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Epic Word Search Holiday Special Review

My dad and I really love Lightwood Games word puzzle games. So whenever Lightwood puts out a new word puzzle game, I have to review it because I know it’ll most likely be good and something we’ll want to play. The newest word game from Lightwood Games is called Epic Word Search Holiday Special and its for the 3DS. As the name suggests, the word puzzle focus is on holidays this time. Is this another word puzzle game that you’ll want to download?

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Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past Review

I love role playing games. I was a huge fan of the Final Fantasy games until they turned into action games. And I really love Dragon Quest 9 from Square Enix too. So when Square finally announced that Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past was coming to the North American 3DS, I was excited. I couldn’t wait to play the game! And now I’ve played the game, I’ve finished it, and I finally have a review for you. Did Dragon Quest VII live up to my expectations after all this time? Read on to find out!

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Colorful Paper Marios: A Look At the Paper Mario Franchise

All this week I’ve been looking at just Paper Mario Color Splash, however today I want to look at the other Paper Mario games along with Color Splash. Paper Mario has seen five games in its franchise now (including Color Splash), plus a spinoff crossover with the Mario & Luigi franchise. Nintendo loves their Mario rpgs. Which one of the Paper Mario games is the best so far? Which one is the worst? And where does Paper Mario Color Splash…

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Another Feature Coming to Animal Crossing New Leaf Via the Fall Update Has Been Revealed

Animal Crossing New Leaf will be getting an update this fall. The update will add amiibo support to the game and along with that will come a bunch of new features to the game! Nintendo is slowly revealing everything about the update and we will be getting a New Leaf Mini Direct this fall that reveals a lot about it. However, yesterday night the Japanese Animal Crossing twitter teased another feature of the update! Check out the details and pictures…

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Quest of Dungeons Review

You decide you want to a wizard and your buddies tell you to go alone into a dungeon. Haven't they ever heard thats its "dangerous to go alone?" Oh well. You are a very brave wizard (perhaps a little foolish too).

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XSEED Announces Price Drops and A Pre-Order Bonus For the Next Story of Seasons

Are you a fan of Story of Seasons and/or Rune Factory 4? If so, then you may be interested in today’s price drop news. Plus, XSEED announced a pre-order bonus for the next Story of Seasons game! Publisher XSEED announced a price drop today for Story of Seasons and Rune Factory 4. They also showed off the pre-order bonus for the next Story of Seasons game! Check out the press release below: ” FALL YIELDS ANOTHER BOUNTIFUL HARVEST FOR XSEED…

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YO-KAI Watch 2 – Episode 1.3 Review in Progress

Over the last week, we have been slowly breaking down YO-KAI Watch 2, and been doing so alongside videos from Abdallah, who I've dubbed the YO-KAI King. At this point in our review in progress, we have deviated from what Abdallah has been doing in his play through.

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Gurumin 3D: A Monstrous Adventure Will Be Coming to the 3DS in October

Gurumin 3D: A Monstrous Adventure is an action rpg thats coming to the 3DS eshop. We’ve been hearing about it for awhile now but had no clue when it would appear on the system. Well, that is, until today we didn’t know. It has been announced that the game will come out in North America in October! Gurumin 3D: A Monstrous Adventure will come to the 3DS eshop on October 13th. For those who buy the game at launch, you’ll…

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Another Random Dungeon: A Preview of Quest of Dungeons for 3DS

Randomly generated dungeons are nothing new. There have been a lot of games on PC and some on the Wii U and 3DS that use random dungeons for their games. I’m not saying this is a bad thing at all. In fact, I’m fond of the use of random dungeons and like seeing them added to a game. You just never know what monsters, equipment, and surprises you’ll find in randomly generated dungeons! So when I heard about a game…

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Yo-Kai Watch 2 – Episode 1.1 Review in Progress

Yesterday, we began our YO-KAI Watch 2 review - in partnership with Abdallah - and broke down a few things you learn within the first 20 minutes of the game. You can read all about starting the game, the background, and how to catch bugs here. In this review, we will finish off with a few things Abdallah - and ourselves, although not on stream - played through at the end of his first video, and continue on to what we discovered in the next half hour of gameplay!

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