YesterdaySat, 25th May 2024

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  2

  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,...

  • 2h ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Updates
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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...

  • 10h ago
  • Features
  • Nintendo
  • Jeff Hansen
  • Nintendo Switch
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  92

  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...

  • 11h ago
  • Soapbox
  • Features
  • Fire Emblem
  • Nintendo
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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...

  • 11h ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • 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...

  • 12h ago
  • Reviews
  • Switch eShop
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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

  • 15h ago
  • Features
  • Talking Point
  • Nintendo Switch
  • What Are You Playing
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  42

  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...

  • 17h ago
  • Rumours
  • DOOM
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  10

  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...

  • 19h ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Updates

Friday24th May 2024

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  Guide Best Nintendo Switch Remakes And Remasters

  Remake you feel my love

  Swept and updated with Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster, Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, El Shaddai, Braid, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and Wiza

  • 1d ago
  • Guides
  • Switch Essentials
  • Best Switch Games
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  50

  News WayForward's 'Clock Tower' Switch Port Receives Stunning Physical Editions

  Game launches later this year

  It's been a fair while since we received some concrete news regarding WayForward's enhanced port of Clock Tower for the Switch, but we've just received confirmation that the game will receive two gorgeous physical editions via Limited Run Games. With pre-orders opening on 31st May 2024 and closing on 30th June 2024,...

  • 2d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Limited Run
  • WayFoward
  • SNES
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  71

  News Resident Evil 6 Has Sold Over 1 Million Copies On Nintendo Switch

  Entry is infamously divisive

  Capcom has updated the 'Platinum Titles' page via its investors portal - that is, every game that's sold at least 1 million copies since launch - and a new entry on the list is the Nintendo Switch version of Resident Evil 6. Originally launched in 2012 and ported to the Switch in October 2019, Resident Evil 6 proved to...

  • 1d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Capcom
  • Resident Evil
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  65

  News Activision Officially Announces Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6

  Microsoft now has a 10-year deal with Nintendo

  Ahead of a Switch "successor" announcement this fiscal year, Activision has officially announced Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. This new entry is scheduled to be featured at Xbox's upcoming showcase next m

  • 2d ago
  • Call of Duty
  • Nintendo
  • Xbox
  • Microsoft
  • Activision
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  16

  Review Capes (Switch) - Solid Superhero Strategy That Channels XCOM

  Not all heroes wear them

  In a dark, futuristic world, being a superhero has been outlawed. Not by the government, but by the only force in King City that matters – The Company. Capes takes the turn-based strategy genre and gives it a comic book feel, putting you in the control of a fledgling group of superheroes trying to dish out justice in a...

  • 1d ago
  • Reviews
  • Switch eShop
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  84

  News Nintendo Announces Second US Store, Opening 2025

  We're off to 'Frisco

  Nintendo has announced plans to open a second Official Store in the USA. The company will be opening a brick-and-mortar shop in San Francisco, specifically in the iconic Union Square, deemed the "teeming commercial hub of the city". Currently, the store is scheduled to open in 2025, with more details to be revealed in the...

  • 1d ago
  • Nintendo
  • Business
  • Merch
  • US
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  Guide Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door: All Collectibles, Star Pieces, Badges, Hints & Tips

  Your one-stop shop for a paper classic

  Welcome to our Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Guide hub! This Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Guide covers the 2004 GameCube RPG and the 2024 Nintendo Switch remake. This critically acclaimed adventure, which is the sequel to the N64 Paper Mario, is easily one of the best Mario RPGs of all time. We...

  • 2d ago
  • Guides
  • GameCube
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Super Mario
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  Video Capcom Shows Off New Monster Hunter Stories Gameplay Footage

  The 3DS title soars onto Switch next month

  The original Monster Hunter Stories game is returning on the Switch next month and if you weren't already interested, this new gameplay footage might be worth a look. Capcom has showcased the opening gameplay and cinematic (which has some "dark" moments, as noted by the team). Although it's not Switch...

