The best video games of 2021 |Cnews

Porté notamment par le succès des PS5, Xbox Series X/S et Switch, le secteur vidéoludique enregistre toujours des chiffres records. Voici notre sélection des meilleurs jeux vidéo à ne pas manquer cette année sur consoles, PC et smartphones.

It should be noted that this selection will be brought to evolve over the months and will therefore be regularly updated according to the favorites of the editorial staff of CNews and our partner Video Magazine Magazine.

Deathloop

A real pleasure.Deathloop is among these titles that mark the existence of a player.With this FPS ("First Person Shooter" or "first -person shooting game", in French, editor's note) a bit crazy, the French studio of Arkane Lyon captures with talent what the essence of video games must be:the fun.And we're not going to lie, it's a lot of good.The formula is simple: on the small island of Blackreef, Colt wakes up and must, in a single day, eliminate enigmatic protagonists called "visionaries".In an open world, colored with 70’s accents and divided into four zones, you have to find the best way to achieve your ends by exploiting a small collection of weapons and powers.Become invisible, project your enemies in the air, teleport to short distances ... Each player can approach the missions as they see fit.

The possibilities of achieving its objective are multiple.You have to explore, find the best passage, the best strategy and try the most original approaches not to say the most wacky.Trapped in a time loop, Colt will have the opportunity to vary the tactics.If we die, it is above all to better restart your day, this perpetual restart is not done at all in the mode of "Die and Retry", philosophy of games with the souls like (Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro andcompany).If the challenge is constant, the progression is never done in pain.The pleasure is total and each mission is an invitation to creativity.What transform this adventure into a very personal, unique and therefore necessarily memorable journey.No doubt the most successful title of Arkane Studios.

Deathloop, Bethesda, on PS5 and PC.

ratchet & clank : rift apart

It’s a cult duo in the history of video games.Ratchet Le Lombax and Clank Le Petit Robot, have been living crazy adventures since 2002.The game then comes out on the PlayStation 2. Après une quinzaine de jeux différents en presque vingt ans, Ratchet & Clank reviennent dans une version inédite et haute en couleurs, intitulée Rift Apart, qui entend laisser entrevoir les capacités de la nouvelle console PS5 de Sony même si l’aventure est bien plus qu’une simple démo technique.

More cartoon than ever, the game is indeed like a real interactive cartoon while reinviting the cult characters of the saga.The sequences of dialogues, in French, succeed with total fluidity in the often spectacular action scenes. Ratchet & Clank : Rift Apart propulse en tout cas les joueurs dans une nouvelle dimension technologique même s’il reprend sagement les ingrédients propres à la saga.If we are not surprised, we remain amazed by the beauty of certain levels and the obvious mastery of the studio.The title suggests the capacities of the new generation consoles, PlayStation 5 in mind and which already make you want to be in 2022.

Ratchet and Clank: Rift apart, Sony, released on June 11 on PS5.

Resident Evil Village

Eighth episode of the famous horrific saga created twenty-five years ago, Resident Evil Village propels us into a sinister village in Eastern Europe.Ethan Winters, hero of this adventure, will go in search of his daughter Rose, kidnapped by the mysterious mother Miranda and her furious acolytes.

Re8 immediately sets the tone with monsters that arise from all sides and an Ethan who shoots everything that moves.First -person view requires, you sometimes feel like playing an FPS as the Gun Fights are numerous.The pump rifle is here our best friend.Which does not prevent this new opus from delivering a journey to the dark atmosphere, sometimes stifling.A sublimated atmosphere thanks to beautiful decorations with, on PS5 and Xbox Series X of ultra realistic light effects.Beautiful, intense, sometimes kindly creepy, this episode, while being very oriented "action", turns out to be quickly taking.A shooter in "horror movie" mode more than a survival horror.

Resident Evil Village, Capcom, on Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS4, PS5, PC and Stadia.

Eastward

No need for special effects and luxurious 3D production to move and leave an unforgettable memory to players.This is also proven by Eastward, a small masterpiece in pixelated 2D published by Chucklefish and made with a master hand by the very young Chinese studio Pixpil.Available on Switch and PC, this title takes us into a post-apocalyptic world.We get to know the Duo John and Sam there.The first is a laconic minor with the impressive force who plays Sam's substitution father, a young girl with gray hair endowed with surprising powers.Rejected by their city, they will above all have to face the dangers that reign in a devastated world.

