The Punch-Out #tysonchallenge battle continues! I make some decent strides, but this battle isn’t over until Mr. Dream is knocked out once and for all! Your move, Double Jump!
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Into the Breach Review
As much as I love Advance Wars, I understand why the series has laid dormant for over a decade. At a root level, the franchise’s game mechanics simply weren’t built for the long haul. Fighting with replenishable nameless and faceless units led to levels that could drag while also lacking emotional weight.
Advance Wars and Fire Emblem are both turn-based strategy games made by the same company, but the latter’s focus on individual characters with names, faces, skills that develop over time, and the threat of a shortened lifespan makes for an easier-to-renew franchise with each set of fresh faces to care about. Eventually, fighting with the same tanks and planes got stale, to the point where Nintendo disastrously attempted to resuscitate Advance Wars with a gritty reboot that sank the whole franchise to this day.
When I first saw Into the Breach, I came into it with expectations of it playing like Nintendo’s wartime strategy franchise. Even with the latter’s design faults, it’s been so long that I’d be okay with it as long as I got to manage units on a battlefield again. What it ends up being is a really clever twist on the formula that breathes new live into a formerly-stale concept.
Welcome to Earf! Jett Plays Into the Breach!
I’ve watched Independence Day too many times! I’m not giving up our planet this easily! We start our fight against the Vek in Into the Breach!
Yoku’s Island Express Review
Yoku’s Island Express is one of the more novel game concepts you’ll come across. Playing the role of a dung beetle postal worker who is tethered to a ball, you’re tasked with delivering mail while also helping to prevent the apocalypse. Oh yeah, and while the game looks like a 2D platformer, you can’t actually jump. You traverse the entire world through walking and by launching yourself with pinball paddles littered throughout the island of Mokumana. Wait, what?
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes Impressions
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is a cheeky take on one of the most horrifying tasks one can perform. With the aid of a few friends an a 23-page manual that exists outside of the game, you’re tasked with diffusing every bomb placed in front of you. Can you all keep your cool under pressure and solve each ticking time bomb before they blow up in your face?
Kaboom? Jett and Randy Play Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes!
Randy and I work as a team to diffuse a series of bombs in Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes! The last challenge taught me that I don’t know how to read Venn diagrams!
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Jett and Randy Finish Off Overcooked 2!
Returning from a camping trip with a ton of mosquito bites, I return to streaming by playing the last third of Overcooked 2 with my brother Randy! Jett recounts the joy he felt while watching a meteor shower with his wife and friends, and the terror he felt when someone brought an 8-FOOT SNAKE TO THE BEACH AND PUT IT IN THE WATER!
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Master Chefs! Jett and Randy Play Overcooked 2!
My brother Randy and cook up a storm in Overcooked 2 online play while having an involved conversation about food! What’s your favourite food? And what food do you regret not trying sooner?16
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Lumines Remastered Live Stream
This euphoric puzzle game’s latest stop is the Nintendo Switch! I really should have played Lumines when it first came out ages ago, but it’s better late than never!
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Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido Demo Impressions
Originally presented as a Nintendo 3DS title, Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido will also be released day-and-date on the Nintendo Switch. Admittedly, the game hasn’t been on my radar, but I like puzzle games and there’s a free demo available now on the Switch. Does Nintendo have a sleeper hit on their hands?
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