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The Ace Attorney Investigations Collection may not hold up like the rest of the Ace Attorney saga, but there’s enough for long-time fans and newcomers to enjoy.
World of Warcraft: The War Within, the 10th expansion in the famed MMORPG franchise, and the 20th anniversary of the game itself, is a weird mish-mash of ideas coming off the very solo-centric expansions Shadowlands and Dragonflight. As some people might remember, I turned my back on "Retail WoW" after…
Following the trend of solid collections of the Castlevania franchise, the Castlevania Dominus Collection is a serviceable addition that will undoubtedly find new players and satisfy longtime fans at least for the most part. There are few games more visually interesting on the Nintendo DS than the three Castlevania games…
When I discovered that Natsume Atari was remaking one of my favorite Nintendo Entertainment System games, Shadow of the Ninja, I couldn’t help but geek out a bit—it took me back to my childhood. I never owned Shadow of the Ninja, so the only time I played it was when…
Gundam Breaker 4 is the newest game in the long-running series and while it brings plenty for fans of Gundam and it, it does nothing to entice anyone else.
Visions of Mana is the latest entry in Square Enix's long-running Mana series now an action RPG and brings plenty of updates to make this a must-play.
In their latest release, Ubisoft Massive delivers an open-world adventure that feels both familiar and fresh, setting a new bar for what a Star Wars game can be. Game Name: Star Wars Outlaws Platform(s): PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC - Ubisoft Connect (reviewed) Publisher(s): Ubisoft Developer(s): Ubisoft Massive Release…
I am a big fan of the Atelier games regarding gathering and crafting, so looking into WitchSpring R was a natural evolution. It is a game that grabbed me just from the artwork and persuaded me to give it a go. Game Name: WitchSpring R Platform(s): PS5 (Reviewed), Nintendo Switch,…
I am an advocate for more Fairy Tail video games. Sure, we have the Koei Tecmo game developed by Gust but I feel like we can explore more of the world of Fairy Tail. I was ecstatic to hear that Kodansha was working on bringing more games about Fairy Tail…
There has been a resurgence of games focusing on witches as the main characters, and Mika and the Witch's Mountain is a charming example of this trend. Unlike many fantasy-themed witch stories, however, Mika and the Witch's Mountain draws its inspiration from a different source: Studio Ghibli's Kiki's Delivery Service.…
I was browsing through some of the titles on Keymailer from Idea Factory International when I came across a game I hadn't heard of before, Monster Monpiece. It was a video game made as a card game with many unique art pieces from the Compile Heart and Japanese Idea Factory…
Tevi is a metroidvania crossed with a bullet hell, all in a very compact yet meaty package. The console versions are published by PM Studios Inc.