If the first steps in the universe of Eastward are quite classic, the artistic direction is however enough to hang the eye of the informed gamer which will remember the detailed and sublime art pixels of Mother 3 on Game Boy Advance.It is possible to say that Eastward is one of the most beautiful games in pixelated 2D of the moment.Above all, the Pixpil studio hides its game well to offer a much richer story than you could have imagined, with its share of twists and turns that are constantly renewing the gameplay experience.On more than twenty-five hours of adventure, Eastward offers a story that is both poignant and wonderful, carried by a particular care added by an inspired artistic direction and a rare pixel art.

Eastward, Chucklefish, on Switch and PC.

Monster Hunter Rise

Long confined to Asia in general and Japan in particular, the saga, born in 2004, was a worldwide success in 2017 with Monster Hunter: World on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC with more than 16 million sales.Building on this success, the Japanese publisher Capcom therefore puts the cover with a brand new hunting adventure exclusive to the Nintendo console.Difficult not to be amazed by the graphic quality of the game and that, from the first minutes.

The publisher has not played the recycling card even if the Monster Hunter formula remains unchanged.We go hunting, alone or in a group because the game is played once again online, as long as we are subscribed to the Nintendo Switch Online service, but also in location.

Monster Hunter Rise is one of those video games that require a real personal investment to be appreciated.The price to pay in a way to discover an incredibly rich universe.

Tales of Arise

The arrival of a big game is often felt in the months preceding its launch and the preview that we had made in mid-June from Tales of Arise had left us this tasty impression.The new game of Bandai Namco takes us into a world at war which opposes two twin planets and when one of them decides to invade its neighbor, it is a whole universe that rocks and becomes constrained in enslavement.A slave status that will last three centuries until the player comes into play.

From the first minutes, the tone is set in Tales of Arise and the sublime animated sequences embark on a large -scale odyssey.Designed to celebrate (one year of delay due to the COVVI-19) The 25th anniversary of the Tales of franchise, this new episode stands out as the reference of the genre and undoubtedly one of the J-RPGs of the year.Its charismatic heroes, its lightning and action fights (sometimes confused by the way), its inspired symphonic music and its sincerely successful graphic dimension bear a classic story but well enough written to remain exciting with a touch of convincing darkness.Fans of the Final Fantasy and Persona sagas, this tales of arise is made for you.

Tales of Arise, Bandai Namco, on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and PC.

Super Mario 3D World

Nintendo continues the portes on Switch of the best video games of his mascot.The unbeatable mustachiou came accompanied last February with Super Mario 3D World, a title released on Wii U in 2013 and which has offered a return with a fanfare with, as a bonus, an unprecedented adventure: Bower's Fury.

For players who would have missed this game a few years ago, let us remember that Super Mario 3D World mixed the best of 3D therefore and levels designed to be explored like a world in 2D.A particular choice which places this episode apart in the saga which had taken a very different turn since the unforgettable Super Mario 64 (1996).

If some players had regretted not being treated to Super Mario 3D World in the Super Mario 3D All Stars compilation published at the end of last year, here is their wait finally rewarded.Like any good game Mario, this opus deserved its place in the Switch toy library, while the commercial failure of the Wii U had not offered the success that this game would have deserved.Back in 2021, Mario is therefore in great shape in a rich and friendly game that even pays the luxury of offering a new story through the very successful Bowser's Fury.A good way to wait before an upcoming opus of the adventures of the Moustachu -Bleue Moustachu.

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, Nintendo, on Switch.

it takes two

You can no longer support your half?It Takes Two invites you to reconnect with her during a funny, intense and intelligent adventure.Remember, that's how she saw you before ... everyone has their own specialty.After Brothers A Tale of Two Sons (2013) then A Way Out (2018), the artist Josef Fares delivers a new and amazing adventure that begins with a couple determined to separate.An original game that can only be played ....

