Paper Mario: Color Splash is a compromise between its story-driven past and its puzzling present. But rather than averaging out to be merely good, the end product is a great, guffaw-worthy game.
Read More »Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE (Wii U) Review
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE may not be the game we imagined when SMTxFE was originally teased. It may not even be the game we imagined after the first true reveal. And while our imagination may never have concocted this specific game, I’m glad somebody’s did at Atlus.
Read More »Retro Review: Super Metroid (SNES)
In the first of what is set to become a regular series here at Brutal Gamer, I am going to be reviewing Super Metroid, the classic game which originally released on the Super Nintendo, way back in March of 1994.
Read More »Pokken Tournament (Wii U) Review
Everyone is waiting for Pokemon Go to be released so we can all experience Pokemon in the realest sense we’ll ever have (short of genetic experimentation… and I wouldn’t be opposed to a squirtle in my home). But Pokken Tournament is as Pokemon as a Pokemon game can get.
Read More »Oddworld: New and Tasty (Wii U) Review
What’s tall, dark, and as handsome as a mudokon can be?
Read More »Yoshi’s Woolly World (Wii U) Review
Nintendo’s dino-rific platforming series returns for its first Wii U outing in a game that changes up the familiar Yoshi formula just a bit.
Read More »Slender: The Arrival (Wii U) Review
You’re Scared, Lost and alone, and to make matters worse you are being stalked by the elusive Slender Man.
Read More »High Strangeness (PC) Review
High Strangeness is a short indie romp that takes its players through areas inspired by real life places of historical significance, such as Easter Island and the pyramids in Egypt.
Read More »Super Mario Maker (Wii U) Review
Super Mario Maker is so much more than a toolbox. It’s a stage.
Read More »Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Wii U) Review
The Super Mario 3D World mini-game becomes a stand-alone title.
Read More »Super Smash Bros (Wii U) Review
One of Nintendo’s most popular franchises comes to the Wii U in a game that’s fast, action-packed, beautiful, loaded with content, and downright insane.
Read More »Hyrule Warriors (Wii U) Review
Hey, you got Zelda in my Dynasty Warriors!
Read More »Squids Odyssey (Wii U) Review
Squids Odyssey brings the handheld franchise onto the Wii U for some undersea questing action.
Read More »Shovel Knight (Wii U) Review
Shovel Knight teaches us one important lesson, greed is good, and it hasn’t felt this good since Wario Land first arrived in 1993. Ordinarily, I tend to avoid indie games, as I’ve had a fair amount of bad experiences with them in the past. VVVVVV was a notable exception, and …
Read More »How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Wii U) Review
How to Train Your Dragon 2 is a game that lacks quite a lot of polish, suffering from unresponsive controls, bad camera, and graphics that would even be unfit on a PS2.
Read More »Mario Kart 8 (Wii U) Review
Mario Kart 8 manages to surpass its predecessors, making it arguably the greatest Mario Kart game in the series. Mario Kart 8 recaptures the spirit of the franchise, with its insane courses, balanced item system, and innovation. The anti-gravity feature is quite possibly the best innovation that the Mario Kart …
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