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OK everyone, time to get buff with an exercise regiment of reading my recent game reviews over at GamerDad.com.  Please read as many as you can and maybe even post a ‘like’ or comment or two.  I’d appreciate it.  And if you do, you’ll be super buff in no time!  OK let’s begin!

Trinity Trigger (Switch)

Long ago in a fantasy world, behemoth gods had a war and their giant weapons were scattered across the land.  These weapons could affect their surrounding areas, which is how they explain a desert area right next to a snowy place.  Eons later scavengers explore these huge weapons like dungeons, extracting any relics they can find for money.  You play as Cyan, one of these scavengers who ekes out a living with his sister.  One day a mysterious assassin tries to kill you, and you learn that you have some connection with the giant gods of yore.  Now with your newfound adventuring friends, you’ll go on a globe trotting adventure to explore all the giant weapon dungeons to learn about your past and save the day in Trinity Trigger.  This game is an action RPG that plays a lot like Secret of Mana (three can even play at the same time), with graphics and presentation that reminds me of the GameCube days.  And that’s not a bad thing here.  It definitely does the throwback thing well.

Ray-Z Arcade Chronology

Game maker Taito has been around for more than half a century, and they have as much history behind them as Namco and Nintendo.  They’re probably most famous for creating the iconic Space Invaders, but they’re also responsible for other arcade greats like Operation Wolf, Bubble Bobble, Elevator Action, and many, many more.  In the 90s, they made a series of 2-D vertically scrolling shooters with similar gameplay in each, and they all had “Ray” in the title.  These games were RayForce, RayStorm, and RayCrisis, and now you can play all of them in this collection. 

Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons (PS4)

In the 80s and 90s, Double Dragon was HUGE!  It wasn’t the first side scrolling beat ‘em up, but it was the first one to really dictate what these types of games would be like in the future.  It was definitely one of the first two player co-op beat ‘em ups, though, and that’s what made it so popular in arcades back then.  The arcade game got countless ports, sequels, and even cameos in other games.  There was even a Double Dragon cartoon and cheesy live action movie!  And they keep coming back, even to this day!  The newest entry is Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons.

Spooky Spirit Shooting Gallery (Switch)

This is a shooting gallery game where you use your Switch Joycon to aim and fire at goodies and ghosts to earn coins to keep playing or cash in for virtual prizes.  Three can play at the same time, and the game has a Japanese summer festival theme.  Just watch out for those pesky Yokai ghosts!

Boo Party (Switch)

One of my guilty pleasures is watching those ghost shows on TV where investigators try and find spirits in haunted places.  So I usually jump at the chance to review games where you get to do that, especially if they’re as cartoony as this one.  In Boo Party, you are a paranormal photographer who has been commissioned to take pictures inside a haunted house.  But when you enter, you find that ghosts from all over are having a giant house party!  So now you must mingle with the ghost guests and talk with them, and maybe some will let you take pictures of them if you do some favors and requests.  But this game isn’t all what it seems.  You’ll find out why by reading this review.

Fitness Circuit (Switch)

Here’s another motion controlled fitness game on Switch!  Use the JoyCons to perform cardio and strength actions to give energy to a virtual fitness trainer.  You can pick from three female and three male trainers.  The energy you give them by doing the exercises correctly lets them perform extreme activities like climbing buildings or swinging across bridges in a virtual world that makes me think of TRON.  Oddly enough, this game was published by Spike Chunsoft, who specializes in a lot of niche RPGs, and developed by Jupiter, who makes a lot of Picross titles!

Feeble Light (PS4)

Feeble Light is a randomly generated vertically scrolling bullet hell shooter.  It features retro style aesthetics with four color graphics like what you’d see on the Game Boy.  Avoid everything and shoot crazy planets and stars with angry faces as you try and get as far as possible and maybe even unlock some new color palettes you can use. 

Catgotchi (Switch)

Travel back to the late 90s when keychain virtual pets were the big thing with Catgotchi on Switch.  Take care of different breeds of cats by feeding and cleaning up after them, and playing games to make them happy.  It even features black and white pixel graphics and sounds! 

Robolt (PS4)

Run, jump, and shoot robots in Robolt, a 2-D run and gun platformer.

OK that’s all for now!  Thanks for reading and posting ‘likes’ and comments on my reviews.  I do appreciate it.  OK you should all have super big muscles now from reading those reviews!  Later!  --Cary