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Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol.1 review

March 26, 2024 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

These games are absolute classics, sure. But this collection is about as lazy as it gets.

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March 26, 2024 /Lucas Kelleher
Metal Gear Solid, Switch
game reviews
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Gravity Circuit review

March 08, 2024 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

What if Mega Man X was a beat’em up? Well, as it turns out, it’d be pretty awesome.

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March 08, 2024 /Lucas Kelleher
Gravity Circuit, Indie games, Switch, Mega Man, beat'em up
game reviews
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Murtop review

March 06, 2024 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

Murtop feels like a mashup of Dig Dug and Bomberman, except you play as a bomb-pooping rabbit. Fun times!

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March 06, 2024 /Lucas Kelleher
Murtop, Indie games, Switch, Dig Dug, Bomberman, digging
game reviews
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Lunark redefines the Cinematic Platformer

March 05, 2024 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

A 2D cinematic platformer in the style of Prince of Persia or Flashback, Lunark could very well represent the pinnacle execution of the genre. Also features cat people.

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March 05, 2024 /Lucas Kelleher
Lunark, Indie games, Switch, cinematic platformer, rotoscoping, Prince of Persia
game reviews
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Super Mario Bros. Wonder review

November 03, 2023 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

Wonderful! How Mario got his 2D groove back.

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November 03, 2023 /Lucas Kelleher
Super Mario, Super Mario Bros Wonder, Switch, platformer
game reviews
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Mario Strikers: Battle League review

November 02, 2023 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

The best sports game series of all time returns with Mario Strikers: Battle League! But can it live up to the hype?

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November 02, 2023 /Lucas Kelleher
Mario Strikers, soccer, Super Mario, Switch
game reviews
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge review

March 20, 2023 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

The Ninja Turtles are back and more fun than ever. Cowabunga dudes!

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March 20, 2023 /Lucas Kelleher
TMNT, Switch, Ninja, beat'em up, Indie games, Game Pass
game reviews
1 Comment

Cyber Shadow review

October 03, 2022 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

Cyber Shadow delivers top-notch ninja action in a retro package. If you miss old-school Ninja Gaiden, then this is the game you’ve been waiting for.

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October 03, 2022 /Lucas Kelleher
Cyber Shadow, Indie games, Switch, Yacht Club Games, Mechanical Head Games, Ninja
game reviews
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Is Starlink: Battle For Atlas a Star Fox game?

June 29, 2022 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

Why play Starlink, Ubisoft’s toys-to-life game? Because it’s got your boy, Fox!

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June 29, 2022 /Lucas Kelleher
Starlink, Star Fox, Nintendo, Switch, Ubisoft
game reviews
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River City Girls Zero and Reviving Classic Video Games

May 23, 2022 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews, opinion

A new localization port of a Super Famicom beat’em up we never got in the west, River City Girls Zero brings 16-bit brawling to the Nintendo Switch.

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May 23, 2022 /Lucas Kelleher
River City Girls, Kunio, beat'em up, SNES, Switch
game reviews, opinion
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Fighting EX Layer: Another Dash review

March 14, 2022 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

One of our favorite fighting games in recent years has come to Nintendo Switch!

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March 14, 2022 /Lucas Kelleher
FEXL, Arika, Switch, Indie games, Street Fighter EX, Fighting Games
game reviews
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Samurai Shodown (Switch) review

March 07, 2022 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

The way of the Samurai is to know death.

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March 07, 2022 /Lucas Kelleher
Samurai Shodown, Switch, SNK, Fighting Games
game reviews
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Metroid Dread review

November 24, 2021 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

The first new expansion of the Metroid story in over a decade, Dread is everything we’ve been missing about classic 2D Metroid.

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November 24, 2021 /Lucas Kelleher
Metroid Dread, Metroid, metroidvania, Nintendo, Switch
game reviews
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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game – Complete Edition review

November 23, 2021 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews, retrospective

The cult classic brawler returns from the delisted void!

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November 23, 2021 /Lucas Kelleher
Scott Pilgrim, beat'em up, Switch, Indie games
game reviews, retrospective
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Nintendo Switch Online subscription shenanigans

October 20, 2021 by Lucas Kelleher in opinion, news

Nintendo aims to exploit your N64 nostalgia to the fullest with their insanely overpriced Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack.

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October 20, 2021 /Lucas Kelleher
Nintendo Switch Online, Nintendo, Switch
opinion, news
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Gato Roboto review

September 08, 2021 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

A charming little monochrome adventure that strikes a good Super Metroid-but-as-light-hearted-comedy vibe.

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September 08, 2021 /Lucas Kelleher
Gato Roboto, Indie games, Switch, metroidvania
game reviews
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Golazo! review

September 06, 2021 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

An arcade soccer game so retro, it is literally set in 1992.

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September 06, 2021 /Lucas Kelleher
Golazo, soccer, PS4, Switch, Indie games
game reviews
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New Nintendo Indie World Updates

August 11, 2021 by Lucas Kelleher in news

Nintendo just dropped a new Indie World Showcase video today.

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August 11, 2021 /Lucas Kelleher
Indie games, Nintendo, Switch
news
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The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019) review

July 09, 2021 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

An unnecessary remake of a beloved classic, sure. But is it worth playing?

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July 09, 2021 /Lucas Kelleher
Legend of Zelda, Link's Awakening, Switch, Grezzo, remake
game reviews
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Horizon Chase Turbo review

July 07, 2021 by Lucas Kelleher in game reviews

Rush all you want, you can’t Out Run this game once it gets Crusin’ at Top Gear. Arcade racing at its best!

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July 07, 2021 /Lucas Kelleher
Horizon Chase Turbo, PS4, racing, Switch, Indie games
game reviews
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