TodayThu, 21st Sep 2023

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  18

  Video Mario Vs. Donkey Kong Side-By-Side Graphics Comparison (Switch & GBA)

  Spot the difference

  After some rumours, the latest Nintendo Direct confirmed the puzzle-platforming series Mario vs. Donkey Kong would be returning in an "updated version" on the Nintendo Switch. If you haven't played this series before, as Mario you'll be leaping on switches, avoiding enemies and solving puzzles to clear all sorts of stages and...

  • 3 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo
  • Upcoming Releases
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  6

  News Free-To-Play Battle Royale 'My Hero Ultra Rumble' Out Next Week On Switch

  Ready up

  My Hero Academia fans are in for a treat on the Nintendo Switch next week with Bandai Namco confirming at the Tokyo Game Show today that My Hero Ultra Rumble will be arriving on 28th September. In case you missed the initial announcement last year, this this is a new free-to-play battle royale title for up to 24 players. It will also be...

  • 4 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Bandai Namco
  • Anime
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  10

  News Pikmin 1+2 Updated On Switch, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

  Improvements, fixes & more

  Ahead of the Pikmin 1+2 physical launch, Nintendo has gone and updated the digital versions of these Switch re-releases with some new patches - adding additional language support, addressing some issues and more. Here's the full rundown, courtesy of Nintendo's official support pages: Pikmin 1 Version 1.1.0 - Released...

  • 6 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Pikmin
  • Updates
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  4

  News Nintendo Launches 2D Mario Switch Online Missions Next Week (Australia)

  The first one begins 25th September

  Super Mario Bros. Wonder arrives on the Switch next month, and in the lead-up, Nintendo is planning on offering some exclusive missions to Switch Online members located in Australia and New Zealand. As highlighted by Vooks.net, these missions focus on Mario's classic 2D adventures - with the first mission...

  • 6 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch Online
  • Super Mario
  • My Nintendo
  • Nintendo
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  16

  Random Nintendo Pulls Mortal Kombat 1 Switch Trailer Featuring Steam Pop-Up

  "Cool, we got achievements"

  Mortal Kombat 1 admittedly hasn't got off to the best start on the Nintendo Switch this week with series creator and director Ed Boon mentioning how this version will "absolutely" be getting an update at some stage. If this wasn't already enough to deal with, Nintendo fans have now spotted a Steam notification for what...

  • 7 hours ago
  • Random
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Mortal Kombat
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo

YesterdayWed, 20th Sep 2023

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  70

  News Double Dragon Advance, Super & Collection Announced For Switch

  Update: New trailers released for Super & Advance

  Update #2 [Wed 20th Sep, 2023 04:05 BST]: Arc System Works has released new trailers for Super Double Dragon and Double Dragon Advance. Both games will launch on 9th November 2023 for $6.99 USD or the regional equivalent. "After 30 long years, the retro powerhouse Super Double Dragon is now on...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Japan
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  62

  News Mortal Kombat 1 Will "Absolutely Be Getting An Update" On Switch, Says Ed Boon

  Score(pion)

  Mortal Kombat 1 launched on Switch this week to dominantly unfavourable reviews. With long load times, frame rate drops and a severe visual downgrade, the Switch version is simply not up to snuff — especially given its equal price tag to the better-received PS5 and Xbox Series X releases — but series creator Ed Boon has promised that...

  • 19 hours ago
  • News
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Mortal Kombat
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  51

  News Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's DLC Physical Release In Japan Includes A Game Card

  Base game included but Wave 6 must be downloaded

  It seems Nintendo will be offering an alternative DLC physical release for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in Japan. As highlighted on social media, the Japanese physical release will apparently include a copy of the base game and the Booster Course Pass (featuring Waves 1-5) all on a single game card. The only...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Mario Kart
  • DLC
  • Updates
  • Nintendo
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  23

  News Forgive Me Father Is A Lovecraftian FPS With Comic Book Visuals Coming To Switch Next Week

  The horror

  Fulqrum Publishing has announced that the retro-inspired first-person shooter Forgive Me Father will be making the leap from PC to consoles as it shoots onto Switch on 28th September. Released on Steam last year, Forgive Me Father has managed to rack up a strong number of very positive reviews and looking at the above trailer, it's fair...

