Developer: Square Publisher: Square Release Date: September 17, 2002 Also On: None It’s difficult to imagine how the idea for Kingdom Hearts might have dawned on someone. For a game to combine the brooding, self-important characters of the Final Fantasy series with the lighthearted, often silly characters from many of Disney’s most famous animated feature…

Developer: Eurocom Publisher: EA Release Date: November 15, 2002 Also On: GCN, PS2 and Xbox The name Harry Potter has become a household name. With all big stars comes a huge array of books, movies, and video games, most of which are terrible to mediocre. Can the Harry Potter franchise change this reference and come…

Developer: Square Publisher: Square EA Release Date: December 18, 2001 Also On: None Sony and Squaresoft team up once again to create yet another Final Fantasy game. The series, which originally began on the Nintendo Entertainment System, makes its first trip to the PS2. Would this game end up being a bust or a classic?…

Developer: Traveller’s Tales Publisher: Universal Interactive Release Date: October 31, 2001 Also On: GCN, PS2 and Xbox While Nintendo has Mario and Sega has Sonic, Sony was left with a mascot unknown to many during the PSX days. Naughty Dog had enough balls to put together a title known by many as Crash Bandicoot. With…

Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release Date: July 11, 2000 Also On: None One of my favorite Dreamcast and sports games of all time is most definitely Virtua Tennis. I must say thank you Sega for creating such a master piece which will be adored for generations to come. No other tennis game has ever caught…

Developer: Eidos Publisher: Eidos Release Date: March 16, 2000 Also On: None I’ll start off by saying that I did not think I would like this game. When I first played it, I noticed the mediocre graphics and what seemed like a boring story. It starts with a wagon going down a trail and they…

Developer: Neversoft Publisher: Activision Release Date: October 23, 2002 Also On: GCN, PS2 and Xbox Activision and Neversoft have come up with another top 10 seller. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 was released at the end of October and was on most peoples’ Christmas lists. With new and more complicated goals, Tony 4 will surely…

Developer: Neversoft Publisher: Activision Release Date: March 31, 2002 Also On: GCN, PS2 and Xbox THPS3 was Activision and Neversoft’s second attempt to make a Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game on Xbox. The graphics aren’t nearly as great as Tony 2X’s, but there still is some great physics and collision detection with the ground. The…

Developer: Digital Extremes Publisher: Atari Release Date: November 12, 2002 Also On: None Unreal Championship is a game of solid action shooting. You build your own team to take into the Unreal Championship Tournament and make your way up the rankings. Unreal Championship is very easy to learn; there is a tutorial mode that teaches…

Developer: Treyarch Publisher: Activision Release Date: November 15, 2001 Also On: None Activision and Neversoft were thinking of the power of the Xbox, when recreating the game for Xbox fans. However, they haven’t really expanded on the THPS formula. In otherwords, the THPS world has not been improved in any way. The graphics are better…

Developer: Day 1 Publisher: Microsoft Release Date: November 12, 2002 Also On: None Another of the hand-me-downs from PC, Mechassault, a decendent of the Mech Warrior series. This game however is no joke. Like Unreal, it was a perfect fit for the Xbox and the Xbox Live. Mechassault sports some great looking greaphics just as…

Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: September 16, 2002 Also On: None Even though Animal Crossing has been criticised as being “childishâ€?, it is a great game, none the less. Many factors have spelled doom for AC, but a loyal Nintendo fan base, which is willing to try new types of games, has helped AC…

Developer: Free Radical Publisher: Eidos Release Date: October 15, 2002 Also On: GCN, PS2 and Xbox TimeSplitters 2 is more than just another first person shooter. It has a visual style all its own and a huge number of gameplay options that will keep you playing, and thinking for hours and hours. This is almost…

Developer: Amusement Vision Publisher: Sega Release Date: August 26, 2002 Also On: None Just a few words can rap Super Monkey Ball 2 up: the ultimate party game. Super Monkey Ball 2 is a flat out huge puzzle game with 150 new solo-player levels to adventure through, new characters and 12 multiplayer games, including monkey…

Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: August 26, 2002 Also On: None Today I am reviewing the incredibly delicious and good looking game called Super Mario Sunshine. Have any of you heard of this title? I didn’t think so. Straight to the review… The story kicks off with Mario and his buddies heading off for…

Developer: Bungie Publisher: Microsoft Release Date: November 15, 2001 Also On: None Halo, was voted game of the year in 2001 voted by a numerous amount of game sites and magazines such as IGN, Gamestop, EGM, Microsoft (of course they did) and Gamepro, and is in my opinion the greatest first person shooter around today….

Developer: Silicon Knights Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: June 24, 2002 Also On: None “O, oblivious, naive Humanity… How ignorant we truly are – safe only in our blind view of the world. We are merely caretakers, for when the Ancients return, we shall be swept aside like driftwood on the tide of destruction…” The darkness…

Developer: Rare Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: August 25, 1997 Also On: None It is hard to dispute the weight that Rare had in the game industry during the Nintendo 64 era. GoldenEye 007 is a game that sold millions of units across the globe and jumpstarted the Nintendo 64s split-screen multi-player. Without a doubt, GoldenEye…