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Nintendo’s last Mini Direct for the year was a cracker

October 28, 2020

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News by Matt S. Overnight (for we Australians) Nintendo published their last Mini Direct for the year, and it was a celebration of everything that made the Switch great. Both the western and Japanese Directs are worth watching (there are some different games in each), so watch them both below.…

Review: Pikmin 3 Deluxe (Nintendo Switch)

October 28, 2020

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Review by Matt S. Pikmin 3 Deluxe doesn’t do much over and above what it did on the Wii U, where it was initially released (and, indeed, was one of the early-era games by Nintendo on that console). To be entirely honest I’m actually going to plagiarise my own review…

Interesting games on itch.io: October 28

October 28, 2020

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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…

November 2020 Podcast: FOMO, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin and Aussie fan service!

October 28, 2020

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The next generation of consoles will be on us in just weeks, and this time around it’s a little different. With COVID-19 disrupting manufacturing and shipping, a lot of people are going to miss the first wave of this generation, so this week on the podcast we talk about the…

Developer Q & A: On resurrecting Brigandine for a modern audience

October 27, 2020

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Interview by Matt S. One of our favourite games of the year came out of nowhere. Happinet decided to revive Brigandine, a somewhat forgotten “classic” from the PlayStation 1 era for the modern audience. Sporting a new narrative and some truly gorgeous art, it greatly impressed us on its original…

Review: Transformers: Battlegrounds (Nintendo Switch)

October 27, 2020

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Review by Matt S. Transformers: Battlegrounds is one of the best things to happen to the property in years. That’s not entirely a glowing recommendation, since the Transformers property has been driven into the dirt thanks to those movies and games from publishers like Activision, so the bar has been…

Review: LUNA The Shadow Dust (Nintendo Switch)

October 26, 2020

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Review by Harvard L. LUNA The Shadow Dust bears more than a little similarity to one of my favourite games of all time, Gorogoa. The hand-drawn, colourful art styles and surreal, dreamlike narratives of both games are enchanting and memorable, which is why I thought I’d love LUNA just as…

Review: The Red Lantern (Nintendo Switch)

October 26, 2020

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Review by Matt S. The Red Lantern is exactly what is wrong with the content-first obsession that the game industry has. What could have been an immensely powerful, evocative, two-hour-long story of survival and finding truths about oneself via a trial by fire within one of the harshest environments humanity knows,…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, October 26, 2020

October 25, 2020

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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…

The Retroid Pocket 2: The new standard for retro game fans?

October 23, 2020

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Hardware review by Matt S. I’ve picked up a new hobby this year: retro emulation handhelds. It started out as something to keep me distracted through all the lockdowns and isolation this year, but has since become something that I’ve really enjoyed doing; purchasing these little devices (usually from China),…

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