News The Banner Saga 2 Raises Its Colours On Nintendo Switch With A 7th June Release Date
More tactical goodness on Switch
Exclusive Wulverblade Is Going On Sale To Celebrate Its Biggest Update Yet
Easy mode! Beast mode! Performance boost! Bug Fixes!
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News Japanese Version Of Resident Evil 7 On Switch Has An English Language Option
Worldwide release when?
Biohazard 7 - known as Resident Evil 7 in the rest of the world - has just been released on Switch in Japan. It's a cloud-based proposition which means you're playing a streamed version of the game from Capcom's servers, rather than running it direct from the console itself. There's no indication on whether or not Capcom has...
News The Banner Saga 2 Raises Its Colours On Nintendo Switch With A 7th June Release Date
More tactical goodness on Switch
More than two years after its initial release on PC, the strategic battles of The Banner Saga 2 are set to arrive on Nintendo Switch with a release date of 7th June. Publisher Versus Evil is once again teaming up with developer Stoic Studio for the port, the role-playing game continues its emotional journey across a...
Exclusive Wulverblade Is Going On Sale To Celebrate Its Biggest Update Yet
Easy mode! Beast mode! Performance boost! Bug Fixes!
Historical hack and slash title Wulverblade is going on sale to mark the release of version 1.1, which brings a raft of new features to the title, along with changes based on player feedback. The patch arrives Thursday and will be accompanied by a 33 percent price reduction on the US eShop...
Oops
'Oops' is a word you’ll often see in N++, but it never quite epitomises the correct feeling of watching your tiny ninja avatar splatter into a thousand pieces from a landmine. Nor will it truly capture the frustration of watching them mulch into a pile of limbs because you missed landing a jump by a fraction. It does, however, give you a...
News Salty Shores Update Is Coming To Rocket League Next Week
Grab that sunscreen
Rocket League is very much the game that keeps on giving, with a nearly bottomless amount of post release DLC and support coming from Psyonix at a breakneck pace to keep players engaged in the bizarre soccer/car combat game. Whether it be new arenas, modes, skins, or something else, there’s always something else to look forward...
News Twin-Stick Switch Shooter Sleep Tight Arrives On 26th July With 12 Playable Characters
40 winks
Following on from its reveal back in November, developer We Are Fuzzy has revealed the cutesy twin-stick shooter Sleep Tight will awaken on the Nintendo Switch eShop on 26th July. Not only that, but the game - which has been designed by developers with experience at Bungie, Ubisoft and Pixar - will come with 12 unique playable kids you can...
Review The Adventures of Elena Temple
Play a classic you never knew existed
Before the arrival of extensive open-world gaming, cutting-edge 3D graphics and online multiplayer connectivity, video games were much more humble. Life was simpler and the games of yesteryear were a reflection of this. The Adventures of Elena Temple by GrimTalin is for anyone who has a yearning for the past...
News Gorogoa Is Getting An Update, Adding In An Extra Puzzle From The Original Demo
More free stuff!
Unusual artistic puzzler Gorogoa has proved a strange yet popular addition to Nintendo Switch's growing library, and owners of the game is getting some extra content today via a free update across all platforms. The update will patch in the original demo for the game, providing access to a puzzle that wasn't included in the final...
Review Mega Man Legacy Collection 2
'Meh'ga Man
After Capcom released the initial Mega Man Legacy Collection, it seemed likely that the company would eventually release the rest of the series in another collection. Sure enough, Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 came to pass, and while it mostly does the same things its predecessor did, the experimental and varying nature of the games...
Review Mega Man Legacy Collection
A legacy to be proud of
Until recently, it seemed that Capcom wasn’t all too interested in the Mega Man series, which understandably upset a lot of fans who grew up alongside the Blue Bomber. Though Mega Man has starred in a lot of games, it’s the original NES releases that arguably stand as the most iconic, which makes Mega Man Legacy...
News Legendary Eleven Brings The Golden Age Of The World Cup To Switch This June
Football's coming home
If FIFA 18 isn't enough football action for you this World Cup year, then you might want to check out Eclipse Games' upcoming Legendary Eleven: Epic Football. Described as an "epic" arcade football title "inspired by the golden age of football spanning the '70s to the '90s", Legendary Eleven features fluid gameplay,...
How does the fox play? (ring-ding-ding)
Although the idea of indie games using retro graphics is about as overdone as a chicken cooked in a volcano, very few of them are authentic. With a few exceptions – Shovel Knight and VVVVVV immediately spring to mind – the majority of indie games using 8-bit and 16-bit style visuals would simply never have...
