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Developed and Published By: Wayforward Technologies Categories: Run and Gun Release Date: 07.14.22 You’ve heard it, they were too busy asking whether or not they could combine spiders and dinosaurs to make food and not if they should….wait what? Yes,…
Continue readingDeveloped By: EXE-CREATE Published By: KEMCO Categories: RPG, Roguelike, Card Game Release Date: 07.07.22 Ok, so I need to quickly get this out of the way. I am absolutely stunned that KEMCO as a publisher is still trucking. I grew…
Continue readingDeveloped By: SpoonBOX Studio Published By: Eastasiasoft, Ratalaika Games Categories: Platformer Release Date: 08.24.22 Bouncy, bouncy, bouncy, bounce, bounce, bounce. Bounce to get gems, bounce away from obstacles, and bounce into keys, and bounce to the goal. In Kid Ball…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Digital Eclipse Published By: Konami Categories: Retro, Compilation, Beatemup, Fighter, Platformer Release Date: 08.30.22 Holy freakin’ moly! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga Collection is a release I never in a million years thought we’d get. Licensed games were…
Continue readingDeveloped By: vv-labo Published By: Phoenixx Categories: Competetive Release Date: 07.14.22 My first thought. Wow, this looks an awful lot like Part Time UFO, or one of those colorful sprite based games on the GBA. It’s not exactly an unfounded…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Fuz Games Published By: Graffiti Games Categories: Adventure, Bullet-Hell Release Date: 09.1.22 So you’re dead. Yeah…you shouldn’t be dead, right? Well, we gotta fix this! Or at least try, by going to town to town and dealing with…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Nosebleed Interactive Published By: Wired Productions Categories: Simulator, Retro Release Date: 08.11.22 Come back to the decades where arcades were lively, where you could do laundry and play some arcade games in the meanwhile. And hey, Arcade Paradise…
Continue readingDeveloped By: ILOVEMEDIA Published By: Cooking & Publishing Categories: Rhythm Release Date: 07.21.22 I feel at this point, rhythm games at their base standard can kind of blend in together. Hit the button in time with the music, you know…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Capcom Categories: Retro, Compilation, Fighter Release Date: 06.24.22 Oh my god, Red Earth finally has a console port after over twenty years. Oh yeah, there’s a bunch of Darkstalkers games too. Capcom Fighting Collection is the…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Code Mystics Published By: SNK Categories: Retro, Fighting Release Date: 08.03.22 You’ve played the arcade Mega Man games The Power Battle and The Power Fighters right? Either through Mega Man Anniversary Collection, Capcom Arcade Stadium or an obscure…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Capcom Categories: Retro, Compilation, Online Release Date: 07.21.22 Another year, another Capcom Arcade Stadium. This time, the Stadium is bigger and better. Much better. The 2nd Stadium I’ll admit, the first Arcade Stadium was a tad…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Ratalaika Games, Factor 5 Published By: ININ Games, Strictly Limited Games (Physical) Categories: Retro, Compilation, Shooter, Platformer Release Date: 07.28.22 Back in early 2021 I had reviewed Turrican Flashback, my first look into Ratalaika Games’ emulation efforts in…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Hanako Games Published By: Ratalaika Games Categories: Sim Release Date: 07.15.22 Alright, time to come clean. I played a lot of those stat based dating sims on Newgrounds back in the day. I’m willing to bet a lot…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Lowtek Games, Ratalaika Games Published By: Ratalaika Games Categories: Platformer, Puzzle, Retro Release Date: 07.01.22 Parasite Pack has got to be one of the grosses games I’ve ever played. A two pack of excellent ports from Ratalaika Games…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Molegato Published By: Top Hat Studios Categories: 3D Platformer Release Date: 08.03.22 Ok so. It’s not only a Frog…IT’S A GUN TOO. Our lead Renata is from a family of world famous archeologists, explorers, and inventors. She’s no…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Shinyuden, Ratalaika