Tag: Nintendo Switch

Yoshi’s Crafted World: Demo Review

Having never played Yoshi’s Wooly World, I was at least given a chance to play a small portion of the game’s successor, Yoshi’s Crafted World, thanks to a short demo available on the Switch.  One of the biggest features that stand out with both games is the unique aesthetic.  Where the former took place in…

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Spiritfarer: A Poignant Game About Death…and Appreciating Life

Described by the developer as a “cozy management game about dying”, Spritfarer follows the story of Stella, who has been tasked with ferrying the spirits of the dead to the afterlife.  Joined by her trusty cat Daffodil, Stella will be sailing about the ocean, looking for spirits and caring for them until they’re ready to…

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Kirby Fighters 2: Demo Review

Kirby Fighters 2 is a bit like what you’d get if you took Super Smash Bros and only themed it around everyone’s favorite pink puffball.  It took me about 15 minutes to play through the game’s demo, during which only Story Mode was available to me.  I was able to choose from three Kirby abilities…

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Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – A Pleasant, But Padded, Puzzle Game

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is a slow-paced puzzle game starring Captain Toad (and Toadette) where you explore various stages that you can rotate in order to look for secrets.  The game is extremely generous, with roughly 80 stages that will have you seeking out hidden passages, moving and rotating platforms, riding minecarts, avoiding a dragon’s…

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Spiritfarer: Demo Review

Described by the developers as a “cozy management game about dying”, Spiritfarer has you playing as Stella the ferrymaster, whose duty is to care for the spirits of the dead before sending them off into the afterlife.  Right from the start, the game is quite a treat for the eyes, with the bright, cartoony art…

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Top 5 Best Levels from Kaze and the Wild Masks

Kaze and the Wild Masks is a modern platformer disguised as a retro SNES game.  The game makes little effort to hide the fact that it took clear inspiration from the original Donkey Kong Country trilogy from the 90’s, which many would agree are some of the best retro platformers of all time.  In fact,…

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Top 5 Worst Levels from Kaze and the Wild Masks

It’s become quite the trend lately to appeal to one’s nostalgia.  So instead of making photo-realistic games with massive worlds and cinematic cut scenes, many developers are taking the opposite approach and crafting games that remind us of what got us into gaming in the first place.  Kaze and the Wild Masks is one such…

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