Review Disco Dodgeball - REMIX
If you can dodge a wrench
Breaking away from its custom of pumping out pinball titles at an impressive rate, Zen Studios has decided to bring Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball back to life but with a much snappier name. The first iteration saw release on PC three years ago and now Switch owners can join in with minimal differences from...
News Resident Evil 7 Is Coming To Nintendo Switch In Japan
But there are a few catches...
It’s fair to say that Resident Evil 7 surprised the gaming community back in early 2017. As well as being a dramatic departure and reinvention of the franchise, what was more interesting to most was that it was actually really good. More than good. Developer Capcom has been a strong supporter of the Nintendo...
Let’s get ready to rumble
Created by Swiss indie developer Digital Kingdom, Invisiballs describes itself as a “competitive next-gen hide-and-seek,” aiming to utilise the unique features of the Nintendo Switch to make something a little different. It also gives off that immediate multiplayer party vibe that we see so often in the Switch’s...
Feature PixelJunk Monsters 2 Developer Q-Games On Nintendo-Like Design And Future Switch Projects
"The amazing thing about the Switch is the simplicity"
In the heart of Japan's former capital Kyoto, Q-Games founder and former Argonaut programmer Dylan Cuthbert and his team are putting the finishing touches to the sequel to popular tower defence game PixelJunk Monsters. Ten years since the original title and several ‘canon’ games later,...
Fairuno, Fairdue, Fairtre
Skipmore’s charming Legend of Zelda/Ys retro mash-up did some good service for 3DS owners in the past and it's once again being brought to the spotlight thanks to a compilation of both titles (and a couple of extra ones) in this new Fairune Collection. Are these brain-teasing adventures worth taking once again? Let's give...
No use crying over spilled paint
Splatoon 2 and, to an extent, De Blob, have a lot to answer for. It seems that so many developers are attempting to ape the style that comes from splashes of paint spilling from a protagonist or vehicle. There’s a lot to be said for the visual style; bright colours bursting from a screen are always...
Feature Hands-On With Playdough Platform Puzzler Semblance At BitSummit 2018
Make yourself
At Kyoto's Bitsummit indie games festival, we had the chance to have some hands-on time and chat to the developers of ‘playdough’ platform puzzle game Semblance, from South African developer Nyamakop. The demo was all about the realisation of what was possible from one puzzle to the next, as the world and various platforms...
Nintendo Download 17th May (Europe)
New games - and more - on the EU eShops
This week's Nintendo Download update is in, bringing in tons of new games, demos, themes and activities to the EU eShops. As always, be sure to add a vote or two to the poll at the bottom of the article, and a comment with your chosen digital pickups. Enjoy! Switch eShop: Hyrule Warriors: Definitive...
Nintendo Download 17th May (North America)
Here are all the new games heading to the eShops today
Thursday has rolled around once more, so it's time to see what delights Nintendo has brought to its various eShops with this week's Nintendo Download. As always, be sure to leave a vote in our poll and drop us a comment or two in the comments section on which games you'll be picking up...
News Johnny Turbo Heads For The Kitchen With Super Burger Time
"Let's go out for a burger..."
The fourth serving of Johnny Turbo Data East classics will be released today in North America (next week in Europe) and it's strangely related with President Ronnie's favourite take-out food. Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Super Burger Time was the first proper sequel to the classic 1982 original, and along with a welcome...
More human than human
When it comes to the allegorical relationship between artificial intelligence and the meaning of life itself, fiction has done a pretty decent job of marrying the two. From Blade Runner and Humans, to Ex Machina and The Matrix, it’s path well worn by many a piece of art. So is there space for a fresh interpretation, and can...
Review Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
The Real McCoy
With a name like Real Bout Fatal Fury Special you might think that the game is an update of something else from the series, much like how Fatal Fury Special was the second game with extra bits. This, however, is its own thing, but although it's not an update of either of the other Real Bout games (and Real Bout 2 actually followed...
Video Fight For Your Right To Eat Sushi With This New Sushi Striker Story Trailer
Raw thrills
Sushi Striker is one of those games which could end up slipping under the radar of many, yet it's shaping up to be quite a experience for puzzle fans. To ensure it doesn't get ignored in the pre-E3 crush, Nintendo has released a story trailer for the title. Set in world where (gasp!) sushi is outlawed, you must step into the shoes...
