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TetrisphereYear: 1997Rating: KATime Played: ~10 hours When it comes to Tetris, I can appreciate how timeless the original is while also enjoying when it goes in bold new directions. If all you need to include Tetris in your game's title are the seven tetromino pieces, then games like Tetrisphere easily fit into this category. While there weren't really any "classic" Tetris releases on the Nintendo 64, my nostalgic love for Tetrisphere still keeps it in a prominent place of honor in my memory. Having played it again recently, the game hasn't aged particularly well, graphics-wise, but it's still fun. The gameplay for Tetrisphere is different from classic Tetris in that the entire playing field is already covered in tetrominos that you have to move around and eliminate to get to the center of the eponymous sphere, thus freeing one of the sphere-like robot characters. There are several game modes, including a Puzzle section where you try to win the level with limited...

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Year: 2018 Rating: E10 Time Played: ~45 hours I grew up playing the original Super Smash Bros. on the Nintendo 64. I loved being able to play as a variety of characters across some well-known (and perhaps less well-known) Nintendo franchises. With each iteration of the series, I’ve enjoyed seeing new characters representing new and classic games join the roster. However, even if I can understand cutting some characters as the series moved forward, it was still a disappointment when I couldn’t play as my favorites in subsequent entries in the franchise. This is why I was hyped up for the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. For the first time, I was able to play as a staggeringly large number of characters. The fact that (almost) everything from previous games made it into this one made it feel like this was a celebration of the history of video games and not just a party brawler. And while I didn’t bother...

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VIDEO GAME: Tetrisphere (1997)

VIDEO GAME: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)