TodayTue, 30th May 2023

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  8

  News Original Stitch's Pokémon Shirts To Close Down Next Month Following Business Termination

  "Thank you once again for being a part of our story"

  Original Stitch, the company behind the wonderful Pokémon Shirts range of clothing, has today announced that it will be closing its doors on 11th June following the termination of Original Stitch's business. Established in 2019, the brand has consistently provided eye-catching Pokémon-themed...

  • 1 hour ago
  • News
  • Pokemon
  • Merchandise
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  7

  News Pokémon HOME Scarlet & Violet Maintenance Update Officially Underway

  Expect compatibility soon

  Last week, The Pokémon Company announced it would finally begin rolling out the Scarlet and Violet compatibility update for Pokémon HOME on 30th May. This day has now arrived, and if you had any doubts - there's no need to worry, as it seems the cloud service really is getting this update today. Version 3.0.0 can be...

  • 8 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Pokemon
  • Updates
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  17

  News Splatoon 3 Version 4.0.0 Launches Soon, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

  A massive update

  Nintendo is rolling out a major update for Splatoon 3 this week. Version 4.0.0 will kick off the Sizzle Season from 1st of June, as you might have already seen, and is even bringing some brand-new goodies to the Splatlands. As part of this, Nintendo has now released the full patch notes for this update, scheduled to drop 30th May...

  • 8 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Splatoon
  • Updates
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  80

  Poll Will You Be Updating Your Copy Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom?

  Go on, tell us!

  At the end of last week, Nintendo rolled out Version 1.1.2 for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - with early player reports seemingly confirming certain item duplication glitches have been patched. Fortunately, for anyone who did want to keep performing these glitches, there's an easy solution where you can simply disable...

  • 9 hours ago
  • Zelda
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Updates
  • Glitch
  • Polls
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  16

  News Nintendo Releases Update For Switch (Version 16.0.3), Here Are The Details

  Another "rebootless update" has arrived

  Earlier this month, Nintendo rolled out a new update for the Switch, bumping the system up to Version 16.0.3. Now, in a slight development, it seems the company has issued a "rebootless" update for this same firmware update. As detailed by dataminer 'OatmealDome', this update does not require users to do...

  • 10 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo
  • Updates
  • Firmware

YesterdayMon, 29th May 2023

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  258

  News Dolphin Emulator Steam Release "Indefinitely Postponed"

  Update: Nintendo responds with statement

  Update #2 [Mon 29th May, 2023 23:00 BST]: A Nintendo spokesperson has now issued an official statement (via Kotaku): “Nintendo is committed to protecting the hard work and creativity of video game engineers and developers. This emulator illegally circumvents Nintendo’s protection measures and runs...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo
  • Steam
  • Emulation
  • Valve
  • Legal
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  31

  Random Use A Portable Pot To Take Your Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Builds To The Next Level

  Cooking on gas

  Just three weeks in, we are starting to get the feeling that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is one of those games that's going to keep blowing our minds for years to come. For example, we have just today seen that the Portable Pot (a Zonai device that we have stumbled across multiple times in our travels so far) can in fact...

  • 18 hours ago
  • Random
  • Nintendo
  • Zelda
  • Tears of the Kingdom
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  34

  Random Zonai 'Airbike' Is The Perfect Custom Vehicle In Zelda: TOTK

  Sorry, Master Cycle Zero

  Traversing across Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is always a joy, but doing it on foot is not always the most efficient means of doing so. Sure, you could hop on a horse or craft yourself a nice little cart, but wouldn't it be great if you could literally just fly wherever you want? Well, you can! And...

  • 1 day ago
  • Random
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Zelda
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  65

  Rumour Aubrey Plaza Is Supposedly "Top Choice" For Sonic The Hedgehog 3's Villain

  Gotta go bad

  We are still a little way away from the December 2024 theatrical release of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, but it looks like preparations have begun for assembling the film's cast. According to a report by Giant Freaking Robot, Parks and Recreation star Aubrey Plaza is supposedly the filmmaker's "top choice" to play the third film's villain,...

  • 23 hours ago
  • Rumour
  • Sonic
  • Sonic the Hedgehog
  • Movies
  • Sega
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  106

  Soapbox Pokémon Desperately Needs A Rival, But Who's Big Enough To Take It On?

  Time to steal some of Pikachu's pie

  Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Lowell considers how Pokémon could do with a rival to keep it hungry, and who might be able to step up... When Pokémon Sword and Shield brought Pikachu and...

  • 17 hours ago
  • Soapbox
  • Features
  • Pokemon
  • Square Enix
  • Capcom
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  57

  Mini Review Pulling No Punches - A Surprising, Satirical Beat 'Em Up That Lives Up To Its Name

  Violently political

  If you think the title is little more than a healthy pun, think again; Pulling No Punches means what it says. Politically charged, littered with incendiary themes, and crammed with expletives, this Brazilian indie title is quite the surprise, combining combat with combative opinion. A scrolling beat 'em up in a retro style, its...

