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Review: Romancing SaGa 3 (Nintendo Switch)

November 15, 2019

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Review by Matt S. The SaGa series has always been like Square Enix’s forgotten child. Between Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Mana and even the likes of Star Ocean, there hasn’t been the room for the more esoteric imagery and storytelling of SaGa to gain much traction, even though there are…

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November 15, 2019

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Video by Matt S. Square Enix released Romancing SaGa 3 in English for the very first time this week, allowing fans of classic JRPGs, who hadn’t relied on the fan translation, to catch up with one of the genre greats. In this video I take a look at Romancing SaGa…

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November 14, 2019

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News by Matt S. Planet Coaster, Frontier Development’s lauded theme park management simulator, is finally coming to console! Due on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in summer 2020 (that’s winter for those of us in the southern hemisphere), Planet Coaster on console will be the same full experience, end-to-end, that…

Review: New Super Lucky’s Tale (Nintendo Switch)

November 14, 2019

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Review by Harvard L. Playful Studios is a Microsoft-associated development team that in 2017 created Super Lucky’s Tale, a game which the Xbox One lineup sorely needed. It was a game which brought some refreshing diversity to an otherwise single-minded E3 presentation about guns and cars. Here was a colourful…

Review: Disney Tsum Tsum Festival (Nintendo Switch)

November 14, 2019

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Review by Matt S. Modern Disney is the dominant source of American entertainment, but its various pivots and acquisitions on the path to being the king of film and television content has left it a very pale shadow of the creative outfit it once was, when it was synonymous with…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, November 14, 2019

November 13, 2019

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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…

Review: Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy – Deluxe Edition (Nintendo Switch)

November 13, 2019

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Review by Matt S. My experience with Layton’s Mystery Journey was soured very early on, thanks to a “puzzle” that demonstrated that finally, after over a decade of offering a delectable blend of point-and-click adventure and puzzle book-style gameplay, the series was running out of steam. It picks up from…

A Japanese TV show you absolutely must watch: Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

November 13, 2019

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Television by Matt S. A second season to one of the best hidden gems on Netflix landed fairly recently. I missed that release, whenever it was (perhaps I was in Japan at the time), but after noticing that it was there a couple of nights ago, I’ve since binged the…

On the new Sonic trailer and why we need to stop “fixing” art

November 12, 2019

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Opinion by Matt S. A fair few months ago, a trailer for the upcoming Sonic film was released… and it looked terrible. So terrible, in fact, that the entire Internet seemed to blow up at the creators, who rapidly announced that they were going to go right back to the…

Review: Groove Coaster: Wai Wai Party! (Nintendo Switch)

November 12, 2019

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Review by Matt S. I do love my rhythm games. I also love my digital people – Hatsune Miku and IA and all the rest. Bringing together one of the best rhythm games in recent history (Groove Coaster) with my favourite digital people should have been a knock out of…

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