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Review Umihara Kawase BaZooKa! (Switch) - An Odd Change Of Direction For A Classic Series

Kawase Kawa-sah Ba-ba-zoo-ka

Stumbling across the original Umihara Kawase for Super Famicom many years ago, we never thought it was the sort of thing that would become such a recurring series. Following traditional entries on PlayStation and 3DS (as well as a clutch of reissues and appearances in Blade Strangers and Crystal Crisis), you’d be...

• Wed 7th Oct 2020
• Reviews
• Nintendo Switch

Review Umihara Kawase Fresh! (Switch) - An Appealing Platformer That Makes Itself Hard To Love

Something fishy

There’s something strange about Umihara Kawase Fresh! It’s not the fish with human legs; it’s not the tadpole that lays frogs. It’s not even the pork pizza you serve to a pig. What’s strange is that it can’t seem to decide how difficult it is. Assuming you are not familiar with the Umihara Kawase series, the opening of...

• Sat 7th Sep 2019
• Reviews
• Nintendo Switch

Review Blade Strangers (Switch)

Beginner's Fight Club

When it comes to the world of virtual fisticuffs, few genres offers as much nuance and space for creativity and flair as the 2D fighter. It was here that fighting games were born after all, and as the years have passed this two-dimensional melting pot has refused to cease bubbling. Instead, it’s evolved into something far...

• Tue 28th Aug 2018
• Reviews
• Nintendo Switch
• Blade Strangers