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Swap Fire Review

Swap Fire, for the Wii U eshop, isn't your typical first person shooter. When you shoot at someone in Swap Fire, you switch places with that person! Swap Fire is a first person shooter with a small puzzle game element. Its a very unique and interesting concept. But is it a good game?

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Is this Portal?: A Look At Swap Fire For Wii U

Swap Fire, a first person shooter, came to the Wii U eshop today. I received a review copy from the publisher, but my review isn’t ready yet. Swap Fire is a first person “shooter” where you swap places with people to reach your goal. The game has a lot in common with Portal. In fact, when you play the single player, you’ll have serious Portal vibes. Please read below for a preview of Swap Fire! You are walking down a…

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Swap Fire Will Teleport Onto the Wii U Eshop This Week

Swap Fire, a first person shooter with a twist, will be coming this week to the Wii U eshop! We have more details about the game and a trailer below. Swap Fire, a first person shooter, will be coming to the Wii U eshop on Thursday, November 17th. This is how the official website describes the game: ” Couch-Multiplayer/Puzzle-FPS for Nintendo Wii U. Swap Fire’s a shooter with a literal twist. Shooting other players rips a hole in spacetime thus…

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Dungeon Hearts DX Review

I love puzzle games. I love strategy games. So any game that decides to blend those two video game genre together has my attention! Enter Dungeons Hearts DX for the Wii U. This game is part puzzle game, part strategy game, with a bit of rhythm thrown in. It sounds like Dungeon Hearts DX is a very interesting game...but is it?

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Tumblestone is Now Available At Retail Stores For Wii U and PS4

Tumblestone has been on the Wii U eshop for a little bit now. I did a review for it and liked it a lot. And now the game has arrived in retail stores. We have the details below, plus a link to my review of the game! If you missed this game on the Wii U eshop or PlayStation 4, you’ll want to pick up this disc. Tumblestone, an action-puzzle game, is now available at retail stores for the PlayStation…

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Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition – Nintendo Minute (Video)

Last week, Nintendo posted a new video that focused on their upcoming NES Classic Edition system. This new video was a Nintendo Minute! Kit and Krysta show off the system and a couple of the games. The video and my impressions of what they showed are below. The NES Classic Edition system is coming on November 11. This new system, for those who don’t know, is a smtaller version of the original NES system. It does not use carts like…

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Paper Mario: Color Splash Review-In-Progress Part 3

In the second part of our Paper Mario: Color Splash Review-in-progress, we talked about the game’s battle system. Today I want to talk about the exploration aspect of the game and briefly about the game’s music! Here we go! In Paper Mario: Color Splash, you will be going to a lot of places. The world map in Color Splash is huge! There were people who didn’t like that you had a Mario level style world map like Sticker Star. Of…

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Circle Entertainment Is Bringing Two Games To the Nintendo Eshops This Week

We previously reported on Fairune 2, which is coming to the North American 3DS eshop this Thursday, but Circle Entertainment has another game thats coming out this week too! Mr. Pumpkin Adventure is coming to the Wii U eshop on Thursday! We have new English trailers for both games below. Fairune 2 will be coming this Thursday (Oct 20th) to the North American 3DS eshop. Meanwhile, Mr. Pumpkin Adventure will be coming to the North American Wii U eshop the…

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Paper Mario: Color Splash Review-in-progress Part 2

In Part 1 of our Paper Mario: Color Splash Review-in-progress, we examined the writing and graphics of Color Splash. In today’s part 2, I want to look at the game’s battle system. Color Splash uses cards instead of stickers and while the battle system is turn-based, it is also very different from Sticker Star or any of the other Paper Mario battle systems. The most important question is: is the battle system any good? In Paper Mario: Color Splash, a…

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Helping the Friendly Monsters: A Look At Gurumin 3D for 3DS

3D action platformers seem to be making a comeback these days. For awhile, we were seeing mostly just 2D platformers, but now 3D platformers seem like all the rage. Gurumin 3D: A Monstrous Adventure for the 3DS is a 3D action platformer, but its also has rpg and puzzle elements too. The game is out now for the 3DS eshop. We received a review code for the game, however our review isn’t ready yet. We wanted to give you a…

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