Nintendo of America announced their E3 plans today! Let’s take a look and talk about it some. Nintendo will have an E3 Direct on June 15th at 11:00am central time. Following that they will have a Nintendo Treehouse Live. The Direct will be about 40 minutes long, focused on games ” mostly releasing in 2021″. and the Treehouse will last for about three hours! Whew. 40 minutes for a Nintendo Direct is pretty long. You have to especially consider how…
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Brand new DLC Out for Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town – Windswept Falls
At the end of April, XSeed launched brand new DLC for Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town. It brought new costumes for love interests, as well as a few mysteries to solve in town with Cindy and Mikey. What fans of the series were really looking forward to, however, was the second DLC release which came out just a few days ago. This brand new area includes 4 new bachelors/bachelorettes, new houses, new places to explore, and more! Let's take a peak at what you can expect!
Read MorePuzzle Games belong on Nintendo Switch
Over the past few weeks, I've been playing a fair share of puzzle and narrative games on my Nintendo Switch, whether that be Lost Words: Beyond the Page, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Famicom Detective Club, or Layton Mystery Journeys. It has highlighted one thing for me - puzzle and narrative driven games will always play well on Nintendo Switch, and I hope we continue to see more of these titles in the future.
Read MoreSnake?! You’re A Bomberman: A Look At Super Bomberman R Online for the Switch
Naked Snake is a Bomberman! So is Simon Belmont, Old Man Snake, and few other familiar Konami characters. Super Bomberman R Online is the latest in the Bomberman franchise. It is a free-to-play game, available on the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Playstation 4, Stadia, and PC. And it has cross-play so you can play with people across these systems! I checked the game out on the Nintendo Switch and here are my thoughts. Yes Naked Snake is totally my character.…
Read MoreMore Thoughts From Me #272: Crazy Nintendo E3 Predictions
We still have a few weeks to go but I figured, hey, why not start my crazy E3 predictions!? Today I’ll throw out some never-will-this-happen Nintendo E3 predictions, next week will be Sony, and right before E3 I’ll talk about Microsoft and third parties. Let’s a goooooo! Nintendo has not officially announced their E3 plans yet (unless they do and I have to rewrite this). So I am going to guess their plans… On the Thursday or Friday before E3…
Read MoreWonder Boy: Asha in Monster World
I didn’t play Monster World back in the day and so I have no nostalgia for the series at all. I do, however, love platformers. I also really love action/adventure Metroidvanas. Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World is all these things. So is it any good? Should you check it out? Here is our review of Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World for the Nintendo Switch! Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World is an action/adventure platformer. It stars a girl…
Read MoreDragon Quest 35th Anniversary Stream Thoughts
Last night, Square Enix had a Dragon Quest 35th Anniversary stream. I watched it on youtube and I was blown away, especially by one of the surprise announcements! I can’t stop thinking about it. And so now its time to talk about all the games that were shown off last night. It is the Dragon Quest series 35th anniversary this year and Square Enix celebrated it in style last night. They held a special stream on youtube that talked about…
Read MoreMiitopia Finds A New Home on The Switch
Miitopia started its life as a 3DS game. We reviewed that and liked it a lot. We also really enjoyed the Nintendo Switch demo! Now the full Miitopia game is out for the Switch and we have received a review copy of that version too. How is it so far? Is it really different from the 3DS one? For those who don’t know what Miitopia is, here is what I said in my review of the 3DS version: “An evil…
Read MoreMiitopia is now available for the Nintendo Switch!
Miitopia, the turn-based rpg featuring Mii characters, is now available for the Nintendo Switch! Miitopia is now out via retail and on the Nintendo Switch eshop. Check out our previous thoughts on the games demo, plus my thoughts on the return of the Miis! We will have a preview of Miitopia tomorrow. And be on the look out next week for our review-in-progress of the game! Are you planning to pick up Miitopia today? If you do, please share your…
Read MoreMore Thoughts From Me #271: Return of the Mii
Mii characters have been around since the Wii. Nintendo used them some of the 3DS, with Tomodachi Life and Miitopia specifically but they haven’t been used them a lot on the Switch…until now! Let’s talk about the return of the Mii. When Nintendo introduced the Mii on the Wii, well, it was neat concept. Creating your own avatar to use in games like Wii Sports was cool. And then on 3DS, we got games like Tomodachi Life and Miitopia which…
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