Star Ocean

This remake of Star Fox 64 proves the Arwing isn’t out of style quite yet.

I recently finished reading Keza MacDonald's excellent Super Nintendo, a largely celebratory book about the company that "helped the world have fun", which nevertheless sounds a note of understandable caution at its conclusion. The author is concerned – and it's a concern I share – that Nintendo has been playing things too safe of late, that its release slate (with the odd exception) has become alarmingly conservative. It's time, surely, for the next Splatoon, and by that I don't mean Raiders. As hardware goes, Switch 2 is no big swing, and so far its software has generally followe

Square Enix announces a second Switch 2 port this week, Star Ocean The Second Story R, with no upgrade path for owners of the Switch 1 version

We shouldn't forget how the genre was changed by one really great idea at the right time.

Chunky pixels, a 1:1 aspect ratio, and the best feeling platforming around.