One of the neat little features that Nintendo has implemented into both its Wii U and 3DS consoles is a playtime recording app, that tracks which games you’ve been playing, and for how long. Nintendo probably implemented this so parents can make sure their kids aren’t spending too much time…
Read MoreOne of the many books I probably shouldn’t have read as a youngster, but did anyway, was One Thousand And One Nights. I was a big fan of Disney’s Aladdin, and when I head that Aladdin came from this book (along with a bunch of other stories), I went and…
Read MoreWayForward’s Shantae has been for many years a hidden gem for people to uncover. The original on the Game Boy Color was a title that ended up with limited distribution, and then the sequel was a release on the DSiWare platform (hardly a huge success) and then ported to iOS…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse is going to be something special. The Arabian-themed fantasy platformer franchise of Wayforward has, to date, been sadly underepresented. titles in the series have been limited-scale releases, or been made available on underwhelming platforms such as the DSiWare download service. But…
Read MoreEveryone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so each week we pull together a “top 10” list. These are here for fun and laughs – we’re not pretending that we’re the authority of good games taste in the world and this…
Read MoreShantae has a legend almost as powerful as the 1001 Arabian Nights that it draws inspiration from. The Game Boy Color game went through all kinds of development and then publisher hell and in the end the publisher, Capcom, was only able to shift copies to retailers by forcing them…
Read MoreWell, there we go: the iPad can do hardcore platformers well. Shantae has just proven that. While we’ve already seen the likes of Nyx Quest and Max and the Magic Marker make the move to the iPad nicely, those games were relatively simple as platform experiences go, with a minimum…
Read MoreWell, there we go: the iPad can do hardcore platformers well. Shantae has just proven that. While we’ve already seen the likes of Nyx Quest and Max and the Magic Marker make the move to the iPad nicely, those games were relatively simple as platform experiences go, with a minimum…
Read MoreWayForward are 2D gaming geniuses (just check out our review of BloodRayne for proof), so the fact they’re on board with iOS platforms can only be a good thing. Shantae on iOS has been optimised for the platform and the fact that virtual buttons are not as great as physical…
Read MoreWayForward are 2D gaming geniuses (just check out our review of BloodRayne for proof), so the fact they’re on board with iOS platforms can only be a good thing. Shantae on iOS has been optimised for the platform and the fact that virtual buttons are not as great as physical…
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