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I didn't participate in the comment section for a long time, but the @scully1888 reviews forced me too.

The reviews:
FIFA 18 (Switch) - 8/10
NBA 2K18 (Switch) - Score Pending
Metroid: Samus Returns - 10/10
Sky Ride (Switch eShop) - 5/10
Puzzled (Switch eShop) - 3/10

The average review ratio of 6.5 is absolutely ok, but in my opinion the bellow par games got degraded and the above par games got hyped. [The average review ratio from Nintendo Life is nearly 6.4, so I define "par" as a score between six and seven]

It's clear as daylight that reviews are driven by personal opinions, but I don't trust scully1888's scores. Credibility is the most valuable asset of a game review website...

One day - two switch puzzle game reviews!
I have finished all 204 Levels of the Boost Beast today. I completely agree with the verdict (luck, free-to-play origins). But I totally don't understand how a much more skill based puzzle game like Puzzled got degraded. I played the Japanese Version of the Game (Joy Joy Kid) on the Wii VC with the Hori Arcade Stick. It's a evening of hard work, but it's skill not luck! In my opinion this time the review score shows how familiar a reviewer is with the genre (not Tetris only), then the quality of the game itself.

One day - two switch puzzle game reviews!
I have finished all 204 Levels of the Boost Beast today. I completely agree with the verdict (luck, free-to-play origins). But I totally don't understand how a much more skill based puzzle game like Puzzled got degraded. I played the Japanese Version of the Game (Joy Joy Kid) on the Wii VC with the Hori Arcade Stick. It's a evening of hard work, but it's skill not luck! In my opinion this time the review score shows how familiar a reviewer is with the genre (not Tetris only), then the quality of the game itself.

There are 3 version of the game in Japan (2013, 2014, 2015). I played the 2015 Version about an hour and I liked it a lot. I never played this version (2013) but i think its a good decision from Teyon to bring it to the west.

To share controllers isn't a new Idea. Wheelspin for Wii allows 8-Player-Split-Screen-Multiplayer with multiple controller options; or the old Micro Machines on Snes. But the overload, the "ColourMaster"-Mode ... day one!

Nintendolife missed Crazy Constructions European release today. 5 times higher price than in the usa, but with the actual discount only 2 times. Joindots freaking price policy!

The premise "Pal Version" has fallen! It's time for some non-european Nintendo 64 gems: Ogre Battle, Tetris 64, Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness, F-Zero Expansion Kit ...

@ZenTurtle Bomberman Generations, Cubivore, Kururin Squash, Nintendo Puzzle Collection, Ribbit King (also PS2), Go! Go! Hypergrind ...,

Thanks Nintendo Europe, got my 4 Codes 40 minutes ago

Edit: too many real friends, no codes to share

Unfortunately oversexed females aren’t a new problem at Nintendo. The last years Wii U Exclusives Trailer (23rd Aug 2013) had a low-angle-shot form Bayonetta with spread legs and her unambiguous comment: “No one said you could touch!”

Unepic and Abyss cost together normally €11.98; with the discount they are „only“ €10.48. If you already own one of the games you have to pay the rest up to €10.48. The real discount is simply 12,5%.

@JulioMoruno I like a lot of your games, but please make next time a “real” promo. Even Nintendos Nes-Remix promotion offer is better if you only buy one NES game with 50%...

Pick-A-Gem is not a match 3 type game! It is a tile-matching puzzle game similar to SameGame.

BIKE RIDER DX2

If I’m not totally wrong, it’s the first game from Renegade Kid in Europe after 2,5 years - the moon release must be disinformation?

@Shambo 505 Games / 505 GameStreet localised a lot of interesting DS Games for the European market (e.g. Beetle King) in the past.

30th Birthday of Tetris and the 30th Tetris Version for a Nintendo System - Fantastic!

1. Tetris, NES; Tetris, GB
(2. Tetris (Tengen), NES)
3. Tetris (BPS), NES
4. Hatris, NES; Hatris; GB
5. Super Tetris 2, NES; Super Tetris 2, SNES; Super Tetris 2 special, SNES; Super Tetris 2 gold cartridge, SNES
6. Tetris 2, NES; Tetris 2, SNES; Tetris 2, GB
7. Tetris Battle Gaiden, SNES
8. Tetris & Dr. Mario, SNES
9. Super Tetris 3, SNES
10. V-Tetris, VB
11. Tetris 3D, VB
12. Tetris Blast, GB; Super Bombliss, SNES
(13. Tetris Attack, SNES; Tetris Attack GB)
14. Tetris Plus, GB
15. Super Bombliss DX, GBC
16. Tetrisphere, N64
17. Tetris DX, GBC
18. Tetris 64, N64
19. The New Tetris, N64
20. Magical Tetris Challenge, GBC; Magical Tetris Challenge, N64
21. Tetris Advance, GBA
22. Tetris Worlds, GC; Tetris Worlds, GBA
23. Pokemon Tetris, Pokemon mini
24. Tetris DS, DS
25. Tetris Party, WiiWare
26. Tetris Party Deluxe, Wii; Tetris Party Deluxe, DS
(27. Tetris Party Live, DSi)
28. Tetris Axis, 3DS
29. PuyoPuyo Tetris, 3DS, PuyoPuyo Tetris Wii U
30. Tetris Ultimate, 3DS

The core mechanics is from panel de pon. I like that the gravity-changes needs also a macht-3 move of three arrows. But is there a competitive multiplayer?

