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Ultimate Guide: Super Monkey Ball
We celebrate 20 years of Sega’s fantastic party game and find out from Masao Shirosaki how it’s being updated with a new remaster.

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Mortal Kombat II
Sometimes we learn harsh lessons when we’re young and a particular takeaway for young Nick is that this game cheats.

Super Smash Brothers
It’s always nice to get a helping hand, but when that hand is a giant git of a boss it’s actually not nice at all.

Street Fighter Alpha 3
Darran regrets selling his Japanese Saturn copy of this classic brawler, but the Dreamcast offering is a great alternative.
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Issue 225 Ultimate Guide: Super Monkey Ball We celebrate 20 years of Sega’s fantastic party game and find out from Masao Shirosaki how it’s being updated with a new remaster. Plus... Mortal Kombat II Sometimes we learn harsh lessons when we’re young and a particular takeaway for young Nick is that this game cheats. Super Smash Brothers It’s always nice to get a helping hand, but when that hand is a giant git of a boss it’s actually not nice at all. Street Fighter Alpha 3 Darran regrets selling his Japanese Saturn copy of this classic brawler, but the Dreamcast offering is a great alternative.


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Ultimate Guide: Super Monkey Ball
We celebrate 20 years of Sega’s fantastic party game and find out from Masao Shirosaki how it’s being updated with a new remaster.

Plus...
Mortal Kombat II
Sometimes we learn harsh lessons when we’re young and a particular takeaway for young Nick is that this game cheats.

Super Smash Brothers
It’s always nice to get a helping hand, but when that hand is a giant git of a boss it’s actually not nice at all.

Street Fighter Alpha 3
Darran regrets selling his Japanese Saturn copy of this classic brawler, but the Dreamcast offering is a great alternative.
read more read less
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