1UP. com users gave it an 8. 7 out of 10, and the GameSpot community gave the Mario-Duck Hunt package a 9. 1 out of 10.

1UP. com listed him as the seventh best dog in video games, stating that even though he is annoying, he is ballsy enough to laugh at someone with a loaded rifle.

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Jeremy Parish of 1UP. com expressed his disagreement with the game's status as an " unfairly forgotten masterpiece " among its substantial Internet following.

1UP. com ranked the Game 3rd in its " Top Ten Cult Classics.

When naming its top five Mario Kart tracks of all time in 2008, 1UP. com named Battle Mode Course 4 at number three and Rainbow Road – along with its subsequent versions in the series – at number one.

Games UK's list of the hundred greatest games of all time which praises the appealing characters and power ups and 1UP. com's " Essential 50 ", a list of the fifty most important games ever made.

Response to the karting games released since Super Mario Kart has been mixed, with GameSpot describing them as tending to be bad while 1UP. com notes that countless developers have tried to improve upon the Mario Kart formula without success.

Twilight Princess was named Game of the Year by X-Play, Game Trailers, 1UP, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Spacey Awards, Game Informer, GameSpy, Nintendo Power, IGN, and many other websites.

While 1UP. com notes that the game's " color-matching action is more engrossing than Mario Bros .' turtle-punching platform hopping ", the reviewer strongly questions whether this re-release is worth its sale price by itself when a version of Dr. Mario was included in another Game Boy Advance game, WarioWare, Inc .: Mega Microgames !.

Some of the more popular sites include ( but are not limited to ) IGN, GameSpot, Kotaku, 1UP. com, GamesRadar, Machinima, GameTrailers, and G4.

* E3 2009 coverage: 1UP, E3coverage. com, G4, Gamespot, IGN, Joystiq, UGO E3. net

In Japan, the genre's beginning can be traced to Bokosuka Wars ( 1983 ), an early strategy RPG ( or " simulation RPG "); the game revolves around the player leading an army across a battlefield against enemy forces in real-time while recruiting / spawning soldiers along the way, for which it is considered by Ray Barnholt of 1UP. com to be an early prototype real-time strategy game.

" 1UP. com editor Jeremy Parish stated that Bowser makes the game, describing him as more interesting than Bowser's Inside Story predecessor's partners, the baby forms of Mario and Luigi.

1UP. com listed him as the most " Gracelessly Aging Character ", citing the fact that the original Donkey Kong from the arcade game eventually became Cranky Kong.

In 2010, 1UP. com ranked Shenmue at # 2 in its list of " 15 Games Ahead of Their Time ," citing its " ambition and scope ," various " forward-thinking " mechanics such as real-time weather effects, " day and night cycles, and massive playable environments ," its quick-time event mechanic, and for giving players a " living " world to explore, concluding that it " was ahead of its time in nearly every aspect of its design.

The game is counted by 1UP. com as one of the first games to have brought a series of 2D games into full 3D.

1UP. com attributed this decline to Nintendo's use of cartridges and the design of the Nintendo 64 controller, which were reportedly implemented by Shigeru Miyamoto for Super Mario 64.

" Jeremy Parish of 1UP. com assured readers that " even with its shortcomings, it's still one of the most value-packed classic compilations available for any system -- as long as you like Sonic.

In individual ratings, IGN scored The Legend of Zelda with an 8 out of 10, GamePro a 4. 5 out of 5, Nintendo Power a 4. 5 out of 5, and 1UP. com an A.

Rowan Kaiser of 1UP. com, who placed the game 53rd on " The 60 Most Influential Games of All Time ", pointed out that the game " paved the way for the later popularity of Halo, Call of Duty, and more ".

1UP. com gave it a D rank, criticizing its lack of improvements and touchy controls.

" According to 1UP. com, Metal Gear Solids cinematic style continues to influence modern action games such as Call of Duty.

Sonic Team's Takashi Iizuka stated in an interview with video game publication 1UP. com that Chao were incorporated into Sonic Adventure " so that new players would be forced to go out, explore the action sections, and find Flickies and things.

It was also listed as the 19th most important video game of all time by 1UP. com.

* Rebel With a Cause: Traveling through the mind of Tim Schafer at 1UP. com ( 2006 )

Web video shows have been granted access in recent years, such as Eurogamer in November 2006, The 1UP Show and GameSpot UK's Start Select in May 2008.

" 1UP ranked Soul Reaver second on its " Top 5 Games That Ended Halfway Through ", stating " it's pretty clear that the plot would have been a lot different if the money hadn't inconveniently run out.

Jeremy Parish of 1UP complained that the game's puzzles were extremely unoriginal, with the comment, " the devices and gimmicks used to obstruct progress are so hoary that archaeologists have unearthed ancient clay tablets inscribed with Trace Memory puzzle solutions.

