I grew up on two of the most classic games in the Legend of Zelda series: A Link to the Past and Link’s Awakening. And while there have been a handful of Zelda games with the classic overhead view, those have been mostly relegated to systems like the G…
Continue reading "The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is as familiar as it is fresh"The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom feels like a kindred spirit to the 2019 remake of Link’s Awakening, both in challenge and in vibes. It’s a far cry from the incredibly intricate and complex worlds in Tears of the Kingdom, and while I only played f…
Continue reading "The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom plays like a traditional Zelda game, remixed"It’s been nearly five years since Apple Arcade launched, and while the service hasn’t fully delivered on Apple’s promise back in 2019, it can still be worth paying for. Of course, that’s provided you’re willing to hunt through the 200-ish games current…
Continue reading "The best Apple Arcade games for 2024"I first started hitting arcades in the late ’80s, and one of the first games I remember playing was the seminal 1987 beat-em-up Double Dragon. Probably not the most appropriate thing for a seven-year-old, but I pumped plenty of quarters into it and su…
Continue reading "The Double Dragon series returns yet again with an ultra-modern tribute to the original game"It's been about a decade since Nintendo released a new game in the Donkey Kong Country series — and while there isn't a new one coming any time soon, there is a port of one you may have missed on its way. Donkey Kong Country Returns, orig…
Continue reading "Donkey Kong Country Returns, originally released for the Wii in 2010, is coming to the Switch"The next Nintendo Direct is scheduled for this Wednesday, the company just announced. It’s being billed as a “partner showcase,” with Nintendo saying it’ll show off Switch games coming in the first half of this year from “our publishing and development…
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