Tamagotchi are one of those iconic things that you just hope hands around forever. The little devices that you pin to your backpack or carry around in your pocket for micro-distractions throughout the day are wholesome and charming. You’d be lucky if you spent more than five minutes with your…
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Yakuza 0 is in so many ways the finest game in a very fine series. The development team took full advantage of it as a prequel to not only tell the story of where series protagonist, Kiryu, and favourite frenemy/rival, Goro, got their start, but also capture a unique moment…
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The survival game genre has exploded in recent years, with countless options flooding the market. Most of these titles hyper-focus on crafting mechanics – a design trend that became ubiquitous after Minecraft’s success, shoehorned into games where it doesn’t always make sense. As someone who cherished the original Survival Kids…
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As I mentioned in my review of the Nintendo Switch 2 hardware, one of the most impressive features in the Switch 2 is the ability to use the right Joy-Con as a mouse pointer. I fully expected that to be a dinky, silly gimmick, but as it turns out, it’s…
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Mario Kart didn’t need to go open world. It was a much-vaunted feature of Mario Kart World leading up to its launch, and the moments where you’re dropped into the open world and left to just cruise around and complete little missions are, frankly, boring. Thankfully, everything else about the…
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NISA do like to be early supporters of Nintendo hardware, and the Switch 2 is no different. The company is dusting off Disgaea 7 to make it the first title of that series on the new hardware. Disgaea 7 first launched on PlayStation 4 and 5, as well as the…
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It’s incredible to think that Bravely Default: Flying Fairy is 13 years old at this point. It feels like it was just yesterday that it was turning heads as a new spin on the JRPG genre and a brilliant homage to Final Fantasy in particular (Flying Fairy as the subtitle…
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To put this review very simply: The Nintendo Switch is my favourite console of all time, and the Switch 2 is the sequel to that. You could argue that this is almost shockingly safe by Nintendo, given the whimsical direction that the company has taken with most of its modern…
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There are over 1,100 games registered to my Nintendo Switch account. When I was recently scrolling through them, I saw some titles that I don’t even remember playing, let alone buying. Overall, however, I’ve had so much joy from so many of those games that it would be hard for…
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The Pokémon Company has announced the launch details for Pokémon Legends: Z-A, which it describes as “a new frontier for the Pokémon video game series.” These details include the real-time RPG’s October release date, pre-order details, upgrade packs, cover art, and box shots. The cover art (above) features the game’s…
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