Games Published By: Ratalaika Games Categories: Retro, Platformer Release Date: 07.29.22 You’re out on a nice, peaceful walk with your girlfriend. Nothing better than that! A crime syndicate interrupts that good time though. Violently, they kidnap…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Wako Factory Published By: Hound Picked Games Categories: Beat’em Up Release Date: 06.01.22 I love beatemups and I love samurai. This must mean Samurai Riot is up my alley. Hey, the cute kickboxer is just a plus for…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Bitmap Bureau Published By: Numskull Games Categories: Beat ’em Up Release Date: 06.17.22 The folk at Bitmap Bureau have really made a name for themselves the past few years. Excellent sprites and a commitment, and I mean commitment…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Idea Factory, Compile Heart, Felistella Published By: Eastasiasoft Categories: RPG Release Date: 05.12.22 I’ve finally done it. I am playing an Idea Factory/Compile Heart game, and I am not proud of it. Though upon further research the development…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Retro Force Published By: Dear Villagers, Plug in Digital Categories: Platformer, Action, Adventure, Metroidvania Release Date: 06.02.22 You’ve been drifted away to another land, a land called Terragaya. While you were fighting before purely for the rush and…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Next Game Level / Mario Malagrino Published By: Ratalaika Games Categories: Shoot’em up. Release Date: 05.27.22 The first thing that came to mind when I saw REMOTE LIFE was it’s creepy atmosphere and look. The next was how…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Robson Paiva Published By: Top Hat Studios Categories: Horror, Adventure, Survival Release Date: 06.22.22 How do you properly describe a game like REDO!? On the page for it on the eShop, it’s labeled as a non-linear action RPG….
Continue readingDeveloped and Published by: Mc2games Categories: Adventure, Escape Room, Puzzle Release Date: 05.18.22 Another year, another Escape Room game, this time Regular Factory. In a…not so regular factory. This is the one game in the series that probably hits closest…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Sonic Team, Headcannon Published By: Sega Categories: Retro, Compilation, Platformer Release Date: 06.23.22 Oh boy, another port of Sonic 1 and 2 to current gen consoles. How many does the Switch have now? 4? Well, Sonic Origins does…
Continue readingDeveloped By: The Bworg Published By: Ratalaika Games Categories: Platformer Release Date: 06.03.22 Ten. Ten seconds. Can you last ten seconds? Everything is out to kill you, like some sick experiment, so I hope you can. If I had to…
Continue readingIn Time Loader, players assume the role of a plucky robot, tasked with finding and averting the events that led to its creator’s paralysis.
Continue readingDeveloped By: NatsumeAtari, Tengo Project Published By: Natsume, Strictly Limited Games Categories: Retro, Shooter, Adventure Release Date: 06.24.22 If you’ve played anything by NatsumeAtari, you should very well be excited for Pocky & Rocky Reshrined. The third in a series…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Zerouno Games Categories: Roguelike, Twinstick Shooter Release Date: 04.21.22 Metal Tales: Overkill makes me feel old. I’m sure everyone had that metal phase in high school, I know I did. Guitar Hero was super popular, Brutal…
Continue readingDeveloped By: HAL Laboratory Published By: Nintendo Categories: Platformer Release Date: 03.24.22 HAL Labs has finally done it. They’ve made a mainline Kirby game that has impressed me. The first time in over twenty years, since Crystal Shards on the…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Code Mystics Published By: SNK Categories: Retro, RPG Release Date: 05.25.22 Code Mystics is hitting it out of the park with these NeoGeo Pocket Color ports. We’re finally starting to get into the games that aren’t SNK’s big…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Rebellion Categories: Shooter, Co-Op Release Date: 04.26.22 They’re zombies…and they’re nazis! The greatest excuse to shoot something! Rebellion once again brings one of their fun third person shooters to Switch and it’s still a satisfying play….
