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Samurai Warriors has turned 18 this year! Why this series means so much to me

February 11, 2021

Article by Matt S. Today, Koei Tecmo Europe dropped a little tweet to celebrate the 18th anniversary of the Samurai Warriors series, along with a quote from the series producer, Hisashi Koinuma: “This year marks the 18 year anniversary of the SAMURAI WARRIORS series. With all that is going on…

Review: Grey Skies: A War of the Worlds Story (Nintendo Switch)

February 11, 2021

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Review by Matt S. Where do I even start with this pile of trash? There are just so many things wrong with it… oh, I know. Let’s start with the Christian thing, shall we? As a mood-setting exercise, Grey Skies: A War of the Worlds Story likes having you travel…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, February 11, 2021

February 10, 2021

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News by Lindsay M.Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. With each issue we will bring you the best news that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news anchor, Dee Dee)! Little…

Review: Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo Switch)

February 10, 2021

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Review by Matt S. Super Mario 3D World will be remembered as one of the better moments of Nintendo creativity, even in the context the long, storied and ridiculously prestigious history of its most visible mascot. Thankfully, what was once a Wii U exclusive has moved to a console that…

Nintendo announces the next SNES and NES titles for Switch

February 10, 2021

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News by Matt S.“Fans” are never going to be happy with Nintendo’s approach to retro games and the Nintendo Switch. It’s still locked at the NES and SNES, and we’re only getting a couple of new titles every other month or so. With that being said, the four games in…

And the next Idea Factory game to get a Switch port will be…

February 9, 2021

Dragon Star Varnir/Idea Factory/JRPG/News/Nintendo Switch

News by Matt S. Dragon Star Varnir! Thanks to the good folk at Famitsu, we now know that Idea Factory will be porting its Grimm-like fairy tale game about cute witches to the Switch in the Japanese spring. There’s no news about a western release of this, but given that…

Review: Persona 5 Strikers (Nintendo Switch)

February 9, 2021

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Review by Matt S. The defining quality of any of the titles in the Persona series is the characters. The turn-based combat is engaging enough, as is the dungeon crawling, but it’s the cast, their relationships, and the dramas – both hilarious and tragic – that really draws the player…

Bravely Default 2: Why I love this retro-themed JRPG

February 9, 2021

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Video by Matt S. I never thought we’d get a new Bravely Default game. I had just assumed that Square Enix was done with the mini-series after the 3DS titles, when those games were very much built as 3DS titles. And yet, here we are, playing a new Bravely Default…

On Final Fantasy X and its relationship to classical Gothic literature

February 9, 2021

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Game Theory by Matt S. Final Fantasy X turns 20 years old this year (yes, I do feel old now). Over that time it has been frequently re-released – originally exclusive to the PlayStation 2, you can now play it on your PlayStation 3, 4, Vita, Nintendo Switch, PC, and…

Introducing the start of what will be Dee Dee 2.0

February 9, 2021

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News by Matt S. We’re four full games in now, and the vision around the Dee Dee visual novels is starting to crystalise further. With each VN tackling a different theme and narrative angle, like performances of a play, we’ve been able to explore all kinds of interesting and different…

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