  • 2d ago
  • Videos
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Monster Hunter
  • Capcom
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  Random Sakurai Likens Boss Battles In Nintendo Games To Tutorials

  "I think I'd prefer it if I had the freedom to choose how I fight"

  In his latest YouTube video, Masahiro Sakurai highlights boss battles in Nintendo games as being similar to tutorials, noting that he prefers games that offer up more strategic freedom. Aptly titled Madatory Strategy and Strategic Balance, the video dives into the difference between...

  • 1d ago
  • Random
  • Videos
  • Nintendo
  • Sakurai
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  33

  Random Another Banjo-Kazooie Funko Pop Is On The Horizon, But It's Still Pretty Horrifying

  Pre-order, if you dare

  If you cast your mind back to earlier in the year, you might remember the horrors of the GameStop-exclusive Banjo-Kazooie Funko Pop. With its big head and soulless, staring eyes, the figure was... well, a Funko Pop, but it was also an acknowledgement that the Rare pair still exist, so we'll take what we can get. Now, Funko...

  • 1d ago
  • Random
  • Nintendo
  • Rare
  • Banjo-Kazooie
  • Merch
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  News MSX2+ Action RPG Golvellius Comes To Nintendo Switch

  Time Extension Another welcome EGG Console release

  Compile's classic '80s action RPG Golvellius has just been released on the Nintendo Switch. Published in 1987 for the original MSX under the title Maou Golvellius, the game would later be remade for the more powerful MSX2+ as Shin Maou Golvellius in 1988 – that's the version we're getting here. In the same...

  • 1d ago
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • EGG Console
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  News Super Mario Run Celebrates Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door In New Crossover

  A brand new update for the Mario mobile game

  Nintendo's mobile game Super Mario Run will be hosting a new Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door crossover event. It runs from now until 27th June 2024 and requires you to unlock statues of Paper Mario and other cast members in the latest Switch release, which you can then place in your kingdom. Here's a...

  • 2d ago
  • Nintendo Mobile
  • Paper Mario
  • Super Mario Run
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
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  Review PDP Pikmin REALMz Wireless Controller For Switch - Cute, But Hardly The Pik Of The Bunch

  Light bulb(orb) moment

  For third-party Switch pads, it can be difficult to stack up against Nintendo's official offering. The problem is that the Pro Controller packs in so many features that it feels like something's missing as soon as we play without them. Motion controls, HD rumble, built-in NFC amiibo reader, a 40-hour battery life. It's a...

  • 1d ago
  • Reviews
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Accessories
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  Reminder Paper Mario TTYD Can Be Redeemed With A Switch Game Voucher

  Save on two digital games

  Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door has officially arrived on the Switch this week, and if you haven't already got your hands on it, there's one other way you can claim it. Nintendo has added this new release to its Switch game voucher service, where online members can get a pair of vouchers for the price of $99.98 USD (or...

  • 2d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo Switch Online
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo
  • US
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  Site News Suggest Questions For Our Upcoming Switch Summer Survey

  Lovely questions, lovely people

  It's now well over seven years since Nintendo launched the Switch and with the console now well into its eighth year — and with official confirmation that a new hardware announcement is coming soon(ish) — we thought it was a great time to look back over the generation and collect some stats about how you, our...

  • 1d ago
  • Site News
  • Nintendo Switch
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  News Warhammer 40K: Boltgun Reveals New DLC, Coming To Switch At "A Later Date"

  Some free updates are also on the way

  If you've been craving another dose of the retro-style FPS Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, you're in luck. In line with the first anniversary of the game, Focus Entertainment and Auroch Digital have revealed this title will be getting new DLC titled 'Forges of Corruption'. It will arrive on PlayStation, Xbox and PC...

