Buy 51 Worldwide Games from nzgameshop.com (affiliate link) 51 Worldwide Games has exposed me. Despite my newfound love of strategy games in things like Civilization, when it comes to those classic games of pure strategy—shogi, chess, mahjong—I still collapse. I go play slot cars or toy tennis instead. Slot cars …
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Buy Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition from nzgameshop.com (affiliate link) I can’t remember the last time I played a game that so frequently caused me to stop and just admire the scenery as Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition. From the art direction and worldbuilding right down to the nitty-gritty of its base …
Famitsu has published a new interview with Bravely Default II producer Takahashi Masashi and Bravely series creator Asano Tomoya, with a lot of interesting insights into the development of the new game. Among other things, they revealed that, early on, the game was internally nicknamed “Bravely Default Automata“—a name meant …
Fans of Mario’s papercraft comedy RPG adventures, rejoice! Today Nintendo announced a brand new Paper Mario coming to Nintendo Switch, and it’s not far away: Paper Mario: The Origami King is coming out on July 17 this year. I usually try to avoid copy-pasting directly from a press release, but …
Despite JRPGs being pretty much my favourite genre, I’ve somehow never played Xenoblade before now (or any Xeno games, for that matter). That’s not for any particular reason; it’s just a series that’s always sat in the back of my mind as a “well, that’s something I should probably check …
The latest free update for Super Mario Maker 2 will finally add a long-requested feature: the ability to create your own worlds. Super Mario Maker 2 gives players near-limitless possibilities for creating their own Super Mario courses, but until now, it’s been limited to just that—courses. In a typical Super …
If there’s one message in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it’s this: slow the hell down. In a time when trying to rush through a game and see everything it has to offer as quickly as possible—not least of all because there’s a million other games queued up to play afterwards—here’s …
It was only a matter of time before Super Mario got the LEGO treatment, iconic as both properties are. After announcing a collaboration between Nintendo and LEGO last month, the Danish toymaker has now revealed that the first sets will launch globally on 1 August this year. The “Adventures with …
For anyone who likes classic JRPGs, Bravely Default II is easily one of the most exciting games on the horizon this year. A new demo released on the Nintendo Switch eShop today offers players a taste of what to expect, as well as a chance to give feedback before the …
The coral Nintendo Switch Lite turned a lot of heads when it was first announced for Japan and America—my own included. Any Kiwis and Australians who were thinking about importing one might want to hold off: Nintendo Australia announced this week that it’s getting a local release next month. Related: …