A MOST AGREEABLE PASTIME
Video Games, Victorian Style
Tag: Nintendo Switch
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“Wait, are we still in the game?”
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HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK
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Feather may very well be the ultimate chillout game.
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This shoot ’em up is an essential purchase if you own a Switch.
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It’s a mix of genetic implant pottery, psychological bartending and a great big dollop of conspiracy theory. Lovely.
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A compelling Metroidvania that’s also a love letter to the NES games of yore.
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A celebration of the Game Boy in glorious monochrome.
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To celebrate the company’s birthday, here’s a classy collection of SNK classics with beautifully polished presentation.
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TowerFall makes it to the Switch with all of the content from the previous two games, as well as some cracking multiplayer options.
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The conclusion of Stoic’s Banner Saga is breathtaking – and also difficult to write about without dropping spoilers.
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A minimalist puzzle game that’s perfect for playing on the subway. Or bus. Or plane. Or train. Or…
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This classic-style JRPG has an excellent battle system – and invites favourable comparisons with Chrono Trigger.
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Yep, it’s a duck-based, film noir Punch-Out. Holy quack!
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Don’t let its cutesy looks fool you – Bomber Crew is a hard-as-nails wartime experience.
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It’s hockey crossed with Zelda and a dash of Street Fighter II – and it’s a lot of fun with a friend.
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The Banner Saga 2 improves on the battles of the previous game, but like the first one, it’s really all about the story.
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Pode is a co-op Nintendo Switch game with a cutesy looks but fiendishly difficult puzzles. And you can hold hands. Awww.
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Superstar designer Suda51 told me all about Travis Strikes Again on Nintendo Switch, as well as remakes of Killer7 and Flower, Sun and Rain – and possibly Michigan: Report From Hell.
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Comedy stick-figure RPG West of Loathing has made its way over to Switch, with all the funny walks and googly-eyed horses intact. And it’s a absolute beaut.
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Stoic’s beautifully written Nordic saga has finally found its way over to Switch, and the storytelling is as electric as ever.
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The ghost of your dad is badgering you to lug his coffin to a suitable burial spot. Welcome to one of the Switch’s most unusual and brilliant platformers.
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The Fall has been out for a while, but this eerie tale of an AI spacesuit on a desperate quest to save its ailing occupant has now found its way to Nintendo Switch. And it’s still really good.
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The Adventures of Elena Temple painstakingly recreates the feel of playing a game from the 1980s on a Game Boy or Apple II – complete with blurry bedroom backgrounds. Welcome to the new nostalgia.
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State of Mind is a promising techno-thriller from point and click experts Daedalic Entertainment, with a distinctive low-poly look.
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It’s halfway through day one, and the coffee has stopped working.
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Who can resist the allure of becoming a gun-toting, hookshot-wielding space pirate? The Switch port of Flinthook might be the best yet, simply because you can take it with you everywhere.
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What if you could go back and change the past? Last Day of June is an intriguing game all about reclaiming a lost love, and fixing what went wrong.
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The Steam hit has crossed over to the Switch – and it’s lost none of it’s charm. Look out, the floor is lava!
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Don’t let the cutesy looks put you off – this game provides an ingenious challenge. And the Switch version has a few very welcome improvements.
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The Trail from Peter Molyneux’s company 22cans has crossed over onto Nintendo Switch. But it’s still a mobile phone game at heart.
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This week: the definitive ruling on whether it should be Black Ops IIII or IV, a massive mushroom beetle is found in No Man’s Sky, a man plays Nintendo Switch using a 1986 pocket TV, and where it all went wrong for Atari.
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A charming storybook adventure that’s sure to set heart strings a-twanging.
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