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Retro Review: Joe & Mac (SNES)

Developer/Publisher: Data East Release Year: 1991

Uugh, it is very early in the morning for me. What the hell is a caveman Ninja anyways?

Everyone knows that we here at Loot-Ninja are very avid gamers. We constantly challenge ourselves and never back down from any difficulty level. We will tear off your heads and shit […]

Review: Soul Caliber IV (PS3 & Xbox 360)

Developer: Project Soul Publisher: Namco Bandai, Ubisoft (EU)

Release date: 7/29/2008, 7/31/2008 (Japan, Europe)

I GOT SOUL…AND I’M SUPER BAD!- James Brown

Well well. It’s finally here. About friggin’ time, I think.

Let me start off by saying that although this newest release in the Soul Caliber world doesn’t re-define the genre, it’s an amazing play and easily the […]

Retro Review: Eternal Champions (Genesis)

Release: 1993 Developer: Sega Interactive Publisher: Sega of America

Restoring Balance In The Universe Through Goofy Sprites

I will say that first and foremost I am a fighting game fan. I remember the first time I played Karate Champ on the NES back in 1984 (hmmm…possible retro review material there). And even though it was clunky, glitchy […]

Retro Review: X-Men (Arcade)

Developer/Publisher: Konami Release: 1992 CPU: 68000 @ 16Mhz

Display: Raster - 288×224 pixels (Horizontal), 2048 Colors

“WELCOME TO DIE!! -Magneto

In the world of retro reviews there is always one given: the reviewer is usually in his/her thirties. For many of our younger readers, this may seem…what’s that word…awful. But for those of us who were around in […]

Retro Review: Bionic Commando (NES)

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Designer: Tokuro Fijiwara

Release Date: 12-12-1988

Bionic Commando for the NES (also known as Top Secret: Hitlers Revival in Japan) was a sequel to the popular arcade game of the same name in Japan (Top Secret). Not too many people remember that. What they do remember is the blistering difficulty the game was […]

Retro Review: Doki Doki Panic/Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES)

Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Fuji Television (DDP), Nintendo (SMB2)

Designer:Shigeru Miyamoto Release Date: 7/10/1987 (DDP, Japan), 10/10/1988 (SMB2, US)

I’m sure by now that a many of you know SMB2s dark little secret (though probably less so these days..damned information age). In 1988 the release of the newest Mario game was in fact not a Mario game […]

Review: Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit (Xbox 360)

Release Date: June 10th, 2008 Publisher: (US, Canada) Atari, (Japan, Europe) Namco Bandai Developer: Dimps
As I sit down to review the newest installment of the DBZ fighting series, it occurs to me just how big of an impact the casual market has had on the video game world. I bring this up having played the […]

XBLA Updates For The Week Ending 7/12

Well it seems that this week in XBLA is a bit more active. Even a little exciting…oooh!

There is always a high point to every weeks release so check it out. You might be glad you did.

Retro Review: Super Mario Kart (SNES)

Developer: Nintendo Release Date: 9/1/1992 Platform: Super Nintendo

So this marks the first installment of our weekly series of retro reviews here at Loot-Ninja. We have chosen Super Mario Kart as the first review because for a lot of people it still stands as the pinnacle of the series. Anyone who’s been listening to our […]

XBLA Updates For The Week Ending 7/05

So it hasn’t been a really exciting week in the world of XBLA, but what is out is pretty good. One game especially. But I’ll let it be a surprise so click the link.

Oh wait. I forgot about that pic I just put up.

Shit.