Nintendo Reviews

I thought pretty much knew what I was getting into when I popped my copy of Ever Oasis into my 3DS. Cute sim games are fairly common now, and while I do enjoy them, they are generally unremarkable, though the addition of a battle system, reminiscent of Final Fantasy: Crystal

I feel like there are two types of sports games out in the market today: those that aim for the most realism in mechanics (like the Forza series), and those that focus on goofy fun. NBA Jam was one such title, bringing over-the-top basketball gameplay to arcades, with realistic physics

In an alternate universe, Mighty No. 9 was phenomenal. It shattered sales records, was showered with critical acclaim, and it became a franchise worthy of spinoffs and an anime series. Alas, the product that we got last year was disappointing at best and downright abysmal at worst. However, not wanting

It’s easy to draw comparisons between ARMS and Splatoon, Nintendo’s paintball shoot-‘em-up that debuted on Wii U in 2015. Both games represent major new first-party IPs – a rarity for Nintendo – featuring stylized visuals and gameplay that usurps their respective genre norms. But while Splatoon succeeded at presenting

Let’s get one thing straight: The first real rhythm violence game was Space Channel 5 because you had to shoot aliens to rescue civilians to the beat of music. In all seriousness, however, Drool’s Thumper is probably the subgenre’s codifier, with an innate sense of speed and

Whenever someone mentions “fighting games,” as a genre, there is always a franchise my mind goes to first: Street Fighter, the longest-lasting and oldest fighting game franchise. Thanks to Capcom’s Street Fighter II, fighting games became a worldwide hit and followed in the steps of what many consider to

The Wii U is dead, long live the Wii U. While the 3DS is still alive and kicking, a lot of well-established series on the handheld are saying their goodbyes and migrating to “that newfangled Switch machine.” Likewise, it seems that Office Create and Rising Star Games’ Cooking Mama franchise

Punch a tree. Make some tools. Dig a hole. Every new playthrough of Minecraft begins as such, and though numerous changes and additions have come over the years, the core gameplay will always come from mining and crafting. That being said, this most recent version does bring enough new changes