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![]() Dubious Honors: Most Disappointing Game on Game Boy Advance At GameSpot, we believe that each game must be considered on its own terms. When we evaluate a game, we set aside any preconceived notions about what that game is supposed to be or how good it should have been, and we review the game on its merits. However, sometimes it's impossible not to approach a particular game with a certain set of expectations--some games have such ambitious concepts or such good predecessors that you can't help but wonder whether they could have turned out differently. The following Game Boy Advance game disappointed us most of all this year:
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A number of classic 16-bit titles from both the Genesis and the SNES have been ported to the Game Boy Advance recently, so why not bring on the greatest ninja game ever, Revenge of Shinobi? Everyone at GameSpot thought that's what The Revenge of Shinobi was going to be before we finally saw it, but instead of the stylish, incredibly fun game that graced the Sega Genesis, the Game Boy Advance saw a lackluster new action game with disposable foes, plain graphics, and repetitive gameplay. It wouldn't have killed the developers to call the game Shinobi's All-New Adventure or something of the sort, so giving it a title so close to the title of the Genesis classic just seems dirty.
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