Nintendo Switch

Neversong is a Nintendo Switch indie release that manages to leave a stimulating impression, not just during gameplay but also after the closing credits roll. I’m sure that sounds cliched, …
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Welcome to the Matrix? Where you are fake, but everything else is…real?

CrossCode brings some of the best ideas from classic 16-bit action RPGs of the past. From the menu …
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When it comes to spooky games I’m usually not a fan. I don’t like to be scared. It gets my body all tense and ready to punch someone in the …
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AntVentor is a point-and-click adventure puzzler with a fun little premise that works well for the Switch. The game introduces the main character, Florentine, who is a lot like Flick …
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Very entertaining to watch, not quite as entertaining to play, sums up my experience with Superliminal. It’s no substandard title, but I never felt a good rapport with it when …
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Urban Trial Tricky is a sports title for the Nintendo Switch. It sees you straddling your trusty motorbike and performing crazy stunts across various locations, all in the hope of …
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The original Duke Nukem 3D released in 1996 to much acclaim. In 2016, it was re-released on the current consoles to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Now, four years later, it …
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There’s a bigger picture with the mystery of Shiba Island. A straightforward start – searching for a missing brother – soon turns into learning about the protagonist’s past on the …
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Nancy Reagan made it quite clear in my youth that I’m supposed to “Just say no.” I’m glad I succumbed to peer pressure, however, and gave Infini a try. This thematically bizarre and visually trippy game ended up winning me over as both a challenging puzzle platformer and as an inadvertent P.S.A. for my kids.
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The Otterman Empire is a party, action game from Tri-Heart Interactive. The gameplay is described as “havoc causing, party game mayhem”, which sounds a lot better than it actually is. …
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Dripping with mystery, The Great Perhaps is set long after civilisation as we know it has crumbled. You play as an astronaut named Kosmos, who wakes from a cryosleep only …
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I have to give the developers of Pokémon Cafe Mix credit. They could have just thrown together a quick Pokémon Match-3 game and added it to the heap of others …
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Burnout Paradise is considered by many as one of the best arcade racing games — let’s see how the remastered version has translated to the Nintendo Switch, and if that …
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Catherine: Full Body is the remake of 2011’s romantic simulation puzzle mashup, Catherine. You play as Vincent, who is introduced as being “earnest and kind”, even though the plot revolves …
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Ancestors Legacy is one of the latest real-time strategy games to hit the Nintendo Switch, filling the gap just a bit in this less-represented genre. I have spent plenty of …
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Keen: One Girl Army is a puzzle-action game for the Nintendo Switch. It involves tactical gameplay, zombies, robots, and a rollerskating ninja-type heroine – yeah, it kind of has it …
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Project Warlock is a first-person shooter from Buckshot Software. It sports a retro look that will immediately bring to mind the original Doom game of the ‘90s. To put it …
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It’s quite interesting that the development of the 16-bit run and gun shooter Ultracore is one which has striking similarities to even Star Fox 2’s own journey to existence. Both …
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