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Despite some minor performance issues, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is yet another excellent port from Square Enix. Even with the challenges of bringing the title to a weaker platform, the developer managed to deliver a very good product that allows console owners to continue experiencing the trilogy of remakes of one of the most iconic JRPGs of the 32-bit generation.

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STARBITES has a fun gameplay loop, but it's not very innovative. The same can be said of its aesthetics and story, which leaves it somewhat mediocre when viewed from the outside. That said, it was a very fun experience. I had been looking for an engaging and fun RPG without great pretensions for some time, and it fulfilled exactly that function.

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Yoshi and the Mysterious Book delivers exactly what it promises. It's friendly, if that's what you want. Challenging, if you squeeze everything it has to offer. Long, if you want to get your money's worth in an expensive hobby like video games. But above all, it's beautiful, fun, cute, and reinvents itself constantly.

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Coffee Talk Tokyo has great potential, but I didn't see it realized in the way it could have been. The game seems to constantly avoid letting the player feel any overly strong negative emotions, which seems to go against the title's premise, whose aim is to present a more intimate approach to the characters and the small group of friends that forms around the place. The lack of innovation that this new entry brings compared to its predecessors is also quite disappointing, failing to explore in depth a mechanic that was already very simple and unappealing.

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As a Football Manager fan with a strange interest in seeing how certain bad games perform on other platforms, I confess I picked up FM26T more out of curiosity about how it would run on the Switch. As expected, I was terribly disappointed with the result. The updates "fixed" some things, but the result is still far from the level expected from the series.

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If you're a Zelda fan and want a classic adventure, play Mina the Hollower! If you're a Castlevania fan and miss the "unique" atmosphere of the classic games, play Mina the Hollower! If you are... OH, YOU GET IT, PLAY MINA THE HOLLOWER!

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Schrödinger's Call is a short adventure, simple in its interactions and, at times, a little repetitive in its pace, but it understands very well the delicacy of its own premise. With everything it offers, the game invites us to look at our relationships more carefully and, in my case, touched on wounds that I didn't even need to name to feel; therefore, an uncomfortable and necessary reminder that not every goodbye waits for the right moment to happen—and that some words only seem small until we realize the weight of never having said them.

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The Banana Bytes team managed to avoid giving the impression of pure homage in Psyvariar 3, instead creating a worthy sequel that maintains what gives the work its identity without being a mere copy that could be seen as a fangame.

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Tales of ARISE: Beyond the Dawn Edition brings the most modern title in the Tales of saga to the Nintendo Switch 2, this being a small detour on the path of remasters of the series. As a JRPG, Arise is a good game, with cool mechanics, a fun battle system and an even interesting story. Beyond the Dawn, however, is such a meh addition that it's really only worth checking out if you want to explore this world a little more.

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I can confidently say that Bubsy 4D is Bubsy's first competent game. It's not spectacular, and you certainly shouldn't expect much more than 15 short, fun levels with great movement, but the game isn't as awful as Bubsy 3D or as bad as… well, the rest of the series.

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Fandisks are very hit-or-miss for me, with some of them being great, serving as a nice sequel title, and others that seem like they were made just to deliver the romance the original game practically didn't have. And unfortunately, Birushana: Winds of Fate falls into that second category. Even if you played the original, I'd still advise you to wait for a sale, unless you really, really want to revisit this story and see Shanao finally finding true love.

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I recommend R-Type Dimensions III for two types of players: those already familiar with shoot 'em ups or the R-Type franchise itself, and players who are very curious to explore classics of the genre and want a good entry point into one of the most iconic games on the Super Nintendo.

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Mixtape feels like a gift made specifically for millennials who still remember what life was like before it went completely digital. A game about friendship, music, goodbyes, and that painful feeling of realizing that certain phases end without asking permission.

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Wax Heads offers a short experience, which can be completed in around 5 hours of gameplay, but it ends up feeling a bit longer than that. A slow narrative that never really gets going, combined with gameplay that revolves around a great idea but is executed in such a simplistic way, is what makes it difficult to recommend this game to anyone.

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If you're looking for a simple game to get frustrated with while saying "just one more round" on your 300th attempt, Sektori is the game made especially for you! With strengths in both its gameplay and music, as well as the chaos the game provides at every turn, you may be surprised by how it unfolds as you unlock more cards, more ships, and more modes.

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Perfect Tides: Station to Station is one of those games that's so relatable it sometimes hurts. What's been created here is a game based on real life for real people. It's a game that says a lot about Mara, but it can also say a lot about ourselves and our relationships with others, whether friends, romantic partners, or family, but also about what we think of ourselves and how all these mundane experiences shape us.

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It's a Metroidvania with some problems, but it delivers what it promises. It doesn't offer anything new, it's not very original, but it works well with what it has. If you're not used to the genre, Possessor(s) is NOT for you. If you don't like exploration, it's also not for you. And if you're in a hurry, definitely forget about the game.

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There are two-hour games that yield 10-page articles, and 100-hour games that only get two lines of commentary. Worse than a bad, poorly made game, Outbound becomes apathetic, and there's nothing more frustrating than leaving an artistic experience without a strong impression.

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This was a game I really wanted to enjoy, but with an accessibility system that didn't work properly for me and a strange gameplay pace, it's definitely a game I would have abandoned if it weren't for the review.

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Constance is a Metroidvania that blends, like few other 2D platformers, a good and reflective story with excellent gameplay. Although there isn't a dedicated version for the Nintendo Switch 2, the development team included the option for console owners to choose different rendering modes, which alter the resolution and framerate. This allows for optimal performance on both consoles.

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