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Wallachia Reign of Dracula is one of the cross-genre games gamers either hate or love. Here we get a cross between “metroidvania” and Contra by Konami. If you are not a fan of metroidvania games, then there is probably not much here to change your mind. For everyone else, get ready. Wallachia will be getting an […]
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Wallachia Reign of Dracula Receiving Limited Nintendo Switch Release
November 2nd, 2020 
Carl Williams 
Posted in News, Nintendo, Switch 
Tags: action, adventure, contra, Kira Buckland, metroidvania, Robert Belgrade, VGNYsoft, Wallachia Reign of Dracula 
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Team 17 Picks Up Greak Memories of Azur on Nintendo Switch, PC
May 14th, 2020 Carl Williams Greak Memories of Azur is a new “Metroidvania” style game coming to PC and Nintendo Switch. This is not your typical huge world to explore game. Hand-drawn 2D worlds await those that take on the challenge. Controlling three siblings will add diversity and challenge to Greak. This is the debut game for a new Latin […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Nintendo, Switch, Windows Tags: 2d, action, adventure, Greak Memories of Azur, metroidvania, Navegante, side scrolling, Team 17 No Comments »
Bloodstained Receives New Character Update
May 8th, 2020 Carl Williams Bloodstained Ritual of the Night is a rare success story that hyped fans before its release. Fans of Koji Igarashi know who he is while others are going “huh” right now. Maybe you have played a little game called Castlevania Symphony of the Night? Yep, Igarashi was heavily involved in the creation of that seminal […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Nintendo, Playstation 4, Sony, Switch, Windows, Xbox, Xbox One Tags: 2.5d, 2d, action, adventure, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Koji Igarashi, metroidvania, side scrolling, Zangetsu No Comments »
Bloodstained Targets Nintendo Switch, Not Nintendo Wii U, Gameplay Video Embedded
January 27th, 2018 Carl Williams While it is a sad day when a game is canceled, it is good to know that a new platform was added. This was all covered almost a year ago on sites such as IGN. Bloodstained was originally intended to hit the Nintendo Wii U as well as many other platforms but as detailed in […]
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Nightmare Boy Coming to Nintendo Switch
January 5th, 2018 Carl Williams Fans of Metroidvania style games will want to check out Nightmare Boy as it is now Nintendo Switch bound. Nightmare Boy is a Spanish-made action adventure title that will feature sprawling levels and monsters around every corner. The file size is reported to be about 1.6 gigabytes with a price tag of $15 on the […]
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Life on Mars PC Remake Released on Steam
August 13th, 2017 Neil Reive Life on Mars, a PC remake of an MSX2 game, has been officially released on Steam by Kai Magazine. The old-school Metroidvania style game is now available to buy four days ahead of its original release date. The game promises to offer the same gaming experience of those classic games and more…
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Illusion Castle Review – Metroidvania on Android
October 9th, 2016 Carl Williams What would you do if you discovered a strange castle on top of a hill in the distance? If you are Anya, star of Illusion Castle, you would obviously make your way to said mysterious castle and explore. As with most things in life, that is not exactly the best idea you could probably have […]
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Posted in News, Portables, Reviews Tags: android, castlevania, GPD XD, Illusion Castle, metroid, metroidvania, pixel art, Rafael Rosa Baioni, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, review, symphony of the night No Comments »
Spider-Man Mysterio’s Menace Sees Nintendo Game Boy Advance Release – February 7th, 2001 – Today in Video Game History
February 7th, 2016 Carl Williams Spider-Man Mysterio’s Menace continued a long line of good licensed games. Anyone that has been playing games for any length of time has probably tried out a licensed game or two. The reasons for this being many and varied. It usually boils down to seeing a familiar character/license amidst a sea of titles that are […]
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Evil Genome New 2.5D Metroidvania Adventure Steam Inbound
January 21st, 2016 Carl Williams Okay, just being a 2.5D Metroidvania style game is not enough to capture the attention of modern gamers. No, there has to be something more. Evil Genome is hoping it has what action adventure fans are yearning for as it continues development. Eventually we will see Evil Genome on Steam and Kickstarter but for now […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: 2.5d, castlevania, Evil Genome, metroid, metroidvania, pc, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, steam, XY Games No Comments »
New Game- HYPERION to Bring Metroid Style Gaming to the Commodore 64
January 24th, 2015 Carl Williams There is no doubt that Metroid has been a success story for Nintendo over the years. There are only a couple of Nintendo platforms that have not received a Metroid game, one of those platforms was a certified commercial failure and the other struggled against the competition- coincidence? I don’t think so, Metroid is a […]
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