IGN's Matt Casamassina praised the game's accessibility, commenting that " it serves as the perfect introductory game to any person hoping to explore the genre ".

" Mega Man 4 made it into IGN's " Top 100 NES Games " list at number 95, with staff writer Matt Casamassina praising its attempt at better narrative and an essentially similar experience to the first three Mega Man games.

IGN's Matt Casamassina called the gameplay " superb " and " nearly flawless ", and Vicious Sid of GamePro praised Echoes as " an extraordinary return to form ".

Also relating to Blood Omen 2, IGN's Aaron Boulding regarded his pompous nature as his " one personality trait ", and considered it comedic, while Matt Casamassina felt Kain was " cool ", but decried his visual design as " flamboyant to the point of being comical ".

IGN's Matt Casamassina was conversely impressed by the art style, backgrounds, and frame rate, but disliked the graphics as a whole, proclaiming, " It's a brand new product, but it looks like it could have been released on PlayStation 1, or perhaps even on Super Nintendo.

IGN's Matt Casamassina likened the control scheme to " old-school adventure games like Myst and Snatcher " and commended Suda51 for making a " cult hit ", " erupting with style, mood and undiluted craziness ".

Praise was given particularly to the simple yet comprehensive gameplay approach and variety of fun multiplayer modes ; IGN's Matt Casamassina went as far as to state, " If you even moderately enjoy wrestling but love multiplayer gaming, we don't see how you could go wrong with this game.

IGN's Casamassina later placed it fourth in his Top 10 Tuesday: Underrated and Underappreciated Games feature.

" IGN's review, while mixed, praised its presentation and sound, stating that " you can't get much better than having the Wachowski Brothers filming your cutscenes ", and " Kudos to the sound team for bringing the movie audio to life in the game.

The Mana series reception has been very uneven, with Secret of Mana earning wide acclaim, such as being rated 78th in IGN's yearly " Top 100 Games of All Time ", and being highly praised for its musical score, while the games from the World of Mana series have been rated considerably lower.

While acknowledging issues relating to the waiting times during board games, IGN's Peer Scheider praised this installment for relieving the problem slightly, specifically referring to the Mini Bowsers, who all take their turns at the same time in " Story " mode.

Red and Blue made number 72 on IGN's Top 100 Games of All Time in 2003, in which the reviewers noted that the pair of games " started a revolution " and praised the deep game design and complex strategy, as well the option to trade between other games.

The game was highly praised by critics ; IGN's Craig Harris said that Golden Sun could " arguably be one of the best 2D-based Japanese RPGs created for any system.

For Blood Omen 2, although critics expressed disappointment with the game itself, they praised Kain's character nevertheless ; GameSpot's Greg Kasavin branded him " a very intriguing protagonist " and " as memorable of a main character as they come ", while IGN's Douglass C. Perry felt he was " incredibly likeable ", and " in a very true sense [...] a great videogame character ".

While IGN's Craig Harris praised Ruby & Sapphire as the greatest pinball game for the Game Boy Advance, he noted that the Sapphire-themed board was slightly more annoying than the Ruby-themed one.

IGN's Ryan Clements praised his growth, particularly commenting on his relationships with the other main characters.

IGN's Mike Drucker praised its subject matter as " one of the few holiday movies to directly deal with the commercialization of Christmas " although felt the last twenty minutes of the film let it down, as the first hour or so had " some family entertainment " value if taken with a " grain of salt ".

IGN's David Smith praised the PS2 version, saying " Hot Pursuit 2 has its finger right on the pulse of what makes an arcade racer fun.

IGN's reviewer called it " such an ambitious game-and one that achieves nearly everything it sets out to do-that few games come close to it ", and praised the soundtrack for blending with the atmosphere unobtrusively.

He and IGN's Lucas Thomas praised the improvement in the controls from its predecessor, more specifically Ryu's ability to freely climb up and down walls and use special weapons while on the walls.

IGN's Ahsan Haque praised the addition of Mickey as a companion in " The Girl in the Fireplace ", writing that he " adds a new sense of discovery to the show, as the audience can easily relate to his sense of awe and his infectious excitement about being onboard a spaceship ".

