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Top 10 Final Fantasy Characters
As most readers of Old-Wizard know, the Final Fantasy franchise is one of our favorite video game series of all time. Its with that in mind that decided to make a list of our top ten Final Fantasy Characters. Many readers will notice that most of these characters are from our favorite game in the series, Final Fantasy 3. Final Fantasy 3, yes 3, is one of the greatest RPGs ever made. We here at OW refuse to adopt the Japanese numbering order. If anything Japan should have to re-write their numbering to fit the order of release here. You see OW bleeds red white and blue. And as every true American knows we are the greatest country ever. If you don’t think so we’ll invade you and force our culture on you. Japan should truly decide whether the numbering they use is worth it or not. We’ve invaded bigger countries for less. Anyway I digress. Final Fantasy 3 is awesome, it’s one of the first games where the bad guy actually wins (sort of) and it also has an incredibly interesting plot, which is why the majority of the next ten characters come from that game. -
Top 10 Games on the Wii
Its no secret that our favorite seventh gen console here at Old-Wizard.com is the Wii. As a matter of fact, you’d have to go back to 1995 when the PS1 was first released to find the last time that my favorite console wasn’t made by Nintendo. Of course its often claimed by people who don’t agree with us about the Wii that while it is innovative, it has no good games. This is a dumb claim. And its this claim that we’re out to disprove with this list. This was not a difficult task for us. We play these next ten games almost as much as the best games for the older Nintendo systems, and we’re certain that in time these games will prove to be timeless classics and will make it difficult for anyone to say that the Wii “has no games”. -
Top 5 Hardest Levels From Mario 3
Remember the time when game designers cared more about making impossibly hard jumps and difficult enemies to get past in video game levels instead of putting all of their effort into making pretty-looking 3D worlds where you wander around aimlessly in? This golden age of video games hit its peak with Super Mario 3. Mario 3 is arguably the best video game ever made. But not many people remember that it also had some of the toughest levels in any video game on the NES. It won’t be surprising to anyone who’s ever played this epic game that World 8 dominates our list of “Top 5 Hardest Levels From Mario 3″. From the insane speed and of the tiny mini-airships, to the confusing maze inside the Mini-Fortress, if you play through World 8 you’re sure to break a few controllers in frustration. Most people would resort to using a P-wing or a Cloud to beat these levels. Those who didn’t are sure to agree that these five levels as the hardest levels from SMB3. -
Top 10 Most Underrated Video Games
There are many underrated video games. These games pass by the gamer without notice not necessarily because they’re below average games, but because they were never fully promoted. Other games however can be considered underrated because they’re considered below average in popular video game opinion. These next games we feel should not go unnoticed and should not be considered below average. Some of these next games could be considered in the greatest games of all time list, and they are. Whatever one’s reason for underrating a game, they will need to reconsider their motives after reading through this list and understanding the power of these next ten games. These next games are not only underrated in our eyes, but can be considered as lost classics.
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Top 5 Video Games You’re Currently Playing if You’re a Frat Boy
We all know the frat boy type. When they enter into college, it’s party time 24/7 along with everyone else who feels entitled to spend their parents’ money on frat boy activities. The frat boy needs to fit into all walks of his friends’ life, so if that means playing some video games then so be it. There’s a difference though between the traditional video gamer and the frat boy video gamer. The frat boy video gamer only plays games that tend to induce chest bumps and cracking beer cans over their head when successful in one of the games. It’s a rare occurrence when you find someone in a frat playing Final Fantasy 3 for instance. You can rest assured that they would be kicked out of their frat if the “head brother” found them playing a game with an actual dialog. -
Top 10 Worst NES Games
Everything in our past is nostalgic. We look back on our days of school, vacations, hell even arrests, with a strange fondness that seems to increase with age. The NES was definitely a breakthrough in gaming. We at Old-Wiz look back on it with a rose colored blindfold sometimes, but it wasn’t all roses. There were some horrible stinkers that we spent our measly allowances on back in the day. This week we took a break from trumpeting our youth to get cranky on the old NES for a spell, so here it is, the top ten NES crap-sticks. Enjoy. -
Top 10 Ways to Tell if You Spend Too Much Time on Video Game Forums
Anyone who visits video game forums knows that there are people who spend a little too much of their free time on these boards. There comes a point where the gamer needs to get off the forum for a while, at least for a week, to refresh their memory on who they are in real life. This is not to say that all people who go on video game forums will be on this list, but definitely some, and some that we see every day. We think it’s in everyone’s self interest to recognize if they’re spending too much time on video game forums by seeing if they fall within one of these categories.
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Top 5 Blizzard Games
Blizzard is easily one of the greatest PC game creators of all time. Unlike many companies who release game after game, the people at Blizzard take their time and release only the most epic games. They are the definition of quality over quantity. They have even been known to pull games months before release because they aren’t completely satisfied with the product. We here at OW have always been huge fans of Blizzard and actually wish that their games weren’t so good. Hours of my life have been and still are being burned away staring at my computer screen trying to invade that last base or get that last piece of epic gear. Every game is Blizzard’s best game and with the release of the new WOW expansion and on the eve of the releases of sequels to both Starcraft and Diablo, here is our two cents on the matter.
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Top 15 RPGs of All Time
It is hard to argue for a better video game genre than the RPG. No genre before or after has instilled such wonder and nostalgia in the video gamer. When playing the likes of racing or fighting games, one is enveloped by the momentary pleasure of winning a fight or driving as fast as you can to finish a race. The RPG though is quite the opposite of these genres. Anyone accustomed to RPG’s knows what they’re in store for before the game even starts; Endless hours of game play, always-evolving story lines, and perennial character development. The RPG is for the tortoise, not the hare, and would always prove to bring the most satisfaction to the gamer who was willing to let the parables of patience surround their being. In this list, we go through the 15 greatest RPG’s of all time with a focus on the games that were not just games, but timeless pieces of art.
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Top 10 Lamest Mega Man Bosses
When Mega Man 1 came out for the NES, it was appropriate that the basic elements were represented as bosses in the game. After Mega Man 1 though, there was Mega Man 2 and 3 which had some of the most innovative bosses in the series. Who could forget the likes of Gemini Man and Snake Man who both made our “Top Ten Bosses from the Mega Man series” list. After Mega Man 3 though, the games decreased in quality and along with this decrease, the creative ideas for the bosses decreased. In this list, we will go through the robot masters that blew our mind in how poor they were as ideas for bosses.
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