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Nefarious Reviewed by Kieran Developer: StarBlade Publisher: Digerati Category: Platformer Release Date: 09.13.2018 Being bad never felt so good From left to right, occasionally up and down, the humble platformer is a tried and tested formula. To make people stand up and…
Continue readingDe Blob 2 Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Blitworks Publisher: THQ Nordic Category: Platformer Release Date: 08.28.2018 Colour me impressed De Blob 2 for Nintendo Switch arrives on the console over 7 years after it originally launched on Xbox 360 and PS3. Given…
Continue readingSigl – A fart for Melusina Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Sometimes You Publisher: Sometimes You Category: Action, Adventure, Platformer Release Date: 09.07.2018 Full of hot air When I initially started reviewing video games, not for one second did I believe that I…
Continue readingFlipping Death Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Zoink Publisher: Zoink Category: Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer Release Date: 08.21.2018 Flipping heck! From time to time a game comes along that makes you question your own mortality, your very existense. This isn’t that game. What it…
Continue readingTETRA’s Escape Nintendo Switch Developed By: ABX Games Published By: Ratalaika Games Category: Puzzle, Platformer Release Date: 8.10.18 From developer ABX Games and publisher Ratalaika Games comes TETRA’s Escape for the Nintendo Switch. It’s a game about using familiarly-shaped blocks…
Continue readingRoad to Ballhalla Nintendo Switch Developed By : Torched Hill Published By : tinyBuild Category : Puzzler, Platformer, Arcade Release Date : Aug 02, 2018 Of all the games that I’ve played in my life, I’d have to say that…
Continue readingGuns, Gore and Cannoli 2 Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Crazy Monkey Studios Publisher: Crazy Monkey Studios Category: Platformer, Arcade Release Date: 08.02.2018 Leave the gun, take the cannoli When I was a younger man, I had a real fondness for Gangster movies….
Continue readingSausage Sports Club Nintendo Switch Reviewed by Brett Publisher – Luckshot Games Developer – Luckshot Games Category – Platformer, Party, Sports, Adventure Release Date – July 19, 2018 Bendy neck animal pal party Sausage Sports Club published and developed by Luckshot…
Continue readingSemblance Nintendo Switch Developed By: Nyamakop Published By: Gambitious Category: Puzzle, Platformer, Adventure Release Date: 7.24.18 Semblance for the Nintendo Switch has gotten some press being the first game developed by a South African studio to hit a Nintendo system….
Continue readingCandle: The power of the flame Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Teku Studios Publisher: Merge Games Category: Adventure, Puzzle Release Date: 07.26.2018 Candle in the wind An example of how fractured this title is takes place in the very beginning moments. A…
Continue reading20XX Nintendo Switch Reviewed by Brett Publisher – Batterystaple, Fire Hose Games Developer – Batterystaple Games Music – Brandon Ellis Category – Action, Platformer, Multiplayer, Arcade Release Date – July 10, 2018 Mega 20XX 20XX from Batterystaple Games was in early access for…
Continue readingInside Nintendo Switch Reviewed by Brett Publisher – Playdead Developer – Playdead Music – Martin Stig Andersen Category – Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer Release Date – June 28, 2018 Beautiful on the Inside as well as the out Inside from Playdead is the follow up to…
Continue readingMiles & Kilo Nintendo Switch Developed By: Four Horses Published By: Four Horses Category: Platformer, Action, Arcade Release Date: 7.5.18 Out of UK developer Four Horses comes Miles & Kilo for the Nintendo Switch. It’s reminiscent of the oldest-school NES…
Continue readingRunbow Nintendo Switch Reviewed by Brett Publisher – Headup Games Developer – 13AM Games Category – Party, Action, Platformer, Runner Release Date – July 03, 2018 Color Switching Multiplayer Mayhem Runbow is a return to form for local an online multiplayer on…
Continue readingLimbo Nintendo Switch Reviewed by Brett Publisher – Playdead Developer – Playdead Music – Martin Stig Andersen Category – Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer Release Date – June 21, 2018 A Modern Masterpiece Eight years since its original release on Xbox live arcade and following…
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 readingDream Alone Nintendo Switch Reviewed by Brett Publisher – Fat Dog Games Developer – Warsaw Games Category – Platformer, Action, Arcade, Adventure Release Date – June 28, 2018 Limbos Little Brother Dream Alone by Warsaw Games and published by Fat Dog Games…