  • 20 hours ago
  • News
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
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  15

  News Lost Pokémon Browser Game Has Been Archived And Is Fully Playable

  Who remembers Pokémon 2000 Adventure, then?

  In a big win for preservation, a lost Pokémon browser game has been restored and is now fully playable online, thanks to DidYouKnowGaming. Pokémon 2000 Adventure was developed by Cyberworld International Corporation, which was a client of Warner Bros., and was released to tie in with the movie Pokémon...

  • 12 hours ago
  • Pokemon
  • Retro
  • Anime
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  24

  News New Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Update Will Be Targeting Select Bugs Next Month

  Bye bye, missed victories

  A new update is in the works for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, and while it may not quite be the drastic problem-solving patch that many of us are still hoping for, it looks like at least some bugs will be the target of the upcoming improvements (thanks, Serebii.net). It looks like the main issue being tackled this time...

  • 21 hours ago
  • News
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Pokemon
  • Updates
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  27

  News The Latest No Man's Sky Patch Includes Some Switch Improvements

  Launching "as soon as possible"

  Following last week's news about No Man's Sky having one of its "biggest months" in the last few years, the team at Hello Games has rolled out a new 'Echoes' update. Although it's not live on the Nintendo Switch just yet, it will be released on this platform "as soon as possible". The main Echoes update, arrived back...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Updates
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  60

  Soapbox Can You Really 'Spoil' A Mario Game?

  I Wonder what will happen…

  Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Kevin ponders if it's even possible to spoil a game about a tubby plumber who jumps around a lot... Super Mario Bros. Wonder is right around the corner, and I think I...

  • 15 hours ago
  • Soapbox
  • Features
  • Poll
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Super Mario
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  36

  News Evil Dead: The Game Has Been Cancelled For Nintendo Switch

  Axed

  In some news you might have seen coming, Saber Interactive has today announced it's officially cancelled the Nintendo Switch version of Evil Dead: The Game. There's no reason attached to this announcement, but the same update reveals the decision to not pursue the development of "new content" for the game on other platforms. Servers will...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
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  22

  News Mythforce Developer Hit By Layoffs As Embracer Continues To Restructure

  26 employees affected

  Embracer Group is continuing its efforts to restructure its organisation, this time resulting in multiple job losses at developer Beamdog, which was acquired by Aspyr / Embracer last year. As reported by GameDeveloper (thanks, Eurogamer), a total of 26 employees at the MythForce developer were let go according to multiple...

  • 18 hours ago
  • Embracer
  • Industry
  • Nintendo Switch
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  26

  News Mortal Kombat Tried To Get John Wick But Had No Luck

  Just imagine Keanu Reeves in Mortal Kombat 1

  The Mortal Kombat series has had a lot of movie and celebrity crossovers throughout the years and the latest game Mortal Kombat 1 is no different with a cameo from Jean-Claude Van Damme and voice work by Megan Fox. We've also seen characters like Terminator and Robocop, but one that apparently continues...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Mortal Kombat
  • Switch eShop
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  25

  News Sonic Superstars Animation Features Fang The Hunter And Newcomer Trip

  Meet the cast

  Sega has released a new animation for its upcoming launch of Sonic Superstars on October 17th, 2023 called Sonic Superstars: Trio of Trouble. The animation clocks in at approximately 5 and a half minutes and features the brand new villain Trip along with the long-anticipated return of Fang the Hunter. It's a fun little jaunt that, if...

  • 16 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Sonic
  • Sega
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  13

  News Onimusha Looks Stunning In Netflix's First Anime Trailer

  "I'm already broken"

  Netflix has launched the debut trailer for its upcoming Onimusha anime, due to broadcast from November 2nd, 2023. Directed by Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer), Onimusha is an adaptation of Capcom's dormant action franchise, with the latest title, a remaster of Onimusha: Warlords, launching back in 2018. The series...

  • 22 hours ago
  • Netflix
  • Capcom
  • Anime
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  10

  News Trombone Champ's Next Update Will Bring Two Extra Songs To Switch

  Music to our ears

  It has been mere days since Trombone Champ tooted its way onto Switch, but the development team at Holy Wow Studios has been hard at work on a patch that will add more songs and fix some of those pesky bugs. We don't know exactly which songs will be added in the upcoming patch, with the studio only noting that it will be "2 recent...

