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  • News Missing Pushmo? Indie Game 'PictoPull' Might Be The Next Best Thing

    And it's out this week

    If you've been longing for a game that channels the spirit of Pushmo and its sequels, then you might want to keep an eye on Bearded Ants' upcoming eShop release, PictoPull. Boasting 150 levels spread across a variety of biomes, you'll need to shift blocks around to create platforms in order to reach the top. Bearded Ants...

    • Nintendo Switch
    • Upcoming Releases
    • Switch eShop
  • News The Next Pokémon Scarlet & Violet 7-Star Tera Raid Battle Event Kicks Off This Week

    It's a hoot

    After being mistakenly revealed in a sponsored video last week, the star of the next Pokémon Scarlet and Violet seven-star Tera Raid Battle event has now been officially revealed. Shared to Twitter by @SerebiiNet, we now know that it will be Hisuian Decidueye taking the spotlight in this one with the event kicking off later this week...

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    • Tera Raid
  • News This Super Rare N64 Controller Could Fetch £1000 At Auction

    Time Extension It's been in a loft for years

    After gathering dust in a loft for decades, a super-rare N64 controller could be sold for around £1000 (approx $1220) at auction. Plumber Liam Clousdale was 14 when he was gifted the customised pad in the late '90s. Produced by a company called Foxdata, the pad was one of four designs created by the firm: Desert...

    • Nintendo
    • N64
  • UK Charts EA Sports FC 24 Physical Sales Down 30% Compared To FIFA 23

    Is it the name change..?

    It's time to see how physical sales have fared this week in the UK and, perhaps to nobody's surprise, EA Sports FC 24 has come out on top following its full release on September 29th, 2023. However, while FC 24 has undoubtedly made a big splash, its overall physical sales are down by 30% compared to FIFA 23, according to...

    • Nintendo Switch
    • Nintendo
    • UK Charts
    • UK

YesterdaySun, 1st Oct 2023

  • Soapbox What Do You Do When Nintendo Ticks Off Your ENTIRE Most-Wanted List?

    Good problems

    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 runs down her Switch wishlist and wonders if Nintendo has her phone bugged (or maybe just reads her articles)... Oh, I have been spoiled this year. Suspiciously spoiled, in...

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    • Nintendo Switch
  • Round Up Realms Deep 2023 - Every Game Coming To Nintendo Switch

    The latest projects from 3D Realms & friends

    It's Realms Deep this weekend - a celebration of new and old retro-style shooters as well as some other games. It's hosted by 3D Realms, the legendary publisher behind series such as Duke Nukem. As part of the 2023 event, the publisher and its friends once again hosted a show filled with world premieres,...

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  • Review Mineko's Night Market – Cosy Fun With A Few Knots In The Fur

    This little kitty went to market

    Editor's Note: As described in the text below, a glitch towards the end of Mineko's Night Market prevented us from 100% completing the Switch review build. We're told that the development team is working on fixes, and patches applied pre-launch resolved other issues we initially encountered. While irritating, the...

    • Reviews
    • Switch eShop
  • Video EA Sports FC 24 Graphics Comparison Shows Off Switch Performance & Resolution

    The Switch release is now running on Frostbite

    Electronic Arts kicked off its new replacement series EA Sports FC 24 this week and the good news is it's finally delivered a solid experience on the Switch. It's all thanks to the much-needed Frostbite Engine upgrade which puts the Nintendo version of the game in line with other builds. While the...

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    • Nintendo Switch
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    • EA Sports
    • FC24
  • Feature Nintendo eShop Selects - September 2023

    Our picks for the best Switch eShop games in September

    Another month, another onslaught of games — it's eShop Selects time for September. Yep, we're closing in on the end of the year, and with only three months left to go until 2024 hits us, our backlogs are full-to-bursting from this month alone. With plenty of big names coming out in October...

    • Features
    • Switch eShop
    • Nintendo Switch
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  • Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: Yoshi's Cookie

    Mlem!

    Welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Let's check in with what went on last week, shall we? We took a look at Kirby and the Amazing Mirror for the Game Boy Advance to celebrate the announcement of its arrival on Nintendo Switch Online. It was a reasonably close battle, but ultimately Europe and Japan triumphed over North America...

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  • News Mortal Kombat 1 Might Reveal A Surprise At New York Comic Con 2023

    Ed Boon: Don't expect an Omni-Man "game play trailer"

    If you've been wondering when we'll be seeing more Mortal Kombat 1 reveals, it could potentially be at New York Comic Con 2023 in a few weeks. In some new posts on social media, the game's director and co-creator Ed Boon mentioned how a new patch would be rolled out early next week. As...