News Chill Out And Unwind With The Joy-Con Flipping Power Of Zen Bound 2
Rope a dope
Are you need of a proper moment of relaxation? Are you looking to unwind after a long, hard day at work? Sounds like you need a game that's all about chilling to the max - enter Zen Bound 2, a sedate puzzling experience that's headed to the Switch eShop on 24th May. Originally released on PC and smartphones back in 2010, the game is all...
News Okami HD Release Date Revealed For Japan
Two versions available this summer
Japan's weekly gaming magazine Famitsu has revealed that the Switch version of Okami HD will be released on 9th August. A limited edition, priced at ¥3,990, will be available alongside the standard edition (priced at ¥2,900). Sadly, there's no news on whether this special edition will be making it to the West...
Vanilla flavoured
Stephen Hausdorff's zany comic returns once more to Nintendo platforms after leaving a bit of a sour taste on Wii U. No small feat considering Dolores Entertainment still completed this game’s production despite a failed Kickstarter campaign. But has the flavour (or lack thereof) improved since the previous serving? The sugar...
News Boxing Simulator Punch Club Aims For A Knockout On Switch Next Week
"Train hard, eat chicken and punch dudes in the face"
tinyBuild Games has announced that a Switch port of Punch Club will be landing on the eShop next week on 24th May. Developed by Russian indie studio Lazy Bear Games, and originally seeing releases on PC, mobile devices, and then 3DS, Punch Club is a boxing tycoon management game with...
News Choose Your Own Adventure With Warlock Of Firetop Mountain, Coming Soon To Switch
YOU are the hero!
The Fighting Fantasy series of adventure books are the stuff of legend - especially if you're a child of the '80s. This popular line of novels fused role-playing with thrilling stories and amazing illustrations, and has recently undergone something of a revival thanks to reprints of popular entries and all-new books. The Fighting...
News Sink Your Teeth Into 15 Minutes Of Bloodstained: Curse Of The Moon Footage
Coming to Switch and 3DS soon
If you've been missing Castlevania recently, then you'll no doubt have jumped up and down with excitement at the news that Inti Creates is bringing Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon to Switch and 3DS on May 24th. The news was announced at this year's BitSummit in Japan, and during the event some gameplay was...
End game
In this uncertain time where mental health is more of a concern than ever, there might have been a better title for Chubby Pixel's Suicide Guy. Oddly enough, the title does offer a good description of the game, but it's not what it sounds like. Suicide Guy doesn't deal with mental illness or depression; rather, it's a wacky, slapstick...
News Ubisoft Is Now Hosting A Sale On The North American Switch eShop
Want Mario + Rabbids?
Out of all the major gaming platforms available, Nintendo has always been a bit behind in terms of the sales that it runs. The company generally seems to believe in the maintained value of its games well after their launch date passes, and the few sales that it does run generally aren’t all too competitive with the kinds of...
Our first slice of PewDiePie
Why did the chicken cross the road? Well, in this instance, it’s more a question of ‘how?’ rather than ‘why?’. The chicken is nestled in a busted toilet that’s been kitted out with propulsion rockets and the road has been replaced with a dangerous menagerie of traps, bombs and barrel cannons. YouTube...
Feature Hollow Knight On Switch "At The Finish Line" Says Developer Team Cherry
"We feel we share 'The Nintendo philosophy'"
Team Cherry made a big name for itself with its atmospheric yet adorable Metroidvania platformer Hollow Knight when it realised on Steam in February last year. The game has since generated a huge amount of publicity, not only since its initial Switch reveal, but also since its delay and unfortunate...
News The Very First Guilty Gear Will Bring Heaven, Hell And Rock To Nintendo Switch
Has it really been 20 years?
It's been 20 years since the original Guilty Gear debuted on PlayStation way back in 1998, so to celebrate, Arc System Works will be porting it to Nintendo Switch. Yup, a game that's been resigned to Sony platforms (and naughty emulators) is finally coming to Nintendo, and we couldn't be more excited. The original game...
You’re a wizard
Indie developer Contingent99 drops you straight into its game's universe in a way not many other dungeon crawling titles often would. With no conventional storytelling methods or tutorial system in place, the wannabe hero you control in Wizard of Legend starts out at the front steps of the fictional museum of Lanova. It's at this...
More samurai action on Switch
The Virtual Console might be dead, but via its Arcade Archives and ACA Neo Geo series, HAMSTER is doing a lot to scratch that retro gaming itch, with a constant stream of re-releases. Like a number of Neo Geo titles (including others from the same series) Samurai Shodown III is a one-on-one fighting game. As always you...
