Nindie Spotlight
HomepageNindie Spotlight's Reviews
Taking classic arcade titles and trying to give them new life in the modern era tends to be a challenge, and I’ve definitely seen both great successes and utter failures to date on the Switch...
Run-and-gun shooters were absolutely a consistent staple in the arcades and on consoles back in the day, and that puts a certain amount of pressure on developers in the current day to do anything that feels new and exciting...
While we hardcore types love our games, that isn’t to say that when confronted with examples of the silliness we regularly accept without question we can’t have a good laugh...
While I’ve been a fan of roguelikes for quite some time it’s only been in the past few years with top-tier titles the likes of Dead Cells, Hades, and more that they’ve really been catapulted into more mainstream gaming circles...
It’s always a bit tough to evaluate re-releases of classic arcade-style shooters coming to the system...
As someone who has a deep love for classic arcade titles and loves games that mix things up, in principle I'm in the target audience for Antonball Deluxe...
While I've never been much of a Dragon Ball Z fan, I had some interest in this title after playing the excellent fighting game that graced the Switch a while ago...
When it comes to management simulations there's no question that the pickings on the Switch are pretty slim, indeed, so when any new ones come along I have no doubt genre fans are immediately curious for details...
Credit to developers who do things that are just a bit different out there, but when the experience stumbles pretty consistently no amount of originality will necessarily redeem gameplay struggles...
When games are relatively simple, both visually and in terms of play, they really need to knock it out of the park with execution or things can go downhill quickly...
If you’ve ever pondered what it would be like to take control of the reigns of government, or perhaps that being in charge is all upside and basking in the adoration of your country, Suzerain is here to give you an education...
As people who’ve been following the site for quite some time should be well aware, if there’s an oddball game out there to play I’m generally down for it...
This really feels like one of those games where people will walk away with wildly different opinions depending on their tastes...
There's nothing wrong with taking what would traditionally be a more hardcore genre, adding cats and some silliness, and running with it... but the problem with Fisti-Fluffs is once the initial hit of catnip passes, it lacks in staying power...
One of the game styles that has been plagued by the most inconsistencies on the Switch has been survival horror, and the causes of the core issues have varied from game to game...
Playing Staxel you can see the thought process that produced it all around...
Digital conversions of traditional desktop gaming experiences have a tendency to be hit or miss...
Back in the days of arcades and even earlier consoles vertical shmups were in their heyday, and while not all of them were necessarily special they could be counted on to at least be consistently engaging...
More peripheral "racing" titles always tend to be a pretty mixed bag when their focus is on much more streamlined action than the racing people would normally think of...
With the general lack of options for sporting experiences on the Switch, it’s always great to see a new contender enter the ring...