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One thing you really need to know about me is that I absolutely love Tales of Symphonia. It might be my favourite JRPG of all time, and definitely is my favourite Tales of game from Bandai Namco. Being able to play it again on modern consoles (Switch, PlayStation and Xbox) is unbelievable, but it all comes with one big caveat - the game doesn't run all that well on Nintendo Switch, which is wildly disappointing. Still, despite the flaws, Tales of Symphonia on Switch is a must own in my opinion. The portability alone makes it a fantastic way to play!

Mario and Rabbids Sparks of Hope’s first DLC, The Tower of Doooom, will be coming out very soon. Check out the release date trailer below, along with everything we know about the dlc. The first Mario and Rabbids Sparks of Hope DLC, The Tower of Doooom, will release on March 2nd, 2023. The DLC will find Mario and company helping out Madame Bwahstrella by cleaning her tower and saving an old friend. A new combat mode is being added in…

Nintendo has been advertising the Super Mario Bros. movie a lot. They even did a Super Bowl commercial! And next month, we’ll be getting the final trailer for the movie. The final trailer for the Super Mario Bros. movie will air on March 9th, 2023 at 4pm central. It will be aired during a special Nintendo Direct. There will be no video game footage shown during the Direct. We’ve already seen two trailers for the Mario, plus a Super Bowl…

Last week, Disney Dreamlight Valley released its newest update! We checked out and now want to provide our thoughts on the “A Festival of Friendship” update. Disney Dreamlight Valley’s newest update, “A Festival of Friendship” is out now! And we checked it out! This newest update introduces two new characters to the game, Mirabel from Encanto and Olaf from Frozen. Mirabel is pretty easy character to get: you just have to find her house’s door knob laying around town. Once…

A new Pokémon Presents has been announced for next week. We have all the details so far, along with some speculation on what might be shown. A new Pokémon Presents has been announced for February 27th, 2023 at 8:00 am central. The video will be 20 minutes long. What will be shown? All we know so far is that it will be “exciting news”. That really tells us nothing. Speculation online so far has been that we’ll see Scarlet/Violet DLC.…

In the last few weeks, we’ve seen a very quick raft of releases of old games for new consoles, and not a single one has released without some issue, big or small. Just think about that for a second. Goldeneye, Tales of Symphonia. Hell, even the Blade Runner release from last year is still being fixed (which is admirable, but plays into my point here). There is clearly a demand for old games. There are entire communities of retro fans…

Tales of Symphonia Remastered is out now for the PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Check out the launch trailer below, along with some thoughts from us about the game. Tales of Symphonia Remastered is out now for the PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. I remember playing the game on the Gamecube and liking it a lot. Symphonia is a jrpg with combat that is more action based. The graphics for the Remastered…

The new Disney Dreamlight Valley update, A Festival of Friendship, is out now. Check out the launch trailer! The Disney Dreamlight Valley update, A Festival of Friendship, is out now! The launch trailer for the update shows the two new characters, Mirabel and Olaf, plus introduces two other unexpected things. The Frozen Heights will finally be getting an event and it looks like we may get to unlock more of that area. Is this connected to Olaf or a separate…

After the Nintendo Direct last week, Nintendo released three demos. I talked about the Sea of Stars demo already. I loved it. And now I thought I’d discuss the Octopath Traveler 2 and the Kirby’s Return to DreamLand Deluxe demos. What did I think of them? Last week, Nintendo released three demos. I already discussed what I thought of Sea of Stars. What did I think of the other two demos though? Let’s get into that. Kirby’s Return to Dreamland…

Yesterday, IGN showed off a little bit more of Steamworld Build, the upcoming new Steamworld game from Thunderful Games. Take a look at the footage than come back here for our thoughts on it. Steamworld Build is coming out for the Nintendo Switch and other systems this year! When the game was revealed, my jaw dropped. I wasn’t expecting this type of game out of the Steamworld franchise. I love that Thunderful Games is willing to experiment with the Steamworld…