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I hope you kept your game saves safe. Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance releases for Nintendo Switch and other consoles in just a couple weeks, and it’ll come with bonuses for those played the original version on the Switch.
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak is just a little over a month away, but series fans won’t have to wait that long to get started. NIS America announced today that a demo is being released on June 4th, and save data will transfer over to the full game.
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Well, here we go. The fight of the centuries. A nightmarish Dewey Decimal mixup between Edo-era Japanese history, early 20th century pulp sci-fi, and the Who Would Win books. It’s Musashi vs. Cthulhu, and the winner can now be determined on the Nintendo Switch.
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It’s easy to recommend Goliath Depot to fans of classic arcade games, but does it have enough modern additions and replay incentives to engage a wider audience? Well, that’s what the review is for.
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The original Famicon version of Ikki led one reviewer to coin the term kusogē, or “crap game.” Ikki Unite is not kusogē, although your mileage with it will depend whether you’re initiating the game’s uprising alone or with online company.
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Here, we’ve got this ultra-violent, gory anime, and—with Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Sweep the Board!—SEGA has turned it into a pleasant evening of light-hearted fun and family-friendly competition.
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NIS America, Inc. has announced that their action RPG, REYNATIS, will be released for Nintendo Switch and other platforms on September 27th, 2024 with special crossover content rom Square Enix’s NEO: The World Ends With You.
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Bill and I each took a game in Class of Heroes 1&2: Complete Edition, but we’ll review the collection as a whole because our thoughts are largely similar, and because it’ll be best if we work through those thoughts together.

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Spike Chunsoft’s roguelike RPG Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island is one of my favorite Nintendo Switch games of early 2024. And with the newly released DLC, that love is looking to push to mid-year and beyond.
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In Demon Slayer: Kibetsu no Yaiba, a kind-hearted boy named Tanjiro returns from a day of work to find his entire family brutally murdered by a demon, with his sister having become a demon herself. So, clearly, let’s make it a family board game!
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El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron HD Remaster may be one of the coolest, trippiest looking games you’ll play this year. That’s quite an achievement for a title originally released in 2011.
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Passing By – A Tailwind Journey is a low-stakes game of platforming, exploration, and survival. It’s mostly a pleasant adventure, but it’s not without its stressful moments.
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Unlife is an action platform adventure set shortly after a monster-infested apocalypse drove humans into hiding. It’s an old-school apocalypse, brought about by nuclear fallout, not bioengineering or AI. Ah, the adorably quaint fears of yesteryear.
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Hopefully you found something to look forward to in today’s Nintendo Indie Direct. If not, here’s another bit of news that was featured only in the Japan Direct; the co-op platformer Bread & Fred will be served on Nintendo Switch on May 23, 2024.
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Life hasn’t been kind to Loretta. Neither has her husband. Or her neighbors. But does all of that justify the numerous bad decisions she’s going to make in this game? Well, that’s the thing. For the most part, those decisions are up to the player.
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Ahead of the SaGa Emerald Beyond release later this month, SQUARE-ENIX has a released a demo that allows players to try out several hours of gameplay in one of three storylines, depending upon platform.
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The Vale: Shadow of the Crown is an adventure RPG that is fully blind accessible; its graphics are nothing more than floating points of light. The game relies on story and binaural audio effects to push gamers through. In this case, that’s enough.
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It’s probably too early to be declaring my 2024 game of the year; there’s plenty to look forward to. But having spent upwards of 100 hours on Unicorn Overlord, I’ll be very surprised if I have a better time throughout the rest of the Nintendo Switch’s twilight.
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