Continue readingDeveloped By: Ratalaika Games Published By: ININ Games Categories: Platformer, Retro, Compilation Release Date: 06.03.22 Over the past few years, I’ve gone from really having no strong opinions or ambivalence to the work of Ratalaika Games to loving the work…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Pippin Games Published By: Eastasiasoft Categories: Adventure, Platformer Release Date: 03.16.22 Now they’ve gone and done it. They’ve taken away your husband Fernando! And you’re gonna stand for that! Go track down all of those sexy, alluring monstergirls…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Shady Corner Published By: Eastasiasoft Categories: Platformer, Rolling Release Date: 04.28.22 I don’t know what I expected, really. You have a game called Marble Maid and it’s published by Eastasiasoft. Of course it’s going to be a lewd…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Radin Games Published By: Flynn’s Arcade Categories: Retro, Arcade Release Date: 05.22.22 Galacticon from Radin Games and Flynn’s Arcade really lives up the name of the publisher. It feels like a classic arcade game and I am in…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Studio Saizensen, Success Published By: ININ Games, Strictly Limited Games Categories: Shoot’emUp Release Date: 05.20.22 I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. 2021 was a killer year for Cotton as a series. Not only was it…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Asteristic Game Studio Published By: Ratalaika Games Categories: Adventure Release Date: 04.29.22 What is Dandy & Randy DX you say? Well, it’s a top down adventure game with puzzles, treasure and some big bosses. So it’s like a…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Abrakam Entertainment Published By: Nacon Categories: RPG, Cards Release Date: 04.21.22 Roguebook. It’s a book…and it’s a card based roguelike led by the creator of Magic the Gathering, Richard Garfield! What isn’t to be intrigued by this? Ok,…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Fat Panda Games Published By: Ratalaika Games Categories: Platformer Release Date: 04.01.22 The menaces…they’ve changed this Flat Kingdom…they’re making it pop out and 3D! You need to stop them! You’ll need to make sure the six magical jewels…
Continue readingRobo Wars is a perfectly functional platforming 2D fighter, but unfortunately doesn’t offer much else.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Ironbird Creations Published By: All In Games Categories: Flying, Shooter Release Date: I really need to play more games that let you control fighter pilots. Especially old-timey ones. I am in love with Red Wings: American Aces. Ready…
Continue readingCat Café Manager for the Nintendo Switch is a comfy-cozy management sim about running a cat café in Caterwaul, a small town fallen on hard times.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Nighthouse Games Published By: Versus Evil Categories: Platformer Release Date: 04.14.22 Sockventure perhaps has one of the weakest first impressions I can think of in quite some time. But luckily, it’s not the impression you’ll be getting after…
Continue readingIf you’re ready for Monkey Island in space, you’re ready for Dexter Stardust: Adventures in Outer Space.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Hyperparadise Published By: Coatsink Categories: Skateboarding, relaxation Release Date: 03.14.22 There is no pretention with The Ramp. Get on your board, do some sick and maybe not so sick tricks and have at it. Flow with it all….
Continue readingDeveloped By: Redact Games Published By: aPriori Digital Categories: Photography Release Date: 02.10.22 Cellular Harvest really is an odd game isn’t it. A low poly, photography game. That is totally niche and totally my kind of game. I was super…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Hamster Published By: ININ Games Categories: Retro, Compilation Release Date: 04.14.22 Old School Taito arcade games. Taito Milestones has ten of them. Nuff said, lets dig in. First up, Qix. I am completely awful at Qix. The goal…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Berzerk Studio Published By: The Arcade Crew Categories: Platformer, Adventure Release Date: 02.14.22 Another retro inspired Metroidvania on Switch? Wait, this one is really cool. Infernax actually has a lot to stand out. Getting the big one out…
Continue readingDeveloper: You Run Ltd Publisher: Bonus Stage Publishing Genre: Action, Multiplayer, Party Released: 6th January 2022 Just deserts.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Serenity Forge Published By: Way Down Deep Categories: Narrative Release Date: 02.04.22 People really spend a lot of time infront of a screen, don’t they? A phone, a handheld, a TV, a computer. I’m not really saying this…
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