When taking a look at where mainstream gaming got its start, one commonality makes itself apparent: the platformer genre. There’s been countless titles to use this formula over the years, and while many are still going strong in the modern day, many likewise have fallen to the wayside. There is…
During yesterday’s Pokémon Day festivities, a new trailer for the upcoming Nintendo Switch game Pokémon Legends: Z-A was showcased which gives us our best look at the game yet. After a year or so of silence, we now can see that Legends: Z-A isn’t deviating too much from what made…
Update: Nintendo of America and Nintendo or Europe have also confirmed it will be removing Super Soccer from the Nintendo Switch Online catalog on March 28th. In a rather surprising bit of news today, Nintendo of Japan has announced that one of the retro titles available through…
I’ll likely never forget the first time I played Persona 4 Golden, chipping away day-by-day on my PlayStation Vita over the August of 2012, forever entrenching it in my mind as a playable summer vacation. For the longest time I considered it the biggest and best reason to buy Sony’s…
Persona is a smash hit blockbuster nowadays, but it wasn’t always that way. Once a humble spinoff of the Shin Megami Tensei series, the first couple games were more conventional (if well regarded) RPGs – and then 2006 brought Persona 3, a title that catapulted the series into the spotlight….
Another Dragon Quest spinoff is about to make the Nintendo Switch its home, and this time around it’s starring everyone’s favorite thief from Dragon Quest XI, Erik, along with his sister Mia. Set in a time before the events of Dragon Quest XI, Dragon Quest Treasures starts with a young…
Author’s note: The following review was played on the PlayStation 5 version of the game which runs at 60 fps at 4K. The Nintendo Switch version of the game will target 30 fps at 720p. We’ll have a full breakdown of the Switch version of the game as soon as…
The Pokémon series has managed to deliver five distinct RPG adventures across three generations on the Switch. That’s more than any other system before it, all in under six years, with impressive sales numbers fueling each of them. Even if we discount the Ilca developed Gen IV remakes, you’d think…
In almost every genre, the most innovative and charming games come from indie developers. RPGs, metroidvanias, and basically everything that isn’t a AAA cinematic action adventure rpg crafting extravaganza is pushed forward by titles from smaller teams – except, perhaps, the humble farming/town simulator. The number of games trying to…
Oh Bayonetta 3, you long withheld delight. First announced all the way back in 2017, PlatinumGames’ return to their flagship franchise was well overdue. Busy as they were between then and now, the buttery smooth action and unrivaled tone of the series was sorely missed. And here we are at…
Sonic Frontiers is finally here, bringing the blue blur and a few friends into a fresh new take on the iconic franchise. The story sees Sonic, Tails, and Amy Rose venture to the Starfall Islands in search of the Chaos Emeralds, but run into trouble fairly quickly, and it’s up…
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle made a fantastic first impression back in 2017. Seeing Shigeru Miyamoto walk on stage with blaster, watching the games Creative Director Davide Soliani’s sincere emotions at the unveiling of his work, and then eventually playing through and reviewing the title made for quite the first…
The cries of millions of fans have finally been heard by Atlus, and Persona 5 Royal is finally making its way to the Nintendo Switch, allowing fans to steal hearts on the go. As the definitive edition of 2016/2017’s Persona 5, Persona 5 Royal has been heavily updated with quality…
This review was written with a pre-release copy of The End of YoRHa Edition. It was constructed after several hours of play of the Switch version preceded by the reviewer playing the PS4 version to completion some time ago. On occasion, one can get the sense that games considered “artful”…
The world of games criticism (and even casual discussion of the medium) is filled with “-likes.” Roguelikes, Soulslikes… we call Metroidvanias Metroidvanias because we had two examples to pick from instead of just one. Even first person shooters were once upon a time simply called “DOOM Clones.” The reasoning for…
