Whether you want to call it a "horror game" or not, Luigi's Mansion has a purely unique type of atmosphere that no other horror game has managed to recreate.

In a just and sensible world, DKC: Tropical Freeze would have the same recognition as the Metroid Prime trilogy, because it's a kinetic and imaginative platformer that deserves to share that stage with Retro Studios' other masterpieces.

With level design so elegant and atmosphere so rich, it's incredibly easy to see why so many roads lead back to Super Metroid.

Journey's heartbeat loudly echoes through the indie game universe.

Whether you're a fan of gross-out humor or not, it's difficult to overlook how crude Conker's Bad Fur Day is, but Rare's last hurrah on the Nintendo 64 is easily their most unique game to release on the system.

For better or worse, Retro Studios stray far from Rare's formula for the series, creating a Donkey Kong Country game that only they can make.

It's downright tragic how much Inscryption discards for the sake of its own twists.

Massive games like this tend to buckle under their own weight, but P5 Royal's strengths endure the extensive time sink, staying refreshing and captivating from start to finish.

In some alternate universe, Ristar would have the same level of popularity and influence as Sega's speedy blue mascot, because this shooting star of a game deserved so much better than what it received.

As fun and addictive as WarioWare is, it feels like Nintendo predicted the future with it, a game that's so representative of our current time's constant barrage of stimuli and how our attention is always divided, simply to keep up with it all.

The expansions outshine practically everything in A Realm Reborn, but you gotta eat your vegetables before getting to the best parts of the meal.

There are only so many times that you can see a switch with a character's face on it before you say "yeah, I get it" and move on.

The narrative of Danganronpa stands center stage, but for damn good reason: it's an absolutely gripping story that masterfully mixes mystery, thriller, and comedy into a form all its own.

With its pleasant graphic design and pretty standard RPG gameplay, OMORI's story does most of the heavy lifting, but the weight it lifts is enormous.

It doesn't do anything shockingly new, but thanks to fantastic level design and an inventive approach to its titular challenge, Playtonic bounce back with plenty of aplomb.