  • 2d ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Warhammer
  • DLC
  • Updates
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  News Upcoming Puzzler 'Mouse & Crane' Is A Cute Intro To Video Games For Children

  First steps

  If you happen to be a reasonably new parent and are wondering how to introduce your child to the wonderful world of gaming, then you might want to keep an eye out for the upcoming indie title Mouse & Crane, launching for the Switch on 21st June 2024. Developed by Danish studio Those Eyes in collaboration with Canadian studio Tobo,...

  • 2d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Switch eShop

Thursday23rd May 2024

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  Guide Where To Buy Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door On Switch

  Update: Out now!

  Update: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is out now on Nintendo Switch. Some pre-order deals have now returned to their usual prices, but Amazon UK's fantastic offering of £37.29 (down from £49.99) which includes a very cool paper plane bonus for free is still available. Keep scrolling to find all available options (including...

  • 2d ago
  • Deals
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Super Mario
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Guides
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  News Nintendo Hacker Gary Bowser Says Conviction Was "A Blessing"

  "Life is path of choices, I made the wrong one"

  Gary Bowser, the infamous figure who was convicted for his role with Team Xecuter in facilitating piracy of Nintendo games, has recently spoken to UNILAD to state that he sees his arrest and subsequent conviction as "a blessing". Alongside serving 14 of his 30-month prison sentence, Bowser was...

  • 2d ago
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Hacking
  • Legal
  • Piracy
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  40

  Review Wizardry: Proving Grounds Of The Mad Overlord (Switch) - A Grand Remake Of An Iconic Game

  Trebor SUX

  You don’t get ‘lucky’ in Wizardry, not like you can do in other games. You might run into an easy enemy once in a while, but if you decide to take a chance during an expedition and descend a floor ‘just to see’ how it goes, it will not go well. "Your entire party has been slaughtered." Again. This remake of Sir-Tech's formative...

  • 2d ago
  • Reviews
  • Switch eShop
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  News TMNT: Mutants Unleashed Physical Collector's Edition Looks Totally Tubular

  But that's one shell of a price tag

  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed is coming to the Switch later on this year. We don't know exactly when and we don't know exactly what it will look like, but we do know that it will have a physical Deluxe and Collector's Edition. So that's something. Today, Outright Games has revealed a first look...

  • 2d ago
  • News
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • TMNT
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  News Nintendo Celebrates Paper Mario: TTYD Release With "Retro" GameCube Cover

  Get it while you can

  Nintendo today revives the classic RPG Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Switch and as part of the celebrations it's prepared a "retro Nintendo GameCube cover". This item is available from the My Nintendo Store in the US for 30 Platinum Points, so you can "print it out and slip it in your Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year...

  • 3d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • My Nintendo
  • Paper Mario
  • GameCube
  • US
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  News More Super Smash Bros. Ultimate amiibo Have Been Restocked (US)

  Including the Mii Fighters and Pokémon Trainer

  Since the final update for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate earlier this year, Nintendo has been restocking the game's amiibo. With this in mind, the my Nintendo Store in the US has apparently had another big restock, and this time you can even get your hands on the Mii Fighters and Pokémon Trainer. Up...

  • 3d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • amiibo
  • Smash Bros
  • US
  • North America
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  News Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 'Future Saga' Chapter 1 DLC Launches This Week

  "Expect a ton of new content"

  Update [Thu 23rd May, 2024 03:45 BST]: Bandai Namco has now confirmed Chapter 1 of 'Future Saga' for Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 will arrive on 24th May 2024. This first chapter will include the following playable characters: Broly (Restrained), Goku Black (Super Saiyan Rose) Ultra Supervillain, Vegeta (Super Saiyan God)...

  • 3d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • DLC
  • Updates
  • Bandai Namco
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  Random The Last Pokémon Player On 3DS Online Shares Message Of Thanks

  Player survived 28 days, 23 hours, and 30 minutes after shutdown

  The last remaining player to play Pokémon X & Y via the Nintendo 3DS online servers has shared a message of thanks after surviving for 28 days, 23 hours, and 30 minutes after the official shutdown. Known only as 'Amanda', the player's message was relayed online by Joziken (one of...

