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Pandora’s Tower releases on the Wii U Virtual Console this week, and here’s why you should buy it

April 16, 2015

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I know that Xenoblade Chronicles is considered to be the pinacle of JRPGs on the Nintendo Wii, but if you ask me, as good as that game is, it’s not the best at all. Pandora’s Tower, released very late in the Wii’s life (and, if you’re in America, after the…

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April 15, 2015

Affordable Space Adventures/Indie/Nifflas/Nintendo Wii U/Puzzle Game/Reviews

Personally, I still feel that the games that have effectively use the Wii U gamepad are few and far between. Wii U games rely too much on the novelty of being able to push everything off one screen and onto another. Affordable Space Adventures, however, uses the gamepad to manage your…

Dead or Alive, Mortal Kombat, Sexualisation and Violence

April 15, 2015

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Mortal Kombat X has just released. It is really a very good game, as I highlighted in my review. It’s also incredibly violent. Mortal Kombat X is as excessively violent as Dead or Alive 5: Last Round, released a few short months ago, is excessively sexualised. What I have found…

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April 15, 2015

Android/DotEmu/iOS/iPad/News/Ys Chronicles

DotEmu is a very productive developer and publisher, and has been responsible for some really great games on mobile devices. Remember that mild addiction that all of us at Digitally Downloaded had to Heroes of Might & Magic 3 HD on the iPad at the start of the year? That…

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April 15, 2015

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Often in my dreams, I find myself running at high speeds and jumping impossible heights. Always from a first-person perspective, these so-called “free running” dreams of mine always leave me with this adrenaline rush that continues to flow throughout my body even long hours after I’ve woken up. Needless to…

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f 2nd swimwear DLC finally given a launch date

April 14, 2015

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SEGA’s kept us waiting. Way back at the release of Hastune Miku: Project Diva f 2nd the company promised that as part of its extensive DLC plans there would be swimwear for all the characters. Now, with the latest batch of upcoming DLC, that promise is finally being followed through.…

Review: Tower of Guns (Sony PlayStation 4)

April 14, 2015

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Within the first twenty seconds, small cute hugbots emitting pink love hearts float affectionately towards you. Peaceful and placid they just want to be your friend. But you, merciless to the extreme, aim and pull the trigger, scattering their parts into a hailstorm of loot. This then is the intent…

Review: Mortal Kombat X (Sony PlayStation 4)

April 14, 2015

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Cassie Cage, a new fighter in the Mortal Kombat ring and the daughter of Sonya Blade and Johnny Cage (surely Sonya could have done better for herself), has a move where she punches a guy between the legs so hard that his testicles explode. And Mortal Kombat X is kind…

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April 14, 2015

News/Square Enix/Star Ocean/Star Ocean 5

Once of Square Enix’s “lesser” franchises, Star Ocean has provided some truly epic experiences over the years. Mixing fantasy and sci-fi elements together, and focusing on a strategic action combat system, the series has developed a relatively small, but very dedicated following. Star Ocean 3: Til the End of Time…

Review: Blue Estate (PC)

April 14, 2015

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Blue Estate is an rails shooter much in the vein of the the House of the Dead series. It is also based on a comic by Viktor Kalvachev & Kosta Yanev. Now, I have never read the comics so I can’t say if this game stays true to the story…

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