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Kerry Brunskill

Kerry Brunskill

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Kerry has contributed to publications such PC Gamer, Retro Gamer and Sega Forever, and runs her own site, Kimimi The Game Eating She Monster.

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Kimimi
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175 (20 reviews)
First Article
Wed 11th, December 2013
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  • "My Uncle Works At Nintendo" - The Man, The Myth, And The Mendacity

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    Back Page "My Uncle Works At Nintendo" - The Man, The Myth, And The Mendacity

    It’s all lies… until it’s all true

    In the magazine business, the Back Page is where you'd find all the weird goofs that we couldn't fit in anywhere else. Some may call it "filler"; we prefer "a whole page to make terrible jokes that are tangentially related to the content of the mag". We don't have (paper) pages on the internet, but we still...

    • Fri 23rd Dec 2022
    • Back Page
    • Features
    • Nintendo
    • Best of 2022
  • Gotta Protectors: Cart Of Darkness (Switch) - An Inventive, Hilarious Action-Strategy Blend

    17

    Review Gotta Protectors: Cart Of Darkness (Switch) - An Inventive, Hilarious Action-Strategy Blend

    Cowabunga!

    Gotta Protectors: Cart of Darkness starts as it means to go on — with a warm-hearted parody of something only gamers of a certain age are likely to remember. Ancient's logo appears and then… nothing happens — not until you hammer the 'A' button on the side of the screen as though your Switch is a temperamental CRT TV that's seen...

    • Wed 13th Apr 2022
    • Reviews
    • Switch eShop
  • 7 Reasons For Picking Starter Pokémon, But How Do You Pick Yours?

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    Feature 7 Reasons For Picking Starter Pokémon, But How Do You Pick Yours?

    What's love got to do with it?

    Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have finally been shown to the world and in spite of all the important debates whirling around the internet right now about the development team's enormous workload, concerned speculation over exactly how we're going to catch all of the new Pokémon this time around after Arceus' welcome re

    • Mon 7th Mar 2022
    • Pokemon
    • Upcoming Releases
    • Pokemon Legends Arceus
    • Features
    • Polls
  • Taito Milestones (Switch) - An Oddly Meagre Collection Of Coin-Op Classics

    48

    Review Taito Milestones (Switch) - An Oddly Meagre Collection Of Coin-Op Classics

    A muted celebration of an important developer

    A small "Powered by Arcade Archives" message sits in the corner of Taito Milestones' dual-purpose title/game select screen, a subdued seal of quality there to let players know the emulation within is of the same standard we've come to expect from Hamster's prolific series, with all the usual features...

    • Mon 28th Feb 2022
    • Switch eShop
    • Hamster
    • Taito
    • Retro
    • Arcade Archives
  • Is It Worth Importing A Japanese 3DS For These Virtual Console Games?

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    Feature Is It Worth Importing A Japanese 3DS For These Virtual Console Games?

    Save money on import classics before it's too late

    As we all know the 3DS and Wii U eShops are closing down, taking with them countless classics in all genres. It's a decision that's understandably left many of us scrambling to find our old passwords and make those last minute purchases, finally turning those 'Maybe next time' purchases into a...

    • Mon 21st Feb 2022
    • Features
    • Nintendo
    • 3DS
    • 3DS eShop
    • Virtual Console
  • GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon (Switch) - A Dead Ringer From Konami That Struggles To Succeed

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    Review GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon (Switch) - A Dead Ringer From Konami That Struggles To Succeed

    Packed with potential — and not much else

    It takes mere moments to notice that GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon, the welcome revival of Konami's Famicom-exclusive action/RPG hybrid GetsuFumaDen, is the once-respected publisher's uncomfortably close take on Dead Cells' excellent 'action roguelite' gameplay. There's the opening room containing a visual...

    • Sat 12th Feb 2022
    • Reviews
    • Switch eShop
  • Pokémon Legends: Arceus Has Made Pokémon Downright Disturbing Again

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    Feature Pokémon Legends: Arceus Has Made Pokémon Downright Disturbing Again

    Putting the monsters back in your pocket

    There's not a person alive who doesn't know what Pokémon is these days, not a single soul who couldn't correctly point out Pikachu in a line up of every pocket monster there has ever been. The series' success has seen it spread its easily merchandised charms to all corners of commercialism, from Funko Pops...

    • Sun 6th Feb 2022
    • Features
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Pokemon
  • Game Boy's Perfect Pixel Art And Our Obsession With Reclaiming It

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    Feature Game Boy's Perfect Pixel Art And Our Obsession With Reclaiming It

    Grey and green never looked better

    The Game Boy is an iconic piece of gaming hardware, but the quest to elevate and celebrate its games has continued over the course of more than 30 years. Backwards compatibility with the later Game Boy line enabled us all to replay the OG library on updated, improved screens and the quest to present 8-bit retro...

