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Critter Café is a charming sim that combines café management, critter collecting, and puzzle-solving. It’s a little addictive at first, but repetitive gameplay and a lack of variety might make some players feel like closing up shop.
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Bloodless for the Nintendo Switch offers a unique action-adventure experience centering on counter-based combat. Armed only with her fists, protagonist Tomoe’s mission is to disarm enemies without taking lives…kind of like Batman.

Kind of like Batman.
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We’re exactly a month from the March 21st release of Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land, and what better way to build hype than with a closer look at the continent of Aladiss?
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X-Out: Resurfaced is an extremely challenging, side-scrolling shoot ’em up from the Commodore 64 days, effectively polished for modern consoles. Will that polish help it appeal to modern arcade action fans? Let’s dive in to find out.
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Big Helmet Heroes is a 3D beat-’em-up where you (and a friend) play as one of many knights trying to save the princess! Playing it was a blast in both single-player and co-op, so let’s talk about it.
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The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had a big year in 2024. They featured in two brand-new games and a new animated show. Not content to rest on their shells, the …
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This week on the Pure Nintendo Podcast, we continue our countdown to the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct. It’s now 7 weeks until all is revealed with Nintendo’s next console, and …
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Our game today is called Dreamless, and it’s a quaint, little entry in the horror genre. I progressed through the game not with a sense of engagement, but with the vain hope it would get better. It didn’t.
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What’s happening on the Nintendo Switch eShop? This week’s highlights include a second Tomb Raider collection as well as Afterlove EP. Sounds like just the thing for Valentine’s Day.

Last …
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Is ROBOBEAT the first rhythm-based first-person shooter available for the Nintendo Switch? It’s certainly the first one I’ve played, and that maybe explains my confusion. The game’s certainly unique, but is it necessary? Let’s figure that out.
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Whether you’re a fan of retro or modern games, the Nintendo Music app is here to deliver tunes across all genres. This week’s update adds the classic RPG styings of …
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This week on the Pure Nintendo Podcast, Kirk and Jemma continue counting down to the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct. This week’s conversation is all about JoyCons.

Last week, we …
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What’s happening on the Nintendo Switch eShop this week? Whether you’re into Civilization or retro racers, let’s look at the latest games available on Nintendo’s hybrid console.

First up is …
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Macross -Shooting Insight- is a top-down shooter for the Nintendo Switch. It’s based on the long-running Japanese series of games and anime. Set in an alternate version of Earth, the …
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Roguelites. Is there anything they can’t do? While this sub-genre of games seems like it’s a dime a dozen, there’s a reason why these tough affairs are so popular. They …
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With so many games and so many tweaks to those games in this series, elements I like and dislike come and go. That’s expected and appreciated, but there’s one element that should remain consistent, and it’s really not in The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak II.
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Whether they be more about puzzle solving, adventuring, or arcade action, platformers tend to involve a slow build into what they’re about. Moons of Darsalon starts with its foot on the gas and doesn’t let up.
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Have you been listening to the range of tunes on Nintendo Music? It’s time to plug those headphones back in because a new soundtrack has joined the collection. The most …
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