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Fans of ’80s and ’90s video games will be getting an early Christmas gift from ININ and TAITO this year. The companies have announced that TAITO Milestones 3 will release for Nintendo Switch on December 10th.
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Should I ever be reborn, I hope I will make life easier on people than I did this time around. I don’t want to be reborn and have people refer to me as “challenging” or “brutal.” The developers of Shadow of the Ninja – Reborn did not share that sentiment.
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It’s Silverhead vs. Motorhead in this shoot-’em-up war set in a steampunk-ish 19th century. Who will come out on top? Lemmy tell you about The Legend of Steel Empire.
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I’d never played any of the games in Taito Milestones 2, or at least I don’t recall playing them. How many would become new retro favorites? Not a lot, it ends up, but there certainly are some pleasant surprises.
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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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Take a trip back in time with this pair of retro RPG classics, never released outside of Japan. Ninja JajaMaru: The Lost RPGs, is a bundle featuring two games: The Ninja Skill Book (’89) and The Legend of the Golden Castle (’90).
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TAITO Milestones provides a sugar shot of nostalgia with its diverse collection of ten ’80s arcade games. But considering that most of the included games are already available separately in the eShop, is this package worth the full investment?
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Panorama Cotton—originally released in 1994 for the Sega Mega Drive—changes up the series’ side-scrolling shmup gameplay by giving us a 3D view of the action, but it’s not necessarily a change for the best.
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There are so many awesome retro games that just haven’t held up over time—gameplay wise—and Spelunker is one of them. This time around, players get to experience the “HD Deluxe” version. Fans of the original will appreciate how great the game looks, and new players will get to experience this cute, fun adventure in a whole new light.
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WitchSpring3 [Re:Fine] – The Story of Eirudy is a study in mobile vs. console gaming. Originally released for mobile devices, The [ReFine] version is a Switch port that makes some necessary improvements, but not enough to justify the price.
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If you’re a fan of scrolling shooters, don’t overlook this remake of Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams as I originally did. Cotton Reboot! is a game worthy of its titular exclamation mark.
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Space Invaders was never my cabinet of choice at full arcades, but I was happy to play it when there was nothing else (or at least nothing I was any good at). And this is why I appreciate Space Invaders Forever as much as I do. This particular collection, however, is not for everyone.
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Umihara Kawase BaZooKa! is a fast-paced action game featuring 22 iconic characters from Japanese cult games, and the Nintendo Switch is getting three “fast-paced physical editions” from ININ Games.
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