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 readingInk Nintendo Switch Developed By: kittehface/Spaceboy Published By: Digerati Category: Platformer, Arcade, Action, Puzzle Release Date: 6.19.18 From kittehface and Spaceboy Games comes Ink for the Nintendo Switch. It’s a well-designed puzzle-platformer with some interesting gameplay ideas but not enough…
Continue readingShift Quantum Nintendo Switch Reviewed by Brett Publisher – Red Panda Interactive Developer – Fishing Cactus Category – Puzzle, Platformer Music – Volkor X and Simon Felix Release Date – May 29 , 2018 A message From Axiom Vertigo Axon Vertigo, the world’s…
Continue readingYoku’s Island Express Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Villa Gorilla Publisher: Team 17 Digital Ltd Category: Puzzle, Adventure, Music Release Date: 05.29.2018 Yoku’s Island Express I recently cleared out some of my old toys from the attic of my parents house. Amongst…
Continue readingThe Fall Part 2: Unbound Nintendo Switch Developed By: Over The Moon Published By: Over The Moon Music By: Cameron Jarvis Category: Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Metroidvania Release Date: 2.13.18 The first part of The Fall trilogy was successfully funded on…
Continue readingBinaries Nintendo Switch Reviewed by Ricky Publisher – Ant Workshop Developer – Ant Workshop Category – Platformer, Puzzle, Arcade Release Date – Sept 28, 2017 Binaries for Nintendo Switch takes an interesting approach on the new subgenre of puzzle platformer where you control two…
Continue readingThe Fall Nintendo Switch Developed By: Over the Moon Published By: Over the Moon Category: Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle Release Date: 5.10.18 High-concept sidescrolling sci-fi point’n’click adventure? Where do I sign up? Like something straight out of Philip K. Dick…
Continue readingSuper Chariot Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Microïds Publisher: Microïds Category: Physics Platformer Release Date: 05.10.2018 The King Is Dead, Long Live The King Never have I seen such an example of video game schizophrenia than as what I experienced with this…
Continue readingA Robot Named Fight! Nintendo Switch Reviewed by Brett Publisher – Hitcents Developer – Matt Bitner Games Music – Matt Bitner Category – Action, Adventure, Platformer, Metroidvania Release Date – April 26, 2018 Do you have enough fight to beat the meat?…
Continue readingJohnny Turbo’s Arcade: Sly Spy Nintendo Switch Developed By: Flying Tiger Entertainment, Inc Published By: FTE Games Category: Action, Arcade, Platformer Release Date: 5.03.18 Freemium games are relatively new, but some of the concepts behind them aren’t. Giving games away…
Continue readingNihilumbra Reviewed by Kieran Developer: BeautiFun Games Publisher: BeautiFun Games Composer: Alvaro Lafuente Category: Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle Release Date: 05.03.2018 Often, as a reviewer, you get to play a game that you wouldn’t normally play. In practice, this may seem like a…
Continue readingCast of the Seven Godsends Nintendo Switch Developed By: Raven Travel Studios Published By: Merge Games Category: Action, Arcade, Platformer Release Date: 4.18.18 Growing up in the 16-bit era, the default game template was the action platformer. Yeah, we had…
Continue readingSave the Ninja Clan Nintendo Switch Developed By: Sometimes You Published By: Sometimes You Category: Puzzle Platformer Action Release Date: 4.27.2018 Save the Ninja Clan for Nintendo Switch is the story of one ninja’s unforgiving journey to save his clan….
Continue readingThe Adventure Pals Reviewed by Kieran Developer: Massive Monster Publisher: Armour Games Category: Platformer, Puzzle, Adventure, RPG Release Date: 04.03.2018 I knew that I loved this game the moment that Mr. Rock was jamming with his friend Cinnamon. Sorry, that’s Mr. Roll to you….
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…
Continue readingDevious Dungeon Nintendo Switch Developed By: Woblyware, Ravenous Games Published By: Ratalaika Games Category: Action Platformer RPG Release Date: 3.30.2018 I’m mostly a fan of games with a deep story and lots of character customization options; so, RPGs, mostly. I…
Continue readingDeep Ones Nintendo Switch Developed By: Sometimes You Published By: Sometimes You Category: Arcade Action Platformer Release Date: 4.11.2018 I’ve been playing a lot of games from publisher Sometimes You over the last few months, most of which are some…
Continue readingAlteric Nintendo Switch Developed By: Sometimes You Published By: Sometimes You Category: Puzzle Platformer Release Date: 3.30.2018 Indie puzzle platformer Alteric for Nintendo Switch is a stylish but fairly standard example of its genre. The object of the game is…
Continue readingShadow Bug Nintendo Switch Developed By: Muro Studios Published By: Muro Studios Category: Action Platformer Puzzle Release Date: 3.30.2018 Shadow Bug for Nintendo Switch is a charming puzzle platformer which allows the player to choose between touch- and motion-based controls….