  • 22 hours ago
  • News
  • Switch eShop
  • Updates
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  8

  News Romance Of The Three Kingdoms 8 Remake Marches Onto Switch Next Year

  The military-strategy title gets an upgrade

  Koei Tecmo has announced that Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake will be upgrading the 2001 military-strategy title and bringing it to the Switch in early 2024. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms series has had a somewhat inconsistent release for Western audiences, with many of the entries being...

  • 17 hours ago
  • News
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
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  16

  News Disney Speedstorm's Aladdin-Inspired Season Moves Off The Start Line Next Week

  Unbelievable sights, indescribable feeling

  Just as Disney Speedstorm prepares to leave early access and speed into the free-to-play realm next week, publisher Gameloft has today announced that it will be marking the occasion with the start of a new Aladdin-themed season on 28th September. Much like the previous Lilo and Stitch-inspired chapter, the...

  • 19 hours ago
  • News
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Disney
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  10

  News Here's The First Trailer For Takaya Imamura's Manga-To-Video Game Adaptation

  Omega 6: The Video Game is coming in 2024

  Legendary Nintendo name Takaya Imamura's debut manga is being turned into a video game — in case you missed that announcement last year — and the first trailer has just dropped at the Tokyo Game Show. Coming to Switch and Steam in 2024, Omega 6: The Video Game sees the 2022 manga being adapted into a...

  • 13 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Takaya Imamura
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  1

  News 'Aaling the Ghost' Is A Promising New Game Boy RPG, Now On Kickstarter

  Time Extension The game is inspired by early Chinese folk beliefs

  The first-time game developer Weiwei Leung and publisher Incube8 Games have officially launched the Kickstarter for Aaling the Ghost, a promising new Game Boy Color RPG inspired by the Han Dynasty funerary arts and the Qu Yuan poem "Summons of the Soul" (Thanks

  • 16 hours ago
  • News
  • Game Boy
  • Homebrews
  • Kickstarter

Tuesday19th Sep 2023

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  News Internal Xbox Email Details Desire To Acquire Nintendo

  “THE prime asset for us in Gaming”

  An internal email from Xbox's Phil Spencer in 2020 has revealed that the company was (and potentially still is) considering Nintendo as a potential acquisition. Revealed as part of a deluge of leaked, unredacted documents from the FTC Vs. Microsoft case in the United States (the original of which appears to...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo
  • Microsoft
  • Xbox
  • Industry
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  21

  News Super Mario RPG GameStop Pre-Order Revealed (North America)

  A 6-piece pin set is up for grabs

  Later this year in November, Nintendo is releasing an updated version of Square's classic RPG Super Mario RPG. If you're on the hunt for pre-order bonuses and happen to be located in North America, games retailer GameStop has now officially revealed what it will be offering in both the US and Canada. The store...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Super Mario
  • US
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  38

  Review Trombone Champ - A Hilarious Party Game That Blows A Big Raspberry At Perfection

  Night bird

  The 17th-century German rationalist philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz wrote that “Perfection is the harmony of things.” If that’s the case then our discordant parping in Trombone Champ is far from perfect – despite the multipliers received on maxing out our 'Champ' gauge. But you don’t need to achieve perfection to enjoy...

  • 2 days ago
  • Reviews
  • Switch eShop
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  99

  Soapbox Nintendo, "THE Prime Asset" In Xbox's Content Quest? It's Only Natural

  But it ain't happening

  The FTC case examining Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, depending on your perspective, is either the gift that keeps on giving or an eye-scrapingly dull, never-ending saga. Still, you can't deny that it's turned up some tasty behind-the-scenes morsels to chew on, giving gamers a fascinating glimpse of the...

  • 2 days ago
  • Soapbox
  • Features
  • Nintendo
  • Microsoft
  • Business
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  56

  News Bluey Makes Her Video Game Debut On Switch This November

  For real life

  Outright Games has today announced that Bluey: The Videogame is set to bring the award-winning TV series to Switch on 17th November. Revealed as an "interactive sandbox adventure", this one will see you playing as Bluey, Bingo, Chilli and Bandit (there's four-person multiplayer to get the whole family involved) as you explore...

