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Saying goodbye to the Wii U – Part 4: THE FINAL FAREWELL

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This is it, old friend.

Lewis Packwood 3 March 2019 Features

Saying goodbye to the Wii U – Part 3: Pandora’s Tower

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Pandora’s Tower is an old Wii RPG I’ve been meaning to play for ages, and one of the many games in my Wii U backlog. And it turns out it’s great.

Lewis Packwood 26 September 2018 Features

Saying goodbye to the Wii U – Part 2: Darksiders Warmastered

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I’ve finished Darksiders Warmastered as part of my quest to finish all of my Wii U games. It’s great! Next up: Pandora’s Tower.

Lewis Packwood 21 September 2018 Features

Saying goodbye to the Wii U – Part 1

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Join me as I reminisce about Nintendo’s quirky, innovative and yet much maligned console.

Lewis Packwood 16 September 2018 Features

Review: Jotun: Valhalla Edition

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What a lovely looking game. It’s just so, so… lovely. BEAUTIFUL in fact. Not since I reviewed Child […]

Lewis Packwood 3 July 2017 Reviews

The Top Ten Wii U Games

Ed’s note: We’re proud to welcome Professor GreilMercs to The Manor, one of several new regular contributors. Check […]

ivgacademy 5 June 2017 Best-of Lists

Darksiders: Warmastered marks a last hurrah for the Wii U

Look what just arrived in the post! Sir Gaulian has been banging on about how good Darksiders is […]

Lewis Packwood 24 May 2017 Opinions

Review: Xenoblade Chronicles X

Let’s get this out of the way first: Xenoblade Chronicles X is big. Really big. Xenoblade Chronicles on […]

Lewis Packwood 22 May 2017 Reviews

Spiffing Reads: Geralt in Real Life, Trump vs Final Fantasy VII and Bye Bye Wii U

This week on Spiffing Reads, we start with a look at who Geralt is in real life… The […]

Lewis Packwood 4 February 2017 Spiffing Reads

Review: Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Nintendo’s Virtual Console policy continues to frustrate me. Certain titles are exclusive to the Wii U or 3DS, […]

Lewis Packwood 30 December 2016 Reviews

Spiffing Reads: Devil’s Third and Bye-Bye Wii U

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This week on Spiffing Reads, it’s (almost) all about the Wii U, long may it rest in peace. […]

Lewis Packwood 19 November 2016 Spiffing Reads

Review: Child of Light

My first impressions of Child of Light weren’t that great. I’d realised that week that I just don’t […]

Lewis Packwood 7 September 2016 Reviews

From The Armchair: Platformer Purge

After realising the other week that actually I don’t really like 2D platformers very much, no matter their […]

Lewis Packwood 5 July 2016 From The Armchair

Review: Project Zero: Maiden of Black Water

I miss the survival horror genre. Once upon a time, no console worth its salt would be seen […]

Lewis Packwood 11 December 2015 Reviews

The Project Zero 5 verdict: it’s good

After spending a few incredibly creepy hours with Project Zero: Maiden of Black Water for Wii U, I […]

Lewis Packwood 2 November 2015 Reviews

Project Zero: Maiden of Black Water has arrived!

So this turned up on my doorstep this morning. It’s quite strange to buy a Wii U game […]

Lewis Packwood 31 October 2015 Pulp

From The Armchair: Bring On The Scares

What-ho, chums! It’s been an inordinate amount of time since our last tete-a-tete, but you can blame this […]

Lewis Packwood 28 October 2015 From The Armchair

From The Armchair: Affordable Fun

What ho, chums! Well, what a wonderful week I’ve had. I downloaded Affordable Space Adventures for the Wii […]

Lewis Packwood 16 April 2015 From The Armchair

Review: Little Inferno

Little Inferno launched alongside the Wii U, but I only picked it up recently in a sale – […]

Lewis Packwood 31 March 2015 Reviews

The New Nintendo Direct (Or Christmas Part II)

I spent my lunch break yesterday happily watching the latest Nintendo Direct, rather like a Victorian child with […]

Lewis Packwood 16 January 2015 Opinions

The Black Sheep of the Assassin Family

I’ve been intrigued by the reviews of Assassin’s Creed: Rogue. Although it was brought out in the shadow […]

Lewis Packwood 4 January 2015 Reviews

From The Armchair: False Starts and Fires

What ho, chums! As we hurtle down the final furlong of the year, I for one will be […]

Lewis Packwood 24 December 2014 From The Armchair

Monster Hunter just keeps on giving

I bought Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate for the Wii U when it was released back in March 2013, […]

Lewis Packwood 7 November 2014 Reviews

Trine 2: Calamitous Cooperation

Trine 2: Director’s Cut was an impulse purchase on the weekend I received my Wii U, and it […]

Lewis Packwood 15 January 2014 Uncategorized

Rayman Legends puts the ‘form’ into platformer

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I don’t think I  have ever smiled and yelped with excitement as much as I did while playing Rayman […]

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Frustration and elation: The Wonderful 101

I finished The Wonderful 101 at the weekend, and I’m still not sure whether I enjoyed it or […]

Lewis Packwood 8 October 2013 Reviews

What Now For The Wii U?

Just in case it’s escaped your attention, the Wii U isn’t doing very well. Not very well at […]

Lewis Packwood 25 September 2013 Opinions

Pikmin 3: Simply Wonderful

It’s fair to say the Wii U hasn’t gotten off to the best of starts. I met a […]

Lewis Packwood 20 September 2013 Reviews

NBA 2K13 embodies the spirit of the Wii U, but comes with a trade-off

NBA 2K13 has single-handedly defined Nintendo’s newest console’s place in my life.  Sitting there playing through a basketball […]

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Darksiders II – Don’t be afraid of Death

Darksiders 2 (Wii U) Review – Darksiders II is the best video game of the generation.  It isn’t the […]

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A-Monster Hunting We Will Go…

Whereas Sir Gaulian is content to just get stuck into his sports games nowadays, I’ve been getting more […]

Lewis Packwood 30 March 2013 Opinions

Getting Chummy With The Nintendo Prez

Satoru Iwata is just so… so lovable, isn’t he? I watched the latest Nintendo Direct presentation last weekend, […]

Lewis Packwood 31 January 2013 Opinions

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