May and Cody form an exhausted couple on the verge of the nerves crisis.They can no longer have this couple life that they suffer more than anything else.Their little girl, Rose, does not want, like all children, that her parents divorce.With the complicity of a magic book, the book of love, it will try to rabibocher her parents in a strange way.A few tears paid will be enough to transform disillusioned parents into a wooden and rush doll in a disproportionate universe.

Placed under the sign of mutual aid and cooperation, It Takes Two allows two players to live an experience apart, by creating a real link between the two protagonists.Without being unprecedented, the concept here has the merit of being perfectly dosed and of renewing itself intelligent and funny.

It takes Two, Electronic Arts, on PS4, Xbox One and PC (also compatible PS5 and Xbox Series X/S).

Kena: Bridge of Spirit

The surprise of September.Directed by a small independent studio composed of around thirty people (Emberlab), Kena Bridge of Spirits is a title for the PS5, PS4 and PC (Epic Game Store).An XXL adventure that mixes genres: fights, platform and exploration, all sprinkled with a hint of RPG.A hell of a cocktail that also benefits from a sumptuous graphic achievement and masterful music.And for good reason, some lads from Emberlab are alumni of the world of animation, and it shows.We follow Kena's journey as a real animated film.Although simple, the scenario (you have to lift a curse that fell on the village) is a pretext for many fights that can be particularly harsh.It is not uncommon to die in a single stroke!To defeat, in particular some colossal bosses, you will have to be able to be dexterity and a bit of skill.Gamers friends, you will have a challenge at your height.As for the others, they will always be able to discover this magnificent title in easy mode.The adventure is worth the detour, especially for the owners of PS5 which, after the fantastic Deathloop, can continue on their momentum.

Kena: Bridge of Spirit, Emberlab, on PS5, PS4 and PC.

Solasta: Crown of the magister

Inspiré par l’illustre jeu de rôle Donjons & Dragons, Solasta invite le joueur à vivre une aventure placée sous le signe de l’heroic fantasy.RPG requires, the title unrolls a real scenario.If the intrigue starts in a classic way, it quickly becomes exciting between plots, quests for magic gems and mysterious invasion.

Beyond the only dialogues that punctuate the adventure, the title proposes, perhaps above all, epic fights.The French creators of Tactical Adventures, deliver a game where the fights are tactical and exciting.We guide here his four adventurers in front of hordes of enemies.Each character in turn must move, hide, fight, launch spells, heal ... it's beautiful, it's accessible, it's addictive and well written. Un vrai concurrent à Baldur’s Gate et un vrai bon jeu pour tous les amateurs de D&D.

Solasta: Crown of the Magister, Tactical Adventures, PC.

Zelda: Skyward Sword HD

If the owners of Switch are dried up with the idea of playing Breath of the Wild 2, Nintendo has chosen to make Link and Zelda fans wait with a Skyward Sword HD remake.A title expected for July 16 and which should take us to the origins of the legends of Hyrule.In this title released on Wii ten years ago already, the story tells us about the origins of the divine sword which will make Link the legendary hero that we know.Above all, this episode invites us to go on an air journey, beyond the clouds to discover lost islands, while dungeons to the enemies and devious puzzles are hidden in the depths.

Appreciated in its time, but released late on a Wii at the end of the race, this HD version on Switch will also take advantage of an update of its gameplay to make it more intuitive, while it will always be possible to use the Joy-Con to handle sword, bow and shield thanks to movement detectors if desired.A title that should a priori delight fans of the Zelda saga which is celebrating its 35th birthday this year.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, Nintendo, on Switch.

Psychonauts 2

When we lie on the couch, it is generally to confide.But for Razputin (Raz for friends) the meanders of the brain deserve to be explored.After having proven itself as psychokinsesist in 2005 in a first colorful opus, Raz therefore offers this year a well -deserved sequel in Psychonauts 2 - released this week -, thanks to a particularly intelligent and funny concept for a gameplatforms.Our friend is now a full member of psychonauts, a hero unit capable of entering the disturbed minds of great bad guys in order to put them back in the right way by putting order in their brain.In the manner of Inception, Christopher Nolan's film, our hero will change the mentality of his enemy by transforming his way of thought.But Raz goes on a mission for an interior adventure always full of surprises.Playing the humor card 100 % with often twisted replicas, the developers of double fine productions are having a great time.The psychedelic universe drawn from the atmosphere of the sixties goes perfectly with the artistic direction which is reminiscent of universes at Tim Burton (Beetlejuice, the strange Christmas of Monsieur Jack) with more pop colors.Throughout this odyssey, we remain amazed at the inventiveness of the explored levels, which ask the players to tritu their meninges, while making his zygomatics work.A real pleasure.