News Rocket League Will Be Getting A New Arena, Extra Music And Fresh Competitive Season
And that's just for May
Developer Psyonix has revealed some of the content coming to Rocket League this summer, and there are plenty of new extras being patched in for free in the weeks to come. This month, Rocket League on Switch will play host to a new arena, extra music courtesy of ‘Rocket League x Monstercat Vol. 3’ and plenty of rewards no...
News Get Ready For Fantasy Tactical Role-Playing In The Banner Saga On 17th May
Viking fun
Stoic, an independent game development company, and Versus Evil, one of the leading independent video game publishers, have revealed that indie role-playing strategy hit The Banner Saga is coming to Switch eShop on 17th May. The Banner Saga is an epic single-player driven Viking saga, where a player’s choice in travel,...
News Zelda-Like Adventure Game Minit Heading to the Japanese Switch eShop
60 seconds to go
Nintendo of Japan have been busy showing off some upcoming games recently in their "Indie World" presentation. Whilst most of these are games already available in the West, we did spot Devolver Digital's lovely Zelda-like adventure game Minit on the list. Well, when we say Zelda-Like, what we really mean is imagine playing a...
Bare your knuckles
If you were a child during the '90s then there's an excellent chance you've played many a scrolling fighting game in your time. From the genesis of the genre with titles like Renegade and Double Dragon to more advanced examples like Streets of Rage 2 and Dungeons & Dragons, this style of brawler was incredibly popular with...
A horse with no name
Unlike most home versions of horse racing games, Stakes Winner doesn't weigh you down with horse breeding or gambling, which makes sense considering this is first and foremost an arcade game. Unsurprisingly, you play as a jockey, choosing your horse from a varied lot with three different skills (speed, strength and...
Review Arcade Archives 10-Yard Fight
8-16-Nintendo 64. Set… Hut-Hut-FUMBLE!?
American Football! We don’t ‘get it’ on this side of the pond, but that’s okay because we do know that the sport translates to excellent video games. However, translating the action of gridiron to the hardware available in 1983 was no easy feat. Irem took on this task and the end result was the very...
Nintendo Download 10th May (Europe)
Here are all the latest games and discounts coming to the EU eShops
The Nintendo Download for all your lovely people in the EU is here, with updates to the Switch, 3DS and Wii U eShops all rolled into one lovely package. So have a browse and see if anything tickles your gaming fancy. Oh, and don't forget to leave a vote in our weekly poll, and a...
Nintendo Download 10th May (North America)
All the games and downloadable content hitting the NA eShops
The Nintendo Download for North America is here, bringing with it another slew of new games, activities and demos right to the eShops. As always, be sure to share which games you'll be downloading this week in the poll and in the comments section at the bottom of the article. Enjoy!...
"Play at your own risk"
Brighton-based independent developer Snap Finger Click, the team behind ACT IT OUT! on Wii U, has just revealed the first details of its new party game, Awkward. Taking the title rather literally, Awkward is designed to test how much friends and family really know about each other, with over 5,000 questions that...
News Shoot 'em Up Roguelite I Hate Running Backwards Charges Towards A Summer Switch Release
"Time to inflict some serious pain"
Independent developer Binx Interactive, along with Croteam Incubator and Devolver Digital, has announced that its upcoming shoot ‘em up game I Hate Running Backwards will arrive on Switch in "late summer", sometime after the 22nd May release on other platforms. The game aims to be a never-ending adrenaline...
Metroid, is that you?
At first glance, A Robot Named Fight looks like a shameless imitation of Nintendo’s 2D Metroid games. It's set in a sci-fi universe littered with hostile alien creatures and futuristic doors that only open when you shoot them with your blaster. Thankfully, it’s a lot more respectful of the source material than you might...
Tree house of horrors
For Abigail Blackwood, all is not as it seems. As the deceased former resident of a desolate town, you will be revisiting and exploring a once tranquil mansion and township on a quest to recall memories from nearly 40 years ago to figure out just what happened to you after you fell out of a window and were inexplicably brought...
News '70s Crime Caper Milanoir Will Bring Flares And Fros To Nintendo Switch On 31st May
Disco inferno
Good Shepard Entertainment has confirmed Milanoir, a '70s-set crime adventure, will be arriving on Nintendo Switch (and some other platforms) on 31st May. Here's the official synopsis on what you'll be doing on the mean streets of a bygone era: Inspired by classic films such as Caliber 9 and Almost Human, Milanoir is a story of...
