side scrolling video games
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Sonic Superstars’ Early Reviews Wish It Would Pick Up The Pace
Sonic Superstars has developer Sega journeying all the way back to the beginning of the Sonic franchise, remembering when it was born in 1991 in the 2D tropics. Like nostalgic platformer Sonic Mania did in 2017, Superstars devoutly walks the same path as Sonic the Hedgehog and its early ‘90s sequels. But unlike Mania, it’s…
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Double Dragon Roguelite Is A Messy Blast From The Past
Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons seems like everything fans could possibly want, but it doesn’t quite bear out in practice.
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Nintendo’s Next Mario Game Is Here And It’s Not What You Expect
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is a completely new 2D side-scrolling game with a wealth of new mechanics — like turning Mario into an elephant man.
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WWE Superstar John Cena Kept Asking Nintendo For A New 2D Metroid (Then Got It)
Apparently outside of being a 16-time WWE world heavyweight champion, a surprisingly decent rapper, and occasionally intangible to the human eye, John Cena is also a huge mark for the Metroid series.