    • Sat 29th Jan 2022
    • Features
    • Retro
    • Game Boy
    • Analogue
  • Japan's 'G-Mode Archives' - The Retrogame Series You've Never Heard Of

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    Feature Japan's 'G-Mode Archives' - The Retrogame Series You've Never Heard Of

    A great way to play some more old games on Switch

    If you're a retro game enthusiast, you're likely aware of Hamster's excellent Arcade Archives and ACA NEO GEO lines which both boast sizeable catalogues on Switch eShop. There is, however, another predominantly Japanese set of retro releases that might have passed you by completely: the G-Mode...

    • Fri 21st Jan 2022
    • Features
    • Switch eShop
    • Retro
    • Japan
    • Best of 2022
  • 10 Overlooked GameCube Gems You Must Play

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    Feature 10 Overlooked GameCube Gems You Must Play

    Small(ish) library, BIG surprises!

    The North American 20th anniversary of Nintendo's cube-y console is upon us and we’ve come to realise that two entire decades is long enough for people to either forget the GameCube’s charming boxy shape or even grow to adulthood without ever handling Nintendo’s handled hardware. "0 years is also plenty of...

    • Mon 3rd Jan 2022
    • Features
    • Nintendo
    • GameCube
    • Retro
    • Anniversaries
  • Seriously, What The Heck Is Going On Inside Samus’ Morph Ball?

    105

    Feature Seriously, What The Heck Is Going On Inside Samus’ Morph Ball?

    5 theories to solve an armour-plated mystery rolled up in an enigma

    The Metroid series is now in its 35th year, and over that lengthy period of time Nintendo has happily elaborated on everything from its star’s childhood to flappy parent-killing nightmare Ridley, Metroids, Chozo, and even creepy Phazon-created evil clone. In short, virtually every...

    • Thu 30th Dec 2021
    • Features
    • Metroid
    • Polls
    • Metroid Dread
    • Best of 2021
  • Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix, Or That Time Mario Got Movin’ To Mozart

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    Feature Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix, Or That Time Mario Got Movin’ To Mozart

    The funky rhythm comin’ at ya!

    On the surface Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix appears to be the ordinary and obvious by-product of Konami and Nintendo continuing to operate in the same creative space. After all, by the time of the game’s 2005 release, Mario had already been doing non-Mario things for a very long time — he could paint, ride...

    • Mon 27th Dec 2021
    • Features
    • Retro
    • Super Mario
    • GameCube
    • Konami
  • Treasure Games That Need Switch Ports Or Sequels

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    Feature Treasure Games That Need Switch Ports Or Sequels

    We’re going on a Treasure hunt

    The aptly-named Japanese studio Treasure — in spite of its fondness for focusing on less popular formats and its infrequent and occasionally Japan-only releases — has long been a developer famed throughout all of game-dom for the consistent originality and sheer quality that runs through its work. Formed in 1992...

    • Mon 27th Dec 2021
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Features
    • Retro
    • Treasure
    • Shmups
  • 'Arcade Perfect' Be Damned: R-Type DX Is Still Portable Perfection

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    Feature 'Arcade Perfect' Be Damned: R-Type DX Is Still Portable Perfection

    Bydo To The Future

    R-Type may be 34 years old but the beyond-enthusiastic reception for R-Type Final 2's Kickstarter proved Irem’s long-running series is much more than a nostalgic memory held close by a few greying fans, or vintage shmup still hazily respected from a great distance. R-Type can still generate hype and open up wallets; the thought...

    • Sun 26th Dec 2021
    • Features
    • Retro
    • Game Boy Color
    • Game Boy
    • Shmups
  • The Switch Gamer’s Holiday Survival Guide For Festive Family Multiplayer Sessions

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    Guide The Switch Gamer’s Holiday Survival Guide For Festive Family Multiplayer Sessions

    Tidings of comfort and Joy-Con

    ‘Tis the season of enforced family gatherings, far too much of every food imaginable, and TV schedules filled with unnecessary modern remakes of old favourites. It’s also the perfect opportunity to stuff a controller in granddad’s hands and demonstrate the joys of gaming with those who might normally avoid it,...

    • Fri 24th Dec 2021
    • Guides
    • Nintendo Switch
  • Clammy Consoles, Humid Horrors, And Retro Regrets

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    Feature Clammy Consoles, Humid Horrors, And Retro Regrets

    Don't try this at home

    A few years ago a clever, witty, and shockingly beautiful Nintendo Life writer had to spend a few boring days trawling numerous websites searching for a brand new and eye-wateringly expensive wafer-thin HDTV with which to replace their ageing and sadly then only semi-functional slightly less wafer-thin HDTV. This new triumph...