Nicalis = bad European support and too expensive

Pac-Man joins Smash! He buys my vote.

Our relationship isn't yet 50 but I will play today the gold cartridge.

It’s blasphemy to release any game at the 30th birthday of tetris!

@HugoSmits Tappingo could be more than a simple time waster! The colour-mixing mechanics sounds interesting and brings a little more complexity to the formula. There is already a nice little colour-mixing match-three puzzler for Nintendo DS (Blend-it/Splash!) out there in Europe.

In comparison to fast-paced puzzle games, the challenge of logic puzzle games isn’t the speed, it is the complexity. Tappingo has solid mechanics but it is missing complexity. If I compare the complexity of Tappingo with other logic puzzle games like Illust Logic + Colourful Logic or Pic Pic it needs at best a few minutes to master the difficult levels inset of a half a hour or more… I hope the zoom mode would help to create bigger, especially more complex, puzzles. Tappingo isn’t a full price retail game, so 8 hours are a solid playtime, but it is 100x 5 Minutes inset of a real challenge.
If I look at the three screenshots, I don’t see the different background colours, I see three times an extremely easy to solve logic puzzle. In my opinion the soul of puzzle games are the mechanic and the complexity or speed… not background colours!

Puzzles with „Zen“ in the title aren’t my thing - but the “Reflection mode” sold me.

nintendos "first" character is "black" - mr. game&watch!

For this Texan studio Europe is once again no man’s land.

"Now discussing other options" @RenegadeJools publish the Game only in NA

In many European countries there’s still no retail release of the predecessor - brings back memories of Scribblenauts.

The Wiiware Version has some frustrating adaptations to the PSN Version: Multiplayer, backgrounds …
As a “Nintendojuenger” I bought it on WiiWare, but I still prefer the Version on the Data East Arcade Classics.

Unfortunately there Wiiware game Hirameki Card Battle Mekuruca got no localisation

What I expect from Renegade Kid:
Target: $80’000 - Renegade Kid Game gets a digital release in the US
Stretch Goals:
$160’000 - Cartridge release in the US
$200’000 - Gold cartridge in the US (homage to super famicom)
…
$250’000 digital European release

F-Zero Expension Kit has two (not one, 1:15) new Cups, and they are much better than the original ones. Unfortunately I still not played climax yet.

Always the same! DS offers much more. A little selection:
Bokura no Telebi Game Kentei (similar to NEX Remix)
Taisen!! Ka to Chan no Kororonpe! (similar to Tetris Attack/Panel de Pon)
Might & Magic Clash of Heroes
Maestro! Jump in Music
Geometry Wars Galaxies
Pic Pic
Henry Hatsworth in the puzzling Adventure
…

still no Pac-Man Championship Edition DX, no Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+ on any Nintendo System... and now also no Pac-Man Battle Royale

Bomb Momkey: good game, good price, crude releasing policy!

I’m a little disappointed from the puzzle-complexity, only 30 bubbles in 4/5 different colours - the most combos are created by dropping blocks from outside. In comparison to Puzzle Quest 64/7 or my favourite Puzzle Quest Galactrix 55/6 the opponents don’t use the bubbles, so you don’t have to anticipate their turns.

@kimimi Does the puzzle-mechanic from Puzzle & Dragons Z will get more complex and tactic?

@ThomasBW84 Chibi-Robo Park Patrol isn't a Japan-only DS release

the success in the us market, the age rating companies - who finds the next argument to avoid the European market?

It’s time for their puzzle-milestone Po-Ka-Zu on 3DS

There is a „good“ Spike in video game industry out there.

Japanese video game developer and publisher (now Spike Chunsoft) – known for Jawa: Mammoth to Himitsu no Ishi, Fire Pro Wrestling, 999 …

2014 - Tetris 30th
Luigi will be mashed

I like this disproportionate advertising „Game Boy had Tetris, Nintendo DS had Picross. Now 3DS players get their puzzle craze called Tappingo!“

… they forgot, Picross is a Game Boy Game too (Picross, Picross 2)
… DS has more than 500 Puzzle-Games and some of them with newer concepts similar to Tappingo, like Link-a-Pix (Pic Pic)
… there are already a ton of Puzzle Games on 3DS, like Bomb Monkey
… and my favourite – the line of ancestors: Tetris, Picross, Tappingo

Aside the promotion, I think Tappingo looks good and for me it is a day-one download.

it's more like "Puyo Puyo & Tetris".... a little disappointing, that there isn't yet a creative crossover-mode

no EA, UBI, Activison and no XBX, no 360 in the top 100 - like the good old 90s

I read: WayForward - Gauntlet - working together - 16-bit look ...

I played the Demo at an Expo – I have expected more … far away from outstanding.

@MegaWatts Tetris 64 (Giga Tetris, Bio Tetris) one of my absolute favourites, but the picture in the article is from The New Tetris.

"For example, we completed about five full areas with ease then happened upon a stage that took nearly twenty attempts to beat"

There are 9 different magical classes with different spells in the game (you could choose them by building the right structures). To notice this little “RPG-element” will help a lot – I played it (European Version) for more than 13h and nearly never died. I had about four glitches in the whole playtime. In my opinion Jewel Adventures is a “good” game – 7/10

Jewel Adventures is a good game - go for it americans!

Wow oversexed mature games! Not really impressed by the lame “no one said you could touch!” and the unambiguous pose at 3:16… I wish back “the good old” Nintendo with Samus and Birdo