Every phrase and every sentence is an end and a beginning, every poem an epitaph….
Nintendo Switch
Personally, this game hit all the right notes as a big 3D platformer fan.
Despite it being the sixth title in the Mario & Sonic series, this is the best of the lot.
Enjoy our early Mario & Sonic Tokyo 2020 preview footage. Does the game hold up to the honorable tradition of the Olympics and the Mario & Sonic series?
Some geese aren’t looking for anything logical … Some geese just want to watch the world burn.
-Alfred Pennyworth [paraphrased]
It’s sometimes risky to reimagine a classic.
“In the old days, books had awful covers and marvelous content; nowadays, the opposite happens.”
-Giacomo Leopardi
Space Harrier cruises onto the Nintendo Switch, bringing fond memories with it! Welcome to the Fantasy Zone! Get ready!
“Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.”
-Khalil Gibran
Forager first impressions: it will likely tickle the fancy of any player into this type of genre. It’s really a crafting sim paradise.
Songbird Symphony proves that the early bird gets the earworm. Follow Birb on a charming, musical adventure!
“Man is the most intelligent of the animals – and the most silly.”
-Diogenes
What are your top three favorite games on Nintendo Switch?
What is one game you would love to see ported to the portable console?
What release on the Switch would be your absolute dream come true?
If you don’t like peas, it is probably because you have not had them fresh.
-Lemony Snicket
How do you interpret this game? Is your interpretation the correct one? The answer is not black and white. It’s GRIS.
Tetris 99 combines the classic puzzle game with modern Battle Royale gameplay. Skeptical? Try it for yourself and get hooked all over again.
Cake Factory is more game than video and for a certain mindset, that’s all you need to distract one’s attentions on a leisurely day.
Let’s Go Pikachu (and Let’s Go Eevee) remakes, rebalances, and represents the classic Red and Blue (and Green) games but does it go too far?
SNK 40th Anniversary Collection has more games than the PS1 mini and it doesn’t include a bunch that you’ve already played a billion times.
“Enter at your own peril! Past the bolted door where impossible things may happen, that the world’s never seen before!”
-Dexter’s Laboratory: End Credits
Mega Man 11 feels like going home. An old Rockman veteran critiques the latest Mega Man game with an eye on gimmicky gameplay.
With Gordon Ramsay-like culinary expertise and barely concealed existential rage, the Sometimes Vaguely Philosophical Mage takes a peek at Overcooked! 2, which may or may not be as good as the first one.
Cosmic Star Heroine is a combination of recognizable influences but it doesn’t let all that inspiration go to waste.
Certainly, I’m sure you’re very busy and I’m very busy and maybe we don’t have as much time to play games as we would like. But my hope is that with Nintendo Switch being a system that you can play at home and bring with you, we’re going to be able to find more of those moments where we’re able to play the games that we all enjoy and be able to enjoy them that much more.
-Yoshiaki Koizumi
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
-Buddha
HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER!
My wife asked me what I wanted to do this weekend for Father’s Day and I thought about it… then a grin crept onto my face and I began writing this article.
Riffing on the anti-predictive post I crafted for the upcoming Smash Bros. Ultimate, here are like a billion honorable mentions that just couldn’t make it on my list of 24. Thank the internet for these (except for Altered Beast; I made that one)! Hire me, Nintendo.
Happy Father’s Day weekend!
-The Well-Red Mage
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Marvel: “Avengers Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover in history!”
Me:
Alright break it up, you two! Oh, hang on. This isn’t an argument. Gadzooks! It’s a wholesome conversation between two intellects on the subject of gaming and Sega. Imagine that. Checkmate internet.
