About Kirk Hiner

The House of the Dead is a game I played in much the same way that the Whopper is a burger I ate. It was there when no better options were available. Now I’m playing it again on the Nintendo Switch as The House of the Dead: Remake, and I pretty much feel the same way about it.
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Get on that work calendar and make sure you’ve claimed July 29th for PTO. That’s when Nintendo will release Xenoblade Chronicles 3, moved up two months from its initially anticipated September release.
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Did I neglect to post an upcoming Nintendo Switch release article last week? Yes, I did, and my apology video is forthcoming. I’m told that’s a thing these days. Until then, we’ve got two weeks of game announcements for you to add to your wishlist.
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TAITO Milestones provides a sugar shot of nostalgia with its diverse collection of ten ’80s arcade games. But considering that most of the included games are already available separately in the eShop, is this package worth the full investment?
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After a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign in 2020, the Suikoden “spiritual successor” Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes was delayed until 2023. It’s companion prequel, however, is now just a month away. Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising for Nintendo Switch is scheduled for release on May 10th, 2022.
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Well, here we are, and we’ve got no one but ourselves to blame. Despite all the advanced warnings, we’re down to the last cube. After this one’s gone, it’s nothing but cones and cylinders for the rest of our days. But this cube is not going gently into that good night.
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Should we include an April Fools’ Day prank here? Maybe announce a Metroid 4 release date? That’d be too obvious. Hey, how about a new Trauma Center game? Nah, too cruel. While we debate this internally, here are upcoming releases that aren’t April Fools’ jokes.
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Triangle Strategy’s story is complex, the characters are likable, and there’s plenty of variety in the combat missions and in the soldiers you’ll use to complete them. The game will keep you occupied for a long time if you let it. The story, longer.
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The list of upcoming and newly announced Switch games is a bit shorter than usual, but does that matter when one of the games is Kung Fury: Street Rage? Featuring Hackerman and Hasselhoff?
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I’m an old-school Fire Emblem fan, and it’s impossible not to see Fire Emblem in Dark Deity’s DNA. It has the best pacing and focus of any FE-style game since Shadow Dragon, but does it do more than just ride the coattails of its forebears?
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Yes, we’re a couple days late with this week’s roundup of upcoming releases for the Nintendo Switch. But the good is this means you’ll have to wait two days less for games about burger farms, vengeful hearts, and…MST3K? Yeah, kind of…
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Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure was released in 1993 by Williams. It doesn’t stack up with my favorite Williams machines, but it’s a good one, and Zen Studios has done their typically solid (state) job of bringing it to digital gamers.
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We honestly still don’t know what to call this column, but our indecision will not stop us from telling you when Bush Hockey League, Gal*Gun: Double Peace, Royal Frontier, and more newly announced games will be arriving on the Nintendo Switch.
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Square Enix announced yesterday that The DioField Chronicle—”an all-new strategy-RPG that immerses players in an epic tale of war and honor”—will be making its way to the Nintendo Switch later this year.
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Fancy some zombie pinball action? Co-op chops? Some fine wine? You can take care of that right away. Looking ahead, we now known when The House of the Dead and the Cat Cafe will open their doors to the public.
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I’ve never been much of a treasure hunter myself. I did once find a $20 bill on the floor at Record Town, but unlike with GAMEDIA’s Treasure Temples, I didn’t have to navigate crumbling ice blocks or fight off an octopus to retrieve it.
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Here I am, about to tout the virtues of another retro RPG. This one is called Rise of the Third Power, and it comes to us from Stegosoft. If you’ve enjoyed but are feeling somewhat burnt out on KEMCO’s library, you may want to turn Stegosoft’s way.
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Once you get past Monark’s visual presentation you’ll see quite a few cool elements hidden beneath the murk of this turn-based JRPG. And as you’d expect from a development team with Shin Megami Tensei and Persona backrounds, there’s plenty of style throughout.
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