Marriage or mirage?
Deadbeat drug dealer Butch wakes up in the trunk of a car and climbs out into a top-down urban hellscape. It’s up to him, with the help of his mysterious handler ‘Anaconda’, to battle through the Garage, an underground mall formerly owned by shady corporation Smith Investments. Cue horrific encounters with mutated vermin,...
Mummy said knock you out
Immortal Redneck feels like it could have been made 15 years ago. For many games that could be considered a negative thing, but for this one it’s hard to think of a better way to praise it. It feels like it comes from a simpler time, when shooters were about shooting. The premise is silly: you play as a redneck who...
Timber!
Timberman VS is Digital Melody's Switch enhancement of its free-to-play arcade title first released on Android and iOS devices in 2014 (and eventually ported across to Steam in 2015). If the name wasn't already enough of an indication, it's a game about chopping trees as fast as you can until your hands hurt. Given its mobile roots, the...
Exclusive Behind The Scenes On Switch MOBA Arena Of Valor's Audio
Music to slay people by
It might not be a household name in this part of the world, but Honor of Kings is a massive game in China - and it's coming to the Switch under the title Arena of Valor. In July 2017, it was reported that Tencent's MOBA had 80 million daily active players and 200 million monthly active players - which gives you some idea why...
News You'll Need Pen And Paper To Play This Nintendo Switch Role-Playing Game
Old school cool
Japanese company Gift Ten Industry is releasing a game on Switch that requires a pen and paper to play. The game has a tentative title of Madolica and will launch on the eShop in Japan some time this summer, priced at 1,500 Yen. The objective of the game is to escape from a monster-filled mansion within set time limit, and up...
News World Conqueror X To Receive Free Update, Cold War Expansion And Discount Tomorrow
Even more strategy content
CIRCLE Entertainment has announced that World Conqueror X will be receiving a free update and expansion DLC, along with a temporary discount to celebrate, all starting on 10th May. In addition to the wartime strategy game's update, which "makes some technical improvements to improve the player’s experience",...
Review Cast Of The Seven Godsends
Hellspawned
Raven Travel Studios clearly has a lot of love for classic 16-bit platform games, but can its old school platform homage to Super Ghouls’n’Ghosts possibly live up to the source material or even stand up to the best among the current Switch library? Gods be with us. The Kingdom of Dareca is about to fall to Emperor Zaraaima. Prince...
Feature Up The Wall With Etherborn Developer Altered Matter
"We wanted to stimulate curiosity and a 'sense of wonder'"
Etherborn is a beautiful exploration platformer from developer Altered Matter, and is coming to Nintendo Switch this year. With a combination of environment-based puzzles and gravity-defying traversal, Etherborn looks very promising. We talked to Samuel Cohen and Carles Massó from...
Get hype
If you happen to remember a time when video games came in audio tapes, the name 'Hewson Consultants' will surely ring an 8-bit bell. Exercise your memory a bit longer and you might even be familiar with Uridium, a 1986 scrolling shmup designed by Andrew Braybrook that sent both reviewers and gamers into a frenzy. After a successful...
Zombie apocalypse generator
Stories about the inevitable zombie apocalypse have come of age in recent years. While survival remains the number one priority, more recent television adaptations such as The Walking Dead have chosen to focus extensively on social upheaval – providing the perfect blend between action and narrative. Death Road To Canada...
Review Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Trilogy
Naruto on the Switch? Believe it!
Naruto and Nintendo have long been cozy with each other. The earliest Naruto games appeared some 15 years ago on the GameCube and Gameboy Advance, but the Ultimate Ninja series of Naruto games skipped Nintendo’s consoles in favour of other platforms, but all that has changed with the release of Naruto Shippuden:...
News Prepare To Battle Royally As Crazy Justice Brings Its Fortnite-Style Action This June On Switch
And justice for all
The battle royale genre has been shooting up a storm outside of the world of Nintendo Switch for far too long, but that drought is coming to an end as Black Riddles Studio confirms the multiplayer online shooter that is Crazy Justice is headed for Ninty's hybrid console this June. The announcement was made on Twitter last week...
KORG blimey
While Nintendo Labo continues to fascinate and confuse via the medium of cardboard, another very different creative suite has made its way to the hybrid halls of Switch. A digital audio workstation (or DAW as it’s known to its friends), KORG Gadget offers a robust piece of music making software that’s been fine-tuned to fit the...
