List by Brad L. Fire Emblem Warriors was recently released on both the Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo 3DS to what we thought was a very strong showing. Tecmo Koei and Nintendo’s partnership has also given us the absolutely delightful Hyrule Warriors games as well. We thought in the spirit…
Read MoreList by Matt S. It has been a really good week for visual novels, with both Chaos;Child and Bad Apple Wars launching in the one week. Indeed, it’s been a really good couple of years for the genre, as localisation outfits have come to realise that there is a market…
Read MoreList by Matt S. So we’ve had a week now with the SNES Mini, and while it’s a delightful nostalgia trip, we can’t help but be severely disappointed that there’s not more to it than the 21 games that are on the console. It’s not that there’s anything wrong with…
Read MoreList by Matt S. It’s Hatsune Miku’s birthday in six days! The world’s greatest virtual idol and superstar was first unleashed on the world by Crypton on August 31 ten years ago now, and she hasn’t looked back. As everyone that follows DDNet knows, I’m more than a little enamoured…
Read MoreList by Matt S. In just a few weeks Warriors All-Stars releases in the west. Koei Tecmo’s latest brawler is doing something very special; it’s pulling characters in from all the various Koei Tecmo franchises, making a game not unlike Smash Bros. in appeal; it’s a fanservice character mashup designed…
Read MoreList by Matt S. There was one of the semi-frequent Internet blow-ups late last week/ early this week, when a games journalist decided to write a review in which he states that fans of a certain game are perverts and perverse. Naturally that didn’t go down so well with aforementioned…
Read MoreList by Matt S. I’ve been really, really sick this week. Sick enough that if it wasn’t for the awesome efforts of the entire DDNet team, the website would have been all tumbleweeds this week. Now that I’m somewhat on the mend, I’ve been hit with a bit of a…
Read MoreList by Matt S. As a handheld console, the Nintendo Switch is effectively old man Ninty’s replacement to the 3DS. The great news is that as a handheld console, the Switch is superb, and that means, we hope, that many of the 3DS games that we loved will make their…
Read MoreList by Matt S. Remasters are a trend that one expects will last into perpetuity. For the consumer, they give them another chance to play through their favourite games, perhaps with better graphics or additional content. For the developer and publisher, it’s an additional opportunity to take earn some additional…
Read MoreList by Matt S. So, there we have it. Now the Nintendo Switch has been unveiled in full. We’ve got a release date, prices, the launch games, the works. You can catch a summary of the announcements here. Now it’s time to sit and think through what we saw on…
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