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You can almost hear Terra's Theme in the background in artist Carlos Villa's excellent reinterpretation of Final Fantasy VI's grand opening. Magitek Armored troops are about to enter the remote town of Narshe. Read more

Some Skyrim mods just break immersion completely. Read more

Metroid's Zero Suit Samus and Samus in her power armor, combined into one amazing fan-art by the talented Wen-JR. A wonderful tribute to the series! Read more

The leaf on Totoro's head seems a bit small when he's replaced with a REX from Metal Gear Solid. The iconic scene was reimagined by Dragunovi, and The Omega Nerd added a rain animation to it. Not sure if any bus would stop for these two. Read more

To celebrate the start of Game of Thrones' fourth season, DeviantART artist Betteo made an excellent stylization of the show's characters. Despite the minimalistic style you can still recognize all of them easily. Read more

Here's Pikachu conjuring a legit thunderstorm in the Wii U version of the next Super Smash Bros. As director Masahiro Sakurai put it, "Foes can dodge, of course, so the attack won't hit consistently, but when it does, it sure feels good!" Looking at the badass visuals, I can certainly believe that. Read more

I like modern houses in Minecraft. They give a good contrast to the fantasy setting, and motivate me to build something more complex than the tried and true crappy cubical wooden plank hut. The simple yet pleasant home above, by redditor KiltedCobra, is a prime example. Check out the Imgur album for more screenshots. Read more

This spectacular, Kirby-branded Game Boy Color would have been treasured by any self-respecting gamer of the nineties. The artist behind the custom handheld is French illustrator Oskunk—you can find more photos of his projects over at his blog. Read more

Here's Goat Simulator and some next-level ragdoll physics. The demonic Goat of Death is a lethal threat even when it's standing still. Read more

Here's one well-thought-out Diablo III fan piece by DevaintART artist 6kart, with Deckard Cain, Leah and Diablo himself in the background. After Diablo III's storyline, I don't think it was possible to care about Leah, but this changes things up. Read more

Wrestlers know they're in trouble when the Squirtle Squad, a group of Pokémon abandoned by their trainers, enter a professional wrestling tournament. The WWE 2k14 character generator has no limits. Read more

Here's an adorable reinterpretation of rampaging Nintendo characters from Smash Bros by the talented Paperbeatsscissors. If nothing else, this piece proves that Yoshi should finally join the battle in the new Super Smash Bros games for Wii U and 3DS. Read more

The Cuccos from The Legend of Zelda are making an appearance in Super Smash Bros Wii U, and in the picture above, Toon Link is in trouble if he's really about to hit one of them. You shouldn't bully them... they might hurt you. Read more

This has to be one of the most relaxing pieces of Pokémon fan-art. Inspired by 'Twitch plays Pokémon', mizudokei drew the main character and his Pokémon having a rest... somewhere around Pallet Town. But that's just my guess. Read more

Here's Dark Souls II with the chosen ones gathering around the bonfire, reimagined in glorious 16-bit by pixel-wizard Bandygrass. Pretty neat animation, and it reminds me of the superb character selection screen in Diablo II. Read more

Here's Fox Mccloud and Falco from Star Fox, reimagined by artist Oscar Römer in a somewhat realistic way. Speaking of which, a new Star Fox game with a similar design would be pretty cool. Read more

From lowly sprite in 1985, to fearsome beast in 2014. Above is concept art from Chaos Reborn, the reboot of 1985's Chaos: The Battle of Wizards, a turn-based strategy game for the ZX Spectrum. Creator Julian Gollop, who also worked on the original X-Com, recently launched a Kickstarter campaign for Chaos Reborn. Read more