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I apologize in advance for being a bit jaded with local multiplayer games on the system, partially because of their abundance but really more due to the lacking level of fun and quality many exhibit...
If you're into anime and visual novels that have a bit more going on under the surface than you'd first assume The Fox Awaits Me may be your jam...
When it comes to indie strategy games on the Switch there aren't too many to choose from, and for the most part they tend to be in the tactical turn-based combat direction in some way...
When it comes to strategy games there are crowds with pretty different tastes out there...
The good news is that once you get rolling this isn't a bad twin-stick shooting game on a budget, and can offer up some challenge to a degree...
Puzzle platformers are generally pretty common on the Switch, so it can take some effort to stand apart from the pack in some way...
This is one of those somewhat aggravating titles where you can see some potential, and for the right crowd it can be a positive experience, but there are just enough obstacles to enjoyment that it's tougher to recommend...
Never having witnessed the apparent previous disasters having been reported I can't comment in any way how this edition compares...
While mobile games being converted to console tend to get a bad rap there are sometimes exceptions to the rule...
Games that come over from the mobile space are always tricky to evaluate on the Switch, especially when they favor touchscreen heavily over traditional controls...
Having played (and loved) many roguelike twin-stick shooters on the Switch it always piques my attention when a developer brings something new to the table...
One casualty of doing video capture for every game I play is that titles that are much better suited to touchscreen play take a beating in terms of my opinion early on...
While I'm a moderate fan of mobile conversions that have a simple look but satisfyingly accessible play when the experience is phoned in I won't hesitate to say so...
If you were to try to give The Curious Expedition an elevator pitch it would best be described as the love child of classic Civilization and The Oregon Trail in my mind...
If you're going to want to make a splash in the eShop sometimes you just need to go for it with an off-center idea and maybe a catchy name...
When it comes to weird games I'm a bit of a connoisseur on the Switch, I've even set aside an entire category for them specifically...
While I have a deep love for weird and funky games they can be tough to pull off well...
As a massive fan of the original Bubble Bobble both in the arcades and at home on the NES I was thrilled to hear the series was getting a new lease on life...
Having played “interactive movie” style games since way back when CD-ROMs first allowed them to exist with the likes of classics like The 7th Guest and Phantasmagoria (among others) it has been interesting to see the genre progress...
While there have been quite a number of dungeon crawler RPGs on the Switch none of them has quite convinced me to start enjoying the genre too much...