Category: Nintendo Switch
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Connected Hearts: Fortune Play Collector’s Edition (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Ocean Media What I Paid: $5.62 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: The Good: This is a surprisingly meaty and lengthy hidden object game, almost rising to the level of a decent point and click adventure game. The story is captivating with you switching between the heroine and hero frequently to progress the story…
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Dentist Bling: Complete Edition (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: QubicGames What I Paid: $2.10 (Dentist Bling, Tooth Fairy DLC, Mad Scientist DLC) Verdict: Shovelware. What I Say: This minimal-effort presumed mobile port has you cleaning, filling, removing and bracing various people’s teeth all accompanied by excruciating dental sound effects. Why? Supposedly you are timed against the clock and the faster you finish the…
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Candy Puzzles (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Baltoro Games What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Shovelware. Asset Flip. What I Say: Candy Puzzles (or Candy Puzzler – always a red flag when the game’s name isn’t consistent – release date 24-Dec-2024) is an Asset Flip of Fantasy Saga Frenzy (release date 29-June-2024). This time the falling objects are confectionary and cakes, as…
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Cute Puppy Academy (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: COMMANDO PANDA What I Paid: $4.49 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: The aim of this game is to train puppies and then give them back to their owners, thus earning money to invest in upgraded facilities. I must admit that I didn’t find a whole lot to enjoy about this game, which felt…
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Little Squire’s Quests (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Max Interactive Studio What I Paid: $2.98 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. Very Short. What I Say: I had no idea that “pin rescue” was a game sub-genre, but there you go. Little Squire’s Quests is a pin rescue game. 100 single screen puzzles await your pin-pulling prowess; rescuing cash, saving the princess and…
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Earthworms (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: SONKA What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: Earthworms is an odd point and click adventure with the occasional frustrating mechanic and quite an unusual art style. You are a detective named Daniel. You are given the task of locating Lydia, a missing person. Needless to say, this turns into a…
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The Lost Labyrinth (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Green Sauce Games What I Paid: $3.00 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: The Lost Labyrinth is a match-3 type game. It is one of the harder ones I have tackled of late and it took me a very long time to complete all 120 levels (in Timed Expert mode – the hardest mode).…
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B.O.O.L: Master labyrinth puzzles (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Michael Wührer What I Paid: $6.00 Verdict: Not Shovelware. 100%ed it. Made with Unity logo. What I Say: B.O.O.L: Master labyrinth puzzles is a fairly short, mostly monochromatic simple maze puzzler. There are 125 levels in total, plus you get a level designer if you want to prolong the experience (I didn’t). Most of…
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The Suicide of Rachel Foster (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: Daedalic Entertainment What I Paid: $6.00 Verdict: Not Shovelware. What I Say: The Suicide of Rachel Foster was challenging on multiple levels. As a horror/ghost story, the creaks, groans and atmospheric wheezes are sufficient to put you on considerable edge – I played this with conventional audio, despite the title encouraging you to use…
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Windmill Engine (Nintendo Switch)
Publisher: RandomSpin Games What I Paid: $1.50 Verdict: Shovelware. 100%ed it. Very Short. What I Say: I thought 8 minutes to complete Cyber Engine was bad. Windmill Engine took 5 minutes. 5 minutes to complete a clicker game where all you do is mash ‘Y’ and then progressively select additional menu elements to build a…