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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Best 3 Handheld Games

It seems that the most action this blog gets is for lists so here goes:

Tetris - GameBoy
Arguably the best game ever.  Tetris for the GameBoy was given hundreds of hours of my time.  My family would spend every vacation passing the system around trying to one up each others highest line count.  Add in an amazing soundtrack and the super huge battery life of the original 4 AA GameBoy and you've got a bitchin' game!

Super Mario 64 DS - DS
This is a port (go figure with Nintendo) of one of the best 64 games ever.  It's also the game that singlehandedly got me through all of my chapels at school senior year.  The camera system was balls, but the overall experience was preserved well with this title.

Gravity Rush - Vita
Can't remember ever being more impressed with any handheld game, ever.  A console sized game on a handheld that doesn't sacrifice on anything.  Great controls and fun combat.  My reigning champ of handheld game to beat. 


1 comment:

  1. MarioKart DS - It's no surprise at the sort of constant hit MarioKart still is... when it first released on the SNES, it was a gem amongst all the other crappy Mario spin-off games that Nintendo was steadily pumping out. The DS iteration is arguably the best, taking the best mechanics, gameplay, and courses from all it's previous versions. Although "blue-shell" issues still arise in multiplayer, the ease of linking up together with other players makes this a winning feature. MarioKart's pick-up-and-play design makes it an attractive go to for handhelds... I like my handhelds, but playing through lengthy campaigns on a smaller device, especially when other options are around, feels odd.

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