Review by Matt S. It’s fun to be critical of Candy Crush Saga. After all, it’s the most casual of casual games, it has a sharply effective monetisation system, and the publisher of the game, King, isn’t the most popular in the world right now. But Candy Crush Saga is…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Turtle Tale tries its best to take advantage of all that the love that people have for retro gaming, and for the most part it succeeds as a title that would have been right at home on your NES a couple of decades or so ago.…
Read MoreReview by Chris I. I have fond memories of spending endless hours playing early home console first-person shooter (FPS) titles. We’re talking Doom, Wolfenstein and Quake, here – classic corridors, horrific monsters and ever more powerful guns to earn as you play. While the industry today has taken the genre…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Update: Following the controversy, Nintendo has issued a statement apologising in full for the way it handled this issue. The statement in full below: “We apologize for disappointing many people by failing to include same-sex relationships in Tomodachi Life. Unfortunately, it is not possible for us…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. After the complete disappointment of Camelot’s Mario Tennis Open on the Nintendo 3DS, it’s nice to see that the team has taken the criticism on board and addressed the main structural complaints for its second shot at a Mario Sports title on the console. Mario Golf:…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl, is effectively an introduction to the Wizardry-style dungeon crawler RPG. It feels weird to write that, because it’s not actually an easy or straightforward game, but that is exactly what this game is. As a remake of the first Etrian…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. One of my favourite board games growing up was Battleships. Sure, it is a game that is more about luck than anything else, but I still enjoyed the entire flow of the game. It was quick to set up, and matches generally did not take very…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Putty Squad has its heart in the right place, and it works hard to recreate the kind of retro charm that this game offered when it was first released as an obscure Super Nintendo game back in 1994. A lot has changed to the 2D platformer…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. To me, hidden object games are best enjoyed in company. There’s something compelling about huddling around a screen together trying to quickly spot a well-hidden object as a timer ticks down. A good hidden object game also features some adventure game elements in it too, with…
Read MoreNews by Shaan J. Capcom has recently announced that a new Ace Attorney game is under development for the Nintendo 3DS, though it isn’t a direct prequel or sequel to any of the other games in the series. According to Tiny Cartridge, the new game will take place at the…
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