Thirty years on, Super Mario 64’s influence continues to be felt. Just like how manipulating Mario’s pudgy face taught the basics of analogue controls, Woodo’s title screen involves grabbing and slotting wooden letters into their designated space to form the logo. This teaches the basics of this tactile puzzler before even meeting central character Foxy, …
Last week’s UK retail (physical) chart gave us the rarest of things: an all-new top three. RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker took the top spot, followed by Onimusha: Way of the Sword and finally the Switch 2 exclusive Orbitals at #3. Things are a bit different this week. Capcom’s Onimusha: Way of the Sword has …
It can be difficult to see the value in re-releases of old sports sims. After all, these were the games commonly found in bargain bins throughout most of the ‘90s and noughties. Even now, the vast majority can still be had for £5-£10 if you look in the right places. Helping to justify Jaleco Sports: …
It’s starting to look a lot like Christmas. No, really. This week sees new major first-party releases from both Sony and Nintendo, forming part of their Q4 line-ups, along with two licensed games – one of which literally has the word ‘Christmas’ in its title. As you’ve no doubt heard by now, PS5 exclusive Marvel’s …
Another new NeoGeo game is on the horizon, and just like Necro Pop, shoot’em up Gley Lancer: Overdrive is set to gain a physical cartridge release for AES and MVS systems, along with a digital release on modern platforms. If that name rings a bell, that’s because Gley Lancer (believed to be a mistranslation of …
Imagine the scene. You’re at the park, and a stray football rolls your way. You go to kick it back towards a bunch of lads having a kickaround, only for your shoe to go flying off in the process. Much to your embarrassment, everyone cheers. The only positive is that if someone managed to catch …
Yesterday’s Nintendo Direct resulted in a trio of surprise releases, along with the GameCube’s Star Fox Adventures for NSO – the last game Rare developed for Nintendo before setting sail. Well, aside from a bunch of Nintendo DS games that Microsoft was happy to let Rare create. Star Fox Adventures ended up being divisive, gaining …
In addition to FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves for Switch 2, SNK has announced the multiformat Metal Slug Ultimate Collection, ready to coincide with the franchise’s 30th anniversary. Ten Metal Slug games will feature, along with the long-lost location test version of the original. Here’s the full list: Metal Slug (1996), Metal Slug 2 (1998), …
The rumours are, sadly, true – Plaion has chosen to delay the NeoGeo AES+ console until 16th September 2027. It was originally due in just a couple of months’ time. Plaion puts the delay down to being unable to secure enough memory chips to increase production and meet demand. Rather than launch in November with …
A new NeoGeo game, built from the ground up, is coming in 2027 – and you’ll be able to play it on authentic hardware, due to it gaining both a MVS and AES release. Presumably, it’ll be compatible with the upcoming NEOGEO AES+ console too. Nobody is being left out, as the “Arcadevania” Necro Pop …
While Nightdive and Aspyr regularly remaster classic and cult first-person shooters, from Star Wars: Dark Forces to SiN Reloaded, a handful of developers are creating new experiences that draw from the past. MAETH’s SPRAWL zero is a fine example, intended to look and feel like a noughties shooter. It’s easy to imagine playing it on …
Hot Wheels games from the ’90s and noughties weren’t up to much, simply being casual racers with a handful of recognisable vehicles to justify use of the licence, and a forgiving difficulty level to keep the younger audience content. Then, in 2021, along came Milestone with Hot Wheels Unleashed, a racer that made good on …
Proving that physical media isn’t quite dead yet, this week’s all formats UK retail (physical) chart features an all-new top three. This isn’t something we see too often. Bandai Namco’s The Blood of Dawnwalker and Capcom’s Onimusha: Way of the Sword take positions #1 and #2, respectively. Both have crossed the 1m sales mark worldwide, …
Milestone has seemingly put the Hot Wheels Unleashed series on hiatus, choosing to give us Hot Wheels Infinite Rush instead. This is an open-world racer, set across four islands, with countless challenges to complete – not just races, but also stunt, photo, and destruction-based affairs. If you’re still lamenting the fact that EA never gave …
It seems fair to say that Jaleco Sports Faceoffs – out today on PS5 and Switch, with PC to follow – offers some deep cuts of retro sports sim history. In fact, one of the games present (Pro Sports Hockey for NES) reportedly sells for hundreds of dollars nowadays. The full roster reads as follows: …
