Nindie Spotlight
HomepageNindie Spotlight's Reviews
Retro games looking to take on the rough look and feel of classics like Castlevania are always going to face a bit of an uphill battle...
While I'm thrilled that the classic point-and-click adventure has made a roaring comeback in this generation, in particular the implementation of controls when you're not making use of a mouse has stood out as a visible challenge for developers...
One of the subgenres of games that has been extremely well-represented on the Switch has been story-driven games, and these have come in all sorts of forms and share their narratives in a variety of ways...
With the general lack of sports games in the indie space on the Switch you can bet any new titles making an appearance will get an extra look...
There’s no doubt that for many the 16-bit era was where JRPGs really exploded into the mainstream, so titles that bring back and celebrate that style are pretty welcome to see on the Switch after a slow-ish start for the genre...
With a colorful and cute look, some pretty solid level design, and a generally approachable level of challenge, Grapple Dog has quite a bit going for it...
Among the Atari retro reduxes I’ll admit that Breakout was one of the titles I was most excited to see enhanced...
This is one of those more unusual titles where on the one hand the core gameplay is pretty solid and works well, but on the other it feels a bit unpolished as it kind of drops you into the deep end with next to no direction...
When you're looking to emulate a known quantity, especially when it's a Nintendo franchise on a Nintendo system, you know the risk you're taking...
Even as someone who could be considered a true connoisseur of weird games on the Switch I’ll admit I wasn’t prepared for About an Elf...
Retro shooters are always a bit of a challenge to evaluate through modern eyes, especially when they're ones you didn't happen to check out back when they were in their heyday...
Budget titles that veer off into less comfortably known subgenres tend to be a risk, ones that are even up-front about being decidedly "lo-fi" in their look even moreso...
I'll admit that the promise of this game had me quite intrigued when I first saw it...
While I normally think of games coming over to the Switch from mobile roots as being puzzlers or some more commonly-casual genre, every once in a while you get a surprise...
While I’ve never been too much of a fan of wrestling itself as a sport, I’ll admit that at times I’ve dabbled in them in game form...
I've been fascinated to see the variety of ways developers have tackled handling interactive story-telling, helping to take complex or emotional characters and events and use gameplay to suck people in further...
Given the overall lack of sports-oriented titles on the Switch in general, let alone from indie developers, it’s always a blessing to get something new to check out on the system...
The Switch has been a real boon to fans of co-op gaming with the convenience of the joycon baked into even the base console, and that has yielded some interesting and very different experiences...
Games that have either come from, or at least simply feel more suited to, the mobile space on Switch are always a bit trickier to evaluate...
Since the time I graduated from high school in the early 90s the world has changed substantially, and the traditional ways people have socialized and kept in touch has been revolutionized (and not always for the better) by the Internet...