Weebles wobble but Bouncy Bob trips and falls
There’s something to be said about the simple things in life. Every now and then, the uncomplicated and downright straightforward is greeted with open arms - especially when it comes to video games. As gamers, a lot of us have grown accustomed to memorising finicky controls that, when a title has...
Role player one
The whole point of a role-playing game is, quite obviously, to play a role. To pretend to be someone - or something - else. It's a mystery, then, why so many RPGs ask you to play minor variations on the same part. There are only so many times you can put yourself in the shoes of an amnesiac swordsman, adopted prodigy or mysterious...
Feature Battling The Viking Horde With Bad North Dev, Plausible Concept
"We want people to get attached to their heroes and squads..."
Over the last year, Nintendo Switch has collected a number of titles that place you in the reaving shoes of a Viking, but not many have tasked you with keeping that bloodthirsty horde at bay. Well, upcoming real-time battle sim Bad North does just that, so to celebrate its war-torn...
News Super Sidekicks 2 And Terra Cresta To Continue Switch Arcade Action Next Week
HAMSTER down with some World Cup fever and vintage shmuping action
HAMSTER returns to double releases next week with a football sequel for Neo Geo and one of the most revered TATE shmups of yore from Nichibutsu. With World Cup fever already rising on the horizon, this upcoming release of Super Sidekicks 2: The World Championship could not come at a...
News Fairune Collection Will Bundle Itself Onto Switch On 17th May
Fairune tale
Following on from its initial announcement back in April, Flyhigh Works has now confirmed the Switch port of Fairune Collection is slated to arrive on the eShop on 17th May, with a price tag of $9.99/€9.99. In fact, we've been told that pre-orders are set to go live on 10th May, so you can pre-order and pre-load your copy, and...
News Swery65's The Good Life Will Come To Switch, But Only If It Hits $800K By The End Of The Day
Time is running out
So there's some good and some bad news. The good news is Swery65's latest project, The Good Life, has met its minimum goal on Kickstarter. The bad news is it has a long way to go before it gets an official port for Nintendo Switch. The legendary Japanese developer teased such a version last week, but this port will only get off...
Review Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Sly Spy
“No Mr Sly, I expect you to die!”
One year after the Bad Dudes saved the day, President Ronnie stepped down. The newly elected President Bushie might be safe from ninjas but not from the nuclear-armed terrorist group Council for World Domination. A group of CWD baddies intercepted the president's motorcade, kidnapping the leader of the free...
Tuck your shirt in, mate!
That grandiose term ‘interactive entertainment’ has been bandied around for decades, usually rolled out when the word ‘game’ feels too throwaway or restrictive. Sure, it’s highfalutin, but sometimes it’s simply a more accurate descriptor. FMV release Late Shift is a case in point – it’s likely to garner...
Nintendo Download 3rd May (Europe)
Every game, demo, DLC and theme hitting the EU eShop today
The Nintendo Download update for Europe it finally here, bringing all manner of new games, demos, themes and discounts to an eShop near you. We've got every new addition listed right here, direct from Nintendo, to ensure you have all the info you need to start spending with wanton abandon...
News UKIYO Confirms Death Road To Canada Will Arrive On 8th May Without A Name Change
The game will also have a discount on the Switch eShop
Last month, in the wake of the tragic events that took place in Toronto, UKIYO Publishing decided to pull roguelike zombie game Death Road To Canada from its planned 15th May launch window on the Nintendo Switch eShop. However, the game has now been rescheduled for release a week early on 8th...
News Gorgeous Gravity Defying Platform Puzzler Etherborn Is Coming To Switch
Each level is an organic Rubik’s Cube to explore
Barcelona based-indie developer Altered Matter has confirmed they are bringing their beautiful title Etherborn to the Nintendo Switch. An intriguing exploration-based puzzle platformer, Etherborn's partially-human female protagonist traverses the mind bending landscapes searching for her own...
Nintendo Download 3rd May (North America)
All the games and downloadable content hitting the NA eShops
Thursday has arrived once more, bringing with it another weekly update to all of Nintendo's current eShop fronts. We've got plenty of indie sleeper hits, classic retro throwbacks and big titles all waiting to tempt their way into your virtual collection. As always, feel free to add a vote...
Running towards the light
Not all is well in the realm of Numbra. The land of perpetual night has seemingly lost a hefty share of its inhabitants, the nomadic tribe of Kamloops who had found shelter in this dark realm for years. It is through this cryptic premise that you're introduced to the avatar, a diminutive being of shadow with two contrasting...
