A Personal Prelude Before we get into the review, I need to make a confession: Ninja Smasher was my survival guide for last weekend. No, I’m not making this up! This was literally a game that kept me sane during a bit of my personal difficulties last week. What essentially happened was that last Thursday (7/21), just a few hours after redeeming this and another … Continue reading NINJA SMASHER! (3DS eShop)- Review

Thanks to Choice Provisions for the review code Title: Dragon Fantasy II: The Black Tome of Ice System: 3DS/Wii U (eShop) Price: $9.99 Release date: 05/16/2016 The main game/story Taking place shortly after the events of the first Dragon Fantasy, Ogden and crew are back again, this time going on an adventure of a bigger scale, with a slightly different battle system, but the same … Continue reading Dragon Fantasy: The Black Tome of Ice (Wii U/3DS eShop)- Review

Thanks to PONOS for the review codes Title: The Battle Cats POP! System: 3DS (eShop) Price: $9.99 Release date: 06/27/2016 The main game/story In this enhanced version of the original mobile version, you take control of a band of monochromatic cats who try to take over the universe! Really, outside of the silly story given in the beginning and the ending, there’s not much else … Continue reading The Battle Cats POP! (3DS eShop)- Review

Thanks to PlayEveryware for the review code Title: Olympia Rising System: Wii U (eShop) Price: $4.99 Release date: 06/09/2016 The main game/story In this action platformer, you take control of a warrior named Iola, who is sent to the underworld and must fight her way back to Mount Olympus to figure out the secret behind her death. A fairly standard story for a game that … Continue reading Olympia Rising (Wii U eShop)- Review

Thanks to RCMADIAX for the review code Title: TAP TAP ARCADE 2 System: Wii U (eShop) Price: $2.99 Release date: 07/07/2016 The main game/story The sequel to the pretty shallow original, Tap Tap Arcade 2 tries to shake things up by adding an exclusive title into the mix. Could this be what the sequel needs to be worth the extra dollar? Graphics Unlike the first … Continue reading TAP TAP ARCADE 2 (Wii U eShop)- Review

Thanks to Coderchild for the review code Title: Wordsup Academy System: 3DS (eShop) Price: $2.99 Release date: 05/12/2016 The main game/story An upgraded version of the DSiWare title 3…2…1… Wordsup! You take control of a new student to an academy, who must defeat the instructors in word battles to pass. Despite the main mode being titled “Story Mode”, its more of an arcade mode, so … Continue reading Wordsup Academy (3DS eShop)- Review

Thanks to HOPLITE for the review code Title: SPACE HULK System: Wii U (eShop) Price: $29.99 Release date: 01/14/2016 The main game/story Based off of the complicated Warhammer strategy game, this is a port of the video game adaptation of the board game of the same name. Confused yet? If so, then you’ve been pretty much the same way that I have been for the … Continue reading SPACE HULK (Wii U eShop)- Review

Title: BOXBOXBOY! System: 3DS (eShop) Price: $4.99 Release date: 06/30/2016 The main game/story Taking place shortly after the events of the previous game, Qbby is back for some more puzzle solving action, this time using the concept that the final two bonus words of the original game had, which was the ability to place two sets of boxes at once. Like in the predecessor, the … Continue reading BOXBOXBOY! (3DS eShop)- Review