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Review: Rhythm Fighter (Nintendo Switch)

January 19, 2021

China/Indie/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/rhythm game/Roguelike/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. Rhythm Fighter suffers from excess. In trying to be so many mechanical and structural elments, and then backing it up with so much happening on screen at once, it loses any sense of balance that it might otherwise have had. While it’s a noble and even…

Review: Fantasy Tavern Sextet -Vol.2 Adventurer’s Days- (Nintendo Switch)

January 18, 2021

fanservice/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Switch Review/visual novel

Review by Matt S. There must be some kind of audience there for visual novel smut specialist, querate, on the Nintendo Switch. On the back of NinNinDays, TroubleDays and KukkoroDays, comes not one, but two Fantasy Tavern Sextet titles (with a third apparently on the way). I never did review…

Interesting games on itch.io: January 18

January 18, 2021

Art Game/Indie/itch/itch.io/list/Top 10/top 5

List by Matt S. I’m a big fan of itch.io for the freedom and open platform that it allows for developers to be creative, experimental, and directly canvas the audience for feedback for games that are not yet ready for primetime on Steam and its ilk. In addition, itch.io allows…

Persona 5 Strikers: Why I love this game

January 15, 2021

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Video by Matt S. Persona 5 Strikers is right around the corner now, and we’ve had the opportunity to get hands-on with the game. It. Is. Amazing. Right off the bat the game is the most brilliant mix of both Warriors and Persona and shows just how far Koei is…

That A-Train Switch game now has an English website too

January 15, 2021

A-Train/News

News by Matt S. It might be a relatively minor bit of news, but we’re going to stick with this, because A-Train is the best simulation series that almost no one knows about, and this is going to be a great opportunity to learn why the series is so good.…

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January 14, 2021

News/Nintendo/Nintendo Switch/Pokemon/release date/Release Dates/trailer

News by Matt S. The Nintendo Switch is off to a flying start in 2021, but one of the most exciting games of all is surely New Pokemon Snap. We have been waiting for a sequel to the Nintendo 64 fan favourite for many years now, and it’s finally happening.…

How good is Bravely Default II looking?

January 14, 2021

Braverly Default II/News/Nintendo/Nintendo Switch/Square Enix/trailer/Trailers

News by Matt S. We’re getting close to the hotly-anticipated release of Bravely Default II on Switch. It’s landing on February 26 worldwide, and Square Enix has released a new Japanese trailer for the game. The trailer highlights some of the locations of the beautifully exotic world, as well as…

What the games industry should learn from Cyberpunk 2077 is not the lesson that it will learn

January 14, 2021

Cyberpunk/Opinion

I think at this point the story of Cyberpunk 2077 is well-known and well-reported. It had a catastrophic launch on console that has done meaningful damage to the CD Projekt Red brand, and Sony even took the unprecedented step of removing the game from sale in its entirety at one…

We’re getting more Neptunia in March!

January 13, 2021

Idea Factory/JRPG/News/PC/PlayStation 4

News by Matt S. Idea Factory has unveiled the release date for its upcoming action JRPG Neptunia Virtual Stars. The game lands in North America on March 2 and Europe on March 5 for PlayStation 4, and a further Steam release will occur on March 29. Neptunia Virtual Stars is…

Review: Fatal Fury: First Contact (Nintendo Switch)

January 13, 2021

Fighting game/Nintendo Switch/Retro/Reviews/snk/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. Having never owned a Neo Geo Pocket Color, I have really appreciated SNK’s efforts to emulate a range of the classics and bring them to the Nintendo Switch. Fatal Fury: First Contact is the fifth in the series, following SNK Gals’ Fighters, Samurai Shodown! 2, King…

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