    • Nintendo Switch
    • Mortal Kombat
    • Switch eShop
    • US
    • North America
  • PSA Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom News Channel Giving Out Free In-Game Items

    Light up Link with this tasty skewer

    Nintendo has been offering free in-game item drops for some time now in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and in case you missed it, the latest items can now be claimed via the Switch news channel. This time you'll receive three glowing cave fish and two brightcaps which will illuminate Link in areas...

    • Zelda
    • Nintendo Switch
    • PSA
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Saturday30th Sep 2023

  • Guide Best Nintendo Switch Football Games

    We mean Soccer, not that 'other' football

    Updated with EA Sports FC 24. Enjoy! Football is the world's most popular sport, from the elite level of child-like millionaires with dazzling skills and impressive diving techniques, to actual children on playgrounds using jumpers for goalposts. Being a football / soccer fan that owns a Switch, however,...

    • Nintendo Switch
    • Switch Essentials
    • Guides
    • Best Switch Games
    • Football
  • Guide Best Mortal Kombat Games On Nintendo Systems - Every MK, Ranked By You

    Sub-Zero to 'Hero

    When you think back on the significant controversy caused by Mortal Kombat back in the '90s, it's almost incredible that the series not only survived such choppy waters but managed to flourish into one of the most iconic video game franchises of all time. Over the course of the next 30 years, Mortal Kombat would reinvent itself...

    • Guides
    • Best Games
    • All Time
    • Mortal Kombat
  • Feature "We Wouldn’t Give The Silent Hill IP To A Team Like Yours" - Dementium: The Ward's Origins And Switch Return

    Atooi boss talks Hatch Tales' delays and reviving a cult classic

    Over 15 years since its initial release on the Nintendo DS, horror FPS Dementium: The Ward is getting a re-release on the Nintendo Switch eShop, utilising the 2015 3DS remaster as its foundation. While its creepy low-fi visuals and disturbing creature design have attracted a cult...

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    • Interviews
    • Atooi
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Switch eShop
  • News Super Mario Bros. Wonder Gives Fans Another Look At The Invisibility Badge

    Badges unlock all sorts of fun new powers

    Ahead of the Super Mario Bros. Wonder launch next month, Nintendo has given fans on social media another look at the new badge system in the game. In case you missed this feature in the Mario Wonder Direct, badges can be collected throughout the game and unlock "fun new powers". These powers may not always...

    • Nintendo Switch
    • Super Mario
    • Switch eShop
    • Upcoming Releases
    • Nintendo
  • Video Another Code: Recollection Side-By-Side Graphics Comparison (Switch & DS)

    See how this new release compares to the original

    One of the surprises of Nintendo's recent Direct broadcast was the announcement Cing's classic point-and-click adventure series Another Code would be getting an enhanced release on the Nintendo Switch. It will contain the 2005 DS title Another Code: Two Memories (known as Trace Memory in North...

    • Videos
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Switch eShop
    • Upcoming Releases
  • Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 30th)

    Game on!

    Well, it's the end of September. Feel sick yet? Let's discuss some weekend gaming plans to help out. Before we dive into all that fun stuff, though, let's first take a look at some of this week's highlights. We heard the news that Hideki Kamiya was leaving PlatinumGames, took a look at the new collaboration between Pokémon and the Van...

    • Features
    • Talking Point
    • Nintendo Switch
    • What Are You Playing
  • News First Paid DLC For Spooky Fishing Adventure Dredge Delayed

    It will now arrive in 2024

    It's that time of year again when we're starting to see the odd delay or two, and the latest one to join the list is an update for the spooky fishing sim Dredge. Black Salt Games has today issued an announcement via social media about the delay of the first paid DLC 'The Iron Rig', which will no longer make Q4 2023. It...

    • Switch eShop
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Updates
    • DLC
    • Indies
  • News Epic Insists "Mediatonic's Work On Fall Guys Continues To Be A Company Priority"

    16% of Epic's workforce has been axed

    Epic Games this week laid off 16% of its workforce, with Bloomberg's Jason Schreier suggesting the Fall Guys developer Mediatonic had been "hit very hard". This allegedly followed with claims elsewhere online that the entire UK-based team had been cut. Apparently, this is not the case. In a statement to our...

    • Nintendo Switch
    • Epic Games
    • Fortnite
    • Fall Guys
    • Industry

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