Reviews

Imagine the Death Star trench run with no ultimate target, just you in the trench trying not to crash as you pick up speed. Would that be worth 99 cents? Trick question, because ZARA the Fastest Fairy for New Nintendo 3DS and 2DS only costs 98 cents.
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So many games start like Darkest Hunters for Nintendo Switch, and they all end with you dead in a dungeon. Take heart, because in this gem-matching / RPG mash-up you don’t always die in a dungeon. Sometimes you die right out in the open. A little sunshine is good, right?
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Have you ever thought about the enigma behind colors? There’s a bunch more to colors than what meets the eye. Colors can uncover new areas as well as be used …
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Team Sonic Racing left me with mixed feelings at the beginning, but the longer I kept playing it, the more it grew on me. Despite missing transformable vehicles, and the …
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Assassin’s Creed 3 Remastered is the latest old game made new again for the Nintendo Switch. This one is packed full of content to keep you busy for quite a …
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Iron Snout is an action-arcade fighting game developed by SnoutUp Games and published by Ratalaika Games. This busy publisher has brought a bunch of games to the Switch over the …
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Platforming, a commodity known to be dying in today’s age of gaming, is something that Unruly Heroes excels at, greatly. I’ll be honest it takes a lot for me to …
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Lapis x Labyrinth brings its amalgam of action, platforming, and role-playing to the Nintendo Switch, courtesy of NIS America. Imagine taking an Etrian Odyssey game, and changing the perspective from …
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The story of The Swords of Ditto, in short, is the evil witch Mormo has returned to take over the world. Enter the hero, The Sword of Ditto, a dim-witted …
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It is still remarkable to me that Gust corporation and Koei Tecmo managed to get me interested in the JRPG genre. The Atelier games are focused on synthesis and alchemy, …
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Darkwood introduces itself as a “challenging and unforgiving” top-down horror survival game and it absolutely follows through on that promise.

The influence of classic cult horror is evident right down …
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With 41 reviews published, the Pure Nintendo crew continue to increase our output month after month. Lots of high scorers these past 4 weeks.

A Dark Room

Akane

Bird Game …
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The Little Acre is a tough nut for me to crack in some ways. How exactly do I score this game? On the one hand, it can be beaten in …
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Nicalis’s new “color matching combat game” does what many of my favorite modern titles do: “borrows ideas” while innovating with new angles.

The concept of mashing together a puzzle …
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Bird Game + is an adventure simulation from Ratalaika Games. You play a bird heading south for the winter. As you migrate, the world creates itself in front of you …
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It’s difficult to review A Dark Room for the Nintendo Switch, not because I haven’t played the game (I have) and not because I didn’t enjoy it (I did). …
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Dig Dog is an adventure-arcade game from Wild Rooster. Simply put, you play as a dog who is searching for his bone. It’s a plain game with interesting gameplay.

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If you’ve already played the adventure game Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons on another platform there’s not much in the story or in-game achievements to warrant another trip. Playing with a partner on the Nintendo Switch, however, creates a whole new experience that’s certainly worth sharing.
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