Psychonauts 2, Majesco/Xbox Game Studios, on Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, PC.

Scarlet Nexus

For anime and manga fans, Scarlet Nexus appears as an excellent choice.Released on consoles and PC, this Japanese action-RPG takes us in a future where humanity has to face its greatest threat: the others.Beings from another world to revel in our brains.At the same time, some humans have developed psychic powers.And the best engage in the BEA (Others Extermination Brigade).It is within this group of elite soldiers, with superpowers, that the player will be able to embody your choice, young Yuito or Kasane.One is a experienced young man, the other a young reflected woman but both have a gift of psychokinesis, capable of moving objects from a distance.Each of their history will make them face the others in epic fights.

Thought like a good shônen, Scarlet Nexus put above all on the action to offer a real visual fireworks in terms of furiously rhythmic fighting scenes.We then chain the combos and we can activate our psychic powers to repel or destroy waves of enemies and impressive bosses.This is the strong point of Scarlet Nexus which offers throughout its story a very wide range of powers really enjoyable to activate, giving rise to very stylized duels.However, we regret the emptiness of the sets and phases of dialogues where only series of drawings succeed without great ambition.Too bad, because it harms the two scenarios developed for our two heroes which nevertheless offer excellent twists and turns.With a little more plume and budget, Scarlet Nexus could have reached summits.There remains a very good game that deserves a suite at the height of its initial ambitions.

Scarlet Nexus, Bandai Namco, on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5 and PC.

F1 2021

We no longer present the series of F1 20XX which has become the standard bearer of Formula 1 on consoles and PC.For the 2021 season, Codemaster gratifies us with an even more advanced simulation, which offers a noted challenge.If the graphics and the immersion always push realism further, we can regret that the versions thought for the Xbox Series X and PS5 do not exploit the capacities of these two machines more.The fact remains that this F1 2021 is displayed on the top of the podium in terms of delivering sensations of nerve and precise behaviors.Above all, the pleasure of driving is present at all levels, whether you are a beginner or an expert in the steering wheel.

We salute in passing its story mode, called point of rupture, which is based on an adventure scripted between two pilots (a rookie and a veteran of the F1) which turns out to be very well constructed to discover the backstage of this sport.It is even possible to make this career mode to two players to flee on the track as a teammates.At the same time, all of the circuits and pilots are found on the starting grid, while the multiplayer mode is still so demanding and exciting.

F1 2021, EA, on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC.

The Medium

When specialists in horror video games offer an exclusive adventure to X/S Xbox Series, the result necessarily gives cold in the back.The Medium is an exclusive title to the new Xbox Series X/S consoles and the PC.

The adventure began at the end of the 90s, in Krakow (in Poland), in a small funeral company.This is where Marianne said goodbye to her adoptive father.This is also where the player understands that the young woman has certain powers.It can indeed communicate and move in the world of minds.A capacity which, on the screen results in certain passages where the action is visible simultaneously on both planes.Original.

Once again, Bloober Team trait the dark designs and springs of the human soul for a sometimes chilling but nevertheless attractive adventure that has already seduced many players around the world.It rises without complex in the top of the best video games of the year.

The Medium, Bloober Team, on Xbox Series X/S and PC.

Persona 5 Strikers

Available on PS4 and Switch, Persona 5 Strikers always take us in Tokyo where we find all the heroes of Persona 5 Royal (2020) who led their quest for a parallel world that "polluted" theJapanese city, denouncing vice, corruption and crime that came to haunt our real world.

If the fans of Persona 5 will quickly find their marks, Atlus, however, imagined this suite in another gameplay framework, since the publisher asked the Koei Tecmo teams to offer us an action -oriented title.Understand that the fights pass here in real time and read more on the side of the Beat Them All, facing a horde of enemies.