1UP. com's Jeremy Parish commented that he would rather have nothing at all on the Virtual Console in its debut week than Urban Champion.

IGN praised the gameplay, saying it is " instantly enjoyable and maddeningly addictive ", GameSpot said Burnout 3 " is an amazing achievement that anyone with a pulse will probably love ", and 1UP concluded that Burnout 3 is " so good that you don't have to like racing games at all to enjoy it ".

IGN commented that " The mouse and keyboard allow for more precise control, and the graphics have been improved as well ;" however, 1UP stated that " the control scheme's a very central obstacle " to the game.

1UP. com gave the game a B + grade, stating: " The total package is solid, and while it's not the holy grail fans have hoped for since the N64's " No Mercy ," it's light-years beyond what THQ used to try and sell under the SmackDown!

1UP. com lauded the game's physics evidenced by the use of wind, weather, and surface conditions.

1UP. com used Pokémon Snap as an example of a game that would use the Wii U controller's gyroscope to look around, calling it " The coolest version of Pokémon Snap ever ".

Some Lakitus can be seen coming out of pipes, while others use a fishing pole for a variety of things, such as holding a 1UP or a stoplight.

While reviewing Mega Man X: Command Mission, 1UP. com criticized that during parts from the game players are unable to use Zero and that his English voice acting makes him " sound like a surfer ".

In a 2007 retrospective of the Mega Man franchise, 1UP. com writer Jeremy Parish found the use of rehashed details acceptable for its original release, but believed that Dr. Wily's Revenge " hasn't really held up ".

The game received ratings of 8. 9 / 10 from IGN, 9. 0 / 10 from Games Radar, a perfect 10 / 10 from 1UP. com, 8. 7 / 10 from GameSpot, 5 / 5 from JIVE Magazine, 8. 75 / 10 from VGRC. net, a 5 / 5 from X-Play, and made the Top 10 Games of ' 06 in PlayStation Magazine.

The PC version, however, received mixed reviews ranging from a " Good " rating of 7. 8 from IGN to a C-from 1UP. com who called it " shoddy, untimely port that, inexplicably -- considering its ridiculously long port time -- feels like a rush job.

In All RPG's review of the game, the graphics were described as " horrid ," while Nintendojo and 1UP enjoyed them, with 1UP going so far as to say " regardless of what anyone tells you, the graphics are awesome.

Tim Jones of IGN found Metroid II a refreshing departure from the norm, and praised its replay value, while 1UP. com's Jeremy Parish felt that the game's visuals were bland and monotonous, noting that the music was not up to par with what the series is known for.

Bleszinski also lists his interests on his 1UP. com page, citing Donnie Darko and 21 Grams amongst his favorite films, with Choke and Stupid White Men as some of his favorite books.

1UP. com considered Metroid: Zero Mission to be one of the " most ambitious, comprehensive and successful " remakes for a game such as Metroid, noting that " Zero Mission expands on its source material with refined control, gameplay ideas retrofitted from its sequels, new plot hooks for subsequent chapters of the saga, and some jaw-droppingly cool innovations which add new layers of complexity to the series.

The 1UP. com staff listed the battle with Ridley in Super Metroid as being one of the most iconic in Nintendo history.

1UP. com's Che Chou also praised the multiplayer, but observed that " constantly roll-dodging to avoid enemy fire at close range combined with the exceptionally slow movement speed of your character ... can occasionally be highly frustrating for beginners.

In contrast, on 1UP. com, Parish argued in favor of Barret, noting that while on the surface he appeared to be the " worst kind of stereotype ," he was a great character with complexity, having made " difficult decisions in his life, and agonized over his losses.

Much like other podcasts on the 1UP network, the program could include discussion of various message board topics, an analysis of new games being reviewed, a mailbag section, a deeper look into the most recent issue of the magazine, or interviews with special guests such as Marcus Henderson and Ted Lange from Harmonix and Cliff Bleszinski from Epic Games.

It was eventually changed to 1UPFM, another weekly Monday podcast where 1UP crew members Nick Suttner and Phil Kollar hosted the show, along with other 1UP members.

1UP. com editor Jeremy Parish shared the sentiment, stating " the fact that his schemes ultimately boil down to creating eight themed robots with a fatal weakness to one another's powers casts his ' genius ' descriptor into doubt.

1UP. com complimented the " surprisingly compelling package ", describing it as a " portable racing game on par with anything ever to appear on a console ".

1UP. com editor Justin Haywald agreed, stating that while it made single player modes difficult, the game was meant to be played with friends.

1UP. com reported problems with stability of the games, with crashes on both the single and multiplayer modes of the games.

1UP. com's Jeremy Parish agreed with Clements, arguing that Zack's story contrasted with other RPG plots, calling it " the heart of the game.