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The medieval setting of Black Legend is not a happy place to be. Unlike most turn-based RGPs available for the Switch, there’s not a lot of color. There are no opulent outfits with which to play dress-up. There are no melodramatic teenagers. But is that a positive or a negative?
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Bravely Default II is a prime example of a development team at the top of its game. The map exploration and turn-based combat are as tight and fluid as any JRPG I’ve played on the Nintendo Switch, but a couple problems on the periphery prevent it from being as great as it could have been.
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Have you ever watched an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and gotten angry when the actors stepped on your lines? Well, you can now step into the spotlight with What The Dub?!, a multiplayer party game that tasks you with creating the wittiest dubs to cinema’s most cringeworthy moments.
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Knight’s Retreat takes the core moveset of chess and breaks them down to single-player puzzles. You’re a knight, and you’re retreating to your kingdom. The challenge comes from the very precise path you must take to get there.
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We can all stop waiting for the mythical Switch Pro to get wireless gaming audio. The EPOS GTW 270 Hybrid earbuds offer aptX connectivity tailored specifically to the Nintendo Switch, with standard Bluetooth compatibility for your other systems and devices.
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I shouldn’t have to tell you from where Castle Kong draws its inspiration. It’s right there in the name. This game is such a faithful homage to Donkey Kong that you may be wondering whether there’s even a point. There is.
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Star Wars fans continue to have a strong and trusted ally in Aspyr. The publishing company recently brought Star Wars Episode 1 Racer and the Jedi Knight games to the Switch, and they’ve just announced that Star Wars Republic Commando will arrive on April 6th.
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In Undermine, you start as a miner sent underground to dig for gold and other resources, rescue some villagers, and figure out what’s causing all those tremors. So, you do that. And then you die. Enter the next miner. Same tasks. Same fate. Is this really a job worth accepting?
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If you’ve been waiting to become the King of Seas on Nintendo Switch, you’ll be able to set sail in May of 2021. This is the target release date now that developer 3DClouds has teamed with Team17 to publish the action RPG for multiple platforms.
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Having completely missed the original game on the Wii U, I’ll admit to starting Tadpole Treble Encore with some trepidation. But this is a very good rhythm game that fans of the genre will certainly want to play on the Switch if they skipped the initial release.
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Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends and the Secret Fairy may lack the melodrama and heroics of most JRPGs, but it still offers a lengthy campaign full of compelling combat, exploration, and crafting.
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One feature that’s sorely missing from the Nintendo Switch (and which will hopefully be addressed in the mythical Switch Pro) is wireless audio. Playing a portable system with wired headphones just seems so…DS, I guess. And it’s a problem EPOS is addressing now with their GTW 270 Hybrid wireless earbuds.
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2021 has begun, and we can’t think of a better way to get up some momentum than with a game giveaway. Courtesy of Firesprite Games, Pure Nintendo is giving away three copies of the sci-fi survival horror game, The Persistence.
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We’ve been waiting for Cris Tales for quite some time. (I first learned about it in a demo at E3 2019, if that’s any indication). We’re getting pretty close to release now, and Modus Games has just announced a Cris Tales Collector’s Edition that will make waiting even harder.
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Iris.Fall is a short puzzle adventure. You can finish it in under five hours, and that’s just about right. Although the game is visually compelling throughout, the core gimmick wouldn’t be able to hold up much longer than that.
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Well, if one of your New Year’s resolutions was to spend more time playing retro RPGs, I’ve got good news. KEMCO has released Crystal Ortha for Nintendo Switch, and it’s one of the better games they sent our way in 2020.
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Pre-orders for the Harvest Moon: One World Collector’s Edition opened yesterday, and include a chicken plushie and a music diorama, both of which are appropriately adorable. The latter is one of the more unique bonuses we’ve seen in a collector’s edition.
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The Nintendo Switch has become a powerhouse of party games, offering players dozens of excellent options for local co-op and competitive play. Bit2Good’s action arcade game What the Fork is a recent example. Does it stack up against the competition?
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