  • 2 days ago
  • News
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  48

  Guide Best F-Zero Games Of All Time

  Every F-Zero, as ranked by you

  Were it not for Nintendo's monumentally successful Mario Kart franchise, there's a good chance that F-Zero could have become the go-to racing franchise on not just Nintendo platforms, but everywhere. It really is that good, you know. Trading bananas and shells for pure speed and boost abilities, F-Zero — which...

  • 2 days ago
  • Guides
  • Best Games
  • All Time
  • F Zero
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  45

  Video Luigi's Mansion 2 HD Side-By-Side Graphics Comparison (Switch & 3DS)

  How does the new version compare?

  Last week during the latest Direct broadcast, Nintendo locked in a release window for Luigi's Mansion 2 HD with the game due to arrive on the Switch in Summer 2024. Now, a week on, the YouTube channel GameXplain has released a new comparison video, showing the new version running alongside the original 2013 3DS...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Luigi
  • Videos
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  21

  News Mortal Kombat 1 Datamine Ignites New DLC Character Rumours

  The Kombat Pack hasn't even been released yet

  After some leaks prior to release, there are now reports of a new DLC character datamine for Mortal Kombat 1. As detailed by IGN, dataminers have unearthed lines of dialogue that could be for either "cut content or "upcoming, unannounced" DLC characters. Here's the rundown from dataminer 'thethiny',...

  • 2 days ago
  • Rumours
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Mortal Kombat
  • Datamine
  • Leaks
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  33

  News F-Zero 99 Update Adding More Tracks, Datamine Uncovers New Modes

  The Switch Online exclusive launched last week

  If you're wondering what the future holds for the new Switch Online racer F-Zero 99, Nintendo has revealed it will be updating the game in "late September" and "mid-October" with more tracks. According to Nintendo's Japanese website, the first update will be focused on Queen League tracks, and then in...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • F-Zero
  • Switch Online
  • Nintendo
  • Updates
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  76

  UK Charts Mario Kart And Zelda Hang Tight As Starfield Drops Back Down To Earth

  Ground control to Majora Tom

  After a brief delay, this week's UK charts are now with us and it is once again a slightly quiet one for Nintendo as far as the top spots go. The unstoppable forces of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom continue to hold strong in the top ten, claiming fourth and fifth places respectively,...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo
  • UK Charts
  • UK
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  35

  News Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake "Progressing Quite Steadily", According To Series Creator

  But he's got no development updates about DQXII

  It's been some time since we last got an update about the development of Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake. Thankfully the series creator Yuji Horii has finally broken this silence. Speaking to Japanese outlet Famitsu during Cosplay Summit 2023 back in August, Horii revealed the remake was "progressing...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Dragon Quest
  • Square Enix
  • Upcoming Releases
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  48

  News Save Big On Danganronpa With Spike Chunsoft's Switch eShop Sale

  Nothing despairing about this

  If you're a fan of visual novels and murder mysteries but have yet to dive into the Danganronpa franchise, then now might be the perfect opportunity. Spike Chunsoft has launched a rather generous Switch eShop sale which discounts its games by as much as 85%. You've got the aforementioned Danganronpa franchise, AI: The...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Sale
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  37

  Random Kirby's Dream Land Is All About Being "Kind To Beginners", Says Sakurai

  A new challenge approaches

  Everyone's favourite game developer-turned-YouTuber Masahiro Sakurai is back with another entry in his Creating Games series, and his latest video once again sees Kirby's Dream Land take centre stage. This time, Sakurai uses the classic Game Boy title to discuss the level of difficulty in video games and how it needs to...

  • 2 days ago
  • Random
  • Nintendo
  • Sakurai
  • YouTube
  • Kirby
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  26

  News Barbie Returns In 'Dreamhouse Adventures', Launching Next Month

  Cook! Bake! Dance!

  Hot off the ridiculously popular Barbie movie earlier this year, publisher Budge Studios will be bringing Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures to the Switch eShop on October 27th, 2023. Originally released for mobile devices in 2018, Dreamhouse Party sees you join Barbie and her friends as you cook, bake, dance, and dress up as you...

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