Alex Olney
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50 Years Of Landmark Video Games, One Per Year, All Playable On Nintendo Switch
Five decades of seminal software on Switch - Nintendo's Switch is now entering its seventh year, and while it's obvious th... → Read More
PowerWash Simulator Review (Switch eShop)
In 1998, The Simpsons made a throwaway gag about Bart refusing to perform yard work at home for his mother, then demanding she let him join the queue for the yard work simulator at a local fairground. It’s funny because who would develop a virtual experience of a chore? Moreover, who would want to actually play it? So anyway, PowerWash Simulator is a game where you use a pressure washer to clean… → Read More
Soapbox: How To Improve Pokémon Scarlet And Violet's Open World
We have some ideas - Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice... → Read More
Hands On: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet's Performance Distracts From Neat New Features And Flourishes
Smeargle used Struggle - Recently we were invited by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo to pop... → Read More
Video: Mario + Rabbids Sparks Of Hope Talks Your Ear Off, But Has Fun In Spades
Our hands-on impressions after three hours - Recently we were invited down to Nintendo's UK h... → Read More
Splatoon 3 amiibo Unlocks And Rewards
You lip-sync, we drip ink - If you've got your hands on a copy of the excellent Splatoon 3, you might be... → Read More
Splatoon 3 Alterna Logs
One way, no Alterna-tive - If you’ve been playing through Splatoon 3’s rather excellent single playe... → Read More
Splatoon 3 Review (Switch)
When the original Splatoon launched on the Wii U back in 2015, it was pretty groundbreaking. Nintendo making an online shooter? It sounded like a recipe for confusion, but as they so often do, Nintendo took a formula that had been refined to the point of parody and decided that it would be fun to be able to swim in bullets. Then they made the bullets ink and everything came together. Splatoon 2… → Read More
Two Point Campus Review (Switch)
After the excellent Two Point Hospital released on Switch moments before the world was rocked by a global pandemic, Two Point Studios are at it yet again with Two Point Campus. If the name hadn’t made it clear already, rather than running a hospital for money, Two Point Campus has you running a university campus… for money. Capitalism and management sims go hand-in-hand, what can you do? But… → Read More
Hands On: Two Point Campus Offers One Hell Of An Education
Learn more - If there’s one thing we need in life that goes criminally underappreciated, it... → Read More
Mario Strikers: Battle League: How To Earn Coins For Gear
Hey big spender - Mario Strikers: Battle League is the first entry in Next Lev... → Read More
Mario Strikers: Battle League Review (Switch)
Name a sport. Go on, name one. Now presumably you’ve chosen some obscure sport that Mario hasn’t played because you saw where this bit was going, but that doesn’t change the fact that our red plumber chap hasn’t been in a hell of a lot of sports games — he mainly sticks to golf, with a little baseball on the side. Mario Strikers: Battle League attempts to carry on the legacy of the much-beloved… → Read More
Hands On: Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Is Looking Like A Mighty Meaty Hunk Of DLC
More than just new monsters and new quests - Monster Hunter Rise is tremendous — if you hav... → Read More
Hands On: Mario Strikers: Battle League Makes A Furiously Good First Impression
Where Mario can kick Yoshi in the face - Yep, we’ve only gone and played Mar... → Read More
Nintendo Switch Sports Miis
A simple matter of custo-Mii-zation - If you've recently picked up Nintendo Switch Sports — the latest... → Read More
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe Review (Switch eShop)
The end is never the end is never the end is never → Read More
Review: Review In Progress: Nintendo Switch Sports
Note: At the time of publication the online functionality is not yet live for this game. As it is such a crucial part of the experience, we have decided not to score the game until we can have sampled the full online experience. Once we have, we will update the review accordingly and add a score. When Wii Sports came out in 2006 it was nothing short of a revelation; beforehand video games had… → Read More
Hands On: Nintendo Switch Sports Has Great Highs, But Disappointing Lows
Wallyball - Many of you will have already had a go at Nintendo Switch Sports t... → Read More
Video: Some Of Us Prefer Zelda: Majora's Mask Over Ocarina Of Time Because We're Right
Bore-carina of Lame, amiright? - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is rightly considered o... → Read More
Video: Let's Really Look At The Direct Trailer For Mario Strikers: Battle League On Switch
Frame by agonising frame - Nintendo's usually pretty good at explaining what's going on in th... → Read More