Category: Features

Go and read A.J.’s “Gurumin: A Monsterous Adventure” preview. It’s no secret here at Inside Pulse that we’re huge Nihon Falcom fans. Besides maybe Shining Force and the SMT games, there is no series we swear by more then Y’s. It was my pleasure to interview Nihon Falcom’s President, Shinji Yamazaki, about the soon to…

NINTENDO GAME CUBE AWARD WON: SYSTEM OF THE YEAR – 2003 Alexander Lucard My god, how much things have changed in over a year. I haven’t even played a game that came out in 2006 on my Cube. In 2003, there were 12 members of the Kliq. Of those twelve, seven voted for the Cube,…

Panzer Dragoon Orta Publisher: Sega Developer: Smilebit Release Date: 1/13/2003 AWARD WON: BEST XBOX GAME -2003 Mark B. Best Xbox game? Try one of the best games to come out all year. Panzer Dragoon Orta was a major surprise from Sega, and one that showed that there WAS hope post-Dreamcast (however misguided that was). But…

POKEMON CHANNEL Developer: Ambrella Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: 12/01/2003 AWARD WON: BEST GAMECUBE GAME -2003 ALEXANDER LUCARD Sadly, this still remains the most “controversial” choice in IP history. Why oh why did Pokemon Channel win in a year with Zelda: Wind Waker. The short answer is that none of the Kliq really cared for Wind…

WarioWare, Inc: Mega Microgame$! Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Nintendo Release Date: 05/21/2003 AWARD WON: BEST GBA GAME -2003 Widro It’s getting harder and harder to put in a new game and legitimately feel like you are playing something entirely new, but that’s exactly what happened when Wario Ware first hit the Gameboy Advance. Now a franchise…

ESPN NFL Footbal 2K4 Developed By: Visual Concepts Entertainment, Inc. Published By: Sega Release Date: 09/03/2006 AWARD WON: BEST SPORTS GAME, 2003 Christopher Bowen When you make the most popular game of the most popular sport in any country, and do it for a very long time, said game tends to become a bit of…

Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution Developed By: Amusement Vision Published by: Sega Release Date: 08/12/2003 AWARD WON: BEST FIGHTER 2003 Alexander Lucard I strongly disagreed with this choice at the time and still do today. VR4 was released in 2002 on the PS2 and this was a slightly modified version released a year later. I felt…

Mario Kart – Double Dash! Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: 11/17/2003 AWARD WON: Best Driving Game -2003 Chris Bowen I’m historically not much for the Mario sports games. I’m a sports gamer, tried and true, and I like my sports like I like my sex; with a minimum amount of toys and whirly things.…

The Top Thirty-two Worst Horror Games, Ever, FINAL Alright, folks, here it is. It all comes down to this: the final four. That’s right. For those tuning in late, I’m Matt, he’s Mark, and this is the final entry in the list of the Top Thirty-two Worst Horror Games, Ever. Exactly. We have a lot…

Ikaruga Developer: Treasure Publisher: Infogrames (Now Atari) Release Date: 4/14/2003 AWARD WON: BEST SHOOTER 2003 Alexander Lucard Funny. My name used to be synonymous with this game. At one time I was in the Top Ten of the Game Cube rankings. There was a time when I ate, slept and bled Ikaruga. In the golden…

Viewtiful Joe Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release Date: 10/07/2003 AWARD WON: BEST PLATFORMER 2003 Alexander Lucard Stylish, hip and oh so attractive. Viewtiful Joe was proof positive that 2-D gaming not only had a big place left in American Gaming, but that it could still be better looking and most importantly, more fun, than the…

The Top Thirty-two Worst Horror Games, Ever, Part Eight Okay, we’re back with the second to last part of the Top Thirty-two Worst Horror Games, Ever. For those who are tuning in late, I’m Mark, And I’m Matt, And we’re basically running an uber-extended Playing the Lame. Quit shilling your crap and let’s get on…

Gamecube-Game boy Advance Connectivity Winner of 2003’s Best new feature/tech Award Mark B Wow, this sure ended up being wasted, didn’t it? It was such an awesome concept, too: hook your GBA to your GC and play games with it. You could use the GBA screen to do things like display an item list or…

Pokemon Award Won: Most Improved Franchise in 2003 Alexander Lucard Pokemon’s peak both critically and casually, came in 2000-1 with the release of Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal. It’s still considered to be the best single game in the series, the third season of the cartoon was in full effect and the series was going nuts left and…

The Top Thirty-two Worst Horror Games, Ever, Part Seven Hey folks, Matt here, welcoming you to another edition of the Top Thirty-two Worst Horror Games, Ever. In case you’re wondering why I’m opening the article for the second time in a row, well, after Friday and what happened there, Mark’s been spending the weekend scrubbing…

Winner of the 2003 Biggest News Story: SAMMY BUYS SEGA Mark B. Hostile Takeover. You don’t exactly see those words too often in the videogame world, but that’s pretty much what we were told happened between Sammy and Sega, and I don’t think any of us were reallty expecting that. I mean, from our perspective,…

The Top Thirty-two Worst Horror Games, Ever, Part Six Matt Yeager here, welcoming you to the sixth part of the Top Thirty-two Worst Horror Games, Ever. Mark would normally be here to assist, but I haven’t seen him since Wednesday, so- Hey Matt. GAH! What the- where the hell have you been? I’ve no idea.…

The N-Gage Developer: Nokia Awards Won: GAMING LOWLIGHT of 2003 Alexander Lucard Must we kick a system when it’s down. Well, alas poor N-Gage, you never really got up. Criticized from Day One for being overpriced, having bad games, and that it’s creator had no clue about the gaming industry, there were more Neo Geo…

Disgaea Developer: Nippon Ichi Publisher: Atlus USA Genre: Tactical RPG Release Date: 08/26/2003 AWARDS WON: Best Story, Best RPG, Best PS2 Game, GAME OF THE YEAR: 2003 Alexander Lucard This of course was our big winner this year. No other game won more than a single award, and here comes Disgaea plowing through winning four…