Here’s an unpopular opinion: In the classic NES era, StarTropics was a better game than The Legend of Zelda. For those who might need a reminder, StarTropics was a first-party title released by ...

While the original StarTropics was a great game, it did have some nagging problems. In 1994, after the SNES was already out for 3 years in the US, Nintendo saw fit to finally make a sequel to one of ...

This odd 8-bit NES game is still fondly remembered by many. Despite that, its impacts can be felt across many creative people today. It inspired my love of analyzing games on a deeper level, and even ...

This year is getting started right. Back in the summer of 2006, in the months leading up to the launch of the Wii, we ran a feature here on IGN called Retro Remix. It was a wishlist/speculation series ...

When people think of Nintendo’s biggest and best games, they instantly go straight to Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, and Metroid. There’s nothing wrong with this, as those games and many ...

The journey of StarTropics was as varied as it was challenging, taking players from the tropical islands of the Coral Sea to the spaceship of an alien conqueror. In many ways, the game is what you’d ...

You might be a big Nintendo fan, but it’s likely you’ve never played StarTropics. You should fix that. Nintendo revealed today that StarTropics and Zoda’s Revenge: StarTropics II are coming to the U.S ...

Remember StarTropics? No? Well, it was a much beloved Nintendo game from the glory days of the NES. Playing something like a tropical spin on The Legend of Zelda, it followed the adventure of a kid ...

Given how sleek and digital modern gaming is, it’d hard to remember sometimes just how weird and arcane it used to be — and just when you’d forgotten, here comes a game like StarTropics to remind you.

NES classic Startropics famously included a secret code hidden within its paper manual - one you need to enter to complete the game. Unfortunately, as Reddit users have realised, the recently-released ...

While the StarTropics series has certainly deserved more attention over the years and it appears that Mike Jones might never see another sequel, it is nice to finally have both of his NES adventures ...