Namco

Reviews

Klonoa

By Mike Schiller

When children accept that a "win" doesn't always mean happily ever after, their acceptance of gaming as a true storytelling medium is increased exponentially. [19 June 2009]

Retro Game Challenge

By L.B. Jeffries

Retro Game Challenge allows the player to go through the motions of playing various games from the 8-bit era, which it does almost flawlessly. [16 March 2009]

Smash Court Tennis 3

By Azmol Meah

Smash Court Tennis 3 lies in the murky middle ground between Wii Sports' tennis and Virtua Tennis, neither excelling in any particular area nor really doing that much wrong. [12 December 2007]

Namco Museum Remix

By L.B. Jeffries

Playing classic titles is often like reading a dense Victorian novel. [7 December 2007]

New Rally-X

By Alex Vo

New Rally-X continues Namco's self-cribbing of the collect-junk-in-a-maze template. [26 January 2007]

Dig Dug

By Alex Vo

Dig Dug further cements Namco's image as fortunate sons of context and circumstance. [12 November 2006]

Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament

By Arun Subramanian

As with the best games based on environmental puzzles, level design is paramount. [24 June 2005]

Namco TV Games

By Kevin Garcia

One look at the current crop of video games, and it becomes clear they just don't have the simple elegance so perfectly created in the days of yore. [19 January 2005]

Donkey Konga

By Michael David Sims

Despite the success of several rhythm games, none have yet to rival DDR in the home market. But that's where Donkey Konga comes in. [5 November 2004]

Katamari Damacy

By Arun Subramanian

As the industry becomes more mainstream and the costs of development increase with each new hardware cycle, it seems like game creators are beginning to try to follow proven formulas out of fear of poor returns. [20 October 2004]

We Love Katamari

By Blake Becker

If the shocking oddity of the objectives weren't enough to warrant further play, the never satisfied attitude of the King will. [1 January 1995]

Urban Reign

By Ryan Smith

Sadly, you are not required to rescue George W. Bush from angry Louisiana officials or disgruntled military moms in Namco's new Urban Reign.

Soulcalibur III

By Mike Sage

Soulcalibur is about flamboyant overkill, and this title embraces its shallowness with exuberant panache.

Mario Superstar Baseball

By Andrew Miller

Mario Superstar Baseball embraces the universal desire to see any given pitch turn into something truly astounding.