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Hooray for Rhythm Heaven Megamix

June 16, 2016

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News by Matt S. If you’ve never played a Rhythm Heaven game before, the upcoming Megamix will be the perfect opportunity to remedy that. A compilation of the best minigames from all the previous Rhythm Heaven titles, Megamix is promising a lot of gameplay for your buck. There’s 100 odd…

I suspect we will not be getting Genkai Tokki: Seven Pirates in the west

June 16, 2016

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News by Matt S. And for some non-E3 news for a change this week, Compile Heart has provided a new teaser trailer for a PlayStation Vita game that will never get released in the west. Ever. Genkai Tokki: Seven Pirates is a JRPG, and forms part of the same series…

Yo-Kai Watch 2. Can. Not. Wait.

June 16, 2016

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News by Matt S. Time to be really controversial here: I prefer Yo-Kai Watch to Pokemon. There, I said it. That’s not to suggest that I don’t like Pokemon, because I absolutely to, but Yo-Kai Watch has is far more in tune with the kind of Japanese culture and humour…

Review: Mirror’s Edge Catalyst (Microsoft Xbox One)

June 16, 2016

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Review by Nick H. The original Mirror’s Edge was an interesting experiment that was more interesting and promising than successful in its execution. To that end Mirror’s Edge Catalyst takes the foundation of the original and improves upon it in just about every way, but is still ultimately a title…

Ever Oasis is a surprise delight from Nintendo at E3

June 16, 2016

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News by Matt S. We really weren’t anticipating all that much from Nintendo at E3 this year. Yep, of course it was going to make a splash with Zelda, and there’s always interest in Pokemon, but we already knew about these games. And who actually needs to see Pokemon in…

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is one unique tactics game to watch

June 16, 2016

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News Matt S. Here’s a bit of news we missed when it was first unveiled, but caught up on at E3. Daedalic Entertainment announced Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun in March this year. This is a game with some serious potential; it’s a tactical strategy game coming to both…

Shantae is looking positively sexy in HD

June 15, 2016

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News by Matt S. We are big fans of Shantae here at DDNet. Wayforward’s pet franchise started out as a humble Game Boy Color title that was largely overlooked, then landed as digital downloads on Nintendo’s handheld consoles, before finally making its way to the big screen via ports to…

Review: Kirby: Planet Robobot (Nintendo 3DS)

June 15, 2016

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Review by Sam M. Kirby has never been that kind of platformer that I would normally gravitate towards to. Something about the pink puffball, who can so easily inhale enemies and steal their powers, seemed almost villainous to me. More seriously, something that always put me off Kirby was the…

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild promises to be Link’s biggest adventure yet

June 15, 2016

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News by Matt S. We knew that Nintendo would have a thin showing at E3 this year – the company admitted as much well before the show by confirming that it would not have the NX ready to show there. Related reading: Matt’s review of the excellent The Legend of…

Harvest Moon: Skytree Village is looking like good stuff

June 15, 2016

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News by Matt S. The Harvest Moon series has struggled a little of late. The iPhone release was good enough fun, but the last 3DS outing, The Lost Valley, which was heavily inspired by Minecraft, did not go down well at all. Meanwhile, Story of Seasons, a Harvest Moon game…

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