Having become one of the reference video games for all J-RPG fans, Persona 5 offers with Strikers an excellent suite, capable of seducing a new audience of curious people accustomed to more action.However, it will be necessary to invest to appreciate this new scenario, built like a road trip under acids, with its pop demons and its trendy world, a true social chronicle of our connected time.

Persona 5 Strikers, Atlus, on PS4 and Switch.

Deny replicator

Deny Green Replicant.1.22474487139...Presented under his full name, the new J-RPG of Square Enix will intrigue those who have never heard of it.And yet the experienced players were waiting for this new version of an adventure launched in 2010 firmly.

What about this unpronounceable figure will say some?You just have to remember that this is the square root of 1.5, a skeptical of developers who intend to offer a large -scale remake to this excellent title which founded the legend of the nier saga and of which the most popular (and recent) deny: Automata was able to magnify the concept in 2017.A remake?Yes but not a simple graphic overhaul. Deny Green Replicantsion 2021 étoffe ses dialogues, élargit son bestiaire et réinterprète de brillantes compositions musicales, avant de s'offrir une fin alternative encore inédite.

Welcomed as an unidentified video game object when it was released eleven years ago, Deny offers a version up to its reputation.The international success of denying: Automata helping, it appeared obvious to rehabilitate a title of such a scale.

Deny Green Replicant.1.22474487139..., Square Enix, on PS4, Xbox One and PC.

Life is Strange: True Colors

Franchise whose codes are inspired by TV series, Life Is Strange has been able to build its reputation around the quality of writing and an intimate narrative experience since its beginnings.With Life is Strange: True Colors, it's a 3rd canonical opus that is offered to gamers this year.Do not panic for newcomers, the previous episodes offer each of the different stories and this one stamped True Colors can appreciate alone and at its fair value.The DECK Nine Games studio immerses us here in the intimacy of young Alex Chen, an artist with a tumultuous childhood who intends to put (finally) his suitcases in a small bucolic town of Colorado where his brother resides.

Brown on guitar and song, Alex also has another gift, that of "empathy" which allows him to see the feelings of the people she encounters through an aura whose coloring varies according to thecircumstances.Also to better understand the secrets of the inhabitants of the village.A power, which Alex nevertheless lives as a curse.But he will prove to be a strength to overcome the death of his brother and above all conduct his investigation around the mysteries that accompany this drama.Very gently, Life is Strange: True Colors leads us with melancholy in an interesting investigation.But it is above all the atmosphere work in this very colorful village and its inspired pop-folk musical compositions (to listen to here on Spotify) which make Alex investigation particularly endearing.Also salute the efforts made by Square Enix on quality French dubbing.If the investigation does not really oppose a challenge, Life is Strange: True Colors is part of a narrative and contemplative captivating experience.

Life is Strange True Colors, Square Enix, on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and PC.

Video game workshop

Why not learn outright to program a game from A to Z?This is what the video game workshop offers.A new concept game offered by Nintendo this year, which allows children from 7 years old, but also the greatest to understand the workings of programming, artistic management and gameplay.

All facets of the development of a video game are here accessible with small characters, called Nodons, who will support you in your virtual workshop.Nintendo puts here on a really fun learning method.The video game workshop gives the basics here to have fun and create a switch game.And even if you have to be patient to appreciate its end result, the player will especially retain the cogs they have to set up to see a video game born, and why not arouse vocations?

The video game workshop, Nintendo, on Switch.

Chicory: a colorful tale

Another cute game and which will relax both children and the older ones, Chicory is a production particularly praised by gamers in recent weeks.The player embodies a small dog there that puts the paw on a magic brush before being entrusted with the difficult mission to restore colors to a completely black and white world.A role that our hero will have to take to heart because it is all the balance of his universe that could be turned upside down.It will then be necessary to show creativity and let express your artist's soul to color everything around you.

Let it not be mistaken, Chicory is not a game intended only for children, because there is a real gameplay imagined to advance its hero, like a Zelda where Link would have a brushinstead of his sword.Painting objects will for example unlock certain actions or even develop elements of the decor.We then cross Chicory with a smile on the lips and the satisfaction of the accomplished duty.An ode to creativity.

