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Tag: Nintendo Switch
Review: Save Me Mr Tako! (Switch)
A celebration of the Game Boy in glorious monochrome.
Review: SNK 40th Anniversary Collection (Switch)
To celebrate the company’s birthday, here’s a classy collection of SNK classics with beautifully polished presentation.
Review: TowerFall (Switch)
TowerFall makes it to the Switch with all of the content from the previous two games, as well as some cracking multiplayer options.
Review: The Banner Saga 3 (Switch)
The conclusion of Stoic’s Banner Saga is breathtaking – and also difficult to write about without dropping spoilers.
Review: Mini Metro (Switch)
A minimalist puzzle game that’s perfect for playing on the subway. Or bus. Or plane. Or train. Or…
Review: Cosmic Star Heroine (Switch)
This classic-style JRPG has an excellent battle system – and invites favourable comparisons with Chrono Trigger.
Review: Pato Box (Switch)
Yep, it’s a duck-based, film noir Punch-Out. Holy quack!
Review: Bomber Crew (Switch)
Don’t let its cutesy looks fool you – Bomber Crew is a hard-as-nails wartime experience.
Review: SpiritSphere DX (Switch)
It’s hockey crossed with Zelda and a dash of Street Fighter II – and it’s a lot of fun with a friend.
Review: The Banner Saga 2 (Switch)
The Banner Saga 2 improves on the battles of the previous game, but like the first one, it’s really all about the story.
Review: Pode (Switch)
Pode is a co-op Nintendo Switch game with a cutesy looks but fiendishly difficult puzzles. And you can hold hands. Awww.
Interview: Suda51 on Travis Strikes Again – No More Heroes
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.
Review: West of Loathing (Switch)
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.
Review: The Banner Saga (Switch)
Stoic’s beautifully written Nordic saga has finally found its way over to Switch, and the storytelling is as electric as ever.
Review: Super Chariot (Switch)
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.
Review: The Fall (Switch)
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.
Review: The Adventures of Elena Temple (Switch)
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.
State of Mind is a slick-looking low-poly thriller
State of Mind is a promising techno-thriller from point and click experts Daedalic Entertainment, with a distinctive low-poly look.
EGX Rezzed: first impressions
It’s halfway through day one, and the coffee has stopped working.