TodayTue, 14th May 2024

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  Review Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs (Switch) - Pac-Man 99’s Successor Is A Flop

  First as tragedy, then as farce

  “Comparison is the thief of joy,” said former US President Teddy Roosevelt. The gist is that sometimes a comparison can negatively skew our perceptions or diminish our appreciation of individual qualities. Roosevelt didn’t have multiplayer Pac-Man in mind when he came up with his oft-quoted consolatory aphorism,...

  • 10m ago
  • Reviews
  • Switch eShop
  • Pac-Man
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  News Little Kitty, Big City Update Is On The Way, Here Are The Patch Notes

  Pouncing onto Switch soon

  Little Kitty, Big City landed (on its feet, naturally) on Switch last week and developer Double Dagger Studios has been quick to pounce on any pesky bugs that popped up along the way. This first major update is said to fix "most (if not all) major collision and clipping issues and falling out of map issues" as well as a...

  • 40m ago
  • News
  • Switch eShop
  • Updates
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  News Monkey Island Creator's "Zelda Meets Diablo Meets Thimbleweed Park" RPG Looks Delightful

  Coming this year (hopefully)

  Ron Gilbert, the mind behind the Monkey Island series, has started sharing some information about his upcoming RPG adventure game and it is looking like a retro delight (thanks, Time Extension). The as-yet-untitled project is "Best described as Classic Zelda meets Diablo meets Thimbleweed Park" a

  • 2h ago
  • News
  • Upcoming Releases
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  Rumour Princess Zelda May Take The Starring Role In An Upcoming Game

  Pinches of salt at the ready

  Remember back in the early days of the Tears of the Kingdom marketing when we thought there was a chance that Princess Zelda would be a playable character? That never happened (obviously), but if the recent rumour mill is to be believed, then the Hylian monarch might get her shot in the spotlight yet (thanks, My Nintendo...

  • 2h ago
  • Rumours
  • Nintendo
  • Zelda
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  News Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Switch Online Icons Return Next Week

  Just in time for the first anniversary

  To celebrate the first year anniversary of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo's Switch Online service has re-released various themed icons. If you missed this run the first time around, you now have from 20th May 2024 until 27th May 2024 to grab the first wave featuring plenty of familiar...

  • 8h ago
  • Zelda
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch Online
  • Anniversaries
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  News Monster Hunter Series Surpasses 100 Million Sales After 20 Years

  Rise has now sold over 15 million units

  Capcom's Monster Hunter series has become one of its biggest franchises over the past two decades and in the latest sales update, the "worldwide cumulative sales" of the series have now surpassed 100 million units. As part of this milestone, Capcom has released some interesting data noting how Monster Hunter...

  • 9h ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Monster Hunter
  • Capcom
  • Sales
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  News Chris Pratt Expects "Lots" Of Mario And Nintendo Movies Over The Next Decade

  "It gets me very excited"

  In case you somehow missed it, a second Super Mario Bros. Movie is coming to cinemas in April 2026 and it likely won't be the only big screen outing to follow the original film's release. Speaking to GamesRadar+, the movie voice of Mario Chris Pratt mentioned how he could see Nintendo and its partners releasing "lots" of...

  • 10h ago
  • Super Mario
  • Mario Movie
  • Nintendo
  • Zelda
  • Movies
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  News Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Launch Party Announced (US)

  "Join us at Nintendo New York"

  We're fast approaching the release of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for the Switch, and in the leadup to this release, Nintendo's New York store in America has announced a special launch event. Between 11 am and 2pm on May 25th, 2024, fans will be able to celebrate the game's launch. There'll even be a special...

  • 11h ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Paper Mario
  • Nintendo
  • US
  • North America
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  41

  News Switch "Joy-Con Drift" Class Action Lawsuit Dismissed After Five Years

  Five years of effort ended "with a whimper"

  Throughout the lifespan of the Nintendo Switch, there has been all sorts of controversy surrounding Joy-Con controller drift. As the generation winds down, it looks like "5 years of efforts" to sue Nintendo over "Joy-Con drift" issues have now come to an end. As highlighted by Game File reporter Stephen...

