About Kirk Hiner

The good news with Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince is that the folks at Frozenbyte are masters of 2.5D puzzle-platforming gameplay. The possible bad news, however, is that there’s not a whole lot to separate Trine 4 from Trine 1 and 2. I say “possible” bad news because I understand most fans of the series aren’t going to care.
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I have never before played a Dragon Quest game. I see now that this is a mistake. DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition is such a robust, charming, and engaging JRPG that it currently stands as my favorite game of 2019.
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Fatal Fracture’s entire description in the Nintendo eShop is, “Destroy all enemies in an endless cycle of levels.” Allow me to expand on that with, “A repetitive, nondescript first-person shooter that’ll make you wish you’d just taken your dollar, folded it into a fun shape, and tossed it into the street.”
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If you prefer dancing to adventuring in your exercise games, you’ll be happy to know the Switch-exclusive Zumba Burn it Up! is now available for pre-order ahead of its November 19th launch date.
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Creature From the Black Lagoon is included in the new Williams™ Pinball: Universal Monsters Pack for Pinball FX3 from Zen Studios. Buyers will also get Monster Bash, a table the features a cadre of classic Universal monsters.
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BurgerTime Party! can perhaps be described as a single or multiplayer mash-up of Donkey Kong and Pac-Man…except that the ghosts are deli items and your goal is not to rescue a princess but to just serve up a tasty lunch. And that is, quite honestly, a better thing to do.
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I was excited by the opportunity to try The Alliance Alive again when NIS America announced they were re-releasing for the Switch. Having now played through the HD remaster, I kind of wish I’d just completed the original 3DS version.
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Day and Night is a Nintendo Switch exclusive that changes up the classic 2D falling-block gameplay with a new mechanic for single and multiplayer action.
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If you haven’t already played The Tiny Bang Story on another system (it was originally released in 2011) you should definitely check it out on the Nintendo Switch. Not the Switch Lite, however…you’ll want the big screen to find and solve this game’s whimsical puzzles.

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Space Intervention once again has us fighting off an alien invasion with one lone pilot to save us. We’ve been fighting this alien menace pretty much since the first arcade games rolled into your local movie theaters and truck stops, so is it still worth fighting on your Nintendo 3DS?
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And just where does one expect to end up after he’s escaped from the universe? We don’t really get an answer here, but we do get a game that manages to change up what you expect to get out of a shoot-em-up…at least for a little while.
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Puzzle Quest was a highly addictive, wonderfully designed game back when it was originally released for the Nintendo 3DS and PSP back in 2007, and it’s equally addictive in this updated and expanded release for the Nintendo Switch.
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Save for perhaps the local bowling alley or truck-stop, it’s hard to find good, well-kept pinball machines these days. That’s why we turn to the fine folks at Zen Studios for announcements such as the release of Star Wars Pinball, a collection of 19 Star Wars-themed tables for Nintendo Switch.
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I had the chance to sample XSEED Games’ BurgerTime Party back at E3 this summer, and it certainly whet my appetite. Now, hungry gamers can accept their invitation to the party by preordering the game which will be released exclusively for the Nintendo Switch on October 8th.
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Vambrace: Cold Soul is a hard game to review because it had no interest in whether I liked it. It has no interest in whether you’ll like it. It’s one of the meanest, most spiteful games I’ve ever played. Should it concern me, then, that I had fun with it anyway?
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You like knights, you like quests, but maybe you’re tired of all that retro-action from indie devs? Well, then you may want to embark on A Knight’s Quest this fall.
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Whether you prefer your vampires to be old, pasty, Europeans or teenagers who glisten in the sun, I think we can all agree they’re cooler when they spell “vampire” with a “y.” And this is why Switch owners can all look forward to the release of Vampyr on October 29th.
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Available September 19th, Puzzle Quest: The Legend Returns features the next chapter in the popular match-3/RPG series along with 1080p remasters of Challenge of the Warlords and Revenge of the Plague Lord.
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