News Steal Wi-Fi, Heavy Metal And A Cup Of Joe As Switch Gets Its Own Coffee Crisis
Alien nation
Back in December we spoke to Mega Cat Studios about its throwback brawler for Mega Drive/Genesis and PC, and now we're pleased as punch to learn that retro homage that is Coffee Crisis is also making its way to Nintendo Switch in 2018. You'll fill the shoes of the last two baristas on Earth, so you'll be able to link up with a friend...
News Switch Gets Another Slice Of Sci-Fi Noir When The Fall Drops On 10th May
Direct to the Switch eShop
Almost three-and-a-half-years after its original release on Wii U, sci-fi noir adventure The Fall is coming to Nintendo Switch, with an eShop release date of 10th May. The Nintendo Switch edition of The Fall runs at a resolution of 1080p at 60fps when docked and 720p at 60fps when in handheld or tabletop mode and includes...
News Rearrange Your Surroundings In Freeform-Puzzle Game Splitter Critters
"World-splitting power"
The award-winning puzzle game Splitter Critters is heading to the Switch later this month, and the concept looks very intriguing indeed. Splitter Critters is described as a 'freeform puzzle game', putting the power of scenery manipulation into your hands. You'll be splitting and rearranging the game world to bring faraway...
Shock to the heart
Kemco’s prolific JRPG output was a staple of the 3DS and Wii U eShops, and continues apace on the Switch, with the initial release of last year’s Revenant Saga followed by Dragon Sinker and now Asdivine Hearts. A port of a 2014 mobile release by Exe Create, Asdivine Hearts is an old-school JRPG that’s entirely competent but...
Feature Reanimating The Roguelike With Dead Cells Developer, MotionTwin
"We're excited to bring this game to Switch and its audience"
In 2018, it's safe to say Nintendo Switch has its fair share of roguelike titles and pixel art platformers, but there's always room for games willing to marry the two in new and exciting ways. Dead Cells, the latest creation from French indie studio MotionTwin has all the hallmarks of a...
News Looks Like Inksplosion Is Bringing Colourful Bullet Hell To Switch Next Week
War is hell, except when it's fun
Publisher Ratalaika Games has teased something that's coming to the Nintendo Switch eShop next week, and if that logo is anything to by, it's almost certainly going to be the single-screen bullet hell of Inksplosion. This twin-stick shooter will also be launching on PC and other consoles. The colourful...
News Dodgeball Meets First-Person Shooter In Disco Dodgeball Remix, Coming To Switch This Month
And everyone plays as killer robots
Zen Studios has announced that it will be bringing Disco Dodgeball Remix to the Nintendo Switch on 22nd May, offering an intense mix of arena-based first-person shooter gameplay and classic dodgeball. The game is actually a port of Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball, a game released on Steam back in 2015...
News Scrolling Shooter Black Bird Will Blast A Path Of Destruction On Switch
From the makers of Million Onion Hotel
Tokyo-based developer Onion Games has confirmed its upcoming shooter, Black Bird, will be heading to Nintendo Switch sometime in the summer of 2018. Onion Games has also confirmed, via Twitter, that it will also be bringing the game to the annual BitSummit festival in Kyoto, which takes place between...
News Embrace A Different Kind Of Virtual Console On Switch With The Adventures of Elena Temple
Bask in the nostalgia
For those old enough to remember the classic consoles of time gone by, when the likes of HD visuals and update patches weren't even a thing, this game might just be for you. The Adventures of Elena Temple is a monochromatic puzzle platformer made to look as if it was created in the '80s. The twist here is that you...
News Get Ready To Rage In Chicken Assassin: Reloaded On Switch This Summer
"Hilarious action-RPG"
Akupara Games has announced that Chicken Assassin: Reloaded will be smashing its way to the Nintendo Switch eShop this summer, and the announcement trailer above is definitely something to behold. "E - I - E - I - OO!!" You'll play as Mean Mcallister, the meanest, baddest, funkiest chicken we've ever seen, as he fights...
Video Check Out The Launch Trailer For Runner3
Just a few weeks to go
Choice Provisions was responsible for BIT.TRIP, one of the standout game franchises to arise from Nintendo’s original Wii Shop Channel. Favoring musically driven, arcade-like gameplay, the series jumped from genre to genre, but one of its most popular entries was BIT.TRIP RUNNER, which eventually went on to get its own...
