
Digital | ON: GAMES Feb 3, 2019
The first of 2019's resurrections
by Brian Ashcraft
"Super Mario" introduces Peachette; "Biohazard"/"Resident Evil" rises again in an even scarier form; and "Catherine" gets fleshed out.
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The first of 2019's resurrections
"Super Mario" introduces Peachette; "Biohazard"/"Resident Evil" rises again in an even scarier form; and "Catherine" gets fleshed out.
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