  • 3d ago
  • Random
  • 3DS
  • Wii U
  • Pokemon
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  114

  Talking Point 'Remake' Vs. 'Remaster' - What's Your Definition?

  Super 'master 'maker

  With official word that a Nintendo Switch "successor" will be announced before April 2025, there's really no debating that Switch is in the twilight of its years. We're well into Year 8 now, and we're being served up a series of remakes and remasters of old favourites while Nintendo's premier teams focus on brand-new games for...

  • 2d ago
  • Talking Point
  • Features
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Poll
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  News Atari Acquires Intellivision Brand And Rights To 200+ Titles

  Deal "ends the longest-running console war in history"

  Atari has announced that it has acquired the Intellivision brand along with the rights to over 200 games in a move that, according to Digital Eclipse's studio head Mike Mika, "ends the longest-running console war in history". As a result, Intellivision Entertainment LLC will rebrand and will...

  • 2d ago
  • Atari
  • Intellivision
  • Business
  • Industry
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  News Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Codebase Apparently Contains References To 4K Output

  Future-proofing? Or just for screenshots?

  Dataminers have uncovered references to higher-resolution output in the code for the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Switch remake. As posted by @RibShark (thanks @NintyPrime), the game apparently contains code designed to handle rendering at a variety of resolutions, including 4K, which the current...

  • 3d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Super Mario
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  News Someone Has Just Beaten Super Mario 64 Without Pressing The A Button

  Time Extension It took 86 hours

  One of Super Mario 64's most insane challenges has finally been beaten – for the first time ever, someone has completed the N64 classic without pressing the A button (thanks, GamesRadar). Just in case you needed reminding, the A button makes Mario jump in this 3D adventure – a pretty essential input in a game which revolves...

  • 3d ago
  • Super Mario
  • N64
  • Nintendo
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  News Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown Rolls Out Free Boss Attack Switch Update

  Update: Here are the full patch notes

  Update [Thu 23rd May, 2024 04:45 BST]: In case you missed it, earlier this week Ubisoft rolled out a free 'Boss Attack' update for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. It adds two new modes, fast travel, new accessibility options, and more. Ubisoft has now released the full patch notes, which also confirms the...

  • 3d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Prince of Persia
  • Updates
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  Japanese Charts Ring Fit Adventure Jumps Into Second In A Quiet Week For Sales

  Please sir, can we have some games?

  It's time to take a look at the weekly Japanese charts from Famitsu (by way of Gematsu) and it's a rather quiet one this time, folks. The PS5's Stellar Blade holds onto the crown for the third week in a row (though Paper Mario will surely shake things up next time) and Ring Fit Adven

  • 2d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Japan
  • Charts
  • Sales
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  News Switch Online's Missions & Rewards Adds Paper Mario: Thousand-Year Door Icons

  Wave 1 is now available

  Nintendo is going all out with the launch of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on the Switch, and as part of this, it has added a new batch of icons to its 'Missions and Rewards' scheme for the online service. In the first wave, which runs from now until 29th May 2024 and will be followed by three other waves. You can...

  • 3d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Paper Mario
  • Switch Online
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  News Delightful GBA-Style Platformer 'Grapple Dog' Is Getting A Sequel This August

  Big (w)oof!

  Medallion Games and Super Rare Originals have today announced that Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines (a sequel to 2022's Grapple Dog, in case you were wondering) will be swinging onto Switch on 15th August. Much like its predecessor, Cosmic Canines looks full to the brim with GBA-style pixel art joy. This time around, all-around good boy...

  • 2d ago
  • News
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
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  Nintendo Download 23rd May (North America)

  Wizardry! Paper Mario! Paper Trail!

  The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch eShop - Highlights: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door...

  • 2d ago
  • Nintendo Download
  • Nintendo Switch
  • North America