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2004 in video games
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<p>2004 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as <i><a href="/facts/Madden_NFL_2005/jXtT3fwE">Madden NFL 2005</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/NBA_Live_2005/WKgs3gw5">NBA Live 2005</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/ESPN_NBA_2K5/sNTa3ATE">ESPN NBA 2K5</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Tony_Hawk%2527s_Underground_2/61Tz3XoX">Tony Hawk's Underground 2</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/WWE_Smackdown!_vs._Raw/Xygwj1Sm">WWE Smackdown! vs. Raw</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Doom_3/np3bfurA">Doom 3</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Dragon_Quest_VIII/KSEjXzBb">Dragon Quest VIII</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Gran_Turismo_4/jWMeRHV7">Gran Turismo 4</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Grand_Theft_Auto%3a_San_Andreas/u3TQEBAB">Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Half-Life_2/Ge9wJwK3">Half-Life 2</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Halo_2/Ie3k22lQ">Halo 2</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Metal_Gear_Solid_3%3a_Snake_Eater/dGRDByFz">Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Myst_IV%3a_Revelation/DImIDfPq">Myst IV: Revelation</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Ninja_Gaiden_(2004_video_game)/KkDPGwYh">Ninja Gaiden</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Pok%25C3%25A9mon_FireRed_and_LeafGreen/IuC0kqFj">Pokémon FireRed/LeafGreen</a>/<a href="/facts/Pok%25C3%25A9mon_Emerald/CXGoNehx">Emerald</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Everybody%2527s_Golf_4/1Fv8voKu">Everybody's Golf 4</a></i> (<i>Hot Shots Golf Fore!</i>), <i><a href="/facts/Prince_of_Persia%3a_Warrior_Within/P1Xhk8yy">Prince of Persia: Warrior Within</a></i>, and <i><a href="/facts/World_of_Warcraft/GnBM9XmK">World of Warcraft</a></i>. New <a href="/facts/Intellectual_property/PqHW9mVP">intellectual properties</a> included <i><a href="/facts/Fable_(2004_video_game)/Udmk9Rzp">Fable</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Far_Cry/k7AnV25Q">Far Cry</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/FlatOut_(video_game)/LblJRqrw">FlatOut</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Killzone_(video_game)/jloJjjIs">Killzone</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Katamari_Damacy/5qwxFMNp">Katamari Damacy</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Monster_Hunter_(video_game)/dblyy9xU">Monster Hunter</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/N_(video_game)/AnCQSxEC">N</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Red_Dead_Revolver/zHschKog">Red Dead Revolver</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/SingStar/c7V7KDnD">SingStar</a></i>, and <i><a href="/facts/Sacred_(video_game)/xzJXmVdE">Sacred</a></i>. The <a href="/facts/Nintendo_DS/4uVHPrnp">Nintendo DS</a> was also launched that year, the first major console of the <a href="/facts/Seventh_generation_of_video_game_consoles/GqDzTFmr">seventh generation</a>. </p><p>The year has been retrospectively considered one of the best and most influential in <a href="/facts/Video_game_history/JaEYMLCy">video game history</a> due to the release of numerous critically acclaimed, commercially successful and influential titles across all platforms and <a href="/facts/Video_game_genres/yHpBg0aK">genres</a> at the time. The year's best-selling video game was <i>Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas</i>. The year's most critically acclaimed titles were <i>Dragon Quest VIII</i> and <i>Gran Turismo 4</i> in Japan, and <i>Half-Life 2</i> and <i>San Andreas</i> in the West. </p>