  • 12h ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Joy-Con
  • Controllers
  • Legal
  • North America

YesterdayMon, 13th May 2024

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  Guide Best Nintendo Switch Micro SD Cards - Cheapest Memory Cards In 2024

  The best SD card deals and discounts for your Switch

  If you own a Nintendo Switch, Switch Lite, or Switch OLED and tend to download games from the Nintendo eShop, you'll soon find yourself running out of storage space. A lack of storage is one of the Switch's few weaknesses, and the fact that there are so many amazing digital-only games on...

  • 1d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Micro SD Cards
  • Storage
  • Guides
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  News Where To Pre-Order Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door On Switch

  25% off in UK! Paper Plane pre-order bonus!

  Update: If you're wanting to pre-order Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on Nintendo Switch, now is absolutely the time to do it. UK buyers can currently get 25% off the game thanks to Currys (so that's £37.49). Make sure to visit the link below and then enter code MARIO25 at checkout. Other stores are...

  • 1d ago
  • Deals
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Super Mario
  • Upcoming Releases
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  Review Braid: Anniversary Edition (Switch) - Exquisite Commentary Elevates This Indie All-Timer

  If I could turn back time

  What is time? Does the future come into existence, become the present, then vanish into the past? Or are all times equally real, only our perspective on them changing as we travel towards our destinies? And while we’re on the subject, why is it taking so much time to get a “Switch 2”? Not to worry: Braid, Anniversary...

  • 21h ago
  • Reviews
  • Switch eShop
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  Review Biomutant (Switch) - A Solid Action RPG Marred By A Muddy Port

  Biomutant X

  It's been a long road for Biomutant's Switch release. The action RPG originally came out almost three years ago, back in May 2021, with the Switch version slowly getting pushed back time and time again. However, Experiment 101’s debut title is finally here, but it maybe should have been held back for the Switch's successor. Biomutant...

  • 23h ago
  • Reviews
  • Nintendo Switch
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  News New Tool Allows N64 Games To Be Played With Ray Tracing, Uncapped Frame Rates And Ultrawide Support

  Time Extension N64Recomp is pretty special

  A new PC tool called N64Recomp is dramatically changing the way we experience N64 titles in the modern era. Created by Mr-Wiseguy, the tool streamlines the process of getting N64 titles into a position where they can run nat

  • 1d ago
  • Nintendo
  • N64
  • Emulation
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  45

  News Atlus To Delist Shin Megami Tensei V & All DLC From Switch eShop

  Ahead of Vengeance's release

  Atlus has announced plans to delist Shin Megami Tensei V and all its DLC from the Switch eShop on 13th June at 23:5pm JST (via Gematsu). Making a statement on the official Atlus website, the publisher and developer will be replacing the original release — which launched back in November 2021 as a Switch exclusive —...

  • 1d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Atlus
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  News Square Enix To "Aggressively Pursue" Multiplatform Strategy, Includes "Nintendo Platforms"

  Plans to step up digital sales, shift from quantity to quality, and more

  Square Enix has released a three-year Medium-term Business Plan and its financial report for fiscal year 2024. And while it's mixed results for the developer, it has addressed how its going to try and improve things. Most notably, the company has revealed a brand new...

  • 22h ago
  • Business
  • Industry
  • Square Enix
  • Nintendo Switch
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  32

  Video Nintendo World Championships Japanese Gameplay Officially Revealed

  The Famicom 'Special Edition' comes with NSO controllers

  Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is on its way to the Switch this July and if you're eager to see more, you might want to take a look at the final episode of "Famicom Talk Shop: Kobayashi-Toy Store" starring comedian and actor Kendo Koybayashi and featuring other Japanese talent. The...

  • 1d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Nintendo
  • NES
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  News Fabledom Is A Fairytale City Builder About Living Happily Ever After

  Fable-ous

  Dear Villagers has announced that the cosy, accessible city builder Fabledom — which launched on Steam today — is also coming to Nintendo Switch later this year. Grenaa Games' debut title will also be getting a physical version alongside the eShop release. Taking the popular city builder genre and giving it a fairy tale twist,...

  • 20h ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  News Zelda Master Sword Replica Joins Tamashii Nation's 'Proplica' Line In 2024

  Become the Hero of Time

  Alongside the first anniversary of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, it's been announced the Bandai Spirits Tamashii Nations 'Proplica' Master Sword will launch in Japan later this year. Pre-orders have also gone live. According to the My Nintendo Store in Japan, this sword is scheduled to release in September 2024 with shipping...

