PN Review: Kersploosh! (3DS)

5.3

Okay

Kersploosh! is a game that is simply about tossing a rock down a well.  The game’s style closely resembles a that of a tunnel style shooter but in Kersploosh! players simply guide a rock around various obstacles while falling down a … Read More

PN Review: Need For Speed: Most Wanted U

9.1

One of the Best NFS

Need For Speed is back and better than ever in Most Wanted for the Wii U.  Back in the day Need For Speed was all about racing fast cars and running from police.  As the Need For Speed franchise grew … Read More

PN Review: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (3DS)

9.1

Great

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate is a revamped version of Monster Hunter Tri for the Wii.  Ultimate is being released simultaneously on the Wii U and the 3DS, and the two versions are essentially identical and compatible with each other. … Read More

PN Review: LEGO City Undercover

8.9

Great

So I’ll admit it, I was super skeptical when Nintendo announced Lego City: Undercover. I thought to myself, “Oh no, they’re trying to pull off Grand Theft Auto: Lego Edition!” Then I popped it my beloved WiiU. … Read More

PN Review: NARUTO Powerful Shippuden (3DS)

7

Good

Based on the popular anime series ‘NARUTO Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals‘, NARUTO Powerful Shippuden for the 3DS combines ninja brawler with cutesy caricatures.  The anime series is notable for its portrayal of the main characters with their … Read More

PN Review: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow — Mirror of Fate

8.5

Great

The Castlevania franchise’s newest game, despite its unwieldy name, is pretty darn fun.   It’s simple, straightforward, and really cool.

Look:  If you’ve played Castlevania games before, you’ll be used to the creepy castle setting.  Although Mirror of Fate … Read More

PN Review: ATV Wild Ride 3D

Throughout the years, I have been given the opportunity to play the different evolutions of ATV: Wild Ride. The most recent version, which takes the game into the 3D realm, stands on its own.

Even though Wild Ride 3D is … Read More

PN Review: Mighty Switch Force: Hyper Drive Edition

9

Excellent

Mighty Switch Force: Hyper Drive Edition Review

Game-developer Way Forward has proved once again that it knows how to make a platformer, but shows that it knows it’s way around a puzzle.

Mighty Switch Force: Hyper Drive … Read More

Review: Interworks Controller Pro U

10

Awesome

What do you get when you combine: a Wii Remote, a SNES controller, a Classic Controller Pro and a Wii U Pro controller? I’ll tell you, the Interworks ‘Controller Pro U’.

This controller has all the bells and whistles. You … Read More

escapeVektor 3DS eShop review

8.5

Great

Are you ready to delve into a computer world? A world made up of vector style graphics, where a hacker named Vektor desperately needs your help to escape from the clutches of a maniacal CPU … Read More

PN Review: Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper

6

O.K.

Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper a re-release of the XBox 360 and PS3 title of the same name.  The latest port of the Tecmo-Koei franchise allows for simultaneous play on the T.V. and the Game Pad, as well as asynchronous play.

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PN Review: Chasing Aurora

Chasing Aurora is a small Wii U indie eShop title developed by Broken Rules, the same company that developed “And Yet It Moves” for the Wii.  Broken Rules stuck with a highly stylized design approach while developing … Read More

PN Review – Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

Rating

Another year, another Call of Duty game, but this time the game comes fully graphic to a Nintendo system.

I am not new to the COD series by a long toss of the grenade. To me, Call of Duty Black … Read More

PN Review: Trine 2 Director’s Cut

9.5

Just shy of Perfect

Trine 2: Director’s Cut is an action-platformer, puzzle game developed by Frozenbyte.  This is Frozenbyte’s first self-published game and includes the original game, the ‘Goblin Menace’ expansion, with enhanced controls that utilize the GamePad, and a Wii … Read More

PN Review: Nintendo Land

*NB: My schedule wasn’t compatible with my friends’, so I wasn’t able to pull them to look at the game’s multiplayer components, so was only able to review the minigames with single-player components.

Here I am … Read More

PN Review: New Super Mario Bros. U

Review comes from Nate PN VP/business development. 

Mario, Luigi and friends are sitting down for a nice cup of tea. Heard this story before? The one where Mario and company get thrown out of the castle and into mushroom … Read More

PN review: Rabbids Land

By J. Casalino, who thinks that SMB3 might just be the best game ever created.  Next to Metroid Prime. Or maybe one of the Zelda games.

Whenever I see a game with “The Perfect Party Game” or something similar printed … Read More

PN Review – Little Inferno

Little Inferno, developed by the Tomorrow Corporation, is one of few Wii U eShop titles available on launch day. From the trailer that I had seen before the launch of Little Inferno, the game looked pretty disturbing. What … Read More