Chicory: A Colorful Tale, Finji, on PC, Mac, PS4 and PS5.

Guilty Gear - Strive

A real visual bomb, Guilty Gear - Strive is displayed this year as one of the best fighting games.Based on a 2.5D cell-shading rendering, the new title of Arc System Works (Dragon Ball Fighterz, Granblue Fantasy Versus, Kill la Kill If, Hokuto no Ken...) is the standard carrier of his know-how in the matter.We literally find ourselves in front of an anime with stylish fighters who compete with great special effects.

While the Guilty Gear series had brought the fighting games into a new dimension in the year 2000 in the arcade rooms and on Dreamcast with Guilty Gear X, the saga enjoys a particular aura after fans.If the latter will be confused by certain aspects of gameplay compared to its predecessors, the Strive episode brings a more posed vision where the raging counters can reverse the outcome of a fight like a samurai shodown.New characters should soon complete the basic choice which amounts to 15 warriors with very different style.But we don't really sulk his pleasure in front of the atmosphere released by this title, carried by a metal soundtrack always suitable for this style of play.Especially since its multiplayer mode in two online is impeccable.

Guilty Gear - Strive, Bandai Namco, on PS4, PS5 and PC.

Lost Judgment

Takayuki Yagami regains service and business leaves.The private detective to which the Judgment players (2018) had embarked on new surveys.With this suite called Lost Judgment, Sega shows that this spin-off of the Yakuza saga also has all the qualities required to build its legendary.And unlike the Yakuza series which was based on muscular stories punctuated by fighting, Judgment and Lost Judgment put more on a brain atmosphere to keep players in suspense.

It is therefore in an atmosphere of black thriller that we venture into the streets of Kamurocho in Tokyo and Ichinjo in Yokohama.Two cities, two atmospheres, which lead us to resolve a dark matter of murder.But it is in the different surveys that the game draws all its essence.Like James Bond, Takayugi is working to use various gadgets to discover clues, while this follower of martial arts will play fists to get out of delicate situations.And the whole gives a clever mixture, rather well punctuated and carried by many kinematics which reinforce the idea of a palpable tension.

Lost Judgment, SEGA, on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One.

NBA 2K22

It's a special year that could divide NBA 2K fans.Take Two has indeed chosen to offer two versions of its famous basketball simulation, one intended for players with a PS5 and an Xbox Series or S, the other being reserved for PS4, Xbox One, PC and Switch owners.A choice that does not quite offer the same content, the best of the versions (and the most complete) running on the two new generation consoles most sought after by the players.On this so-called “Next-Gen” version, the players will take the retinas with a modeling of the basketball players and the impressive prosecutors.Fanas of the series will also salute almost non -existent loading times that add to the desire to play.

But it is above all the mode my career which on PS5 and Xbox Series offers here all its depth, starting with the city to visit which proves to be gigantic for a game of this type and which will become a real paradise for the pros of Playground.A mode which, you will understand, will not be as enriched on the other consoles.It is this transition that Take Two tries to make gently that marks the "decline" of the franchise on the old consoles.A gap that is also graphic between machines.The fact remains that this NBA 2K22 offers full sensations, like its elders.And promises a few tens to hundreds of hours of wild dribbling.

NBA 2K22, Take Two, on Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, PC and Swtich.

return

In the so -called "demanding" video game movement, Returnal propels the player into a mysterious SF universe where death is watching every moment.Extensive and exhilarating at the same time ...

It all starts with a crash.That of Selene and his Hélios spaceship, somewhere on the strange exoplanet atropos.The starting point of an adventure that takes the form of action gaming mixed with science fiction thriller.The site of this crash will not quickly have any secrets for the player who will go back there again and again, tirelessly, to better leave to explore the mysterious planet.

Because, as this PlayStation 5 exclusivity leaves it (also) implied we come back very often, after each death, at this starting point.Returnal follows the trend of these titles where one dies repeatedly.Adventure with multiple inspirations, Returnal manages to demonstrate its own singularity.Difficult, hard but just, the title of Housemarque offers a quickly exhilarating challenge as long as we manage to hang on and start again and start again the same passage, the same fight ... until reaching a kind of saving perfection.