IGN's reviewer noted improvements made to the map editor and praised the amount of new content, while GameSpot focused on the addition of the Conflux alignment and subtle tweaks to the gameplay.

IGN's Jesse Schedeen also listed the character as the top 10th Star Wars hero, noting that she " entered the Expanded Universe early, and she's stuck around for so long because she's just a great character ".

The game was also well received in general upon release for the Virtual Console, with IGN's Lucas M. Thomas stating " it's held up very well even placed into context against its GameCube and Wii era sequels, and it's an RPG for goodness sakes ".

In 2006, the game received IGN's award for Best Use of Sound on the PSP.

Its ambitions paid off, earning the title several Game of the Year awards for 2005, and the top rank on IGN's Readers ' Picks Top 99 Games list.

Prime was also chosen for lists of best games: 24th in IGN's Top 100, 29th in a 100 game list chosen by GameFAQs users, and 10th in Nintendo Powers " Top 200 Nintendo Games Ever ".

Skyrim received Spike's Game of the Year award and IGN's Xbox 360 and PC Game of the Year Awards for 2011.

IGN's readers ranked it as the 40th best game of all time, while the staff placed it at 78th ; the staff believed that, " while handheld spin-offs are generally considered the low point for game franchises, Link's Awakening proves that they can offer just as rich a gameplay experience as their console counterparts ".

" IGN's Levi Buchanan included it in their assessment of the " other Mario games ," implying that the premise was boring and criticizing the game for lacking any real platform gameplay.

In 2008, however, IGN's Levi Buchanan rated it the fourth worst Atari 2600 arcade port, citing poor visuals and a technical problem that makes the game excessively difficult ; a lack of animations for enemies while jumping between cubes made it impossible to know which direction they travel until they land.

IGN's Lucas M. Thomas and Craig Harris included Kirby's Dream Land in their wishlist for a hypothetical " Virtual Console " for the Nintendo 3DS, commenting that its inclusion would be based on nostalgia rather than it feeling " new and sensational ".

In 1999, IGN's RPG Vault gave it the award for a Developer Of The Year.

IGN's Lucas M. Thomas wrote that the Pokémon Chimchar would be good for fans of Torchic.

Metroid: Zero Mission was voted IGN's Game Boy Advance Game of the Month for February 2004, and the website's staff picked the game as both the Best Game Boy Adventure Game of 2004, and the 9th Best Game Boy Advance Game.

The Lost Age was highly anticipated ; it topped IGN's list of Game Boy Advance " Most Wanted " games for 2003.

Some reviewers were less enthusiastic about aspects of the character, with IGN's Perry commenting that his Soul Reaver 2 dialogue was haughty and " overwritten ", and Ivan Sulic considering his Blood Omen 2 incarnation " nothing more than an arrogant jerk with little to latch on to and care about " while expressing preference for Raziel.

IGN's A. E. Sparrow considered him as one of the most useful characters from the games and one of the best ones for the " veteran players ".

* Ranked # 12 on IGN's list of the " Top 25 Games of All Time " for the first PlayStation console.

IGN's Jesse Schedeen also felt that the character shouldn't appear in the upcoming Star Wars live-action TV series, as Schedeen felt " Katarn isn't very interesting without his Jedi abilities " and Schedeen wasn't convinced deeply exploring his past was warranted.

IGN's Adam Cleveland awarded the game a perfect score, and noted that " throughout the color-enhanced version of Zelda DX, it can easily be inferred that Nintendo has reworked its magic to fit new standards ", by adding new content while keeping the original game intact.

He ranked second on IGN's top 25 best Final Fantasy characters list, saying he has the best of both the old and the new, praising him for having the depth and conflict found in recent Final Fantasy titles, but also having the simple charm and adventurous spirit of the original titles.

" IGN's Dave Doray gave a meager 5 / 10 rating, noting how it " just doesn't introduce us to anything new " while comparing the vocals to Chris Cornell and bass to Tim Commerford.