Nintendo Switch

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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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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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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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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This week on the Pure Nintendo Podcast, Jemma, Kirk, Trev continue their countdown to April 2’s Nintendo Direct. This week’s topic is hosts.

Last week, we chatted about the …
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Nashville, TN – Feb 3, 2025 – Hi, Koopalings, and welcome to the first issue of the new year. Purely Trev here, taking another shot at Message from the Editor while …
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VED is a turn-based adventure game with sword fights and fantasy. As you probably expect, there is a gaggle of game gadgets to collect, upgrade, and use in interesting ways to beat the baddies and win the day. However…
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Nippon Ichi games test my brain in ways that most do not. The strategies required to work through them run deliberately and distinguishedly deep, and the same can be said of Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero.
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Rarely do I see an RPG stumble and fall in such rapid succession, but Dragon Takers does just that. Despite some initial promise, it quickly makes one blunder after another. …
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Blending entrepreneurial spirit with adventure, Cuisineer challenges you to manage the day-to-day running of a restaurant while also dungeon crawling for ingredients. The game utilises an adorable art style and …
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This week on the Pure Nintendo Podcast, Jemma, Kirk, and Trev discuss everything from Donkey Kong Country Returns HD to the next Switch 2 presentation.

Last week was all …
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Donkey Kong Country Returns HD will be great fun for those who’ve yet to experience Retro Studio’s platforming adventure, and I mean great with a capital G. But if you’ve …
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