Continue readingToki Tori Nintendo Switch Developed By: Two Tribes Published By: Two Tribes Publishing Category: Puzzle Platformer Release Date: 3.30.18 Toki Tori for the Nintendo Switch is a puzzle platformer from Two Tribes. The object of the game is to help…
Continue readingCastle of Heart Nintendo Switch Developed by: 7Levels Published by: 7Levels Category: Indie Action Platformer Release Date: March 23, 2018 Castle of Heart for Nintendo Switch is earning a reputation for being the “Dark Souls of platformers”, and with good reason….
Continue readingCeleste Nintendo Switch Developer: Matt Makes Games Publisher: Matt Makes Games Composer: Lena Raine Catagory: Platformer Release Date: 1.25.2018 A MAGIC MOUNTAIN Heavenly is the French meaning of the word ‘Celeste‘ and that is exactly what this game is; heavenly….
Continue readingThe Final Station Nintendo Switch Developer: Do My Best Games Publisher: tinyBuild Category: Action, Platformer Release Date: 02.23.2018 Crossroads To Oblivion The Final Station for Nintendo Switch shares a common theme that we are all used to by now, apocalyptic, end…
Continue readingFlinthook Nintendo Switch Developer: Tribute Games Publisher: Tribute Games Category: Action, Platformer, Adventure, Arcade Release Date: 03.09.2018 Have you ever wanted to be a bounty hunting ghost that inhabits the body of a space pirate? Oddly specific? YES! Everyone’s gotta have a fetish, right?…
Continue readingToki Tori 2+ Nintendo Switch Developer: Two Tribes Publisher: Two Tribes Category: Puzzle, Platformer Release Date: 02.28.2018 Toki Tori 2+ from Two Tribes is one of the latest additions to the growing library of puzzle platformers that have come over to the Nintendo Switch…
Continue readingTurtle Pop: Journey to Freedom Nintendo Switch Developed By : Zengami Published By : Digipen Game Studios Category : Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle Release Date : March 9, 2018 Rookie studio Zengami, out of SIngapore, looks to make a bit splash…
Continue readingTwin Robots: Ultimate Edition Nintendo Switch Developed By : Thinice Games Published By : Ratalaika Games Category : Puzzle, Platformer Release Date : Feb 23, 2018 Initially released a few years ago on the Playstation 4/Vita, Steam and the…
Continue readingAre you a fan of (n)indies titles on the Nintendo Switch? Do you wish some of those digital-only titles made their way to the physical format? Well are you in luck as a new player has entered the market to…
Continue readingTypoman Nintendo Switch Developed By : Brainseed Factory Published By : Wales Interactive Ltd. Category : Puzzle/Platformer Release Date : Feb 22, 2018 When the world needs hope, and is surrounded by a seemingly endless battle between good and evil,…
Continue readingSteamworld Dig Nintendo Switch Developer: Image and Form Publisher: Image and Form Category: Platformer, Action, Adventure, Puzzle Release Date: 02.01.2018 Steamworld Dig started to become a household name when it first released in 2013. When Steamworld Dig 2 came out, it solidified its…
Continue readingAeternoblade Nintendo Switch Developed By : Corecell Technology Published By : Corecell Technology Category : Action, Platformer Release Date : 02.01.2018 Most of the time, a game’s story is centralized around a character, or group of them. On occasion though, the…
Continue readingXeodrifter Nintendo Switch Developer: Atooi Publisher: Atooi Category: Platformer, Action, Adventure Release Date: 02.15.2018 Xeodrifter for Nintendo Switch is the latest in a string of phenomenal indie ports previously released on other systems. It is an excellent action platformer inspired heavily by Metroid, and…
Continue readingMercenary Kings Reloaded Edition Nintendo Switch Developer: Tribute Games Inc. Publisher: Tribute Games Category: Action, First Person, Platformer, Multiplayer Release Date: 02.06.2018 Mercenary Kings Reloaded Edition for Nintendo Switch is a non-linear action platformer with crafting elements that feels much more like Mega Man…
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