A beginner’s guide to Mario RPGs
Like your Mario games with a bit more story and progression? You’re not alone! Here’s our guide to the many permutations of Mario RPGs, from the SNES days to now.
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A beginner’s guide to Fire Emblem
With its 30th anniversary, a lot of people have been talking about the long-running strategy franchise, and many are being introduced to what it has to offer. So where do you start if you want to get into the series? What’s the next step if you enjoy Three Houses or mobile hit Fire Emblem Heroes, and where do you go after that? We’re here to help you answer those questions.
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Video: Keep calm, but do play Touch Panic
In the DS days, Nintendo published a lot of touch-friendly all-ages games that would foreshadow the mobile app era that was ahead. Brain Age! Polarium! Professor Layton! Touch Panic!
If you haven’t heard of that last one, you’re forgiven: it didn’t release in the West. But it’s incredibly import-friendly and you should play it. Check out our video for a better look!
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Video: See the sea with Starfy’s last Japan-only title
Remember The Legendary Starfy? It’s… really okay if you didn’t, because its DS release slipped by many on this side of the Pacific. If you do recall it, it’s probably because you fondly remember its thoroughly pleasant platforming in the vein of Kirby and its distinctive two-environment back-and-forth.
That game, though, was the fifth in the series, and the only one we got! If you want more Starfy action, your best bet is Densetsu no Stafy 4, which is a very similar release and coincidentally also the thing we played for a video for you to watch!
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The best puzzle games of 2015
In the world of puzzle games, 2015 was an especially thinking-heavy year. It always is, I suppose! But this year, it wasn’t counter-balanced by a desire for speed or complicated by physics or other traversal challenges. It was, as it happens, a pure year for the genre. And one dominated by Nintendo.
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Video: A pixel-packed peek at Pokémon Picross!
Around here, we like both Pokémon and Picross, so Pokémon Picross is a big deal. We’ll walk you through the new 3DS free-to-play title and show off what it has to offer!
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Video: Keys to success in Learn with Pokemon: Typing Adventure
With a franchise as big as Pokemon, you’d think no game would be left unlocalized. You’d be wrong! Though Japan and Europe received releases, North America was sadly deprived of the wonder that is Learn with Pokemon: Typing Adventure.
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