At last the Christmas season has come again, and so has Listmas, one of our longest- running traditions here at Virtual Bastion! As Cary explained earlier this week, this year we’re looking at the best gifts in gaming: all the friends, allies and companions we’ve gotten to journey with over the years. As fun as…
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Another Year, Another Listmas!
Each year, when a chill sets in and the smell of hot chocolate wafts dreamily in the background, we know that Listmas isn’t far away. Of course, it also means that the end-of-year holidays are on the horizon; but it wouldn’t be the holidays in the blogosphere without Listmas! For over a decade, we’ve been…
Ranking the Bosses from Donkey Kong Country 3
Donkey Kong Country 2 already had some perfectly memorable boss fights. But the third game’s penchant for gimmicks meant the bosses tended to vary even more in their mechanics, from a snowball fight with a nightmarish snowman to feeding bugs to a giant sentient barrel until he burps himself off the stage. Frankly, I found…
Ranking the Bosses from Donkey Kong Country 2
When you really think about it, the original Donkey Kong Country was fairly basic, especially when the bosses were concerned. I mean, there are two battles against a giant beaver that basically just jumps back and forth across the stage and two more skirmishes against an oversized vulture that somehow spits nuts at you. (Considering…
Top 10 Most Awful Levels from Donkey Kong Country 2
As much as I love Donkey Kong Country 2, that doesn’t mean this beloved entry in the franchise is without its fair share of flaws. I can appreciate that this game is challenging. In fact, several difficult levels feature in my post listing my very favorite levels. But the levels listed below are just not…
Top 10 Levels from Donkey Kong Country 2
It is widely accepted that the second entry in the original Donkey Kong Country trilogy, Diddy’s Kong Quest, is easily the best. With a great atmosphere, and without the need to rely on gimmicks to keep the gameplay interesting, this game just focuses on fun and solid level design and new concepts that don’t feel…
Top 7 Toughest Levels in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is a rather chill puzzle game with a wide variety of challenges and locations in which to goof around. Last time, I talked about my favorite levels in the game, and for today’s post, I wanted to discuss the ones that I liked the least. While this game is generally pretty…
Top 5 Worst Levels from Donkey Kong Country
I’ve already posted a little list ranking my top 5 favorite stages from the original Donkey Kong Country from 1994. And now it’s time for the worst. One surprising fact I had to face was that, after roughly three decades of playing this game, some levels are still surprisingly difficult! I can appreciate a challenge…
Top 5 Best Levels from Donkey Kong Country
Seeing as the original Donkey Kong Country games for the SNES have a special place in my heart, it’s odd that I’ve never actually ranked any of the levels before. And so I spent two afternoons replaying the very first game from 1994 for the purposes of some nostalgic research. Keep in mind that when…
Top 10 Best Levels in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is a relaxing puzzle game with a plethora of levels spanning different themes and challenges. While nearly all of the levels are pretty fun in one way or another, there are some levels that stood out above the rest in theming or puzzles, making them perfect to share with you all…
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