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Developed 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: Taito (Original G DARIUS and Sagaia), M2 (G DARIUS HD and Sagaia port), Pyramid (DARIUSBURST Another Chronicle EX+) Published By: Taito (Japan), Strictly Limited (West) Categories: Retro, Compilation, Shmup Release Date: 02.25.21 (Japanese release) I love the Darius…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Light Brick Studio Published By: LEGO System Categories: Adventure, Puzzle Release Date: 06.22.21 Leave it to a Lego game of all things to have an emotional journey with a father and son. But here we are with Lego…
Continue readingDeveloped By: The Game Bakers Categories: Adventure, RPG Release Date: 02.04.21 A couple, away from it all, hiding from those who search to tear them apart and force them to live a selected life. Soon their ship, their home is…
Continue readingThe beat-em-up formula has been pretty well set for a few years. You’ve got one or two attack buttons that you use to set up combos, you can jump, and, most importantly, dive kick. Shing! sets out to shake that formula up a little bit by introducing a novel way to pull of combos.
Continue readingPlay a meta-chess game with death by choosing a team of reapers, where dying is not merely game over but also a strategy to grow stronger.
Continue readingWork with Raposa as “the Creator” using the character you design to discover what mysterious constructs are causing two worlds so much trouble.
Continue readingDeveloper and Publisher: Skunkape Games Categories: Adveture Release Date: 12.2.20 Since my childhood I’ve been a fan of Sam and Max, the cartoon being the main culprit. Though I never did play the original games, I did play the Telltale…
Continue readingDeveloped By: MrCiastkuPublished By: No Gravity GamesCategory: Shooter, HorrorRelease Date: 03.09.2020 If you’ve ever wanted to explore an abandoned FPS server kept online years after its expiration date, then you’re in luck. Connection Haunted grants you access to this forgotten…
Continue readingDeveloped By: WayForward Categories: Adventure, Metroidvania Composer: Jake “Virt” Kaufman Release Date: 10.15.20 Almost exactly ten years ago, Shantae: Risky’s Revenge, a game long in development was released for DSiWare, which at the time was Wayforward’s only feasible way to…
Continue readingRollercoaster Tycoon 3 comes to the Nintendo Switch remaster and complete with the Soaked! and Wild! expansions.
Continue readingThe Tokyo Game Show is always good for a cheeky shmup announcement or two and with this year’s – all-digital – edition taking place from the 24th-27th of September, it seemed odds on that we’d have a pretty solid month…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Code WakersPublished By: Armor GamesCategory: Shooter, Action, ArcadeRelease Date: 12.05.2020 Jet Lancer demonstrates from its opening moments that humans were always meant to fly. With a flashy presentation of stylish visuals and a catchy, energetic soundtrack this arcade…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Retrific Categories: Shooter, Roguelike Release Date: 07.16.20 It’s sometimes tough to decipher if a game is challenging, or downright unfair and hard. Challenging games always feel like you can learn something to get further and further in, while…
Continue readingWhat new releases did March throw up in the world of shmups on Switch? Find out here!
Continue readingA new year, a new you, and some new shmups eager to stop you fulfilling your promise to get yourself to the gym.
Continue readingRoundup of all the news and releases from the world of shmups on Nintendo Switch in the month of December.
Continue readingPokemon: SwordNintendo Switch Developed by: Game FreakPublished by: NintendoCategory: Adventure, RPG Release Date: Nov 15, 2019 Over the more than two decades that Pokémon has been gracing us with its presence, the series has seen a lot of changes. We’ve…
Continue readingCall of Cthulhu Developed By: Cyanide SA / Saber InteractivePublished By: Focus Home InteractiveCategory: Horror-Adventure / DetectiveRelease Date: 10.08.2019 Call of Cthulhu is a horror-adventure detective title from Cyanide SA that has you trying to decipher the fate of a…
Continue readingGames like Contra that relied on being brutally hard to keep kids pumping quarters into them have fallen by the wayside. There are still difficult games, certainly, but those arcade quarter gobblers have sort of disappeared. Valfaris upgrades that classic formula but makes it modern for today’s sensibilities.
