Category: Features

  • 10 Reasons To Own A Gamecube In 2003: Part Three

    Click Here For Part Two 4.) IKARUGA You know, three months ago I reviewed this game. I praised Treasure for making it. I worshipped Atari for localizing it and porting it to the Game Cube. I beseeched you all to go out and buy Ikaruga as this game hitting US shores would hopefully mark a…

  • 10 Reasons To Own A Gamecube In 2003: Part Two

    If you missed it, click here for Part One! 7.) TALES OF SYMPHONIA Here in America, Namco isn’t really known for being an RPG powerhouse. They have released several games, but they are known more for their fighting and racing games than RPGs. That will hopefully change soon. Tales of Symphonia is the latest release…

  • 10 Reasons To Own A Gamecube In 2003: Part One

    Far too often I’ve visited a videogame forum where the cliche teenage acne ridden virgins are spouting off at the mouth about how much Nintendo sucks. About how Nintendo should get out of the console race. And most preposterously of all, about how the GameCube is dying. The GameCube? Dying? What rare strain of crack…

  • 411 Exclusive Interview: Daniel Tyrrell (XB)

    When it was announced that Konami would release a Dance Dance Revolution game for the X-Box, it was initially met with mixed reactions. Long time fans of the series either applauded the move to expand the audience of the game, or dismissed it because of unjustified hatred towards the X-Box console itself. At E3, the…

  • Retrograding 08.17.03

    Sorry about a bit of lateness getting this out. Between dealing with a very unhappy ex, a very unhappy young lady who wanted to be my next, last night’s Smackdown house show, and with the fact it’s the big 26 today, life has taken a very weird turn. Right. Last week we took a look…

  • Retrograding 08.07.03

    Okay. Long week. As the Kliq can tell you, Alex has basically become the living incarnation of Tenchi Masaki over the past week. And I’m prepping the old Retrograding: ADVANCE columns to be moved over to the new (and wonderful) GBA section. So I’m a mite busy behind the scenes. This week we focus on…

  • Retrograding Weekend News 07.26.03

    Man, only 3.5 months since part two huh? Well, I haven’t managed to get my notes from England that I had left by accident when I moved back. So I just finally said f*ck it and redid the whole damn thing from scratch. HAPPY FUN TIME SURPRISE SPECIAL DAY! Part 2 was the last thing…

  • 411 Exclusive Interview: Adam Ryland (PC)

    DISCLAIMER! Alex and Adam sat down to do a fun interview. This is two guys having fun and making at least two jokes towards British Pop Culture that most non-Brit’s won’t get. Alex is not warning that if you are looking for an in-depth discussion on visual basic, depth into either Adam or Alex’s soul,…

  • Retrograding 04.01.03

    I recieved some good responses to the Shining Article. But people, I want MORE emails! MORE MORE MORE! When we last talked Shining Force, we (well just me, but hopefully your were interested…) had just finished babbling about the Japanese only Shining Force Gaiden for the Game Gear. Well, it was so successful it spawned…

  • Retrograding 03.26.03

    Okay, In the process of getting my next book published. And getting the 5000£/8000$ my job owes me. And trying to figure out why my US Gamecube + UK scart cable is still playing in B&W instead of Colour. Damn England. This article has involved a massive amount of research on my part and I…

  • Retrograding 02.25.03

    Well, here you go, You’re getting a Retrograding and RG: ADVANCE this week, but until Sega decides WHEN Shining Soul is coming out, you’ll have to make do with the usual blather from me. Since it’s a long interview, I’m going to cut my usual commentary and go straight into the Meat! Todd’s another American…

  • Retro-Grading 12.21.02

    Right. Welcome to Retrograding. I’m your host, Alexander Lucard. You may make the token Hellsing, Castlevania or random dyslexic Dracula joke now. I’ve heard them all growing up. :-P Retrograding is hopefully going to be something new here at 411mania.com. Where the other writers are looking at the current gaming situation, doing reviews of the…

  • History Of Shining Force: Part Three

    Shining Force 3: Scenario 1 Before I get into the plot, I’d like to speak about the changes made to the game series. First, Shining Force went into full 3D mode here. Yes, the majority of the world was in the usual 2D fashion SF fans had grown to love, but now the battles were…

  • History Of Shining Force: Part Two

    Shining Force II Release Date: October 19th, 1994 System: Sega Genesis This is it. The best of all the SF games. My pagan fantasy RPG God and the game that completes my top five RPG games of all time: This, Guardian Heroes, Sakura Wars 1, Persona 2: Eternal Punishment and Valkyrie Profile are the best…