Review by Matt S. Nintendo realised the dreams of many of its fans when it released Super Mario Maker on the Nintendo Wii U last year. Offering players a comprehensive toolset to create entire levels just as the good folks at Nintendo itself do, the game was perhaps the greatest…
Read MoreRetro reflections by Matt S. In 1998, two years after realising that it was onto something big in Japan with a humble game called Pokemon, Nintendo and Game Freak unleashed their first monster collecting JRPG in the west, with little fanfare, and minimal expectations that it would succeed (over and…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. It’s no secret that the original Corpse Party is an older horror game. The latest entry in the franchise is a polished version of that release and retains the original’s overall aesthetics and mechanics. What’s fascinating is that, 20 years later, Corpse Party is still a…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. A sense of humour goes a long way in defining a game’s identity. In Paper Mario Color Splash, jokes paint new life into every scenario and character interaction, upping the ante of peculiar situations tenfold. The Paper Mario series has historically emphasised comedy, but the latest…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. There we go. We finally know something about the Nintendo NX, now formally titled “Switch.” Not nearly enough, and I’ll get on to that in a moment, but we know something. Finally. Related reading: A full run-down of the Switch trailer and news. What we do…
Read MoreNews by Clark A. Nintendo’s upcoming hardware project was first mentioned during March last year, but the information supply since then has been slim pickings to say the least. Naturally, hundreds of theories and so-called “leaks” flooded the internet in that announcement’s wake, but today we can finally put our…
Read MoreNews by Matthew C. Nintendo will formally reveal the Nintendo NX tomorrow, with a trailer due to be released at 1am AEDT / 7pm PT / 3pm BST / 11pm JST. This news comes by way of Nintendo’s various social media channels, with no other details given – as you’d…
Read MoreArticle by Harvard L. 2016 has been a spectacular year for games, with A-list releases in nearly every genre and lots of satisfied players rallying behind nearly every platform. So much so that it’s easy to feel a bit burnt out, considering the release schedule for late 2016 and early…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. For all its popularity in Japan (and it is really, really popular here – that 30th anniversary Dragon Quest art exhibition that recently ran in Japan was intensely busy), Dragon Quest has a checkered history in the west. Games have gone unlocalised. Other games have sold…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. This was not the game that Metroid fans were looking forward to. Metroid Prime: Federation Force is clearly a game that Nintendo had thrown together on the cheap in order to fill in a gap in the release library – both for the 3DS itself, and…
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