Continue readingHow do you get to know someone? Usually, you’ll start by introducing yourself in some way. Exchanging names and going from there. What if you woke up in bed with someone, unable to remember anything at all about where you are, who you’re with, or what happened the previous night? That’s the premise of One Night Stand, a visual novel by Kinmoku.
Continue readingFreedom Finger Developed and Published By: Wide Right InteractiveCategory: Side Scrolling ShooterRelease Date: 09.27.2019 Nintendo has always been a family first company. Since their foundation, they’ve appealed to a broader audience by way of kid friendly titles instead of the…
Continue readingAtomic Heist Developed and Published By: Live AliensCategory: Roguelike ShooterRelease Date: 09.13.2019 Whenever a developer comes forward naming a specific genre early in the description of their game, it sets the tone for what’s to come. That is, a player…
Continue readingVasara Collection – Nintendo SwitchDeveloped By: QUByte InteractivePublished By: QUByte InteractiveCategory: Arcade Shoot’em UpRelease Date: August 15, 2019 As part of the avengers #porteverythingtoswitch initiative, we have seen all kinds of gems appearing from gaming’s back catalogue on Nintendo Switch….
Continue readingThe Sinking City Developed by: FrogwaresPublished by: FrogwaresCategory: Action AdventureRelease date: 09/12/2019 I’ve come to Oakmont to find a cure for these visions I’ve been having. I’m told there’s a man, Mr. Throgmorton, who can help me get to the bottom…
Continue readingMorphies Law: Remorphed Developed by: Cosmoscope GmbHPublished by: Cosmoscope GmbHCategory: multiplayer shooterRelease Date: July 30, 2019 There has been an explosion of multiplayer shooters in the games space in the last five years or so as production and the ability…
Continue readingMekaboltNintendo Switch Developed By: SomepxPublished By: Ratalaika GamesCategory: Puzzle, PlatformerRelease Date: 08/23/2019 A futuristic theme park has lost control of its main attractions and they must be stopped before they hurt someone. No, I’m not talking about Jurassic Park. I’m referring to Mekabolt, made…
Continue readingDeveloped By : Petite Games Published By : Ratalaika Games Category : Arcade, Action, Shooter Release Date : July 12, 2019 During my history of reviewing games, I indeed discovered that Ratalaika Games publish short but interesting games. Bouncy Bullets…
Continue readingSuper Mutant Alien Assault Nintendo Switch Reviewed By: Tyler Higgs Developed By: Cybernate Published By: Fellow Traveller Category:, Action, Rogue-lite Release Date: July 12, 2019 Alone in space with some of the last remaining humans in the world you a…
Continue readingScrap – Nintendo SwitchDeveloped By: Woodland GamesPublished By: Ultimate GamesCategory: ArcadeRelease Date: June 21, 2019 Nintendo Switch has become a haven for ports of mobile games. Being able to suspend your progress at any time on Switch makes it easy…
Continue readingParadox SoulNintendo Switch Developed By: Ritual GamesPublished By: GrabTheGamesPublished By: Category: MetroidvaniaRelease Date: Jul 05, 2019 Metroidvanias have been popping up all over the place for the past year and a half or so, and they show no signs of…
Continue readingAkane – Nintendo SwitchDeveloped By: Ludic StudiosPublished By: QubicGamesCategory: Top-down arcade slasherRelease Date: May 17, 2019 A Traditional mechanic to balance for game developers has always been game difficulty. During the height of the arcade game scene in the early…
Continue readingOVERWHELM Nintendo Switch Reviewed By: Tyler Higgs Developed By: Ruari O’Sullivan Published By: Alliance Category: Action, Horror, Platformer Release Date: April 4, 2019 The thought of being anxious and on your seat while playing video games is definitely something that’s…
Continue readingSkyhill Nintendo Swith Reviewed by Tyler Higgs Developed By: Mandragora Published By: Klabater Category: Adventure, Role Playing Release Date: February 26, 2019 100 floors up, and it’s a long way to the bottom. Skyhill takes place inside a huge hotel…
Continue readingNew Year, New Games! The calendar rolled over, and that means we have a whole new year’s worth of games ahead of us! By the time 2020 rolls around, there will have been hundreds of new games to fill our…
