How the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U online shutdown affects the Animal Crossing series
Hello everyone! If you’re here, you’ve probably heard that Nintendo is planning to shut down online functionality for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U games by “early April 2024”. This date is not set in stone, however, as the company has stated that the end of the service may come sooner, should there be “an event…
Shantae and the Seven Sirens (Nintendo Switch) Review
If you know me, you know I’m a huge fan of the Shantae series. My playthrough of the 3DS game, Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse, was the first time I really got into the Metroidvania genre, as most Metroidvanias I’d previously encountered had dreary palettes or were incredibly difficult for me. The developer, WayForward, really…
Dead Cells (Nintendo Switch) Impressions
Dead Cells is a game I’ve heard incredible things about. I haven’t heard of a single person who doesn’t like it, and it’s always near the tops in lists of games you’ve just got to try. However, it is a rogue-like, and those games.. they scare me. Given that I grew up having to make…
My Nintendo 2020 in Review, and my Hopes for 2021
So… about 2020, huh? My blogging has started a little bit late this month because of stressful holidays, and stressful COVID stuff. Which, honestly, seems to be something almost everyone reading can relate to. Give yourselves a hug, guys. A Look Back at 2020 The year 2020 was so long, yet so short, yet so…
Nintendo’s Anti-Consumer Practices are Really Getting on my Nerves
I want to preface this article by saying that Nintendo is well within their LEGAL rights to have acted in the manner that they did regarding the Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament and the Splatoon 2 tournament. I am by no means a lawyer or legal specialist in the field of copyright or intellectual property.…
What Remains of Edith Finch (Nintendo Switch) Review
Now I must be candid for this review and admit that… I did not play this game. It’s weird, but I ended up buying it back in August and really, REALLY wanted to play and review it, as I’d heard incredible things about the game. However, when I began, I realised that when I tried…
How to be a Sustainable, Zero-Waste Gamer
So it’s 2020, and the world is on fire. Well, to be fair, the world was already on fire before 2020. Melting ice caps, rising sea levels, rising temperatures, forest fires, species of flora and fauna going extinct… are you sweating yet? Of course, the majority of the blame is not on the shoulders…
Just Dance and My Mental Health (In a Pandemic)
We know it, we’ve played it, and most of us have never given a second thought to it – the Just Dance series of games developed and published by Ubisoft. Starting in 2009, it featured 33 songs from the early 60’s to the late 2000’s for players to dance to. It was playable on Wii,…
Choices That Matter: And The Sun Went Out (Nintendo Switch) Review
I am so excited to be able to share this game with you all. On a whim, I had a look through the Deals section of the eShop and saw this peculiar icon. After looking at the game’s trailer, I HAD to have it so that I could review it for you guys. Story Choices…
My Favourite Nintendo 3DS Games
On September 16th, Nintendo announced that the 3DS family of systems was no longer in production, and was thus officially discontinued. This is almost a decade after its release in February of 2011. The 3DS was the first system I bought with my own money, around the time that I started to self-fund my video…
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