About Kirk Hiner

I was so intrigued when I learned about Ratatan that I bought Patapon 1 + 2 Replay to prepare for it. That was a good idea, but although the games share some members on their development teams, they offer quite different experiences.
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I’m not sure what’s more difficult: inventing time travel or displaying it in fiction in a way that makes any sense at all. Neither has ever been done successfully, after all. But that didn’t stop the writers of STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT from trying, and their risk is our reward.
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Warrior Orochi 3: Hyper for the Wii U made me a permanent fan Musou games, but not enough to go backwards and try past releases. With Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered, KOEI TECMO has brought the past to me, and they did a solid job of it.
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Metaphor: ReFantazio arrives on Nintendo Switch 2 in less than a month, but there’s no need to wait that long to get started. Yesterday, ATLUS announced that a demo for the award-winning RPG is now available in the Nintendo eShop.
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Throughout my time playing it, Woodo felt less like a video game and more like an interactive picture book. You know how some books have activities like sticker placement and such? That’s the vibe Woodo gave off. And more power to it.
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The Switch 2 has brought many previously inaccessible games to Nintendo players. A fairly recent example of this is Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Complete Edition. And although it has its strengths, it also illustrates that not all games are ported equally.
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Playing Heave Ho 2 is akin to moving a sofa via the stairwell. But in this case, the whole point is to turn the frustration of getting from here to there into a co-op party game. Whether it succeeds depends upon the dependability of your fellow movers.
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In an age where retro gaming seems regulated solely to 8- and 16-bit technology, I applaud Aeternum Game Studios for not only trying something different with the LCD approach to Future Knight, but for succeeding…for the most part.
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Disgaea Mayhem is a hack-and-slash action RPG featuring the visual style, numerous game elements, and general vibe of the typically turn-based Disgaea series. In theory, it works. In practice, less so.
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Village In the Shade is a farming sim coming October 27th. The timing is appropriate, because whereas it looks to be a cozy game during the daytime, NIS America warns you may not want to check who’s knocking on your door at night.
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Are you ready to sit at the adult table? Because Brigandine Abyss has an open chair for you. And although you’ll be expected to carry yourself with the proper turn-based tactics etiquette, you’ll find the setting is more welcoming than it has been in the past.
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Four titles comprise BLUE REFLECTION: Quartet, three of which have never before been available on a Nintendo system. Fans at any level can now get a more expansive look at this emotional (mostly) JRPG series, but should they?
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You don’t get much guidance in Helix: Descent N Ascent, nor does it provide a lot of character interaction. What you do get is plenty of mystery, ambiguous puzzles, and some of the more interesting visuals I’ve seen in quite some time.
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In dystopian civilizations, people still have places to be, right? Thing is, do their destinations serve the state, and what are they taking with them? In Beholder: Conductor, it’s your job to discover these truths, then decide what to do with that information.
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Star Fox on Nintendo Switch 2 has received acclaim from critics and fans alike. Have you played it yet? The cover story of Pure Nintendo Magazine Issue 72 has a detailed review of the game, along with some beautiful screenshots and fun facts.
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Nintendo support for the Devil May Cry series has been patchy, as has my interest. Having now worked through Devil May Cry 5 Devil Hunter Edition, I can say with certainty that the latter is no longer an issue.
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70s-style Robot Anime Geppy-X is the type of game you have to share with your friends. Well, certain friends. It’s a game made specifically for those who get it, and in this case, the “it” is defined right there in the title.
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The Granblue Fantasy series dates back to a Japan-only 2014 mobile release. Yet, despite receiving an anime, manga, and various video game spinoffs, Relink – Endless Ragnarok is its Nintendo system debut. And what a debut it is.
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