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Elsie, an action/adventure platformer roguelike, is now available on Nintendo Switch. Check out the launch trailer along with our first thoughts on the game. Elsie is out now on the Nintendo Switch eshop. Thanks to Playtonic we received a review copy of the game yesterday. My review isn’t ready yet but I thought I’d provide you with my first thoughts on the game. In Elsie, you play as a robot whose sent out to face other robots. You’ll go into…

Not all games have to be about combat or saving the world. Sometimes, you can just take a journey. Caravan SandWitch is such a game and its coming out this week! Carvan SandWitch releases on September 12th, 2024. Caravan SandWitch is a narrative driven exploration game where you hop in your van and explore a world full of secrets and puzzles. Its looks really wonderful. I love cozy games like this! The graphics look very nice. I like that it…

Indie World Showcase + Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase was shown today. Check it out below! The Indie World Showcase seemed alright (though I am so excited for the Sea of Stars free DLC) but the best part was the Partner Showcase. We saw Tetris Forever, a collection of Tetris games, plus Tetris NES is coming soon to the NES Nintendo Switch Online app, first. Other notable games were Capcom Fighting Collection, Castlevania Dominous Collection (out now), Epic Mickey, Dragon Quest…

Nintendo has announced that there will be a Partner Showcase + Indie World video tomorrow. We have the details below! There will be a Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase and Indie World video tomorrow at 7 a.m. PT/9 am central. They will be livestreamed air back-to-back. Together they will be 40 minutes in total. Oh wow. I never thought this would happen. It had been rumored that there would be a Direct this week but I brushed it aside. I didn’t…

Mika and the Witch’s Mountain is a cute, charming looking game but is it a fun game? Is it worth checking out? Here is our review of Mika and the Witch’s Mountain for Nintendo Switch. Mika is a young witch who gets sent to train with a senior witch and then quickly gets pushed off a cliff and ends up having to work for a delivery service to learn to fly better and make her way back to her potential…

Steamworld Heist 2 brings back the wonderful steam filled franchise for a new strategy turn-based affair. Is this a fun game? Will you be addicted to it? Here is our review of Steamworld Heist 2 for the Xbox Series. The world of Steamworld Heist 2 is full of robots and they depend on water. Unfortunately, there is a water crisis at the moment. Enter Captain Leeway and his pirate crew who are just trying to get by when they are…

If you like action/adventure games like Zelda and don’t mind short experiences, then we may have a game for you to check out! Here’s our review of Castaway for Nintendo Switch. When his spaceship is destroyed and his escape pod lands on a mysterious planet, the main character of Castaway must gather his tools and his dog again in order to survive. The story of Castaway is pretty simple but its presented in a really neat manner via animated cutscenes.…

Castaway, an action/adventure indie game, is now available on Nintendo Switch. Check out the launch trailer. We are also playing the game for review and have our first thoughts on it! Castaway is now available on Nintendo Switch. And thanks to the publisher, I received a review code for the game yesterday. Here are our first thoughts: In Castaway, your character crashes lands from space onto a beach. He grabs a sword and then goes to explore the surrounding area…

Castaway, a mini-action/adventure indie game, will be coming to the Nintendo Switch soon. We have the launch date trailer below along with some details on the game. Castaway is a mini-action/adventure indie game and will be out on the Nintendo Switch (and other platformers) on August 16th for $7.99. The game looks similar to Link’s Awakening in its style of graphics and gameplay. It will take about an hour to complete the island/dungeons and a couple of hours to clear…

Do you like Halloween? Do you like Ash vs Evil Dead? If you answered yes to both, then you’ll be happy to know that two games based on these properties have been announced. We have a trailer and the details below. RetroRealms: Halloween and RetroRealms: Ash vs Evil Dead have been announced. The two games are developed by Wayforward and are retro style games based on the properties. If you buy them both, you’ll get crossover content in which you…