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The Friday Ten: The ten best narratives to load onto your Nintendo Switch

April 24, 2020

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List by Matt S. With the Switch being on the market for a few years now, and having proven to be a darling with developers of all sizes, there are a lot of games on there. A lot. Thousands, in fact. And with that comes some great stories. People generally…

Review: Legends of Amberland (Nintendo Switch)

April 24, 2020

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Review by Matt S. Nostalgia is a tricky beast to deal with. Take a beloved game (or genre) and try and modernise it too far and it stops being a nostalgic experience at all, and as a retro-inspired thing falls flat. On the other hand, if things are kept too…

Doraemon Story of Seasons on PS4 has its western release date

April 23, 2020

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News by Matt S. Just yesterday we reported in our catch up coffee feature that Doraemon Story of Seasons was coming to PlayStation 4 in Japan. Now we have the western release date for the game too – it’s landing on September 4. If you didn’t play the Harvest Moon/Doraemon…

Announcing the next Dee Dee Visual Novel: Summer Loop!

April 23, 2020

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News by Matt S. Hello DDNet readers! I’ve got some exciting news to share. Today we’re announcing a new game in the My Time With Dee Dee series. Note, though, that this is not the next one I’m working on personally – work on that one continues to plug along,…

Nippon Ichi’s horror visual novel looks like a whole lot of art

April 23, 2020

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News by Matt S. We don’t have a western release just yet, but Nippon Ichi’s American arm, NISA, is pretty good at localising its stuff no matter how niche, so we do have high hopes that Yoru, Tomosu will get a spin in the west at some point. We really…

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April 23, 2020

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News by Matt S. Streaming is a great way to enjoy games with people, so, to help share the games that we love, we’re launching a weekly streaming schedule at DDNet where we’ll play some of our favourite games that you can come along and chat with us about as…

1979 Revolution developer will donate money from its new game, releasing next week, to COVID-19 relief

April 23, 2020

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News by Matt S. We’re all struggling a bit (or a lot) with COVID-19 right now. Even putting aside the nightmare number of deaths worldwide, many of us have lost our jobs, and those of us who have been lucky to hang on to them have found work to be…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, April 23, 2020

April 22, 2020

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News by Lindsay M., News Editor 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…

Trials Of Mana: Square Enix nails another remake

April 22, 2020

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Video by Matt S. Coming so soon after the remake of Final Fantasy VII remake (Square Enix really needs to pace things out better) the Trials of Mana remake is very different in tone… but no less spectacular. This is a really lovely game, rendered beautifully in the third dimension,…

Review: Trials of Mana (Sony PlayStation 4)

April 22, 2020

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Review by Matt S. After the crushing disappointment of that woeful Secret of Mana remake from 2018 (never forget, never forgive), I wasn’t interested in the remake of Trials of Mana on any level. For one thing, Trials of Mana hadn’t been released outside of Japan (officially) until 2019’s Collection…

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