The 16-Bit RPGs That Still Outclass Modern Games
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The 16-Bit RPGs That Still Outclass Modern Games

Every few years I sit down with a modern blockbuster — some gorgeous, hundred-hour epic with a map the size of a…

admin · October 17, 2026 · 9 min read

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Fifteen years after its Japanese launch, Super Mario 3D Land is still the 3DS’s defining game: a 2D Mario brain in a 3D Mario body, the Tanooki’s grand return, eight secret Special Worlds, and the title that turned a struggling handheld around. Our retrospective review.

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