Josh H

PS2:

Aero Elite- 7.0
High Heat Baseball 2004- 9.0 (gold award)
Black and Bruised- 3.5, 5.5, 7.5
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance- 9.5, 9.5, 8.5 (gold award)
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter- 6.0, 8.0, 8.0
Def Jam: Vendetta- 7.0, 8.5, 7.5
The King of Route 66- 6.0
My Street- 4.5
MotoGP 3, 8.0 (silver award)
Word Soccer: Winning Eleven 6 International-9.0 (gold award)
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc- 7.0, 7.0, 6.5
Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven- 7.5, 7.0, 7.0
Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Duelists of the Roses- 6.0, 4.5, 4.5

Gamecube:

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker- 9.5, 10, 10 (Game of the Month, gold award)
Resident Evil 2- 5.5
Resident Evil 3- 5.5
Vexx- 9.0, 7.5, 6.0

X-box

Kung Fu Chaos- 5.5, 4.0, 5.5
Indiana Jones and the Emperors Tomb- 5.5, 8.5, 8.5
World Series Baseball 2K3- 8.0, 8.0, 8.0 (silver award)
Murakumo- 5.5, 5.0, 5.0
Jurasic Park: Operation Genesis- 7.0

Gameboy Advance

Mega Man & Bass- 8.5 (silver award)

PSone

Final Fantasy Origins- 8.0, 7.0, 7.0 (this is a remake of FF 1 & 2)

MrKen

Well, now the Gamecube has a veritable host of Game of Month and Gold Awards. It costs $50 less than the Xbox, and yet it is still not blowing away their numbers. Maybe this will be where they pick up their momentum.

Thanks for the update Josh!

By the way, who are the people they put in for Man on the Street?

Gallant Pig

Cool, can't wait for Zelda!

tanman

I hate to be picky and I know that only a handful of games should get it but.... Zelda missed Platinum award by 0.5 of a point! D'oh! One reviewer who said it was a little too short.

flair

Wow, how come the RE series on the gamecube scored so low?

Gallant Pig

They were simply remakes, straight ports rehashed.

khieng

And charging $39.99 for a straight port remake? Forget it.

NeonGlow

Capcom should have given them away with the new RE games just like how Nintendo is doing with Zelda 64.

MrX

Looks like Xbox keeps churning out the winners.

flair

I had no idea about the ports, that is kind of lame. I would assume they are doing it just for the people that want 0-4 on there system.

Keyser Soze

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darkside

Too bad Zelda didn't get Platinum, but at least there are a few good games to look forward to.

The Xbox is a complete bewilderment to me. How can the most powerful piece of hardware ever created continue to churn out the worst exclusives of any system?

I really want to read the reviews of Breath of Fire. I was thinking of getting this game, but I want to know why one reviewer gave it a 6.0.

kegman

I thought Kung Fu Chaos looked like it would be fun. I thought fuzion Frenzy was fun with 4 players. I might have to check it out myself to see if it's any good.

Michael Corvin

I thought they were $19.99.

darkside

They were suppose to be and for some reason Capcom upped it to $39.99. Not worth it for straight ports with no enhancements.

Zodo

Every single review I read for RE2 and 3 says it costs too much... I really don't understand Capcom for charging 40 bucks.

Maybe they figured they could charge whatever they wanted and people would pay it. I seriously doubt it's selling well though, and with all the backlash one would think that they'd immediately have reduced prices.

whatever...

young

winning 11 6 is the game that i want. i'd even pay full retail

(and FF Origins)

Chopper

I don't have the review on me, but didn't it say that the RE2 port was actually MISSING stuff?

Groucho

I imagine that the prices will drop on the RE ports. They really should have included both games in one package for $39.99. That would have sold like hotcakes.

Chopper

Now why can't THIS come out for GC?... sigh...

Draven

Yeah, they did say that.

Good to see Zelda getting such good reviews, and to see that all the reviewers (I believe) said that they didn't see how the game could have been done any differently, graphics-wise. I've thought it looked amazing from some of the initial movies. Can't wait to pick it up!

jrutz

Surprises:

• Kung Fu Chaos got wholeheartedly ripped - this game seems like either you love it or you hate it.
• Murakumo - The one game I was looking forward to got trashed. I would think they would have kept it in Japan if it was supposed to be so bad?
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance for the PS2 received such praise. I mean, didn't the XBox version get slammed for it being largely the same game as the PS2 version?
• Rayman 3 - Haven't played it, but thinking how flaweless Rayman 2 was, you would have figured it would have been at least as good.
• Vexx got better marks than Rayman? Say it isn't so...

Jeremy

tanman

I think the major beef they had were that the REs were so darn expensive for strait ports. I think if they were 19.99 or 29.99 for both they would have scored higher.

"Let's do a little math: In 1997, RE2 for PS1 sold for $50. In 2000, RE2 for Dreamcast sold for $20. In 2003, RE2for GC retails for $40. Add all these together, divide by the number of years, multiply by five, and the result is: THIS GAME IS A FRICKIN' RIP-OFF."

emphasis theirs, but not in bold as it should have been.

I think RE2 is missing "minor bonuses from other editions, like opened minigames and extra story files"

RE3 I think you have to unlock the mercenaries minigame.

Josh H

Nope, the X-box version got a great review, either 9.5, 9.5, 9.5 or 9.5, 9.5, 9.0 if I remember correctly.


They actually say it is a little better than Rayman 2. The problem is that it's not as good as platformers that have came out since Rayman 2 that raised the bar a great deal (i.e. Super Mario Sunshine, Sly Cooper and Rachet and Clank). So it's slightler better than the original, but not as good as the current cream of the platformer crop, is their take on the game.

darkside

Thats right. It even got a better review than Splinter Cell.