Author: MichaelD
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Twin Mind: Nobody’s Here Collector’s Edition (Nintendo Switch 2)
Publisher: Ocean Media What I Paid: $5.62 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. Game-breaking bug. What I Say: The murder of a scientist sees our non-identical twin detectives visit many, many locations (this is a relatively long game), play many, many mini-games and solve many, many varied hidden object puzzles to get to the final denouement.…
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2048 Battles (Nintendo Switch 2)
Publisher: Baltoro Minis What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: 2048 Battles is a paid variant of an open source game created in 2014. The basic 2048 game is played on a 4×4 grid with the aim of adding numbers together until you reach 2048. This version of 2048 expands…
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Nonograms Prophecy (Nintendo Switch 2)
Publisher: No Gravity Games What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. Game Breaking Bug. What I Say: I like nonogram games. For anyone that doesn’t know, they are puzzles involving a square playing area where you have to deduce the picture from numeric clues as to which spaces are full and which spaces…
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XPOSED SWITCH (Nintendo Switch 2)
Publisher: Mass Creation What I Paid: $3.00 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: This is a snake-like game where you move a head around the screen, progressively revealing more and more aspects of an initially hidden picture. Various obstacles stand in your way. Once you reveal 70% of the image, you win. Secondary…
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Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan (Nintendo Switch 2)
Publisher: Artifex Mundi What I Paid: $2.25 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: Here we have another Artifex Mundi Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game. In this one, you are an unnamed healer who is summoned to a distant kingdom to heal a mute queen. The story promptly about-turns and you find yourself pursuing their son…
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Pachi Pachi On A Roll (Nintendo Switch 2)
Publisher: Dolores Ent What I Paid: $2.20 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: Pachi Pachi On A Roll is a hentai pachinko game. For those that are unaware of pachinko, pachinko is a game (popular in Japan) where you drop balls from the top of the screen. They make their way downwards, with…
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Canceled! Super Puzzles Dream (Nintendo Switch 2)
Publisher: FuriouSoftPhoenix What I Paid: $1.80 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. What I Say: Canceled! (their spelling error, not mine) Super Puzzles Dream is a timed jigsaw puzzle game. 20 puzzles are available in 4 difficulty levels. The bottom row is pre-completed, and pieces come falling down from the top of the screen. The faster…
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One Night: Burlesque (Nintendo Switch 2)
Publisher: REDDEER.GAMES What I Paid: $8.98 (Base Game + all DLC) Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. SE Spamming. What I Say: One Night: Burlesque is a short but visually pleasant visual novel set in a burlesque club. You are a burlesque dancer with the unique ability to read peoples’ minds. You become aware that your…
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Factotum 90 (Nintendo Switch 2)
Publisher: RAINYFROG What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it (I think). What I Say: The central mechanic of Factotum 90 is that you control two “walker’ robots (boxes with 4 legs – basically friendly spiders). You are on a ship in space which has been invaded by a foreign entity which is sucking…
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Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride (Nintendo Switch 2)
Publisher: Artifex Mundi What I Paid: $2.25 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: This is a fairly typical entry into the Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure genre. A few things differentiate it: there is an unusual kitten mechanic involved in solving some of the puzzles, and the story is better than is typical for this genre…