Gaming sure does have some cute faces, doesn't it? From chubby Italian plumbers, to adorable little blue robots, to... Whatever the fuck Bomberman is. But sometimes, the cute outer appearance of a character isn't exactly telling of their true powers. Sometimes, you might just run into a character whose cute features distract you from the epic power swelling inside their marshmallow-esque bodies and the evil hiding behind their smiling faces. These are the top ten cute characters, who could likely kick your ass.
If you've read my blogs for any amount of time, you'd know that I'm, more or less, obsessed with beat 'em ups. So, here's my chance to unleash a massive amount of fan wankery upon you poor, unsuspecting readers. Now, there are a few blatantly obvious games that almost always appear on these lists, and this time around, I'm excluding them because everyone already knows they're great. So, you won't be seeing Double Dragon, Final Fight, Turtles in Time, Simpsons Arcade, or anything like that. That doesn't mean they aren't fantastic games - they most certainly are - but I'm not mentioning them solely because everyone else already has. So, here we go, the ten best beat 'em ups... In my opinion, of course...
Games come and go, it's a fact. A game can be in the spotlight one minute, then forgotten within the next year. Gamers are a fickle audience, and only the biggest names have a chance of becoming a game that's remembered for ages. Sure, games like Ocarina of Time, Super Metroid, Grand Theft Auto 3 and the like will be forever burned into the minds of gamers from birth, and it's very likely that when they're putting you into the ground, one of your grandchildren will be playing some portable version of Mario 3, but some fantastic games either slipped below the radar and never became popular or simply faded from the public eye. Why did these games receive this fate? Who knows, but I'm going to list a few of them so those of you reading this will consider giving the games a chance.
Out of all the music based games that have come out this year, Guitar Hero Metallica stands out as the best version that I played. It might be because I played it early on in the year and it was before the genre was flooded with sequel upon uninspired sequel but I liked Guitar Hero Metallica a lot.
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Three words make this game an automatic honorable mention...Drunk Wii Bowling! Besides for the updated bowling you have a ton of other fun games including the Joust ala American Gladiators. The Wii Motion Plus addon make Resort a worthy purchase for anyone.
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Mario RPG for the SuperNES is a RPG classic that all retro gamers remember for it's simple pick up and play style and it's memorable story. Mario and Luigi Bowser's Inside Story, while a little on the easy side, has an engrossing story and is a fine addition to the Mario RPG series.
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Last year there was no thought in my mind about playing a new 2D console Mario game, but here we are with a brand new one and it's a great one at that! Not only do we get some beautiful graphics and tons of new levels to play, but we also get 4 player gameplay at the same time!
Sure we call it Asshole Mario Bros when you do multiplayer, but it's just a new type of strategy we all need to develop in order to master this new era of Mario. Nintendo followed suit of gaming companies like Konami and Capcom by releasing updated 2D games and as they always do raised the bar up another notch.
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