News by Lindsay M.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 news anchor, Dee Dee)! Nintendo…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Every time Nintendo does a good thing the company seems obsessed with backing it up with something lousy. Just a week ago Nintendo ran what was arguably the best Nintendo Direct it had done yet, promising a truly astounding range of games over the next year…
Read MoreWarGroove, the independent-developed Advance Wars “clone” is the flavour of the week this week, so we chat about that. We also discuss the state of the Nintendo eShop (it ain’t great), and discuss one of the most over-used genre tropes – the roguelike. Gosh roguelikes are awesome when they’re at…
Read MoreMini-Games Madness Volume: #1 – Hello World! is one of those mini-game compilations. It turns on and it’s playable, but every other aspect is so banal and subdued you won’t want to touch it. Three of its four games can be summed up with following sentence: Copter is Flappy Bird,…
Read MoreIt’s a dress rehearsal; Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call demo available in the Nintendo eShop
News by Jedediah H. Take your places, everyone! With Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call coming out on September 16, Square Enix wants you to have the opportunity to rehearse for the big show with the demo that’s now available on the Nintendo eShop for the 3DS. The demo features two songs…
Read MoreReview by Chris I. For indie developers, the go to place for platforming titles as of late has been on Nintendo’s 3DS eShop. Titles such as Mutant Mudds and Gunman Clive have been of a consistently great quality, and the asking price has been low. It’s been a welcomed treat…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Story time, folks! Back when I was a young journalist money was tight to come by. Because young journalists don’t earn much money, see. Then one day I got an abscess in the mouth. Because dentists are expensive and because I was young and stupid I…
Read MoreEvery so often the games industry throws up an auteur – a true artist whose games are not necessarily understood, let alone liked. Like foreign films though, these auteurs find small, committed fan bases of people who appreciate what they are trying to do, even if they occasionally miss the…
Read MorePicross is a little like Sudoku – you can make it prettier and offer a fresh range of puzzles with each new release, but at the end of the day you’re still selling your customers the same old game. As it is with Picross E – a fine package with gorgeous…
Read MoreWhat? You heard this one already? That’s doubtful considering this is one of the stranger assortments of games to have appeared on the eShop in a while. The headline game this week is Speed X 3D, a futuristic racer where you careen through the deepest recesses of the final frontier, all…
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