News Lumines Remastered Will Launch On 26th June
When the sun is Shinin’
One of the standout reveals of the March Nindies Direct was that of Lumines Remastered, the latest in the popular rhythm puzzle series. Though not a whole lot has been known about what will come with the game aside from the inclusion of HD Rumble, it was previously slated for a release sometime in spring. Considering that...
News Ikaruga Will Be Dual-Phasing To Switch Later This Month
No more teases, only shmup bliss
Treasure has teamed up with Nicalis to bring at long last (after some cruel teasing) legendary Arcade/Gamecube/Dreamcast cult classic Ikaruga digitally to the Switch on the 29th of May. The complete experience - featuring local co-op along with online leader boards and Switch TATE option - will set you back $15 in...
Feature Wishing Upon A Star With Pode Developer Henchman & Goon
"We really feel Pode belongs on Nintendo Switch"
Nintendo Switch has become the new home for independently-developed games. Not just as a new platform for ports of existing ones, but as a fresh space for developers to build titles with its handheld qualities and unique Nintendo magic in mind. Pode, the first game from Norwegian outfit Henchman...
Can’t touch this!
Meet Mr. Robot, a 2D square, and the star of Don't Die Mr Robot! DX. He lives in a 2D, single-screen grid where he moves around freely eating exploding fruit. Life would be pretty sweet if not for the number of increasing waves of enemies out to touch you and, yes indeed, contact is lethal. It's from this simplest gameplay...
News Zerodiv Will Be Bringing The 2D Scrolling Action Of Gunbird 2 To Switch
And it's due later this month
It was only back in December last year that we got to experience the high-octane action of the first Gunbird, recalibrated for flight on Nintendo Switch, and now we're getting its equally bombastic sequel. That's right, Zerodiv is at it again, with plans to bring Gunbird 2 to the Switch eShop later this month. The game...
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Review Arcade Archives Ninja-Kid
The kid is alright
The online leaderboards that HAMSTER includes with their retro releases provide some replay value as you compare (then try to improve) your point-scoring against players from around the globe. They work better in some games than others and they work particular well with old arcade titles, where in lieu of an ending sequence to...
Welcome to Westworld!
Back in 1994, Natsume delivered the definitive ‘shooting gallery’ shmup made famous in previous years by the likes of Neo Geo NAM-1975 and TAD’s Cabal. Sadly, a limited number of copies coupled with being a late generation SNES game meant that a lot of people missed out on this slice of space western action. Add in some...
Eject! Eject!
SNK may be famous for its fighting games, but in 1991 the Japanese firm decided that it wanted a piece of the 'shmup' pie that Capcom had been munching all to itself thanks its superb 194X series of WW2-themed shooters. Using a 4:3 ratio and replacing the more classic WW2 propeller planes with generic seaplanes, Ghost Pilots...
News Cast of the Seven Godsends Will Bring 2D Run 'N Gun Arcade Action To Switch This Week
Can you save the Kingdom?
Developed by Raven Travel Studios, Cast of the Seven Godsends is arriving on Switch later this week, bringing a dose of classic 2D, run ’n gun, action-shooter gameplay along for the ride. The evil emperor Zaraaima has kidnapped the infant heir to the land of Dareca. King Kandar must call upon the aid of the...
Feature Hands-On With Raging Justice, The Streets Of Rage Successor Your Switch Deserves
We talk to Nic Makin ahead of the game's May launch
Once the toast of the video game arena, the humble side-scrolling fighter has fallen from grace in recent years. While we've seen notable titles that have tried to resurrect the genre - such as the brilliant Wulverblade - it remains a relic from a bygone era; a style of game that was arguably most...
News Ride Short To Romp Next Week With Saurus' Stakes Winner
Horsing about
On 2nd May, HAMSTER will be releasing Saurus' 1995 horse racing game Stakes Winner on the Switch eShop, continuing its unbroken Neo Geo weekly release streak. The ever-popular horse racing/horse breeding/gambling culture in Japan ensures a steady flow of games of this niche genre across all generations, and the Neo Geo was no...
Review Jotun: Valhalla Edition
Thora the explorer
Despite being a little over a year old, Nintendo Switch already has more than its fair share of top-down action adventure games. The presence of Cat Quest, Kamiko, Ittle Dew 2+ and numerous others like it means genre fans are already spoiled for choice when it comes to the old hack-and-slash routine. Jotun: Valhalla Edition is...
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