Returnal, Sony, on PS5.

WarioWare Get It Together

In the category of crazy games thought only to make people laugh and have a good time, Warioware Get It Together arises there.Flagship game of this back to school on Switch, this new title featuring Wario - Double Maleficent of Mario -, applies to work the zygomatics.For neophytes, the Warioware series was born in 2003 on Game Boy Advance and is part of the Party-Games category.Its concept is based on the successive sequence of mini-games which they should note in a few seconds.

And this new opus stamped Get It Together promises us more than 200 different challenges.Press a button as quickly as possible to inflate a balloon, nest pipes to flow from water, place the needles of a clock in the right place...Are some of the challenges that will have to be raised in a few seconds.And the pleasure of playing it makes sense with friends at home (up to four at the same time), as soon as a good -natured competition spirit sets up.However, it will be necessary to go through the story mode and meet all the challenges solo or two players if you want to unlock all the levels to share in multiplayer.If this is not the game of the century, this Warioware Get It Together is enjoyed especially as a good board game that we regularly come out of the drawer to spend a pleasant moment.That's good, that's all we ask him.

WarioWare Get It Together, Nintendo, on Switch.

Fantasian

With Fantasian, Apple gave carte blanche to Hironobu Sakaguchi (father of many episodes of Final Fantasy) and its studio Mistwalker to offer a real J-RPG to Apple Arcade subscribers.Its originality?The game and its sets were entirely designed on the basis of dioramas, these miniature scenes and landscapes that model lovers know well.Sakaguchi and his teams have indeed almost entirely carried out the world of Fantasian based on this principle which offers a very photo-realistic virtual world since all yété designed by.

Fantasian leads us to discover the fate of Leo, an amnesiac hero who wakes up in a mechanical city filled with mysteries.If the game mechanics remain classic as a whole, Fantasian remains dynamic and training and turns out to be an excellent title in the Role Games category on the Apple platform.

Fantasian, Mistwalker/Apple, on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac via the Apple Arcade subscription.

Narita Boy

Expected since 2017, Narita Boy had the effect of a small bomb when it was official launch at the end of March on consoles and PC.In this action game, tinged with platforms, a dazzling pixel gives to venture into the bowels of a computer program threatened by a virus.

Like the film Tron (1982), developers dematerialize a young gamer to send it to a virtual world where a small digital people expects to be delivered from him, name given to the big bad virus that threatens them.You then play the elected official, in the person of Narita Boy, who - like Neo in Matrix- will have to save the universe.If this falsely philosophical fable will be able to amuse some, it is especially in its progress that this game will leave a good memory of the players who will try it.A game which, without being revolutionary, benefits from an interesting and neat atmosphere.

Narita Boy, Team17, on Switch, Xbox One and Series X/S, PS4 and PS5, PC and Mac.

Tanuki Justice

In the big line of video games dedicated to the ninjas that are Shinobi, Ninja Gaiden or Ninja Spirit, the French François Pérez, alias Wonderboy Bobi, has just published a new pearl of the genre: Tanuki Justice.A game in the purest arcade tradition which offers a remarkable challenge on Switch and PS4, as already explained by our full test.

Tanuki Justice is a sensitive game and animated by the passion of his developer who has no other claim than to entertain for short parts, who will remain so intense that you will come back to it regularly, if only to make High Fart-Score or prove to yourself that you have not lost your hand.We also salute its two -playing mode welcome to share frenzied games.

Tanuki Justice, Pixel Heart, on PS4 and Switch.

Mario Golf: Super Rush

And why not look at a sport to have fun with the family with Mario Golf: Super Rush?A title in the vein of Mario Tennis Aces and the essential Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on the Switch, since he has fun playing with the codes of a discipline to add a good dose of fun.As its name suggests, Mario Golf: Super Rush invites us to take out clubs and caddies to venture on freshly mowed lawn.Mario, Luigi, Toad, Bowser and the whole company of the little mustache plumber venture here on courses that go from the classic to the most surprising.

