GamePro Issue 179

Contents

Head2Head (Letters)

Buyers Beware

ProNews: Sony announces the PlayStation Portable, Various press conferences’ before E3, Street Fighter comic books, GamePro Labs.

Cover Feature: Budokai 2: Electric Buu-Galoo – Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 (PS2)

Special Feature: Power Plays – Madden NFL 2004 (PS2, GameCube, Xbox)

Special Feature: Defying Expectations – Legacy of Kain: Defiance (PS2, Xbox)

E3 Showstoppers:

·         Half-Life 2 (Xbox, PC)

·         Halo 2 (Xbox)

·         Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2)

·         Call of Duty (PC)

·         EverQuest II (PC)

·         Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand (Game Boy Advance)

·         Counter-Strike (Xbox)

·         Deus Ex: Invisible War (Xbox, PC)

·         Sonic Heroes (PS2, GameCube, Xbox)

·         Ninja Gaiden (Xbox)

·         Thief 3 (Xbox, PC, released as Thief: Deadly Shadows)

·         Prince of Persia (PS2, GameCube, Xbox, released as Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time)

·         Whiplash (PS2, Xbox)

·         F-Zero GX (GameCube)

·         Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (PS2)

·         Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (GameCube)

·         Karaoke Revolution (PS2)

·         Mario Kart: Double Dash (GameCube)

·         Viewtiful Joe (GameCube)

·         Need for Speed Underground (PS2, GameCube, Xbox, Game Boy Advance)

Game Boy Advances ProReviews:

·         Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising (Game Boy Advance)

·         Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)

·         Sonic Pinball Party (Game Boy Advance)

Game Boy Advances Previews:

·         Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (Game Boy Advance)

·         Mega Man Zero 2 (Game Boy Advance)

·         Pokémon Pinball (Game Boy Advance)

·         Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand (Game Boy Advance)

·         Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Game Boy Advance)

·         Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs (Game Boy Advance)

·         Sonic Battle (Game Boy Advance)

·         Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (Game Boy Advance)

·         Sword of Mana (Game Boy Advance)

PC GamePro ProReviews:

·         Enter the Matrix

·         Rise of Nations

PC GamePro Previews:

·         Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided

·         Breed

·         Commandos 3: Destination Berlin

·         Battlecruiser Generations (released as Battlecruiser Millennium: Gold Edition)

·         Trinity (renamed to Trinity: The Shatter Effect, but never released)

Sneak Previews:

·         Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain (PS2)

·         Tony Hawk’s Underground (PS2, GameCube, Xbox)

·         Full Throttle: Hell on Wheels (PS2, Xbox, neither version released)

·         DDRMAX2: Dance Dance Revolution (PS2)

·         Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PS2, GameCube, Xbox)

·         Gradius V (PS2)

·         Steel Battalion: Line of Contact (Xbox)

·         Beyond Good & Evil (PS2, GameCube, Xbox)

·         Group S Challenge (Xbox)

·         The Hobbit (PS2, GameCube, Xbox)

·         Dino Crisis 3 (Xbox)

·         Gran Turismo 4 (PS2)

·         Armed and Dangerous (Xbox)

·         Sphinx & the Shadow of Set (PS2, GameCube, released as Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy)

·         Geist (GameCube)

·         Drakengard (PS2)

·         Mario Party 5 (GameCube)

·         Pikman 2 (GameCube)

·         Kirby Air Ride (GameCube)

·         Crash Nitro Kart (PS2, GameCube, Xbox)

·         Tre Crime: Streets of L.A. (PS2, Xbox)

·         The Suffering (PS2, GameCube, Xbox)

·         Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (PS2)

·         Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds (PS2, GameCube, Xbox)

·         Futurama (PS2, Xbox)

·         The Simpsons Hit & Run (PS2, GameCube, Xbox)

·         Lowrider (PS2)

PlaySmart

ProReviews:

·         Enter the Matrix (PS2)

·         Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Operation Resurrection (PS2)

·         Ape Escape 2 (PS2)

·         Hulk (PS2)

·         K-1 World Grand Prix (PS2)

·         Silent Line: Armored Core (PS2)

·         Enter the Matrix (Xbox)

·         Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (Xbox)

·         Speed Kings (Xbox)

·         Midnight Club II (Xbox)

·         Hulk (Xbox)

·         Enter the Matrix (GameCube)

·         Ultimate Muscle: Legends vs New Generation (GameCube)

·         Hulk (GameCube)

Sports Pages ProReview:

·         NCAA Football 2004 (PS2, GameCube, Xbox)

Sports Pages Previews:

·         NBA Live 2004 (PS2, GameCube, Xbox)

·         ESPN NBA Basketball (PS2, Xbox)

·         NASCAR Thunder 2004 (PS2, Xbox, PlayStation, PC)

·         NFL Fever 2004 (Xbox)

·         NHL 2004 (PS2, GameCube, Xbox)

·         ESPN NHL Hockey (PS2, Xbox)

·         Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (GameCube)

·         NFL GameDay 2004 (PS2, PlayStation)

Role-Player’s Realm:

·         Final Fantasy XI (PS2 preview)

·         X-Men Legends (PS2, GameCube, Xbox preview)

·         .hack//Outbreak Part 3 (PS2 preview)

·         Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel (PS2, Xbox preview)

·         True Fantasy Live Online (Xbox preview, never released)

·         Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (PS2 preview)

·         Arx Fatalis (Xbox preview)

Warioworld (GameCube) ProStrategy Guide

Code Vault:

·         NBA Street Vol. 2 (PS2)

·         Aggressive Inline (Game Boy Advance)

·         X2: Wolverine’s Revenge (Xbox)

·         NBA Street Vol. 2 (Xbox)

·         Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven (PS2)

·         NBA Street Vol. 2 (GameCube)

·         Midnight Club II (PS2)

·         X2: Wolverine’s Revenge (PS2)

·         Resident Evil 2 (GameCube)

·         X2: Wolverine’s Revenge (GameCube)

·         Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee (Xbox)

·         Guilty Gear X: Advance Edition (Game Boy Advance)

·         Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi’s Island (Game Boy Advance)

·         Dead to Rights (PS2)

·         Toxic Grind (Xbox)

·         Yu-G-Oh! Worldwide Edition (Game Boy Advance)

·         Scooby-Doo: Night of 100 Frights (GameCube)

·         Dead to Rights (GameCube)

·         WWE Crush Hour (PS2)

·         WWE Crush Hour (GameCube)

·         The Sims (Xbox)