TodayMon, 27th May 2024

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  Guide Best Paper Mario Games Of All Time

  All the Paper Mario games, ranked by you

  Updated with Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Switch, the HD remake of the 2004 GameCube original. Enjoy! The Paper Mario series began two decades ago when Paper Mario for the Nintendo 64 launched in Japan on 11th August 2000. Since then, we've seen five more mainline Paper Mario games of different...

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  Exclusive Meet The Three Brothers Making Their Dream 'Secret Of Mana'-Inspired RPG

  "We want to make one of the most accessible and playable RPGs of all time"

  Couch co-op and JRPG are two genres you don't often see together. Secret of Mana is one of the earliest examples of the genre, with most of the Tales of series also allowing fans to play together while sitting side-by-side. But outside of those examples, playing JRPGs with...

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  27

  Rumour 2K Secures License To FIFA And Will Develop The Next Game

  Challenger approaching

  Publisher 2K is currently rumoured to have secured the official FIFA license and will be developing the next game, likely titled FIFA 2K25. This comes via retailer MohPlay Inc. on X (thanks, Eurogamer), who posted an unverified claim that the partnership between 2K and FIFA is "confirmed" with a new game set to launch this...

  • 6h ago
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  Poll What Review Score Would You Give Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door?

  The door's open

  Last week saw the return of the king of Paper Marios as The Thousand-Year Door launched on Switch in remake form. Following last year's excellent Super Mario RPG remake, our deputy editor Alana Hagues once again tackled a turn-based Mario and found this latest Switch remake from Intelligent Systems to be "a fantastic RPG adventure,...

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  News Charles Martinet Is Heading To Nintendo Live 2024 In Sydney, Australia

  Ambassador on duty

  Nintendo Australia has confirmed that the recently appointed brand ambassador Charles Martinet will be making daily appearances at Nintendo Live 2024 Sydney later this year (thanks, Press Start). The event will take place from 31st August to 1st September 2024 at the International Convention Centre in Sydney, with Nintendo...

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  44

  News Dragon Quest III HD-2D Tease Confirms Platforms And Nothing Else

  Yes, it's coming to Switch

  News regarding the upcoming Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake has been rather thin on the ground, but judging from a short tease posted on X to mark 'Dragon Quest Day', it looks like we'll be getting a lot more information very soon. There's not much to go on from the tease, as it showcases a very short animation of the...

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  News Super Mario Kart-Style SNES Racer 'Rider’s Spirits' Coming To Switch, PlayStation And Xbox

  Time Extension Update: Ratalaika Games confirms global release this June

  Update [Mon 27th May, 2024 09:10 BST]: Ratalaika Games has revealed that it is partnering up with Masaya Games and Shinyuden to release Rider’s Spirits on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S/X, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Switch on June 7th worldwide (thanks, Gematsu). Developed by Genki and...

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YesterdaySun, 26th May 2024

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  Soapbox After Restarting My Save File, I Finally 'Get' Hollow Knight

  *sigh* Bapanada

  Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Jim is finally seeing the Hollow light... Last year, I decided to take a break from Tears of the Kingdom and pick up a fun-looking, rarely discussed indie which was subject to a...

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  News 32 Years Later, Super Mario Kart Gets Fan-Made 'Horizons' Expansion

  Time Extension "Race across new courses in brand new custom locations"

  A new Rom Hack for Super Mario Kart has massively expanded the game 32 years after it originally launched on the SNES. Created by gridatttack, Super Mario Kart - Horizons offers eight new themed worlds, delivering 20 new circuits to race around. It also has four new Battle Tracks, new music,...

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  • SNES
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  38

  Video Digital Foundry Takes A Look At Zelda 64 Recompiled: Majora's Mask

  "A revolution in N64 native ports for PC"

  The Nintendo 64 emulation scene has come a long way and the latest recompilation project revolutionises native PC ports. Our friends at Time Extension shared a post recently about N64Recomp - describing the tool as potentially transformative to the world of N64 emulation, as it streamlines the process of...

