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Just because something is "retro inspired" doesn't always make it good. I've played some good retro inspired games and some pretty bad ones too. For me, a retro inspired game should be like an old game but doesn't have to completely ignore modern conveniences like "save anywhere" and multiple modes of difficulty.

Whenever I see a game priced at $1.99 on the 3DS eshop, I can’t help but wonder how good of a game you could get for that price. Sometimes, though, there are games that are far better than you’d expect and they are really cheap. Ascent of Kings is a New 3DS game priced at $1.99. Is it any good? Ascent of Kings for New 3DS is a cheap priced game, but it is not a bad game. In fact,…

Back in the NES days, I wasn’t an rpg fan. It wasn’t till years later with Final Fantasy 7 that became an rpg fan. And after I really got into rpgs, I went back and was able to appreciate and like the older rpgs. So whenever an indie developer, say KEMCO for instance, puts together a game in the “retro” rpg style I’m excited. Dragon Sinker for the 3DS (Developed by KEMCO) came out last week. It is a new…

The Wii U isn’t dead yet. Indie Developers are still, slowly, bringing games to the Wii U. I have had the chance to play one of the more recent Indie games for the Wii U, Animal Gods, thanks to the developer providing me with a review code for the game. I am not yet ready to write a review for Animal Gods, but here is a short preview of the game. Animal Gods for the Wii U came out on…

Cube Life is a good Minecraft-like game on the Wii U eshop. And now the creators of Cube Life are bringing a new game in the series to the Wii U this Thursday. Cube Life: Pixel Action Heroes will let you create your own levels much like the regular Cube Life, but this time the focus is mainly on shooting! We have more information about Cube Life: Pixel Action Heroes below. Cube Life: Pixel Action Heroes is coming to the…

Bye-Bye Boxboy came out in Europe yesterday. Nintendo of America announced via twitter this month that the title would come out on March 23rd too. They quickly deleted that tweet and the title did not come out in North America yesterday! What happened? Nintendo of America isn’t ready to say Bye-Bye to Boxboy yet. In a statement to Polygon they said that “incorrect information about an upcoming game for Nintendo 3DS was posted on Nintendo of America’s social media channels”…

The 3DS is one of my all-time favorite systems. I play it every single day. I’m happy that Nintendo is continuing to put out new games for it. In fact, Mario Sports Superstars is coming out next week! Nintendo released a new trailer for it today. Mario Sports Superstars is coming to the Nintendo 3DS on March 24th! I am really excited for this game. Why am I so excited for a Mario Sports game? I’m not even a sports…

I really like the BoxBoy games. Nintendo’s BoxBoy, a puzzle game created by Hal Lab (creators of Kirby), has already seen two games for the 3DS eshop. A third and final game, Bye-Bye BoxBoy, will see release this month. Bye-Bye BoxBoy! will be coming to the 3DS eshop in Europe on March 23rd. Nintendo of America tweeted earlier today that the game would also be coming to the North American eshop on the same day but have since deleted the…

The Nintendo Switch comes out this Friday! If you haven’t already, please check out Adam Roffel’s review of the console itself. And if you were wondering what the Switch’s eShop looks like, take a look at the video below and then come back to hear what I have to say about the new eShop. The Nintendo Switch’s eShop looks very bland. The design of the shop is very basic and uninteresting, especially compared to the 3DS and Wii U shops.…

Nintendo had a special Nintendo Switch Nindies Showcase video on youtube today. In the video, they showed off Indie games that are coming to the Nintendo Switch this year. We have that video here for you, plus my thoughts on some of the games and a press release from Nintendo! I thought the Nindies showcase video was fantastic! There were a lot of good looking games in that video, but there were three games specifically that stuck out to me.…