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Rakuen: Deluxe Edition is the latest “grief” game to appear on the Nintendo Switch. For whatever reason, recent years have seen a flood of these types of games. Rakuen does …
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Looking for something to play this weekend? The Nintendo Switch eShop has been updated with a whole lot of new content, from the strategic stylings of Advance Wars to a …
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The adventures on Aionios will be wrapping up sooner than we thought. Nintendo announced today that the fourth and final DLC in the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Expansion Pass—Future Redeemed—will be available for download April 25th.
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Kana Quest uses match-em puzzle mechanics to teach you kana symbols and their sounds. The goal is to connect the kana tiles by their shared sounds in as few moves as possible. It makes for a good challenge, but will you actually learn anything?
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The Nintendo Switch eShop has been updated with a ton of new content. This week’s eShop highlights include a new racing title from none other than Disney. Thes fast-sounding Disney …
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Heirs of the Kings is a retro JRPG that’s so by-the-numbers it might as well be in binary. You fight monsters, improve your weapons and armor, gain skills, and cast spells. And just when you start to wonder when the airship is going to show up, the airship shows up.
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Through the eyes of Thomasina Bateman, The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow plunges you into a mystery in the rolling countryside of Victorian England. The game is a point-and-click puzzle that …
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I was saddened by how frustrating The Library of Babel would become considering its stellar beginning. The game is set 20,000 years after the extinction of humankind, and it’ll feel like you’re waiting that long to get through some segments.
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Ib is one of those few games that captures the phrase “don’t judge a book by its cover.” On the surface, Ib looks like your run-of-the-mill pixel-art game. Yet Ib …
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The Nintendo Switch eShop has been refreshed with loads of new titles ahead of the weekend. This week’s roundup includes a diverse range of titles, from the digital trappings of …
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Redemption Reapers is a good turn-based RPG. The story is fine (if lacking), the visuals are OK, and the music is very good. And yet…
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Looking for gaming inspiration? Fear not! The Pure Nintendo playlist is here to help by revealing the games we’ve been playing lately.

JRPGs are high on the list this week, …
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With a name like Papertris, you might expect a paper-themed puzzler in the Tetris mold. In reality, Papertris reminds me more of Columns’ color-matching gameplay. Or maybe it’s similar to …
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I’m a huge Picross fan; I think it’s one of the best logic puzzles out there. Tents and Trees piqued my interest by taking that classic formula and shaking it …
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GrimGrimoire OnceMore is a port of a PlayStation 2 game from 2007. I do like a good tower defense game, so I was intrigued by the Switch update, but my enthusiasm was met with some mixed realizations while playing the game.
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This week’s eShop update for the Nintendo Switch brings us the classic strategy adventure title GrimGrimoire OnceMore. It follows the adventures of Lillet Blan through a towering academy for mages. …
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Nashville, TN – March 30, 2023 – In a move nearly a decade in the making, Pure Nintendo Magazine is returning to print subscriptions! While PNM has continued in dozens of …
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First things first, is there a game out there with a better title than Ninja JaJaMaru: The Great Yokai Battle +Hell? If there is, I haven’t said its name out loud. Second things second, this game is as much fun as its title.
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