Review – NEO: The World Ends with You

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: Switch, Reviews

Touch controls were everywhere on the Nintendo DS, but no one made them work like Square Enix. Don’t get me wrong, you could find other good, even great touch based games from other developers. But SE managed to craft an urban fantasy RPG that embraced not just the stylus but…

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Review – Samurai Warriors 5

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: Switch, Reviews

Koei Tecmo and Omega Force haven’t exactly been shy about putting its Warriors (AKA Musou) games on the Nintendo Switch over the past few years. Whether you want to cut down moblins, slimes, or iconic figures of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, you’re well catered for. But what if…

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Review – Eldest Souls

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: Switch, Reviews

I’m going to get the obvious out of the way now – Eldest Souls is (openly, proudly) inspired by Dark Souls and other games of its well-worn cloth. FromSoftware’s work has had a notable and lasting impact across gaming but rather than some mechanics or a memetic comparison, Eldest aims…

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Review – The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

Categories: Switch, Reviews

Game translation (“localization,” if you’re nasty) is an often unsung profession. No matter how well-received or lauded the writing of a game is, praise is often (deservedly) heaped at the feet of the original author, while those who actually translated it for a different audience are (undeservedly) ignored. The only…

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Review – Cotton Reboot!

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: Switch, Reviews

Cotton Reboot! updates and aims to improve upon 1991’s Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams. It does so most apparently by updating the visuals throughout, with new sprite work and effects soaring across the screen as you play through its seven stages. This arranged mode is the main attraction of the reboot,…

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Review – Legend of Mana

Categories: Switch, Reviews

Legend of Mana was not a game I’d ever really heard a word about. I knew of it – the series had to continue somewhere after the SNES era – but people didn’t speak of it like they spoke of its predecessors. Secret of Mana was the 16-bit era action…

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Review – Mario Golf: Super Rush

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: Switch, Reviews

About three years ago Nintendo and Camelot doubled up for the Switch’s first Mario sports title. Mario Tennis Aces enhanced the core gameplay of that series, giving it meter management and more techniques to master for even the most ardent athletes. It may’ve been held back in some ways, but…

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Review – Ys IX: Monstrum Nox

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: Reviews, Switch

The red haired hero Adol Christin has adventured back onto the Nintendo Switch with a port of Ys IX: Monstrum Nox, the latest entry in Falcom’s long-running Japanese action RPG series, but this time around he’s got a new ‘do and his adventuring has been somewhat… restricted. Breaking outta Balduq…

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Review – Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: Switch, Reviews

When you regularly experience different games and stories, becoming somewhat set in your ways is unavoidable. You know what you like, you know what you don’t; and if you’re like me you sometimes actively push back against the memetic spread of hype when something out of your usual tastes starts…

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