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Review: VA-11 HALL-A Cyberpunk Bartender Action (Switch)

May 2, 2019

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Review by Matt S. VA-11 HALL-A has been kicking around for a fair few years now, but for one reason or another I have never actually played it before. Finally, after a number of people have been badgering me to finally move it off the backlist, the Nintendo Switch release…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, May 2, 2019

May 1, 2019

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News by Lindsay M. and Matt S. 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…

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May 1, 2019

Cytus/Cytus Alpha/Nintendo Switch/Rayark/Reviews/rhythm game/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. Following on from Voez, and later Deemo, we finally have Cytus on our Nintendo Switches, and therefore all three rhythm game franchises from Taiwanese developer, Rayark. This is a supremely talented team of rhythm game developers, and with over 200 songs on Cytus Alpha, they have…

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May 1, 2019

Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy!/Features/Final Fantasy/Final Fantasy IX/Final Fantasy VII/Final Fantasy X/Final Fantasy X-2/Final Fantasy XII/Nintendo Switch/World of Final Fantasy

Article by Matt S. With Final Fantasy XII now released on Nintendo Switch, there is a lot of Square Enix goodness to enjoy on the console. A lot of it has come close to one another, too, and if you relatively new to the series, it might be difficult to…

Review: Giga Wrecker Alt (Nintendo Switch)

May 1, 2019

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Review by James T. You could be forgiven for believing that Japanese developer Game Freak is only responsible for bringing the world of Pokémon – the series it is best known for – to our games libraries. Since the company’s inception in 1989, more than fifty percent of its releases…

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April 30, 2019

News/PQube/Root Letter/Root Letter: Last Answer/trailer/Trailers/visual novel

News by Matt S. We recently reported that the Australian Classification Board had let slip that Root Letter: Last Answer was likely getting a western release. After all, you don’t go to the expense to get something classified in Australia unless you’re going to release it. Now, publisher PQube has…

People are getting ridiculous about spoilers, and it’s harming the conversation and criticism of art

April 30, 2019

Disney/Marvel/Opinion/Spoilers/The Avengers

Opinion by Matt S. You may have heard that a new Avengers movie was recently released. It’s apparently breaking all kinds of box office records and making Disney plenty of money, and based on the reviews and coverage of the movie, overall people are pretty positive on it. So, that’s…

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April 30, 2019

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It was a huge week for Persona news last week, so naturally that dominates the chat we had on the podcast! We also took the opportunity to chat on about Yoshi, given the recent new game and the fact we hadn’t had the chance to talk about that until now.…

Review: SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech (Nintendo Switch)

April 30, 2019

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Review by Matt S. Be careful what you wish for. The SteamWorld series, by developer Image & Form, has always offered stellar production values and tight, engaging gameplay, across the many genres that it has crossed over the years. There’s been a tower defence, two platformers, and a 2D XCom…

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April 29, 2019

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News by Matt S. The 3DS is well and truly a legacy console now. It’s still brilliant, of course, with hundreds of great games to play on it, but in terms of new stuff, there’s just not much left to look forward to. With one exception. The first Persona Q…

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