As brain training games go, Big Brain Academy: Brain vs Brain is rather playful. The likes of Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training treat everything like a workout: a structured daily routine, with a focus on tracking progress and measuring those gains; Big Brain Academy is more an assortment of brain training-style …
For just shy of 20 years, WarioWare has been down the delightfully absurd corner of Nintendo’s repertoire with frantic medleys of bizarre “microgames”: bite-sized minigames, each lasting only a couple of seconds, played in rapid succession to hilarious outcomes. WarioWare: Get It Together continues that legacy, but with a big …
Overcooked! All You Can Eat brings the frantic cooking action of Overcooked! to the new generation with some welcome new levels and features. Ghost Town Games’ Overcooked!, first released in 2016, took a clever, unique concept and delivered it to perfection. A frantic, hilarious party game that sees players trying …
If you’re planning a game night, Boomerang Fu is essential. Making a really good party game is, I think, a lot more difficult than it may appear. It needs to be easy to pick up and get the hang of when you’ve never played it before, but also offer some …
There’s not much longer to wait before Boomerang Fu lets you slice up your friends in hectic, hilarious local multiplayer battles, and you’ll be able to do so on Switch, too. Today, developer Cranky Watermelon announced an August 13 release date, as well as a Switch version in addition to …
It’s not unusual for a Japanese arcade hit to never see the light of day in the West, but that doesn’t make it any less frustrating for fans (or would-be fans) of a particular game. Such has long been the case for drum-based rhythm game Taiko no Tatsujin: it’s been …
Party games are plentiful, but great party games are rare. It takes more than just cute characters and local multiplayer. You need something that’s easy for someone brand new to pick up, but deep enough to stay interesting over however many days, weeks, months, or years people are playing. You …