    • Fri 24th Dec 2021
    • Features
    • Retro
    • Nintendo
    • Best of 2021
  • How Takara Brought SNK's Arcade Fighters To The Humble Game Boy

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    Feature How Takara Brought SNK's Arcade Fighters To The Humble Game Boy

    Battery-powered brawlers

    Between 1994 and 1998 Takara Co., Ltd. brought some of SNK's most successful Neo Geo arcade hits — Samurai Shodown, The King of Fighters, and Fatal Fury 2 — to the humble Game Boy via a series of 'demakes'; streamlined and simplified releases of the infinitely more powerful arcade originals rebuilt from the ground up...

    • Fri 24th Dec 2021
    • Retro
    • Game Boy
    • SNK
    • Neo Geo
    • Features
  • 'Royal Anapoko Academy' From Yuzo Koshiro's Ancient Is A Superior Slice Of Silly Strategy

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    Matters Of Import 'Royal Anapoko Academy' From Yuzo Koshiro's Ancient Is A Superior Slice Of Silly Strategy

    Where's our diploma in slime-slicing?

    Ancient — the family company of VGM composer Yuzo Koshiro and developers of everything from Sonic The Hedgehog’s debut Game Gear outing to Gotta Protectors for the 3DS — released Royal Anapoko Academy in Japan on 16th December 2021. Like much of its output in recent years, this light-hearted RPG is an...

    • Wed 22nd Dec 2021
    • Switch eShop
    • Japan
    • Matters Of Import
    • Features
    • Best of 2021
  • Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection (Switch) - An Incomplete Compilation Of Cult Classics

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    Review Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection (Switch) - An Incomplete Compilation Of Cult Classics

    Not so fantasmic

    You’d struggle to find a set of games better suited to a convenient retro compilation than Valis: The Phantasm Soldier. The late '80s/early '90s platform-shooter Castlevania-ish hybrid series spans at least half a dozen formats from esoteric Japanese computers to the Mega Drive, each release — even when they’re supposed to be...

    • Tue 21st Dec 2021
    • Reviews
    • Nintendo Switch
  • Record Of Lodoss War: Deedlit In Wonder Labyrinth (Switch) - Far More Than A Knock-Off Symphony Of The Night

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    Review Record Of Lodoss War: Deedlit In Wonder Labyrinth (Switch) - Far More Than A Knock-Off Symphony Of The Night

    Deed-lightful

    Team Ladybug has something of a reputation of turning famous licensed properties into compelling Metroidvanias. After the opening PC-exclusive freebie Shin Megami Tensei: Synchronicity Prologue starring series mascot Jack Frost came Touhou Luna Nights, another ‘exploration action’ title featuring the endlessly popular Gensokyo...

    • Mon 20th Dec 2021
    • Reviews
    • Nintendo Switch
  • 9 Switch Games Guaranteed To Get You On The Naughty List

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    Feature 9 Switch Games Guaranteed To Get You On The Naughty List

    Definitely not sugar, spice, and all things nice

    It turns out there can be such a thing as too much Christmas cheer, especially during the week before the big day when we’re sick of the sight of the cute snowmen shops have been hawking since October and rag-tag bands of singers are prowling the streets, vocally murdering every carol you thought...

    • Sun 19th Dec 2021
    • Features
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Christmas
    • Best of 2021
  • DoDonPachi Resurrection (Switch) - Same Great Game, Same Old Problems

    41

    Mini Review DoDonPachi Resurrection (Switch) - Same Great Game, Same Old Problems

    Bee-rilliant, bee-witching, bee-ry annoying

    Another day, another prestigious arcade shmup finds a happy new home for itself on the Switch. This may sound like we’ve skipped straight to the end of this review a few paragraphs early but as it’s been a full decade since DoDonPachi Resurrection’s English Xbox 360 release, more than that since it...

    • Sun 5th Dec 2021
    • Mini Reviews
    • Switch eShop
  • Clockwork Aquario (Switch) - A Short And Oh-So-Sweet Arcade Platformer Rescued From Oblivion

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    Review Clockwork Aquario (Switch) - A Short And Oh-So-Sweet Arcade Platformer Rescued From Oblivion

    Definitely better late than never

    Back in the early '90s Westone, best known as the creators of the Wonder Boy / Monster World series, were supposed to release a cute and colourful arcade game — Clockwork Aquario. Unfortunately for them the cutting edge polygonal thrills of Virtua Racing were busy setting the arcade world alight at the time,...

    • Tue 30th Nov 2021
    • Reviews
    • Switch eShop
  • Heaven's Machine (Switch) - Short, But Unfortunately Not Sweet

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    Mini Review Heaven's Machine (Switch) - Short, But Unfortunately Not Sweet

    A bullet hellish experience

    Heaven's Machine is the first of Super Rare Games’ ‘Super Rare Shorts’ series; brand new indie games only released on the Switch in physical form and only available to buy during a short open preorder window. It's certainly an unusual idea but, unfortunately, this is probably not the start they were hoping for...

    • Thu 11th Nov 2021
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