Retro Quick Look:- Dead or Alive 2

With the release of Dead or Alive 5 almost upon us, the newbreview.com team have decided to go back and play (arguably) the best entry in the series, Dead or Alive 2 on the Sega Dreamcast.When it was released back in the year 2000 it was a true breath of fresh air for 3D fighting [...]

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Wed, September 12 2012 » Articles, Retro Quick Look, Retrospectives, Videos » No Comments

Retro Quick Look:- Marvel Super Heroes

While Marvel Super Heroes is actually Capcom’s second fighting game featuring the bright and colourful heroes of the Marvel Universe (the first was the brilliant X-Men: Children of the Atom), arguably it is the game that kicked off the entire franchise. Featuring a diverse roster of heroes and villains (hands up anyone that had heard [...]

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Wed, September 5 2012 » Articles, Retro Quick Look, Retrospectives, Videos » No Comments

Retro Quick Look:- Pikmin

One of the most exciting things to come out of Nintendo’s E3 press conference a few months ago was the announcement that Pikmin 3 will be coming to their new console the Wii U. Seeing series creator, Shingeru Miyamoto, hop on stage with a Pikmin in his pocket resulted in a roar of applause from [...]

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Wed, August 29 2012 » Articles, Retro Quick Look, Retrospectives, Videos » No Comments

Retro Quick Look:- Power Stone

Originally released as a Sega Dreamcast launch title, Capcom’s arena combat game Power Stone is an incredibly charming fighting game that has worked its way into the hearts of almost everyone that has played it. Putting players in the role of a treasure hunter that seeks to find the legendary Power Stone, a mystical gem [...]

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Wed, August 22 2012 » Articles, Retro Quick Look, Retrospectives, Videos » No Comments

Retro Quick Look:- Bushido Blade

Originally released on the PlayStation in the UK in 1998, Lightweight’s Japanese combat game was one of the most original and groundbreaking fighting games of its time. Even now the sheer originality of the game has yet to be matched. Instead of featuring health bars and restrictive time limits, Bushido Blade in which death could [...]

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Wed, August 15 2012 » Articles, Retro Quick Look, Retrospectives, Videos » No Comments