Back when Digitally Downloaded ran a second website, Otaku Gaming, we reviewed a little Japan-only from Konami called New Love Plus. This was a 3DS sequel to a wildly popular DS game, and evidently the 3DS sequel was popular enough to justify a sequel, New Love Plus +. For the…
Read MoreMy time with Urban Trial Freestyle has left me with a sour taste in my mouth. I’m not sure if I’m supposed to have fun with it or it’s the work of a group of sadists that take great pleasure in leaving me frustrated. If there’s one game that resembles…
Read MoreGummy Bears Magical Medallion is clearly aimed at a younger audience, which is fitting for the younger 3DS gamers. As a cheap low budget title aimed at kids, it’s not terribly unexpected to find a few shortcomings scattered about, though it’s disappointing that the industry continues to expect children to…
Read MoreWhat do you get when you mix in a little bit of everything to a tactics strategy game? In the case of Project X Zone, what you get is moments of humorous dialogue sprinkled into a ridiculously thrown together story. And that makes for a fun game that is definitely…
Read MoreReally, we expect better from Keiji Inafune. The man is outspoken, but deeply creative, and his other recent games (Soul Sacrifice, Asura’s Wrath) are well worth playing. His upcoming Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z looks brilliant. What the heck happened with Bugs Vs. Tanks? I can only assume that some executives…
Read MoreA couple of generations of gaming ago, a few developers experimented with claymation and bringing the unique and hugely entertaining style of stop-motion gaming to gamers. Unfortunately, games like Clayfighter demonstrated some issues with this style of game – it just doesn’t work for action titles. However there was one…
Read MorePuyo Puyo is, in this writer’s mind, the only series capable of challenging the status of Tetris as the epitome of the puzzle genre. Unfortunately, the series is criminally absent beyond Japanese shores with several key entries in the franchise such as the 20th anniversary game being entirely omitted. Considering…
Read MoreWhen it rains, it pours. Just last week I was praising the release of one classic JRPG on the 3DS Virtual Console after ruing the lack of its peers on the service. Not one week later another classic Game Gear JRPG has hit the service. Defenders of Oasis might be…
Read MoreOld school platforming taken to into the modern age. If you remember the platformers of the NES and SNES, then you already know all about Mutant Mudds Deluxe (MMD). Tricky jumps and enemies that needed to be timed to get past or vanquish were staples of the genre (like they…
Read MoreIt has been quite a while since I sat back and tried a fishing title, but in years past I had spent plenty of time with games that ranged from almost tactical in the nature of their simulations, to almost arcade-like in their simplicity. What makes Big Bass Arcade: No…
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