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ReviewsSwitchKirby Star Allies: The Kotaku Review
Great games are interesting, as are terrible ones. Mediocrity’s a bore. Too bad Nintendo’s newest Kirby game is just that. Kirby Star Allies is the Nintendo Switch debut for a franchise that was on a hot streak in recent years on 3DS. It boasts the same top designers as 2014’s Kirby: Triple Deluxe and 2016’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 16, 2018 -
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The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild: The Champions’ Ballad: The Kotaku Review
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s second piece of downloadable content, The Champions’ Ballad, is a distillation of everything the game does well. Its collection of puzzle shrines holds some of the most inspired moments of the series, culminating in a wonderfully complex final dungeon. It is a strong end to the DLC…
By Heather Alexandra Published December 12, 2017 -
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Xenoblade Chronicles 2: The Kotaku Review
Inelegant and tedious, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is the anti-Nintendo game. In a year full of triumphs for the spunky Switch, this massive role-playing game is a disappointment. I didn’t love the first Xenoblade Chronicles, a 2010 Wii game from veteran director Tetsuya Takahashi and his team at Monolith Soft. I hated the boring do-gooder Shulk…
By Jason Schreier Published December 1, 2017 -
ReviewsSwitchSuper Mario Odyssey: The Kotaku Review
For Mario, 3D used to mean freedom. In 1996, Super Mario 64 broke Nintendo’s mascot from the shackles of having to run in a straight line, letting the player choose their own path. But for quite some time now—no matter how 3D the graphics may have been—Mario’s adventures have reverted back to running on a…
By Chris Kohler Published October 26, 2017 -
ReviewsSwitchMario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle: The Kotaku Review
Mario’s power as an icon is defined by his versatility. The plumber doesn’t just jump: he fights, he drives, he plays sports, he parties. He does it all, really, without ever looking out of place. And yet earlier in the year, the announcement of a Mario and Rabbids mash-up was met by some skepticism on…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 29, 2017