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What a wonderful article this is. Thank you Nathan for showcasing this amazing collection and shoutouts to all the artists who worked on these pieces. I miss physical magazines...

Seeing Petey Piranha in the article's thumbnail made me remember that court in Mario Slam Basketball / Mario Hoops 3 on 3 where the baskets were Petey Piranhas that hit you if you tried to dunk.

What a game that was

Admittedly I had never heard of him. But if he's one of the people behind the localised dialogue in Kid Icarus Uprising, I'm buying 10 copies of the book right now

That one mermaid side quest in Dragon Quest XI...

"The One Piece!
The One Piece is real!"

@Paraka Nah, Atari simply bought that studio's (Ronimo Games) IP after they filed for bankruptcy, IIRC

For those who might be wondering, the score is the exact same as the original SMTV (36/40 with 9/9/9/9)

Bit weird that they don't straight up mention Dragon Quest III but only the "legend"/"legacy" of Erdrick. I'm not insane enough to think they might be remaking DQ1 and 2 as well, but I do hope DQ3 gets a bit expanded, because it's a pretty short game and this remake is definitely going to be full price.

Ooooohh I'm looking forward to this!! Randomly picked up Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth on a sale last year and it was such a simply good, well-made game. Then that led me to watch the 1990 OVAs for Record of Lodoss War and those were so so great.
Anyway, here's hoping this will be another banger by Team Ladybug!!

Pretty much every 2D Metroid from Super onward. Also Star Fox 64.

Some indies that deserve a shoutout are Cave Story, Katana Zero, Furi, Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth, Ori 2, Hyper Light Drifter.

And just to mention something that's not an action game, Ghost Trick.

Aw man. Had a lot of fun playing Good Job with my little brother a couple years ago and we hoped it would eventually get a sequel. Sad to hear they're shutting down.

Logged in just to say this was a great read