts from the fighting genre, Pokémon Tournament for Wii U balances complex fighting game mechanics with the cute anime style that millions around the world have grown up with. In addition, the game draws from other anime-based games such as Naruto and Dragonball to create an  interesting environment where your favorite Pokémon battle each other to the death.   The game switches between traditional 2-D plane combat and a 3-D perspective Where you can dodge and reposition your characters on the battlefield. The game calls these two phases Duel Phase and Field Phase, respectively. If you circle around your opponents and maneuver yourself into a favorable position to land some meaty blows in Field phase, the game activates Duel Phase, which allows you to string together...

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Nintendo Wii U - Mario Kart 8 Review - The Old School Game Vault

If you’ve been playing Mario Kart for any amount of time, you might have observed that certain people are drawn to certain kinds of power ups. For example, people who love the lightning bolt seem to enjoy creating havoc on the racetrack. Others, who often use the banana peels, are usually more reserved, and more concerned with winning the race rather than causing any mayhem. While this might be a rudimentary and ridiculous armchair analysis, Mario Kart is full of such fun moments when players reveal their mindsets in the heat of a race, even if the screen is generally filled with mushrooms and cute-looking things. If you’ve been foiled more than a certain number of times by players who got just the right item at the right time during a race, you might have contemplated the same questions. In recent iterations of the Mario Kart series, items seemed to have...

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Star Fox Zero Wii U Review - The Old School Game Vault

Star Fox Zero – Nintendo Wii U Review

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Hyrule Warriors Legends Review - The Old School Game Vault

The Intro:

Let’s face it – executing a perfect superhero landing onto a field of battle and mowing down thousands of enemies, dozens with every attack, is a lot of fun. And when you get to execute said carnage with some of your favorite characters?

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