If it is possible to chain the holes by scrupulously following the rules of the golf, it is quickly towards other more frenzied parts than we are heading.Speed Golf mode invites you to play games with several (up to four locally or online) and it is a real race that engages on the fairway.You must not only type the ball but also run to recover it and chain the blows to the hole.Added to this is the Melée Golf mode, where up to four players find themselves in an arena and must compete with special blows to reach as many holes as possible in a timely time.Finally, Nintendo offers the golf adventure, a real game where it will be necessary to advance its golfer according to very funny challenges that reinvent this sport.

Mario Golf: Super Rush, Nintendo, on Switch.

Rims Racing

A real good surprise in August when it was released, Rims Racing is a game to put in the hands of motorcycles.This very demanding simulation, proposed around a restricted two-wheeler park (eight in total) may seem poor in premium at first glance, but this production actually hides a strong concept and a much more fleshed offer thanmight believe.If it is of course a question of getting on a bike and turning the handle of the gases, the developers also developed a slope less exploited in video games: mechanical courses.And if you like to put your hands in the citch, you will be satisfied.Because you will have to know everything about your motorcycle by dismantling screws by screw, bolt by bolt the mechanical parts that compose it.It will therefore be necessary to manage its wear, replacement and resale, from tires to carburetor, through brake pads, engine, gearbox...An incredibly interesting and ultimately quite educational aspect which injects a little new blood into this type of game.On the race side, you will have to be sharp and skillfully dose gas and brakes so as not to crash at each turn.If Rims Racing remains perfectible (in particular on braking management), this first opus lays down the basics of a concept that deserves to be developed.

Rims Racing, Nacon, on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and PC.

Sonic Colors Ultimate

While the blue hedgehog of Sega celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, the Japanese firm does not fail to celebrate its most famous mascot.Released on September 7, Sonic Colors Ultimate is the remake of Sonic Colors launched on Wii and Nintendo DS in 2011.Ten years later, this title returns to vibrate the nostalgic rope of old gamers, and seduce a new generation.A remake that mainly offers a second breath to the original game and invites you to go for full speed with Sonic.This is the whole concept of speed linked to its blue hero with red sneakers which is pushed to its climax here.

If Doctor Eggman still makes his own in this opus, the big naughty of the saga is this time looking for Wisps, small beings capable of conferring special powers to people who use them.In order to prevent Eggman from exploiting their strength, Sonic decides to collaborate with these extraterrestrials and takes the opportunity to increase his speed himself.Depending on their colors, the wisps will allow the hedgehog to run on the walls, to accelerate at the speed of light as a laser beam, to cross the walls, or even to fly like a rocket.

Combining a gameplay between set of 2D and 3D platforms, this Sonic Colors Ultimate offers a refreshing experience that invites you to use these new powers to discover many secrets with each game.If we can blame a lack of readability of what's going on on the screen during certain passages, Sonic Colors Ultimate is nonetheless pleasant to play and to make a young audience discover.

Sonic Colors Ultimate, Sega, on Switch, Xbox One and Series X/S, PS4, PS5 and PC.

Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection

Recognized as a series addressed to the most fierce gamers of the pad, Ninja Gaiden has been unleashing passions since his first adventures on 8-bit consoles in the 1980s.But it is mainly on the first Xbox of the name that he will make his Katana and his Shurikens shine in 2004.An episode that will bring him into legend but whose difficulty will put off more than one player.However, his success earned him to relaunch the franchise and his hero Ryu Hayabusa will continue with Ninja Gaiden II (2008) and Ninja Gaiden III (2012).It is at this trilogy that Koei Tecmo intends to give life with this Master Collection version.

Three Beat them all which offer a concentrate of action rarely equaled on consoles.Still in search of revenge, Ryu stacks and will have to make determination to overcome several thousand particularly tough enemies.If our black ninja will not be alone, since several playable (essentially female) characters will ally themselves with him, it will however be the player to transcend himself to accomplish his mission.Having become mythical, the Ninja Gaiden saga proves the still commendable quality of Ninja Gaiden I and II, while the third opus turns out to be the least interesting despite some epic moments.

Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection, Koei Tecmo, on Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC.