PAX West 2018 Fifty-Game Frenzy: Day 5

Categories: Switch

Welcome back to the PAX West Fifty-Game Frenzy, where I run down a grand total of 50 Switch games I played at PAX and you can decide which ones pique your interest! Last time we talked about Nicalis’ offerings alongside Sega’s racer and an indie classic. This time we’ll be…

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Nintendo Switch Online service to launch September 18th

Categories: News, Switch

Nintendo has announced its long-awaited Nintendo Switch Online service will launch next week on September 18th. The official page for the service lists its capabilities, like online play, 20 NES games with online capabilities, save data cloud backup, special offers, and the Nintendo Switch Online app. Nintendo Switch owners will…

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Nintendo Direct officially set for September 13

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, 3DS, Switch

After a week’s delay and a rumor or two, Nintendo has officially announced that the September 6th Nintendo Direct will be airing tomorrow, September 13th, at 3 p.m. PDT.   It is also confirmed that the Direct will be approximately 35 minutes long, the same length it was before the…

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Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD heading to Nintendo Switch

Categories: Switch, News

The HD remaster of 2005’s Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath will be coming to Nintendo Switch, publisher Oddworld Inhabitants announced in a tweet.   Surprise! We thought #videogamesday is a good time to announce that pretty soon, Nintendo Switch is going to get a whole lot… Stranger @NintendoUK pic.twitter.com/w6oaE49x8n — Oddworld (@OddworldInc)…

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Even more SEGA AGES games announced

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Switch

Despite the launch of Sega’s new classic game initiative on Switch being delayed a few weeks, the company isn’t slowing down with its plans for Sega Ages, with this week’s issue of Famitsu confirming four more games. These will include Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Columns II, Thunder Force AC and…

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Visual novel Occultic;Nine heading to Switch in Japan

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Switch

Visual novel developer 5pb.’s “Science Adventure” series contains some of the most well regarded examples of the genre, with the time travel adventure of Steins;Gate in particular being beloved for almost a full decade now. That game’s updated Elite port has been confirmed for Switch for a while, but the…

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Pikmin’s Main Theme marches into Smash Ultimate

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: News, Switch

In listening to all these Smash Ultimate songs, most have been exciting mixes that try something really out there. This one though, this one grows atop the foundation and manages to capture the feel of Pikmin in a perfect way.     The Main Theme of the first Pikmin always…

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Last Week in Smash: A hero, a king, and a missing day

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: News, Switch

Ever since its full E3 2018 reveal, Nintendo has been supplying daily updates to the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate website. Fighter spotlights, Assist Trophies, Pokémon, new music, and more are all being shown off to get you ready for the biggest crossover around! Let’s have a look at what Nintendo…

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PAX West 2018 Fifty-Game Frenzy: Day 4

Categories: Switch

Welcome back to the PAX West Fifty-Game Frenzy, where I run down a grand total of 50 Switch games I played at PAX and you can decide which ones pique your interest! Last time we concentrated in on publisher Ysbryd Games and a couple other odds ‘n’ ends, and this…

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Review: Hyper Light Drifter – Special Edition

Categories: Reviews, Switch

Real talk. I like my vidja games ‘gamey’. Not the ‘strong flavor’ kind associated with eating tainted meat. I’m talking the quarter pumping, joystick grinding kind. The kind that pushes one’s reflexes to their limits and hands towards carpal tunnel. Story, character development, graphics (heck, even grammar) can all take…

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