Pokémon Rumble Rush (iOS, Android)
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Posted on August 9th, 2019 by
One of the most revisited Pokémon spin-offs has been Pokémon Rumble. In the game you play with toy Pokémon as you bash into other toy Pokémon in real time. The Rumble game on the Wii U even let you buy real toys you could scan, which would become the prototypes for amiibo figures! Now that Pokémon has found new popularity on mobile devices thanks to Pokémon GO, now the Rumble series is on mobile as well with Pokémon Rumble Rush (reviewed on iPad here). It’s basically an endless clicker in disguise, but it’s certainly one of the better ones I’ve come across.
Super Mutant Alien Assault (Switch, PS4, Vita, Xbox One, PC)
Posted on August 7th, 2019 by
In the future, Earth has been destroyed by alien invaders. A few handfuls of humans escape on spaceships, but now the alien invaders have caught up to eradicate them. Now it’s up to a battle droid to defend the spaceships from being overrun by aliens. Super Mutant Alien Assault is an arcade style randomly generated single screen platform jumping shooter, similar to another game I reviewed a while back called Duck Game. It’s available for all current game consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Pawarumi (Switch, Xbox One, PC)
Posted on August 5th, 2019 by
Pawarumi is a 2-D vertically scrolling shooter that uses themes from Mayan and South American culture, although if I didn’t read that in the press release, I probably wouldn’t have known. Use three different kinds of weapons to fire at colored enemies to boost your shields, power up your special weapon, and take out enemies quickly in this downloadable game for Switch, Xbox One, and PC (reviewed on Switch here).
Penguin Wars (Switch)
Posted on August 2nd, 2019 by
Back in the mid 80’s, there was an arcade game called Penguin Wars. But it was only released in Japan. However, it proved to be fairly popular there because it was ported to several home consoles, including the Famicom (Japanese NES) and MSX. I think the only version that made it overseas was the Game Boy one. In the old game, you play as a bunch of different animals (including a penguin) as you rolled balls across a table to your opponent and tried to avoid and toss back balls your opponent sent to you. It was like a cross between dodgeball, air hockey, and table tennis. Actually it most reminds me of a dodgeball variant game I played in elementary school P.E. called “Sock it to Me.” Anyway, now Penguin Wars is back and better than ever with a modern downloadable take on the Switch.
Moad Racing (iOS, Android)
Posted on July 31st, 2019 by
How would you like to play a racing game where you can drive the A-Team van, Back to the Future DeLorean, Flintstones car, Jetsons ship, Simpsons car, Batmobile, and more? If it sounds too good to be true, well it kind of is, but you can sort of do that in Moad Racing. It’s a new free to play game for mobile devices (reviewed on iPad here).
Dr. Mario World (iOS, Android)
Posted on July 26th, 2019 by
Dr. Mario is one of Nintendo’s most popular puzzle games and it started back on the NES. It was one of the few NES games I could get my mom to play back then and it’s one of her favorites! So we were both excited when Nintendo recently released Dr. Mario World. It’s a free-to-play downloadable mobile title (reviewed on iPad here) that takes gameplay elements from the original title to create a whole new kind of game, pretty much.
Astro Bears (Switch)
Posted on July 24th, 2019 by
Anyone remember the old game Snake, sometimes called Snafu? Or maybe you would recognize it as the light cycle game in TRON? You know, where you leave a trail and try not to touch it? Or you try and block other players with your trail? Now just add bears in astronaut suits running around spherical planetoids like you do in Mario Galaxy and you have Astro Bears for Switch! And you know I couldn’t pass up reviewing a game called “Astro Bears” anyway.
Professor Lupo and his Horrible Pets (Switch, PC)
Posted on July 19th, 2019 by
In the future, a mad scientist named Professor Lupo collects a menagerie of killer alien creatures (his horrible pets) and houses them aboard a space station orbiting Earth. He plans on auctioning them off as weapons to the highest bidder, but before the first bid can start, the space station is attacked by unknown forces. You play as an intern who is normally just bait for these creatures, but now you must try to escape the crumbling space station all the while avoiding alien monsters in this action puzzle game. It’s downloadable on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Tetris 99 (Switch)
Posted on July 17th, 2019 by
When Nintendo announced their paid online service for the Switch, I didn’t get it right away. I imagine playing Smash Bros. online was a big selling point, but as much as I like Smash Bros., I’m not that good enough to play against others online, so I didn’t get it then. But recently when Super Mario Maker 2 came out, they had a version where you only had to pay ten bucks for the online service instead of 20, so I got that one. You kind of NEED the online service to play and upload Mario Maker 2 levels, so now I have a subscription (my first Mario Maker 2 level code if anyone is interested, by the way: 19T-PV8-V7G). So after I got my online subscription, I immediately downloaded another game: Tetris 99. Tetris is still one of my all time favorite puzzle games, and this one is free but you can only play it with an online subscription. So I figured now that I have it, I might as well review it. Better late than never, right? (it came out earlier this year)
Blazing Chrome (PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC)
Posted on July 15th, 2019 by
Back when I was a kid and teen in the 8- and 16-bit days, Contra was huge. It was a run and gun 2-D action game from Konami, and I remember playing it with my friends many times, whether we rented the ones on the NES or later Contra 3 on the SNES. Now an indie developer has recreated the feel of a 16-bit Contra style game with Blazing Chrome, downloadable on nearly all current game consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
