One of the biggest surprises in the June 2025 Nintendo Direct was the announcement of a sequel to the GameCube game Kirby Air Ride. While Kirby has already made his Switch 2 debut, a sequel to a niche GameCube racer, directed by series creator Masahiro Sakurai no less, still turned a lot of heads. While […]
The world of sports games has hit some peculiar times. Decades ago, we saw a lot more titles that I could describe as being easy to pick up and play while offering enough subtle depth to be fun to continually come back to, all while keeping the video game medium in mind. I’ve not especially […]
Patapon 1+2 Replay is a 2025 remaster of the first two titles of the Patapon series, which are rhythm games originally released in English for the PlayStation Portable back in 2008. The series is well-known for incorporating army-building strategies into a four-beat rhythm game sequence and for using French artist Rolito’s memorable and cute anthropomorphic […]
Tales of Graces started as a Japan exclusive on the Nintendo Wii back in late 2009, then made its international debut on the PlayStation 3 a few years later. Now, just over 15 years after the original release, new and old fans alike can experience it on modern platforms. Tose and Bandai Namco have released […]
Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream is the latest entry in the Sword Art Online game series. After last year’s Sword Art Online: Last Recollection delivered a disappointing end to the Gameverse canon, I wasn’t particularly interested in trying out another SAO game anytime soon. Fractured Daydream has a unique advantage though. It was developed by […]
It is another year and another release for the king of the anime tie-in, Dragon Ball. Fans around the world are offering their energy to Bandai Namco as they take on the test of producing the next contender in Dragon Ball’s Budokai Tenkaichi series. Put down your Xenoverse 2 and your FighterZ; it’s time for […]
It’s a new year and already we have the arrival of another installment of one of gaming’s most influential titles. January of 2024 sees the release of Tekken 8, the latest in a long line of games that spans back to 1995. A seven-year-old me played Tekken and attempted to button bash my way to […]
Sword Art Online Last Recollection is the final entry in the SAO Gameverse. Last Recollection brings the story of the alternative continuity created for the game series to a close, and it may well be the last Sword Art Online game we see for a long while. Previous entries in the SAO Gameverse have been […]
Baten Kaitos is a title that I vaguely remember from its GameCube origins. I’ve seen the name over the years, but something about it just never stuck. Interesting name aside, it’s time to have a look at the Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster collection to see if I missed out on a memorable […]
It has become increasingly difficult to talk about FromSoftware without mentioning the Souls franchise and its cousins (Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Elden Ring); Such is the impact these games have had, whether you love or loathe them. But it goes without saying that the success of these titles pulled focus away from one of FromSoft’s other treasured franchises: […]