  • 23 hours ago
  • Mini Review
  • Switch eShop
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  41

  UK Charts Guess What, Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Is Number One Again

  A total upheaval

  The latest UK charts data is in, and to the surprise of absolutely no one, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has once again topped the pile, despite a 50% sales drop week-on-week. It's the third week at number one for the latest Zelda entry, which sold a bonkers 10 million copies within its first three day

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo
  • UK Charts
  • UK
  • Zelda
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  9

  Guide Splatoon 3: Sizzle Season 2023 - Every New Game Mode, Weapon, Stage, And Feature

  Fresh out of the pan

  Getting ready to ink its way into Splatoon 3 from 1st June, Sizzle Season 2023 is the game's third officially titled chapter, and is set to bring even more brand-new goodies to the Splatlands. From Chill Season 2022 through to Fresh Season 2023, these updates keep getting larger, adding an increasing number of fresh features to...

  • 19 hours ago
  • Guides
  • Splatoon
  • Splatoon 3
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
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  38

  News The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Has Sold A Staggering 50 Million Copies Since 2015

  That's a lot of lilac and gooseberries

  CD Projeckt Red has announced that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has now sold an incredible 50 million copies since the game's initial launch back in 2015. It's certainly an impressive stat regardless of its presence on multiple platforms. Over the years, The Witcher 3 has shown up on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox...

  • 17 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • CD Projekt Red
  • The Witcher
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  14

  Rumour It Looks Like Optimus Prime Is Heading To Fortnite

  "Autobots, GG!"

  Chapter 4, Season 2 of Fortnite is currently underway and set to conclude on June 9th, 2023. Gee, that's a coincidence; that's when Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is due to launch in cinemas! Well, no, it doesn't seem like it's entirely a coincidence, as it looks like Optimus Prime himself will be making his way to Fortnite as...

  • 20 hours ago
  • Rumour
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Fortnite
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  9

  News Jam Out To Splatoon 3's Jazzy New Battle Song Before Sizzle Season Kicks Off

  Yoko's back

  We are nearing the release of Splatoon 3's Sizzle Season 2023 later on this week, and to get us all in the mood Nintendo has released one of the fresh new tracks that will be backing up our splatting from 1st June. Titled 'Rockagilly Blues', this jazzy little number sees the former front-woman of in-game band Ink Theory teaming up with...

  • 21 hours ago
  • News
  • Nintendo
  • Splatoon
  • Splatoon 3
  • Music
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  4

  The Making Of James Pond: Codename Robocod

  Time Extension "The quality of Super Mario World became an attribute I aspired to achieve"

  Derbyshire lad Chris Sorrell has come a long way since pounding the streets of Matlock in the '80s. He's worked with the likes of Millennium Interactive, SCE Cambridge and Radical Entertainment, and has had a hand in creating world-famous video game franchises such as...

  • 22 hours ago
  • Features
  • The Making Of
  • Sega
  • Mega Drive

Sunday28th May 2023

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  153

  Talking Point Could Nintendo Squeeze Another Zelda Game Out Of TOTK's Open World?

  Lorule love? Termina time?

  Prior to release — and especially before a couple of presentations gave us a better idea of what to expect in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom — there were doubts as to exactly how different it would be from its immediate predecessor. & Kingdom. This made us chuckle. Reusing Breath of the Wild's open-world Hyrule...

  • 2 days ago
  • Talking Point
  • Features
  • Zelda
  • Tears of the Kingdom
  • Poll
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  31

  Random Console Modder Creates A Fully Functional "Wii XL"

  Move over, 3DS XL

  There's a huge scene online invested in modding and recreating Nintendo's past systems in all sorts of weird and wonderful ways, and the latest video doing the rounds is a "Wii XL" project. Yes, move aside 3DS XL, because there's a new and much bigger system on the block. Modder and YouTuber Jon Bringus (Bringus Studios) thought...

  • 2 days ago
  • Random
  • Wii
  • Mods
  • Videos
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  65

  Poll Box Art Brawl - Ikaruga

  Shooty shooty, pew pew

  Hello folks, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last time, we took a look at The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for the Nintendo DS, pitting North America against Europe and Japan for a good old-fashioned Duel. With its more colourful aesthetic and focus on sea exploration, the European and Japanese variant...

  • 2 days ago
  • Poll
  • Box Art Brawl
  • GameCube
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  25

  News Live A Live Producer Open To A Sequel

  He's just got to sell some more copies of the remake first...

  Square Enix's 2022 remake of Live A Live could potentially receive a follow up in the future, but there's a catch... In an official Square Enix FAQ video, the game's producer Takashi Tokita was asked about the chances of a second game in the future. Here's the full exchange: Will there...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Square Enix
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  19

  News Switch Online's 'Missions & Rewards' Adds Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Icons

  Wave 1 available now

  Nintendo has added a new batch of icons to its 'Missions and Rewards' scheme for the Switch Online service. This time it's for Xenoblade Chronicles 3. There'll be five waves in total with the first wave running from now until 1st June. This run of icons will be available all the way through until the end of the same month, with...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Xenoblade Chronicles
  • Switch Online
  • Nintendo
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  22

  News Hot Wheels Unleashed Appears To Be Getting A Sequel

  New details have surfaced

  There have been rumblings online about the 2021 title Hot Wheels Unleashed getting a sequel, and now even more information has surfaced. As highlighted by VGC, dataminer 'billbil-kun' has found evidence of 'Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 Turbocharged'. It will be published by Milestone and will apparently be available in three...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Hot Wheels
  • Mattel
  • Datamine
  • Leaks