Truxton Extreme Review Truxton is back. It has been over a third of a century since the last release in the series, and the wait is finally over. Truxton Extreme brings the classic vertical shmup formula into the modern era on the Nintendo Switch 2. Truxton Extreme is a 3D vertical shmup, but unlike many […]
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Gust is renowned for its cosy, feel-good Atelier series, but the Blue Reflection series still stands alone as some of their most interesting work, blending the magical girls trope effortlessly with some school life drama. With the arrival of Blue Reflection Quartet on Nintendo Switch 2, we have a total of four titles promising to
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The Culdcept series has a long, albeit largely non-Western, history dating back to 1997 on the Sega Saturn, known simply as Culdcept. In fact, that original Japanese game is getting a modern release coming soon via City Connection as part of their Saturn Tribute range, but that is not the game we are talking about
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Recently, R-Type seems to be making a bit of a comeback. In just the past few months alone, we’ve had releases of R-Type Delta Boosted, R-Type DX: Music Encore, an easily accessible way to play through the Game Boy Color versions of R-Type and R-Type II and even a very nice remake of both the
I’m a big fan of the Ys series, and personally, I’d say Falcom have been putting out some of their best work yet with Ys X: Proud Nordics being no exception. Story Cannocially, Ys X is set just after Ys II, making it a prequel to Memories of Celceta Even though we start off our
Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song Remastered International Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song Remastered is a reimagining of the Super Famicom Classic Romancing SaGa. More accurately, it’s a remastering of the PS2 3D remake Romanacing SaGa: Minstrel Song and acts as the perfect introduction to the classic RPG series. You start your playthrough by choosing one of 8
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At its core, Marvel MaXimum Collection is a 6-game collection with the included iterations of each title, making for a total of 13 games. The overall presentation is a little barebones, but it gets the job done. From the main menu, you can choose between Games, a Music Player featuring the OST from each title
R-Type Delta HD Boosted Review [SWITCH] I’m quite a big R-Type fan and have been playing the series for well over 30 years at this point. I spent a lot of my teenage years playing R-Type DX on the Game Boy Colour before graduating on to the fantastic R-Type Final on the PS2, yet somehow
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Atelier Ryza DX Trilogy Review [Nintendo Switch 2] Koei Tecmo are sure having one hell of a year with some great titles. This year alone, we’ve got Atelier Yumia and Atelier Resleriana, so I was surprised when I heard the announcement that we would be getting an additional three Atelier games with the release of
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Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & The White Guardian Review In an interesting move for the series, Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian is a spin-off game from the mobile-exclusive Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy & the Liberator of Polar Night, released back in 2023. Koei Tecmo has done a great job of
