Impressions: DNF Duel is a flashy fighter with promise on Switch

Author: Bryan Finch
Categories: Switch

There’s a long and storied history of turning existing game franchises into competitive and exciting fighting games. The visual novel Tsukihime becomes Melty Blood, for instance. That tradition is alive and well with ArcSys’s latest, DNF Duel. Based on the long-running and massively popular Korean online beat-’em-up Dungeon Fighter Online,…

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Shadows Over Loathing brings eldritch silliness to Switch

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Switch

From the makers of Kingdom of Loathing and West of Loathing comes yet another goofy monochrome RPG that sends up genre tropes – featuring cosmic horrors, mobsters and monsters, and quite a bit of irreverence is Shadows Over Loathing (a play on Shadows Over Innsmouth), announced during yesterday’s Indie World…

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Bomb Rush Cyberfunk makes an Indie World appearance, sneaks in a release date

Categories: News, Switch

Today’s Indie World presentation covered various indie games – from upcoming releases to shadow dropped titles to DLC announcements. The Jet Set Radio Future-inspired title, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, appeared during the presentation’s highlight reel section. Yet, for eagle-eyed viewers, the snippet of footage wasn’t the only new thing shown off….

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Rift of the NecroDancer jams onto Nintendo Switch this year

Categories: Switch, News

Spotlighted during today’s Indie World presentation, Rift of the NecroDancer offers a sequel/spinoff to the beloved rhythm-roguelike hit Crypt of the NecroDancer, featuring protagonist Cadence navigating the modern world while bobbing along to more traditional rhythm game tracks – but don’t mistake this for pure convention, as you’ll have enemies…

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Review – Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: Switch, Retro, Reviews

The Final Fantasy franchise holds a special place in the hearts of gamers worldwide. What began as a passion project by a dedicated team of developers at SquareSoft in Japan has grown into a billion dollar franchise with 16 numbered entries and a plethora of spinoffs, ranging from kart racing…

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Indie World – April 2023

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Switch

Nintendo’s back to spotlight even more smaller titles over the course of a 20 minute Indie World presentation! You’ll be able to catch it live below starting at 9 a.m. PT today, April 19th.   We’ll be sure to bring you the biggest news as it comes in!  

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Pulseman, Flicky, more hit NSO’s Sega Genesis library

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Switch

Out of the blue Nintendo has dropped another update for Nintendo Switch Online’s Sega Genesis app, adding four more games to the service. Perhaps the biggest release this go-around is Pulseman, the Japan-only action platformer from Game Freak, before they struck it big with Pokémon. A few references to the…

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