A PASSION FOR ALL THINGS GAMES
Impressing Looking. Bad Controls. – Even with a number of downloadable golf games available on both the DSiWare and eShop services, 101 MiniGolf World is an ambitious and admirable attempt at creating a light hearted digital mini golf experience. The goal is simple – putt your ball from the starting position to the hole at […]
A Bejeweled Clone – Match three shapes of the same color to make them disappear, opening up the possibility of combos, and make room for new pieces to fall in their place – it is the puzzle game gameplay technique that has been used by many and is tried-and-true. Super Swap! is basically a simplified […]
Tis the season as my local Target had a smoking deal on Kid Icarus Uprising for 3DS – $5.06. No, that is not a typo. Five dollars and six cents. I found a similar deal just like this with Kingdom Hearts DreamDrop Distance. After shifting through a usual pile of unwanted bad clearance games, I […]
Simple Gameplay. Tons of Content. Lesson in Frustration. – Puzzle games are rather difficult to create as players need to be challenged but not pushed to the point of rage-quitting frustration. Unfortunately, 1001 Crystal Mazes Collection has an overwhelming amount of content but this is clearly a lesson in quantity over quality. There are dozens […]
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is a large game and players might feel overwhelmed at times but using the tips below help make the journey a little easier and more efficient. (NOTE: minor spoilers ahead) 1) Rent bombs first to start collecting Maiamai Once Ravio opens his shop inside your house in […]
Undercooked – Like Crazy Chicken: Pirates 3D, Crazy Chicken: Director’s Cut 3D is a rerelease of the original lightgun DSiWare shooter only with poorly implemented stereoscopic 3D support. The inclusion of online leaderboards is a step forward but with only two levels and no way to lose, Director’s Cut 3D is a short lived one-trick […]
Microsoft has announced some deals in celebration of Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Here is a breakdown of some of these discounts: Nov. 26, 2013 – Dec. 2, 2013: The Bureau XCOM Declassified GonD 67% Deadpool GonD 40% God Mode XBLA 50% Skyrim GOND 50% Skyrim: Dragonborn Add-on 50% Skyrim: Dawnguard Add-on 50% […]
Nintendo has just started offering a Link Between Worlds poster set to eligible Club Nintendo members. This poster set comes with three 22”x28” posters and ships in a poster tube to prevent creases and damage. One poster is of the Master Sword sleeping in the Lost Woods. Poster #2 depicts Link as the wall hieroglyphics […]
Last week, Nintendo announced that they will be hosting a character specific sale on the 3DS and Wii U eShop from now until the end of the year. Many Zelda games were on sale last week. From now until Nov 29, 2013, a few Mega Man games (NES) will be discounted on the 3DS eShop: […]
Pull Your Balls. Shoot Your Balls. – Ball Fighter is a simple puzzler that uses a typical match-3 style of gameplay and was originally released as a PC title then later ported to DSiWare in late 2009. Unfortunately, the basic and bland gameplay feels like work as opposed to having that addictive “just one more” […]
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