  • 1d ago
  • Zelda
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Bandai Namco
  • Nintendo
  • Merch
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  Soapbox Paper Mario's Ms. Mowz Taught Me How To Appreciate (And Steal) The Little Things

  THIEF

  Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Kate discusses one of Mario's criminal — and criminally underrated — pals... Sometimes I suspect that, in another life before this one, I was a thief. In this life, I'm a relatively...

  • 18h ago
  • Soapbox
  • Features
  • Super Mario
  • Retro
  • GameCube

Sunday12th May 2024

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  Talking Point One Year On, Has Everyone Beaten Ganondorf In Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom?

  Dawn of The Second Year

  Back in August last year, when Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom had been in the wild for just three months, we asked how your completion percentage was coming along. Given the size of the game, it was understandable that 37% of respondees still hadn't beaten the final boss and therefore still didn't know their completion...

  • 2d ago
  • Features
  • Poll
  • Zelda
  • Nintendo Switch
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  News New Limited-Time Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Distribution Now Available

  Get it while you can

  Update [Sun 12th May, 2024 15:45 BST]: The distribution for Gyarados is now live! The code you'll need is GYARAD0S2023SG and you have until 30th June 2024 to redeem it (thanks again, Serebii.net). A new distribution has also been revealed, this time for Quaxly. It's apparently based on the one in the Pokémon Horizons anime...

  • 2d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Pokemon
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  News Gundam Breaker 4 Blasts Onto Nintendo Switch This August

  Here's a new trailer

  Update [Sun 12th May, 2024 15:00 BST]: In a new "release date trailer" earlier this week, Bandai Namco revealed Gundam Breaker 4 will be launching locally on 29th August 2024. In the latest trailer, you can get the rundown on how to break, build and battle "like never before". "Build your personal Gunpla with parts from a...

  • 2d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Bandai Namco
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  News Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Celebrates First Anniversary With Special Artwork

  What are your favourite memories?

  The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is now officially one year old! Nintendo has already announced a soundtrack and artbook as part of the celebrations and to top it off, it's now shared some new anniversary artwork. In it, you can see Link and Zelda falling from the skies above with a date alongside it...

  • 2d ago
  • Zelda
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo
  • Anniversaries
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  45

  Soapbox The Trouble With Limited Run Games, And How To Fix It

  Time Extension "There has to be a better standard of quality"

  It’s odd to me that we live in a time where a video game getting a physical release is now considered a big deal. As someone who’s probably from the last generation which grew up before the age of digital distribution, I still distinctly remember when physical game releases were the only game...

  • 2d ago
  • Features
  • Soapbox
  • Limited Run Games
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  Guide Where To Pre-Order Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD On Switch

  Best deals and pre-order bonuses!

  Luigi's Mansion 2 HD arrives on Nintendo Switch on 27th June 2024. If you're hoping to find the best deals, cheapest prices, and info on any special edition releases for the game, you're definitely in the right place. Below, we're keeping track of all retail options for you, including the fancy Mighty Fright and...

  • 3d ago
  • Guides
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Super Mario
  • Upcoming Releases
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  News EA Apparently Exploring The Idea Of In-Game Ads In Traditional AAA Titles

  "We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that"

  Third-party video game giant Electronic Arts had its earnings call this week and CEO Andrew Wilson was asked about the possibility of "dynamic ad insertion across more traditional AAA games". The idea is supposedly already being explored, but it's "still early on that front" and the company will be...

  • 2d ago
  • Electronic Arts
  • EA
  • Industry
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  News Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Estimated Switch File Size Revealed

  You won't need much space for this one

  Following a classification, the Switch game Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition was officially announced this week. If you're planning to download the title or are just curious to know how big the file size of this classic speed run compilation is, read on. According to Nintendo's official listings, the...

  • 2d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Nintendo
  • NES
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  Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: Demon's Crest (SNES)

  It's Blaz-on

  Hi folks, and welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Before we get cracking with this week's battle, let's see what happened last time. We looked at Mario Paint for the SNES, with North America and Europe taking on Japan. Rather predictably, the Western design won the vote comfortably at 89%, proving that colour and whimsy...

  • 2d ago
  • Features
  • Poll
  • Box Art Brawl
  • SNES
  • Capcom