Ten years after the last mainline Star Fox game, Star Fox Command on the DS, Nintendo finally released a sequel on Wii U called Star Fox Zero in 2016. Despite being the sixth mainline release in the series, Star Fox Zero does not advance the story much compared to where it has already gone. It […]
You Should Play Super Famicom Online’s New Game (Umihara Kawase Impressions)
On May 26th, 2022, Nintendo added two games to the SNES Online app and one game to the NES Online app. At the same time, the Famicom Online apps also got 3 new games. However, instead of Congo’s Caper, the Super Famicom app got the first Umihara Kawase game. It is somewhat strange that Nintendo […]
Does Ugly Sonic Live Up to the Hype? (Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022) Impressions)
Yesterday Disney released a Chip ‘n Dale reboot movie on Disney+. It is mostly just a crossover comedy movie, but it does mainly feature Chip and Dale. As has been widely discussed online, the original design of Sonic the Hedgehog from his own 2020 movie by Paramount is used in this film. In the movie […]
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Xbox Series X) Review
Four years after Yakuza 6: The Song of Life came out in Japan in 2016, its followup released worldwide. Although the Japanese version has 7 in the title, this game marks the end of the series being numbered for English releases. For the first time in the Yakuza main series the game does not follow […]
Mario’s Super Picross (Switch) Review
In 2020, Mario’s Super Picross for the Super Famicom finally got a worldwide release. Presumably it is somehow tied to Mario’s Picross on the Game Boy, which came out during the same year in Japan. It is only available as part of the Nintendo Switch Online subscription. As the title suggests, it is a Picross […]
Ghost Squad (Wii) Review
Three years after it’s release on the Sega Chihiro arcade system, which is known for having similar hardware to the original Xbox, SEGA ported Ghost Squad to the Wii. The game is a light gun game similar to the The House of the Dead series, but with a different structure. As far as arcade ports […]
Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Xbox 360) Review
Two years after the original Final Fantasy XIII released, it got one of the few direct sequels in the series: Final Fantasy XIII-2. The game is definitely built off the base of the original, but it remixes it in many significant ways. The extremely linear design is replaced with a new one that looks non-linear […]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) Movie Impressions
Today the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie released in theaters. Having reviewed many of the games in the Sonic series, this website is an authoritative source on all things Sonic, and it demands respect. This review is almost entirely spoiler free. What is it? As with the first one, this is not really a Sonic […]
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin Is More than a Meme (Demo Impressions)
On March 10th, 2022 the final demo for Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin was released. It lets you play several missions of the beginning of the game. Your progress in the demo carries over into the full game. The demo was played on Xbox Series X for this impressions article. Souls-like Stranger of Paradise […]
Kirby and the Forgotten Land’s New Mechanic That You Probably Missed
In this website’s impression of the demo for Kirby and the Forgotten Land it was stated that “Kirby plays almost exactly like he did in Kirby Super Star on the SNES over 25 years ago”. However, there was one mechanic that wasn’t in Kirby Super Star that was missed. It can be done using the […]