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A Swimmingly Amazing Arcade Experience For Ants And By Ants!

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Antstream Arcade is a retro gaming subscription service app for the PS4 & PS5 that has nearly 1500 titles available in its library at the time this review was written and counting with 2-5 games being added to this service every single week, but is the line-up worth...

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The Fungus Among Us!

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Developed and published by Source Byte games, Land of Mushrooms for the PS5 is a decent puzzler that has fun gameplay, and while it might not be a GOTY contender, it is a title well worth looking into and here's why:

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Sandstorms, Sandfish, and a Sandy Oasis Oh My!

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Developed by Pathea Games and published by Team 17, My Time At Sandrock is a sequel of sorts to the previous game in the series My Time At Portia and has quite a few new gameplay elements and features than its predecessor, but does this make the game a worthwhile sequel? Not initially,...

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Manga Quester Too!

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Developed by Thousand Games and published by KEMCO, Metro Quester: Osaka is a sequel to the original Metro Quester title that was a truly fantastic experience in our books! But does Metro Quester: Osaka live up to its predecessor? We think so, so be sure to continue reading our review to find out why:

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A Hidden Treasure Ahoy!

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Developed by Nihon Falcom Games and published by NIS America, Ys X: Nordics is the tenth mainline game in the long-running Ys series, and changes up the way you explore and battle in many ways compared to previous entries in the series, but does this title live up to its predecessors or does it fall...

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A Splashing Aura!

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Developed by Cognitive Forge and Hidden Trap & published by Novy PR Aura of Worlds is a 2D Action Roguelike game that has a fun yet somewhat generic story premise and gameplay mechanics, but is this enough to earn our recommendation? Not on its own, but when you consider every aspect of the title, we think so and...

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Mixed Bag of Creative Fun!

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Developed and published by NIS America RPG Maker With is a highly accessible game creation engine that is easy to learn for newcomers of the series, but is there enough meat in the engine for players returning from RPG Maker MV? Yes and no, it's a bit complicated, but please continue reading our...

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Birthday Fish Splashing Onto The Scene!

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Expansive World's open world fishing title, Call of The Wild: The Angler on PS4/PS5is set to receive an anniversary event alongside two new fish species being added to the base game's reserve! There will be loads of other things to do during the anniversary celebration as seen in the...

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The Banjo, Dolphin, and The Wardrobe!

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A source within the industry is saying that there will be something big related to NSO announced and possibly shadow-dropping onto Nintendo Switch Online after tomorrow's Partner Showcase Direct. What it is wasn't divulged but we have a few ideas including Banjo Tooie, Diddy Kong Racing,...

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Nintendo Directs Making A Splish And A Splash Tomorrow!

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Nintendo has made quite a shocking announcement today by confirming not just one, but TWO back-to-back Nintendo Direct broadcasts tomorrow! The first will be an Indie World Direct followed immediately by a traditional Nintendo Direct partner showcase. The broadcasts will...

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A Megaton Splashing Onto The Nintendo Switch!

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Megaton Musashi W: Wired for the Nintendo Switch is one of the best mecha-themed JRPG's that we've ever experienced! It's well up there with the legendary PS2 Gundam JRPG MS Saga: A New Dawn which is some high praise for sure! The gameplay feels akin to the musou sub-genre with...

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A Grand Theft Odyssey!

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Developed and published by Nintendo, Super Mario Odyssey is Mario's latest 3D platforming adventure and as expected we enjoyed every minute of the game, however we couldn't help, but notice that the game didn't feel as magical as previous 3D Mario titles, why is that? Keep reading our review to find out why.

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The Star of The Updates Dropped Onto NSO As A Glorious Trio Earlier Today!

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Nintendo dropped a trio of unexpected GBA releases onto the Nintendo Switch Online service earlier today in the form of ALL three Gameboy Advance Starfy titles globally marking these games' first appearance in the West! You can watch the official...

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Directly Making A Splash?!

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Nintendo has updated the look of the Nintendo Switch Online home news portal in the Nintendo Switch menu today leading to speculation of a major NSO announcement being made in today's Nintendo Direct, and apparently some data miners have uncovered two new emulators on the back-end data of the Switch...

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E3 Ahoy!

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Nintendo has officially confirmed that their June Nintendo Direct will be broadcast tomorrow June 18th at 3pm BST / 4pm CET / 7am PT / 10 ET / 12am AET (Wednesday btw) and will be approximately 40 minutes in length focusing on upcoming titles for the current generation Switch. Though a reveal of Super Mario Bros.:...

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Five New Gameboy Games Make The Mega Cut-Man And Splash Onto The NSO Classics Library! Available Now!

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Nintendo has just released FIVE Megaman titles on the NSO Gameboy app for this month's update! The titles released were all five of the mainline Megaman games on the original Gameboy! This is by far the biggest...

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A Splash of Variety!

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Nintendo has released several updates to the NSO library of games since we last updated you guys. Our apologies! The most recent update added two new N64 titles to the service! Those two titles being Iggy's Wreckin...

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E3 Lives On!

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Nintendo has announced that there will be a general E3 Nintendo Direct in June of this year! They also stated that the Direct will mainly focus on Switch titles releasing in the second half of 2024 and that the next-gen console will not be discussed in the upcoming Nintendo Direct broadcast. Here's the official...

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Next-Gen Ahoy!

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Nintendo just announced today, that their next generation hardware will be officially announced and revealed later in the current fiscal year! Here's the announcement:

Shuntaro Furukawa: wrote:“This is Furukawa, President of Nintendo. We will make an announcement...

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Featuring Hollow Knight: Silksong?!

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Nintendo announced earlier today that there will be an Indie World Nintendo Direct broadcast tomorrow morning at 7:00 AM PDT / 10:00 AM EDT and will be approximately 20 minutes in length!