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  14

  Round Up Indie Live Expo 2024 - Every Nintendo Switch Game Showcased

  The 10th outing featuring more than 150 games

  The digital showcase Indie Live Expo returned for its 10th outing and as part of this, it's showcased more than 150 games - with plenty of them coming to the Nintendo Switch. Some of these games have already been released, some are coming soon and the rest are arriving at a later date. So, in case you...

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  27

  News More Luigi's Mansion 2 HD Pre-Order Goodies Have Been Revealed

  Fans in South Korea can get all sorts of bonuses

  The 3DS title Luigi's Mansion 2 will make return next month on the Switch and ahead of the game's launch, Nintendo has started to reveal more of the pre-order goodies that will be up for grabs. In South Korea, Nintendo has shown a range of items Luigi fans will be able to get their hands on at select...

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  70

  Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: Bravely Default

  Fly high, fairy

  Hello folks, and welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl. Before we get cracking, let's see how things panned out last week, hm? We looked at Super Monkey Ball Adventure, one of several entries for the GameCube. As we'd expected, the busier, more vibrant box art from North America sealed the deal, winning a healthy 79% of...

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Saturday25th May 2024

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  Soapbox Fire Emblem’s Future May Not Be In Turn-Based Combat

  Fire Emblem’s fates

  How would you feel if the next mainline Fire Emblem game was exclusively a social sim? While a change this drastic is almost certainly not in the cards, the identity crisis currently faced by Fire Emblem means that change must come. While Engage’s 1.61 million sales as of March 2023 is respectable for the franchise, it marks...

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  45

  News DOOM: The Dark Ages To Be Announced This June, According To New 'Exclusive'

  It will apparently be getting a "multiplatform release"

  The next entry in the first-person shooter series DOOM is reportedly set to be unveiled at Xbox's games showcase this June. According to Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson, this new entry will officially be titled 'DOOM: The Dark Ages' (previously codenamed 'Year Zero') and is believed to be a...

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  14

  News Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Reveals DLC Roadmap For 2024

  Get ready for more adventures

  Rabbit & Bears Studios, the team behind the Suikoden spiritual successor Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, has shared a look at the new JRPG's DLC roadmap. If the team manages to stay on schedule, all three add-ons should arrive this year. The first half of this roadmap showcases items already available including...

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  • Switch eShop
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  Review Hauntii (Switch) - A Beautiful Tale In A Bad State

  This ghost has unfinished business

  What do you get when you combine Super Mario Odyssey, Geometry Wars, Disney Pixar, and Genesis Noir? You get Hauntii, a twin-stick shooter, puzzle-platformer, and adventure game from tiny development studio Moonloop Games. An unexpected mixture, to be sure — but that's what indie games are all about, and we're...

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  News Gorgeous Pixel Art Metroidvania 'Blade Chimera' Gets August Launch Window

  Lookin' good

  PLAYISM and WSS Playground have announced that the upcoming pixel art Metroidvania title Blade Chimera will be launching on the Switch this coming August. While they stopped short of comfirming the exact date, it at least gives us an idea of when we can dive in. And goodness, it looks stunning, right? The latest trailer showcases more...

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  Feature Former Nintendo World Champ Jeff Hansen On Teaming Up With Nintendo Again, 30 Years Later

  Time Extension "It’s obviously a completely different world today"

  The recent announcement of Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition for the Switch came as a welcome surprise, but what was perhaps even more of a shock was the fact that Nintendo featured Jeff Hansen in the trailer for the game. For those of you who aren't aware, Hansen was Nintendo World...

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  Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (25th May)

  Are you well?

  Wait, it's Saturday already? Where does the time go? This week has been an exciting one for fans of the Big N. Not only did Nintendo announce the acquisition of Shiver Entertainment, but we finally got our hands on Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on Switch (and we think it's a beauty)! Elsewhere on the site this week, we

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  News Toy Shooter Hypercharge: Unboxed Is Adding Cross-Platform Support

  Switch will receive it at a later date

  The toy shooter HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed is arriving on Xbox next week, and ahead of this launch, developer Digital Cybercherries has revealed the game will be getting cross-platform support. While this feature (allowing players to “join forces” across platforms) will roll out for Xbox and PC on 31st May 2024,...

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  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
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