One of the biggest surprises in the June 2025 Nintendo Direct was the announcement of a sequel to the GameCube game Kirby Air Ride. While Kirby has already made his Switch 2 debut, a sequel to a niche GameCube racer, directed by series creator Masahiro Sakurai no less, still turned a lot of heads. While […]
Riichi Mahjong has seen a pretty significant surge among gamers in recent years. Thanks in part to the proliferation of titles like Mahjong Soul (a well-made free-to-play gacha that doubles as a PvP client) and regular appearances as a minigame in titles like the beloved Yakuza/Like a Dragon series, there’s been quite a boost to […]
Alongside Sonic Racing: Crossworlds, Sonic Rumble is another 2025 release featuring the blue hedgehog stepping into the world of more multiplayer-focused genres. The main modes of the game are battle-royale-esque elimination contests and minigames. As a free to play game, I thought I’d give it a try to see if this title is worth your […]
Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga is quite the peculiarity within Nihon Falcom’s catalog. I’m not one for reductive comparisons, but the easiest elevator pitch I can give this game is that can loosely be described as Nihon Falcom’s version of Square Enix’s Dissidia Final Fantasy as a sort of PSP crossover RPG/fighting […]
It’s time for yet another entry in the long-running Mario Party series! Super Mario Party Jamboree adds its own twist onto the formula with the new Jamboree mechanic and takes us beyond the board game with several new modes. It’s-A Me, Mario! For newcomers to the series, the main mode in Mario Party involves four […]
I have a lot of nostalgia for Mario Party, I admit. I spent a lot of time with friends as a youngster playing the earlier entries. Stealing stars and joking as we beat each other at minigames was a great time. I only really stopped as those days of sitting around a console after school […]