Continue reading99Vidas Definitive Edition Nintendo Switch Developed By: QUByte InteractivePublished By: QUByte InteractiveCategory: Arcade, Action, Multiplayer, FightingRelease Date: 11.27.18 Double Dragon. Streets of Rage. Scott Pilgrim. Beat-em-ups are a staple of gaming history and it’s fans are more than willing to…
Continue readingMoonlighter Nintendo Switch Developed By: Digital Sun Published By: 11 Bit Studios Category: Action, Adventure, Role-Playing, Simulation Release Date: 11.5.18 One of my favorite cult games of all time is Reccetear, a small Japanese game about a young girl and…
Continue readingThe Walking Vegetables : Radical Edition Nintendo Switch Developed By : StillRunning Published By : Merge Games Category : Action, Arcade, Twin-Stick Shooter Release Date : Nov 8, 2018 The last year or so has taught me just how much…
Continue readingAIXMEET Reviewed by Kieran Nice to Aixmeet you Have you ever longed for a little more protection for your Nintendo Switch? Finding all the current options to be rather samey? Well fret no more. Aixmeet is here and offers something…
Continue readingThe Escapists: Complete Collection Nintendo Switch Developed By: Mouldy Toof Studios Published By: Team17 Digital, Ltd Category: Role-Playing, Simulation, Puzzle Release Date: 9.25.18 Do you like TV shows like Prison Break and Oz but wish they had more in common…
Continue readingFrost Nintendo Switch Developed By: Studio Tenebres/Stage Clear Studios Published By: Digerati Category: Card Game, Strategy, Adventure, Survival Release Date: 7.19.18 I poured hours and hours of my childhood into Oregon Trail. Perhaps that’s why I love survival strategy games…
Continue readingGrave Danger Nintendo Switch What do you do when everyone in the world wants you dead and alive? You clear your name of course! That’s what you’ll find yourself doing in Grave Danger on the Nintendo Switch. Dante is a…
Continue readingSurvive! Mr. Cube Nintendo Switch In this rogue-lite adventure, Survive! Mr. Cube on the Nintendo Switch tells the story of Mr. Kobe. He leads a normal, non-eventful life and is set to marry the woman he loves. One night, at…
Continue readingHollow Knight Nintendo Switch Typically, in the world of gaming, getting lost in a game can either mean something very good, or very bad. The game can be so incredible that you’ll just absorb every pixel before you and feel…
Continue readingOvercooked 2 Frying its way to Nintendo Switch OVERCOOKED 2 IS BEING PREPARED! RETURN TO THE ONION KINGDOM FOR ALL-NEW COOKING CHAOS ON AUGUST 7th Team17 and Ghost Town Games has announced Overcooked 2, the sequel to the award-winning chaotic…
Continue readingGalak Z Variant S blasts onto Nintendo Switch About The Game From developer 17-BIT and GungHo Online Entertainment America comes the next chapter in the GALAK-Z Universe. Both GALAK-Z: Variant S and GALAK-Z: Variant Mobile deliver a brand new, one-of-a-kind,…
Continue readingSaturday Morning RPG Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Mighty Rabbit Studios, Inc. Publisher: Limited Run Games Category: Episodic RPG Release Date: 04.26.2018 5 Hours Time Difference? More Like 5 Years… For the purpose of this review, I’d just like to state that I…
Continue readingSuper Mario Odyssey Nintendo Switch Developed By : Nintendo Published By : Nintendo Category : Action, Platformer Release Date : Oct 27, 2017 It’s been half a year since our favorite plumber has made his solo-story debut on Nintendo’s newest…
Continue readingTesla vs Lovecraft Nintendo Switch Publisher – 10tons Developer – 10tons Ltd Category – Arcade, Action Release Date – 03.16.2018 Tesla-coil Twin Stick Shooter Let me start off by saying i really love a good twin stick shooter. To me…
Continue readingWhere Are My Friends? Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Sometimes You Publisher: Sometimes You Category: Jack of all trades Release Date: 04.25.2018 After playing through Where Are My Friends? I found myself asking, where are my friends? Seriously, I really wanted to have a proper conversation with…
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