Save State Investigates a Bright Yellow Challenger to the Switch Pro Controller
This week Save State’s Vincent Mahoney tests out the 8bitdo Ultimate 2 Bluetooth, a Nintendo Switch friendly gamepad with a slick dock, solid performance and just enough differences to stand out from its counterparts.
Save State Feasts on Fisticuffs in Punch-Out Inspired Leftovers KO
In this week’s Save State, Vincent Mahoney enters the fridge and comes out swinging in Leftovers KO!, a hand-drawn boxing game where expired food fights back. With a wild Nickelodeon-style art direction and challenging, timing-based combat it’s a slugfest worth digesting.
Save State’s Corrupted Cartridges: A PSA for Nintendo 3DS Enthusiasts
This week, Save State’s Vincent Mahoney trades his retro reviews for a rescue mission: reviving a dead 3DS cartridge, diving into flash memory issues and discovering how fragile classic Nintendo 3DS cartridges really are.
Save State Takes the Switch 2 Supersonic With Fast Fusion
The Switch 2 is here and so is another anti-gravity racer launch title. This week Save State’s Vincent Mahoney drifts, boosts and barrel-rolls his way through Fast Fusion, a spiritual successor to F-Zero GX. Some things never go out of style, especially if they hover.
Save State: Pokemon Scarlet, Violet and the Switch 2 Redemption Arc No One Saw Coming
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet made Save State Columnist Vincent Mahoney motion sick back in 2022. Now? They might be the best games in the series. Thanks, Switch 2. Save State dives into the comeback that nobody expected.
Save State Enrolls in The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
As possibly one of the most ambitious visual novels ever created, The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy packs in over 150 hours of gameplay, multiple endings and even strategic combat. This week Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney is enjoying its campus.
Save State Celebrates the Brilliance of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
This week Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney celebrates a turn-based RPG that has more emotional impact than a French Noir film. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has players leading an action-packed quest to try and save the people of Lumiere.
Save State Zeroes in on the Classic JRPG Wild Arms Alter Code: F
Save State’s Vincent Mahoney writes about Wild Arms Alter Code: F, which is a classic JRPG set in an apocalyptic western-punk landscape that was released for PlayStation 2.
Save State Reports From the Updated Wilds Hunt
Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney has been enjoying Monster Hunter Wilds and its first major update long enough for him to host a masterclass on the tips and tricks of hunting success.
Save State Gets Into the Rhythm of Final Fantasy With Theatrhythm
One of the more bizarre titles in the Final Fantasy realm, Theatrhythm Final Bar Line is a rhythm action title that includes 385 tracks from the Final Fantasy series and Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney writes about it this week.