I wonder… Okay, let’s see if we can get through this one without a single ‘wonder’ pun… Last week, Super Mario Bros. Wonder launched to almost universal acclaim from critics and players alike. Sure, you’ll find a dissenting voice or two in the crowd if you go hunting for them, but the vast majority of…
Sow-sow. Gardening in game worlds is relaxing – more so than its real-life counterpart, where plants wither no matter what you do. Garden Buddies from Dutch developer JamPics joins the many cosy Switch games where you can grow plants without wondering if you’ve under- or over-watered them. Unfortunately, it’s not the pick of the bunch….
Turn-based-meets-real-time. Publisher Thunderful has today given us a closer look at the innovative combat system behind the upcoming metroidvania Worldless and we must say, we are rather intrigued. Developed by Noname and set to release on Switch on 21st November, Worldless is a 2D adventure platformer with some immediately eye-catching visuals and a battle system…
OG, remake, or re-remake? Time really flies, doesn’t it? Can you believe it’s nearly November 2023 already? Mad. Not only that but it’s also now been 35 years since the debut launch of Super Mario Bros. 3 on the NES (as highlighted by our gorgeous pals over at Time Extension) in 1988. That’s an awfully…
A crash course in ‘Carpetless’. The ‘holy grail’ of Super Mario 64 techniques has recently been perfected by the speedrunning community and it is capable of finally achieving a sub-1:37 time for 120-star runs. The technique in question is all about bypassing the slow carpet ride required to nab the ‘Big House in the Sky’…
May I have this high-score challenge? 2024 is on the horizon, which means it’s high time for Ubisoft to step onto the dancefloor with its latest Just Dance offering, Just Dance 2024 Edition. If you look back on our review of 2023’s entry, we mentioned that it significantly improved the tried-and-tested formula, boosting the visuals…
Onward and Upward! You might remember that prior to the launch of Super Mario Bros. Wonder last week, we mentioned that the option to mute the game’s talking flowers entirely seemed to be a thing. Many of you responded quite positively to the news, with some commenting that “The voices are awful” and “That’ll be…
Update #2: Coming to Europe tomorrow and North America next week. Update #2 : Publisher Perp Games has announced the final (final) Switch release date for Cuphead-like 2D platformer Enchanted Portals. The game will now be heading to the European eShop on 24th October and will come to North America on 1st November. This date…
Just… why? We’ve long had grievances with some of the games showing up on Nintendo’s eShop. Amongst some true shining gems, lumps of coal have been dumped with seemingly no consideration for consumer satisfaction, including the likes of The Last Hope – Dead Zone Survival (since removed) and Prison Life Simulator 2022. The latest addition…
Wonder sees third-largest physical launch in Mario platformer history. The latest UK charts are now in and it is a big week at the top of the table for new releases (surprising nobody). This was always going to be a battle between the boys in red and it is the hero of the friendly-neighbourhood variety…