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newtwars
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2 (2 reviews)
First Article
Wed 17th, March 2010
Avg. Review Score
7.5
  • Review Infinite Space (DS)

    The DS boldly goes where no handheld has gone before

    Infinite Space begins with a familiar enough RPG scenario: youthful protagonist Yuri (are protagonists in JRPGs ever anything but youthful?), trapped on an oppressive planet and dreaming of life as a space traveller, is whisked from his tedious existence by Nia Lochlain, a kind of female Han Solo...

  • Review Picross 3D (DS)

    Box clever

    Longstanding nonogram puzzle fans will know that Picross games have been a part of Nintendo gaming for the best part of fifteen years. The excellent Mario's Picross appeared for the Game Boy way back in 1995, but this quintessentially Japanese pastime – where a matrix of squares is carefully shaded in to reveal simple, blocky pictures...