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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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Jon Mundy·Feb 28, 2020

Critic70/100

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One Finger Death Punch 2 offers a one-two combo that might be simple, but boy is it effective.

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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.

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Mitch Vogel·Feb 27, 2020

Critic90/100

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There’s something here for everyone in Rune Factory 4 Special, but its greatest strength is how it ties together everything into one thoroughly enjoyable package.

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Stuart Gipp·Feb 27, 2020

Critic70/100

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It rises above its derivative title and offers an attractive, intricate, very much hand-crafted Metroidvania-lite experience.

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Nintendo Life Staff·Feb 26, 2020

Critic90/100

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Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection is everything that you could've hoped it to be. This is ultimately six great Mega Man games presented to you with a slew of customizable features, extra content, and quality of life updates. If you're a fan of either Mega Man or sidescrolling action games in general, you owe it to yourself to give this release a go and see what all the fuss is about. These are hard and occasionally frustrating games, but they offer up some rewarding, action-heavy gameplay that even today stands among the best of its class. Don't pass this one up, it's definitely worth the punt.

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Damien McFerran·Feb 25, 2020

Critic80/100

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A confident and assured update of a classic fighting game series

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Ben Sledge·Feb 24, 2020

Critic60/100

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The game holds itself well and is great fun, even if it lacks any real innovation. The unique weapon combinations can make each run different and interesting, but the repetitive nature of each level means that Kunai's replayability could be in doubt.

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Gonçalo Lopes·Feb 23, 2020

Critic50/100

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Speedway Racing is a mostly competent but ultimately unexceptional attempt to emulate the thrills and spills of Daytona USA – a courageous endeavour indeed. But like the many faux sponsorship advertisements dotted around this game’s speedways, closer inspection drops the curtain to reveal some hard-to-ignore shortcomings.

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Nintendo Life Staff·Feb 22, 2020

Critic70/100

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Vitamin Connection is a kaleidoscopic mishmash of influences and genres – part cutesy shooter, part mini-game collection. Not all of its ideas stick, and there are a couple of points of friction caused by its tilt controls, but when it's on song, this is a charming sugar rush of an experience – especially if you're after a new couch-co-op game.

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Lloyd Coombes·Feb 21, 2020

Critic90/100

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The highest praise we can give Two Point Hospital is that it feels impossible not to have fun with it.

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PJ O'Reilly·Feb 20, 2020

Critic90/100

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Devil May Cry 3 remains one of the very best action games ever made.

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Nintendo Life Staff·Feb 19, 2020

Critic70/100

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Brief Battles is a raucous little game that provides another option for Switch players looking for some decent four player, local multiplayer party times. It's easy to pick up and - owing to that clever mix of pant-powers, environmental obstacles and unique style of traversal - has a level of depth that introduces a pleasing amount of tactics for dedicated players. It's also priced really reasonably so is well worth taking a punt on if you're regularly inundated with friends wanting to get some couch co-op action on the go.

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Nintendo Life Staff·Feb 17, 2020

Critic70/100

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Darksiders Genesis is, for us, the best entry in the series in terms of its mix of satisfyingly meaty hack-and-slash action and huge levels filled with secrets, puzzles and platforming. With its fully co-op campaign, unlockable arena mode and Apocalyptic difficulty feeding into that addictive Creature Core grinding, there's an absolute ton here for fans of the series – and newcomers alike – to get stuck into. This Switch version may suffer some slight blurriness and FPS hiccups in portable mode but, if you can make peace with these problems, this is a highly entertaining action game at a very reasonable price.

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PJ O'Reilly·Feb 16, 2020

Critic60/100

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Warriors Orochi 4 was a solid, if uninspired, Musou game and this 'Ultimate' edition fleshes things out with some new characters and modes, significantly beefs up the story and tweaks the central gameplay here and there. However, the additions that have been made sometimes feel like the least amount of effort that was possible.