Category: Nintendo

Inti Creates games usually feel like they have at least one saving grace that makes even the middling experiences feel interesting. Dragon Marked for Death doesn’t feel tedious when you play with other people. Umbraclaw features some cool character designs. With Kingdom’s Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster, I can’t point to an element that makes it feel worthwhile. It looks okay. I guess building up the kingdom to increase stats and our heroes’ capability helps. Combat can end up entertaining once you invest in someone enough. But the thing is, nothing stands out or feels special. Instead, I…

With spring rolling in and chasing away the bitter cold of winter, there’s no better time than now for cozy games such as Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth. Clocking in at around five and a half hours, it’s a charming adventure (with some surprisingly dark turns) for a weekend or a few weeknights. Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth is heavily based on Moominland Midwinter, taking familiar beats from and following the plot of the book while putting its own spin on things. As you may or may not know, the Moomin species hibernates. Unfortunately for our dear Moomintroll, he wakes up in the dead…

Poncle got its hooks into me again. I wasn’t sure it would happen. Vampire Survivors sort of feels like a lightning in a bottle kind of game in retrospect. But here we are, and Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors is just addictive and satisfying as the original game for different reasons. It’s excellent, with the spin-off referencing the first title in ways that make sense in terms of gameplay and can be quite clever. At the same time, I’m also surprised and delighted by how Poncle and Nosebleed Interactive pulled influences from classic, first-person dungeon-crawlers like Wizardry…

Image via Bandai Namco, Shueisha, and Toei The latest Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour took place the weekend of April 18-19, 2026, and it involved new Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 and 3 reveals, Dragon Ball FighterZ DLC, and a Dragon Ball Sparking Zero expansion. The new content starts rolling out as soon as April 22, 2026. However, the only anime update involved a trailer for Dragon Ball Super: Beerus. To make things easier, here are all the new game and anime announcements that came up during the Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2026 in a list. Dragon Ball FighterZ is…

The Tomodachi Life series always offered a great range of customization and control in each game, with the simulation letting you use the Mii editor to play around with the little inhabitants of islands and shape their lives. The thing is, I always felt like Tomodachi Life on the 3DS almost felt more like an updated version of Tomodachi Collection for the DS. With Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, it feels like Nintendo put together this massive upgrade with extensive customization options that really let us go overboard with making our island, Miis, and things around them our own. So…

When I heard about A Storied Life: Tabitha, I hoped for a game that would involve the packing elements of Unpacking and the freedom of a visual novel. What I ended up with was a Mad Libs style adventure that restricts creative freedom and can result in a nonsensical memoir. It is a novel puzzle game, but it’s more about searching for specific routes tied to certain themes than getting creative with the possible story. It is fine, but you need to know its boundaries going into it.  A Storied Life: Tabitha is the story of the recently deceased Tabitha…

Konami announced the release dates for its first official English localizations of two Prince of Tennis otome games. These are The Prince of Tennis Sweet School Festival ~♡-40 and more…~ and The Prince of Tennis Doki Doki Survival ~eternal passion! Tie break ♡game~. Both games will be on the Switch, Switch 2, and PC on July 30, 2026, with the official sites for both of them open now. Naturally, outside Japan they are digital-only, but early purchase bonuses will be available for each one. The games are $49.99 each. As the name suggests, these are otome games based on Prince…

Image via Supergiant Games Alongside the launch of the PS5 and Xbox Series X versions of Hades 2, Supergiant Games shared a patch that includes character updates related to things like romance, gifts, and other interactions. There are also some notable Fated List of Minor Prophecies adjustments and there are more voiced lines and additional narrative tidbits included to offer insights into characters and relationships. This is live now, with the full patch notes on Steam.  One of the biggest additions involves the sorts of relationship (and even romance related) scenes that come up when you gift Hades 2 characters…

Volontes is an otome that feels like it had a lot of people hoping for the best. After all, about 900 people contributed ¥6,784,322 (~$42,626) to fund its localization on Kickstarter. But after playing, I find it a bit disappointing. While the character designs and CGs are gorgeous and premise intriguing, the visual novel itself feels low-budget in the same way Loca Games’ previous project Yukar from the Abyss did, it’s quite short, and the romance in almost every route feels like it’s tacked on. Fiena’s origins are surrounded in mystery. People in a small farming village found her in…

In the original Arcadia Fallen, Galdra Studiosexplored the consequences of an alchemist and spirit being joined together, dealing with political turmoil and demonic influences in a town that’s growing into a more threatening danger. One of the things it did best was tell a story while allowing the player to be themselves. Arcadia Fallen II continues that tradition with a new story in the world dealing with more magical elements and even more political strife. Thanks to a number of elements, including a cast of well-written characters and a narrative that might hit harder due to current real-world events, it…