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Reviews

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Tadpole Treble Encore (Switch) Review

A slightly bigger fish in a much bigger pond.
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Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy (Switch) Review

A potent Atelier concoction that should appease long-time fans and might win a few more.
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Cyber Shadow (Switch) Review

Excellent old-school ninja action with enough modern niceties.
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Empire of Sin (Switch) Review

Do you like spreadsheets?
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Wrestling Empire (Switch) Review

It’s not the Joey Marella of wrestling games. It is creeping into Dino Bravo territory.
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Double Dragon Neon (Switch eShop) Review

Double the Dragon, double the fun.
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BIT.TRIP BEAT (Switch) Review

BEAT the BITS in this TRIP down memory lane.

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Previews

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Persona 5 Strikers (Switch) Hands-On Preview

HANDS-ON: Like Persona 5, but with a lot less going to bed.
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Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Switch) Hands-on Preview

HANDS-ON: Wacky puzzle fusion returns to Switch with a neat new mode.
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Seven Knights - Time Wanderer (Switch) Preview

A potentially neat RPG coming to Switch soon.
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Hands-On with Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia

HANDS-ON: With an overpowered team attack that seems to be the obvious solution to every battle, Bakugan's return to video games doesn't make a good first impression.
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Immortals: Fenyx Rising Could Be A New Era of Ubisoft's Open World Games

HANDS-ON: Hopefully they've learned more from Daedalus than they have from Zeus lately.
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Pokemon Sword And Shield Crown Tundra Preview

The second half of Pokemon Sword and Shield’s expansion pass drops this week, and warning: a wild Zubat will appear.
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Mario Party and Pokemon Stadium Are Key Ingredients for Multiplayer Party Game Cake Bash

Check out the Switch demo on the eShop today.

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Features

Hitman 3 Switch Cloud Version - Wireless VS Wired

Can you get all your assassinating done wirelessly?
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Smashterpieces Podcast Episode 31: Banjo-Tooie

We worked really hard for you. Any chance of another jiggy?

Check Out What Games Are Most Anticipated with the 2021 NWR Hype Meter

Our readers and staff responded with a slam-dunk top game and a lot of surprises.

21 Things Donald Wants In 2021

You call it being greedy, I call it “bending this Sothis-forsaken industry to my will”.

Recapping The 2020 Predictions

The pandemic kept me locked down for months, nearly screwed Christmas again, and shattered my crystal ball.

Vote on the NWR 2021 Hype Meter

We want to know what your most anticipated games of 2021 are!
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The Nintendo Observer Awards For 2020

Special thanks to Bryan Rose for clearing this.

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Editorials

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The Timelessness of Shovel Knight

An indie darling whose robust tale made a massive shovel-shaped imprint.
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I Will Always Love You, DSiWare

Alternately: here’s some of the best games we’re losing on DSiWare.
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The Top Next Level Games...Games

With Nintendo buying the Luigi's Mansion developer, Neal ranks all of their previous releases.
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The Timelessness of Dragon Quest V

The combination of traditional RPG and generational family story lead to an experience for the ages (spoilers ahead).
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The Evolution of Energy from The Blind Forest to The Will of the Wisps

How one change from the original improved almost everything about the sequel
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The Timelessness of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

Monkeyin’ around never goes out of style.

Oh The Places You'll Go With a Mario Fanny Pack

Let's celebrate the Mario Game & Watch with the sad, cold reality of the world right now. Happy 35th!

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Podcasts

Episode 172: Handbaskets Ahoy!

New year, same podcast. Jonny guests for an old-fashioned round of Radio Trivia.
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Episode 706: The Age of Pissery

We are sorry for not loving Nintendo enough.
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Episode 257: Thank You, Takaya Imamura

After his retirement from Nintendo, John and Neal celebrate the creator of Fox McCloud, Captain Falcon, and Tingle.

Episode 228 - We're Buying a Jimmie

Dust off those 3DS' because we're announcing our latest Dirty Mage crossover! That's not all however, we got plenty of news to cover as well as a typical Jerkum Mystery History!
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Episode 705: Only the Cat Will Know

Destroy all evidence.
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Episode 256: New Super Xander World's Fury + Hockey

Xander Morningstar stops by to talk about Bowser's Fury and 2021 hype. Also: people who don't follow hockey make hockey predictions.

Episode 227 - Too Much Sabi

Alex "BBB" Cooloffi joins us to partake in some Mystery History fun as well as give us the lowdown on Super Meat Boy Forever!

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Media

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Tadpole Treble Encore
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Golden Force
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New Pokémon Snap
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Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends and the Secret Fairy
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Empire of Sin
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Wrestling Empire
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BIT.TRIP BEAT
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Synthetik: Ultimate

Videos

Celebrating NWR's 2020 Graduates

2020 is over, let's look back and give a round of applause to out grads!

Games that Made 2020 Better

2020 has been a crappy year, here are some games that made it better.
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Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity Preview + New Gameplay

We played the first two chapters!
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The History of Wing Commander and Nintendo

Ambitious ports and a lost game.

I recreated all of Luigi's Mansion in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

It's scary how long this took to make.
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Control Graphic Modes Compared

Both are delivered straight from the cloud, but how do they compare?
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What's Next for Star Fox

The history and future of Fox McCloud

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