Rise and shrine. Note: This review is based on the Japanese release — the game launches in North America and Europe on 24th June 2022. Pocky & Rocky, a Super Nintendo top-down run-and-gun, was developer Natsume’s gold standard, fondly remembered for its taut arcade action, adventurous stage design, and beautiful visuals. Where Tengo Project’s Wild […]
Alex stirs the paint pot. After months of relative quiet, we finally found out when we would get to paint the town in Splatoon 3. On 9th September, the third entry in the ink-based shooter will be splatting onto the Switch. Before this, we’d only got a few glimpses of the Inklings and Octolings’ upcoming […]
Triangle Strategy misses top 10. The NPD results, which cover game sales in the US along with a lot of other data, are now emerging for March. Nintendo published or distributed two notable titles last month, and their results were mixed. Though the full public data isn’t due until 26th April, Axios writer Stephen Totilo […]
Another big company could be acquired. It feels like every single month there’s news of a new video game company acquisition. This year alone, we’ve seen Microsoft absorb Activision Blizzard, Sony buy former-Halo developer Bungie, Take-Two acquire the keys to Farmville developer, and Epic Games bring in Brazilian developer Aquiris. Now, there’s another major acquisition […]
Along with try-hard online play. When the Wii was launched alongside its iconic bundled game Wii Sports (apart from in Japan, where it was sold separately), trailers showed games of all ages and types getting off their butts and swinging a remote around. The Switch was able to recapture that a little in this generation, […]
They wanna be like Baloo. Upcoming free-to-play racer Disney Speedstorm has revealed a brand new character today and, given its choice, it looks like Disney thought Baloo needed a friend. Mowgli — the young protagonist from the 1967 animated feature The Jungle Book — will join his big bear friend on the racetrack when the […]
Game still ‘temporarily’ unavailable to download due to license issues. Hideo Kojima games not only feature the creator’s name a few hundred times, they’re also well known for being loaded with licensed content. This can be in the form of iconic music or even video clips to tie games into real history, a clever bit […]
The legacy of a lovely family game. Wii Sports has a heck of a legacy behind it. Packaged with the Wii console at launch, it’s the best-selling single-platform game of all time, as well as the fourth best-selling game ever, behind only Tetris, Gran Theft Auto V, and Minecraft. Wrap your head around that. It’s […]
No need to use the Force. It’s a familiar story with this week’s UK chart; LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is still sitting comfortably at the top, and given that it’s set records to become the biggest LEGO game launch ever, we’re not surprised. The Nintendo Switch version is also the best-selling version of […]
Approach this With Arms Wide Open. Hello, Nintendo fans, and welcome to a review of another Metroidvania. You’ll be thrilled to know that this one is good, and if you enjoy the Metroidvania genre, you’ll enjoy playing Blast Brigade. Alright, cheers. What?? You want more?!? Oh, god. Okay. It’s just that there are so many […]