About Kirk Hiner

Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society has little interest in whether you’re any good at it. Just when you think you’ve finally got its complexities sorted out, it’ll toss an OP enemy at you just to crush your spirit. So why did I have such an amazing time playing it?
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Using an impressive array of technology, Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge at Universal Studios Hollywood aims to approximate the thrill of participating in a real-world, physical Mario Kart race. Does it succeed?
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Super Nintendo World is now open, and we’re sure Mario (et al.) fans are having a grand time exploring the Mushroom Kingdom. We know this because Pure Nintendo was lucky enough to receive access to Media Day.
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The key to the success of Fire Emblem: Engage is not its “heroes of games past” hook, it’s the revitalized focus on combat and clever battle maps. Turn-based strategists who’ve felt disenfranchised by FE as of late should be thrilled.
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Wonderland Nights: White Rabbit’s Diary is a beautifully illustrated visual novel that centers around the politics of Wonderland. But as we’ve once been warned, “If you go chasing rabbits…you know you’re going to fall.”
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Yesterday’s Nintendo Direct didn’t include everything. Perhaps Nintendo were too scared to include the Japanese horror adventure FATAL FRAME: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse? KOEI TECMO America is not.
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Terror of Hemasaurus is satisfying. Specifically, “This game is really satisfying,” as stated by my son when we were about 15 minutes into our first session with it. If you ever felt the same about the arcade classic Rampage, you’ll want to check this out.
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Spitfire Interactive and Daedalic Entertainment have partnered to bring the superhero turn-based RPG, Capes, to consoles later this year. “Recruit, train, and deploy your team in order to take back the city from the villains that hold it hostage.”
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Onion Assault comes from Hörberg Productions, the developer that brought us Mechstermination Force and Gunman Clive. The game plays like Super Mario Bros. 2, but is it a worthy successor?
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The moment Nintendo added N64 library games to the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack, fans started asking for GoldenEye 007. Today, Nintendo answered.
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KOEI TECMO America posted on Twitter this morning that Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key is being pushed from its original February 24th release to March 24th, 2023.
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Children of Silentown is a point-and-click adventure/puzzle game published by Daedalic. They tend to bring us adventures with strong narratives, and that’s certainly the case here. There’s plenty more to like, too.
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By now, you’ve likely heard the accolades for Matthias Linda’s throwback JRPG, Chained Echoes. Believe every word of it. This is a fantastic game that succeeds at everything it sets out to accomplish.
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Romancing SaGa -Minstrel Song- Remastered provides JRPG fans yet another opportunity to learn from whence the genre came. I’m always wary of doing this, and Minstrel Song is a good example as to why.
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So kind of Nintendo to track how many hours we spend playing video games each year, isn’t? The games are fun to talk about, and even more fun to justify. So, here are the most played Nintendo Switch games of 2022 from some of the Pure Nintendo staffers.
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An action-adventure game featuring Nobunaga Oda? Go on. And sword-fighting skeletons? Go on! And a team of kunoichi who draw power by kissing each other? GO…kay.
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KOEI TECMO America has provided some more details on the locations players will be visiting throughout FATAL FRAME: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse. This one looks to be heaven for urban explorers…or hell, I guess, depending upon your perspective.
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Harvestella seeks to engage fans of both JRPGs and farming sims, but will the watered down approach turn away hardcore fans of either? All is revealed in our review, just one click away!
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