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Alex Olney·Mar 16, 2020

Critic100/100

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons takes Animal Crossing and not only drags it back onto home consoles, but improves upon every single facet imaginable.

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Ollie Reynolds·Mar 12, 2020

Critic80/100

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You’ll genuinely want to explore every nook and cranny of the various environments too, because Half Past Fate looks stunning. It’s a perfect blend of 2D sprites and 3D environments, and everything from the character models to the tiny cups of coffee burst with personality - it’s one of the most beautiful pixel art games we’ve seen in a good while.

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Mitch Vogel·Mar 9, 2020

Critic90/100

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Afterparty is certainly an acquired taste, but—like a fine wine or a good beer—it’s definitely worth the effort.

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Jon Mundy·Mar 8, 2020

Critic70/100

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The simple fact that it provides such a pristine bite-sized example of the format is impressive enough.

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PJ O'Reilly·Mar 8, 2020

Critic90/100

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Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] is a super slick, fast-paced fighter that manages to successfully straddle the line between being instantly accessible and welcoming for newcomers and in-depth enough to satisfy hardcore fight fans.

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Mark MSX·Mar 7, 2020

Critic50/100

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To recap, The strengths of the new City Connection Psikyo ports are the fair price points, amounts of titles on offer, and quality of the games themselves. Psikyo Shooting Stars Bravo mostly retains these same advantages as Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha, though it is debatable if the game library holds up as well overall.

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PJ O'Reilly·Mar 6, 2020

Critic80/100

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Murder By Numbers successfully manages to combine an entertainingly wacky series of whodunnit mysteries starring a properly entertaining cast of characters with some excellent puzzling that'll keep Picross fans happy for a good long while.

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Nintendo Life Staff·Mar 4, 2020

Critic60/100

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A beautiful game with potentially hundreds of hours of gameplay, there's still no getting away from the fact that this is a 15-year-old GBA title at its core. The dungeon crawling genre has evolved over the years to try and make things feel less repetitive, and while Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX does add some features to try to modernise the process a bit, they tend to fall flat. It's still fun in bursts, it just gets samey after a while.

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Oliver Reynolds·Mar 4, 2020

Critic50/100

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Ultimately, Spartan Fist is a pretty shallow experience for the most part.

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Gonçalo Lopes·Mar 3, 2020

Critic80/100

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In summary, Kunio’s catchphrase “Don’t underestimate me!” perfectly describes the content of this compilation. Do not be surprised to find most of these decades-old Famicom games among your go-to choices when you have friends around.

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Nintendo Life Staff·Mar 2, 2020

Critic80/100

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Bloodroots is an incredibly well-made action title that will keep you hooked with its excellent, flowing combat gameplay. The ability to use pretty much every item littering the world as a weapon means you'll be constantly experimenting to find the most efficient way of defeating your foes. Some lengthy load times and a few camera issues aside, this is a game that almost certainly belongs in your Switch library.

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Nintendo Life Staff·Mar 1, 2020

Critic60/100

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Of the 16 Sega Ages games released to date, this sits nearer the bottom end of the scale. While it isn't quite as limited as the first Puyo Puyo, it's still very much a one-trick pony, and while it's entertaining enough for fans of the series, when you've got the far more feature-heavy Puyo Puyo Champions on Switch for only a couple of pounds or dollars more, this one is entirely unnecessary.

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Stuart Gipp·Mar 1, 2020

Critic70/100

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Hero must die. again is better than the sum of its parts, with its genuinely emotional premise and a strangely relaxing feel despite the time constraint.

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Oliver Reynolds·Feb 29, 2020

Critic60/100

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As a strategy game, Gambare! Super Strikers works well enough, but the novelty quickly wears a bit thin.

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Nintendo Life Staff·Feb 28, 2020

Critic80/100

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A brilliant presentation of a fantastic platformer, with a reasonable helping of extra features (some useful, others fairly throwaway). If you haven't played Sonic 2 before it's a must-have: whether it's worth buying if you already have the game in some other form, though, is questionable.