Category: Nintendo 3DS

  • Review: Tomodachi Life (Nintendo 3DS)

    Tomodachi Life Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Nintendo Genre: Simulation Release Date: 06/06/2014 Ever since its announcement during the associated incredibly weird Nintendo Direct, people have been talking about Tomodachi Life, a new life simulation game focused on the zany antics of Miis. The game came across as incredibly quirky, and many people I knew were in love with…

  • Review: Turtle Tale (Nintendo 3DS)

    Ah. The good old days. Back when water was instant death for anything, including turtles.

  • Review: Kirby: Triple Deluxe (Nintendo 3DS)

    Another great entry in the long running franchise. This time, it uses 3D to its fullest effect.

  • Review: Heathcliff: Spot On (Nintendo 3DS)

    A logical licensed game, but not a particularly interesting one.

  • Review: Castle Clout 3D (Nintendo 3DS)

    Castle Clout 3D Publisher: Selectsoft Developer: Teyon Genre: Strategy Release Date: 01/30/2014 I’m not sure anyone remembers the original Castle Clout, which was released as a flash game in 2008 or 2009, but if you’ve been wondering where it’s been, wonder no more: Teyon and Selectsoft have created a version of the game for the 3DS. It…

  • Review: Inazuma Eleven (Nintendo 3DS)

    Inazuma Eleven Publisher: Level-5 Developer: Level-5 Genre: Sports/RPG Release Date: 02/13/2014 I was excited when the news of Inazuma Eleven coming to the States was first leaked back in January, but it was quickly taken off Nintendo’s release calendar and not another word was said, at least until the February 13 Nintendo Direct, when it was announced that not…

  • Review: AeternoBlade (Nintendo 3DS)

    AeternoBlade Publisher: Corecell Technology Developer: Corecell Technology Genre: Action/Platformer Release Date: 02/18/2014 In AeternoBlade, you play as Freyja, the sole survivor of a town destroyed by a guy named Beladim that looks suspiciously devilish. She’s got little memory of anything else, but she it totally out to avenge her town. If you feel like you’ve heard this before, that’s because…

  • Review: Weapon Shop de Omasse (Nintendo 3DS)

    Heroes get lots of games made about them, but weapon shop owners need love too!

  • Review: Bravely Default: Collector’s Edition (Nintendo 3DS)

    Silly name, amazing results.

  • Review: One Piece: Romance Dawn (Nintendo 3DS)

    A One Piece RPG that starts off on the right foot, but rubberbands its way in the other direction.

  • Unboxing of Bravely Default: Collector’s Edition

    The last time I did one of these was for the original release of Final Fantasy XIV, and while they did eventually fix that game, the quality of the title at the time was incredibly weak, which made the fact that I had spent all of that money on that collector’s edition incredibly disheartening. Well,…

  • Review: Smash Bowling 3D (Nintendo 3DS)

    Smash Bowling 3D Developer: Big John Games Publisher: Big John Games Genre: Bowling Release Date: 08/08/2013 If there’s one thing that seems to have been proven true from the NES era on up, it’s that a developer has to try really, really hard to gimp a bowling game. For the most part, if you’ve played…

  • Review: Astro (Nintendo 3DS)

    Astro Developer: 7 Raven Studios Publisher: Enjoy Gaming Ltd Genre: Space Shooter Release Date: 09/26/2013 The first time I booted up Astro on my 3DS, my mind immediately drifted back to playing Asteroids in the back of an old Godfather’s Pizza, and playing Space War on my Atari 2600; not because of how well it…

  • Review: Girls’ Fashion Shoot (Nintendo 3DS)

    Girls’ Fashion Shoot Developer: Infinity Publisher: Rising Star Games Genre: Fashion Sim Release Date: 11/29/2013 So here I am again with a girly game in the vein of the Imagine games. There was also this one (though at least that one came with DVDs of the movies in the games). That’s not to say I…

  • Review: Nintendo 3DS Guide: Louvre (Nintendo 3DS)

    Nintendo 3DS Guide: Louvre Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Genre: Museum Guidebook/Art History Lessons Release Date: 04/11/2013 (Louvre Only)/11/27/2013 (Worldwide digital release) Nintendo has always tried to be a little more intellectual than other companies, offering educational software in addition to video games. There’s not a lot and the ideas don’t always work as well as…

  • Review: Arcade Classics 3D (Nintendo 3DS)

    Arcade Classics 3D Publisher: Enjoy Gaming Ltd Developer: Enjoy Gaming Ltd Genre: Arcade Release Date: 10/31/2013 Arcade Classics 3D  is a game made up of six mini-game clones, namely Alleyway/Arkanoid/Breakout, Asteroids, Bejeweled, Bust-A-Move, Columns, and Tetris. For the nostalgics, this seems like a decent, if small, collection of games that might be worth a few bucks…

  • Review: Mystery Murders: The Sleeping Palace (Nintendo 3DS)

    Mystery Murders: The Sleeping Palace Publisher: Microvalue Developer: Virtual Playground Genre: Mystery, Point-and-Click, Hidden Object Release Date: 09/26/2013 In Mystery Murders: The Sleeping Palace, you play as a young peasant woman (Sophia Fay) who has awoken, memories lost, in Laroche Palace, a place that is rumored to have been created and enchanted in order to protect…

  • Review: Moke Moke (Nintendo 3DS)

    Moke Moke Publisher: G-Style Developer: G-Style Genre: Action/Arcade Release Date: 02/14/2013 Moke Moke is a cute DSiware game with charming graphics and a bouncy but repetitive soundtrack. In this game, you fly around as some type of flying mole or bear, and do a variety of competitions with three other computer or human players on a very…

  • Review: Paws & Claws: Pampered Pets Resort 3D (Nintendo 3DS)

    Paws & Claws: Pampered Pets 3D Publisher: TREVA Entertainment GmbH Developer: Neopica Genre: Pet Simulation Release Date: 09/26/2013 Paws & Claws: Pampered Pets Resort 3D is a pet simulation game where you are the owner of a pet resort that caters to four types of cats and dogs. While these animals are staying at your resort, your…

  • Review: Ohno Odyssey (Nintendo 3DS)

    Ohno Odyssey Publisher: Big John Games Developer: Big John Games Genre: Action/Puzzle Release Date: 11/21/2013 Ohno Odyssey is a physics-based puzzle game where you guide little aliens (called Ohnos because they say, “Oh no!”… Don’t ask.) to UFOs so they can go back home. Basically, a ship of Ohnos crash landed on Earth, and they want to…