Although reviewers including IGN and GameSpot felt that the single player gameplay was lacking compared to its predecessor, the simultaneous four-person multiplexer modes – a first for the Nintendo 64 – were praised.

IGN praised the music of Majora's Mask for its brilliance despite its heavy use of MIDI.

IGN praised the game, describing it as " not only is this one of the greatest Star Wars games reviewer ever played, one of the best action games period ".

The Nintendo e-Reader version of Mario Bros. was slightly more well received by IGN, who praised the gameplay, but criticized it for lack of multiplayer and for not being worth the purchase because of the Super Mario Advance versions.

" The audio was praised by IGN, who considered Luigi's voice acting as " cute, humorous and satisfying ", and GameSpy, who declared that the soundtrack remains " subtle, amusing and totally suitable throughout the game ".

"" IGN editor Cam Shea praised his physical appearance in Super Mario Galaxy, describing him as " imposing and weighty ".

" Another IGN editor, Matt Casamassina, praised the visual quality of the characters, citing Bowser in particular and mentioning how his " funky red fur waggles in the wind ".

IGN praised the Virtual Console release, giving it a 9 out of 10, and claimed it was the best of the original trilogy of Sonic games for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis, stating " Sonic 1 we called impressive.

Conversely, IGN praised the choice, calling it " one of the most polished and creative platformers of the era ".

IGN praised the addition of the water backpack for improving the gameplay, and GameSpy commented on the " wide variety of moves and the beautifully constructed environments ".

Despite this, IGN praised the boards for the thematic features on each one, which helped to " ease the tediousness ".

In December 2008, IGN listed it as 8th out of 10 in a list of " Franchises We Want Resurrected " and praised the game as having " some of the best writing and characterization seen in gaming ".

IGN praised it for being a faithful conversion of the original, but noted that the audio did not sound as crisp on the Game Boy Advance, and found the frequent sound effects tiresome.

IGN criticized the game for being too linear and having a low difficulty level but praised the game for its large world and visually detailed " cinema cutscenes ".

IGN gave the DX version a 5 / 10 criticizing the game's glitches, poor framerate, and clunky camera making it less fun to play in contrast to its original Dreamcast version but praised the overall presentation of the game.

Jeremy Dunham of IGN was impressed by the game's commitment to preserve the illusion of online and the Game Informer reviewer praised the way it captures the sense of community that a real MMORPG offers.

Reviews were generally positive — multimedia news websites IGN and GameSpot praised the gameplay and story.

A number of reviewers also praised the attention paid to the game's premise and setting ; GameSpot's Greg Kasavin described getting " the impression that Doom 3 takes place in a fully realized world " while IGN noted that " the UAC base also has a very worn and lived-in feel that adds to the realism.

The game was praised and faulted on many of the same issues as the PC version, although the game was praised for maintaining smooth and user-friendly controls on a gamepad, as well as for including a two player co-operative multiplayer mode, which IGN described as " worth the price of admission alone.

IGN praised Fox's appearance in Super Smash Bros. Melee, saying that he featured some of the best texture work and modeling in the game.

" IGN praised the whole legendary bird trio, commenting that even though Zapdos is the strongest of the trio, Articuno is still important.

IGN editor " Pokémon of the Day Chick " praised Articuno as being " particularly beautiful ".

" IGN praised the whole legendary trio, specifically praising Zapdos as the best of the three.

The primary controller was ranked the 10th worst video game controller by IGN editor Craig Harris.

In its list of the top 25 game consoles of all time, IGN claimed that the main reason for the 5200's market failure was the technological superiority of its competitor, while other sources maintain that the two consoles are roughly equivalent in power.

In 2009, IGN chose the 7800 to be their 17th best video game console of all time.

In 2009, IGN named the ColecoVision their 12th best video game console out of their list of 25, citing " its incredible accuracy in bringing current-generation arcade hits home.

IGN also placed the game at number 77 on its " Top 100 NES Games of All Time " feature.

In 2009, video game website IGN named the Intellivision the No. 14 greatest video game console of all time.

Lucas M. Thomas of IGN noted that the game design was " odd " and " not Nintendo's most focused ".

The Neo Geo was ranked 19th out of the 25 best video game consoles of all time by the video game website IGN in 2009.

In 2009, the video game website IGN named the Odyssey² the 21st greatest video game console, out of its list of 25.

In fact, the CD-i's various controllers were ranked the fifth worst video game controller by IGN editor Craig Harris.

An IGN review felt the game lacked originality but enjoyed the detailed wall textures and outer space jump levels.

In the PlayStation 2 version, IGN called it " An absolute must-have game for the PlayStation 2, and it's the best single-player first-person shooter by a long shot.

It has been ranked among the best games of all time by several organizations including Edge, IGN, The Age and GameSpot, while Guinness World Records has named it as the top console game ever.

More recently, Nintendojo called the sprites " not-so-pretty " when they are rendered at a distance, and IGN has commented on the dated look of the game.

Super Mario Kart was the first game to feature playable characters from the Mario series other than Mario in a non-platforming game and the selection and different attributes of the characters is regarded as one of the game's strengths, IGN describing a well-balanced " all-star cast ".

Retrospective reflection on the Mode 7 visuals has been mixed with IGN stating that the once revolutionary technology now looks " crude and flickery " while the Video Game Bible describes them as " beautiful " and adding to the game.

IGN ranked it as the 15th best game ever in 2005, describing it as " the original karting masterpiece " and as the 23rd best game ever in 2007, discussing its originality at time of release.

It ranks highly on IGN and EGM's " greatest games of all time " lists, and scored perfect scores in several video game publications.

In 2007, IGN included the Worms series in its list of game franchises that have jumped the shark.

Citing a lack of decent exclusives and an " astronomical asking price ", in 2009 video game website IGN chose the 3DO as its 22nd greatest video game console of all time, slightly higher than the Atari Jaguar but lower than its four other major competitors: the SNES ( 4th best ), the Sega Mega Drive ( 5th ), the Sony PlayStation ( 7th ), and the Sega Saturn ( 18th ).