TodayThu, 15th Apr 2021

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  4

  News Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Remaster Finally Returns To Australian eShop, Seven Months After Its Removal

  Fans have been waiting a long time

  Quite frankly, this has been a long time coming, but Square Enix has revealed that Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition has finally returned to the Switch eShop in Australia and New Zealand. You might remember that the game was pulled from digital stores in both countries back in September, just a...

  • 31 mins ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Final Fantasy

YesterdayWed, 14th Apr 2021

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  7

  News Skul: The Hero Slayer Is Getting A Switch Release This Summer

  A bone-a-fide Metroidvania to test your skulls

  What do you get when you fuse elements of Dead Cells, Hollow Knight, and Hades? Probably a game that's too hard for any human to ever complete, but also, you get Skul: The Hero Slayer, a roguelike about a diminutive skeleton who has to kill a bunch of bad guys. Just your usual, you know. The stylised...

  • 2 hours ago
  • Indie
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Nintendo Switch
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  13

  News The Latest Super Mario Bros. Speedrun WR Is A Definitive Breakthrough

  4:54.948 may be the last time a second barrier is broken

  If you follow the retro gaming scene on Twitch, it's likely you spend a decent amount of time watching speedrunners. It can be fascinating to see how older titles are manipulated, streamlined and mastered over hundreds of hours, and if you happen to catch a world record live it can be an...

  • 3 hours ago
  • Retro
  • Mario
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  18

  Random The Low-Poly Animals Twitter Account Is A Must-Follow

  Why is Ditto shaped like a T-shirt

  The low-poly days are far behind us, but many of us still have a soft spot for the work that artists and modellers had to do back when consoles couldn't handle curves. Low-Poly Animals is a (relatively) new Twitter account celebrating and chronicling some of the creatures that we might have taken for granted back...

  • 4 hours ago
  • Random
  • Retro
  • Art
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  17

  News Minecraft's Caves And Cliffs Update Gets Split Into Two Parts

  Part One will include the Axolotl, don't worry

  What do Twilight, Harry Potter, and Minecraft have in common? No, it's not that people want to make out with all the monsters - they've all eventually had parts of them split into two. The upcoming Caves and Cliffs update for Minecraft was due this Summer, and it's still coming - but only the first...

  • 5 hours ago
  • Updates
  • Minecraft
  • Delays
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  53

  News Konami Is Bringing GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon To Switch In 2022

  A remake developed by indie studio GuruGuru

  And you thought Konami didn't make games any more! GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon is being developed primarily by indie studio GuruGuru 'alongside' Konami Digital Entertainment, and it turns out it's a remake of a 1987 Famicom game. Who knew? Well, a particular stalwart staff member reminded us all, actually,...

  • 5 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Konami
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  10

  News Art Of Rally Drifts Onto Switch In The Summer

  Includes all updates + upcoming Kenya content

  Art of Rally has been a rather charming hit on PC over recent months, drawing in a happy audience of rally fans with its soothing but also faithful top-down recreation of the sport. It's no surprise it's coming to consoles, but pleasingly it popped up in today's Indie World Showcase as a Summer release...

  • 6 hours ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Indie World
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  16

  News There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension Takes You On A "Silly" Journey Through Video Game Universes

  Launching on Switch today!

  No Indie World Showcase would be complete without a couple of games surprise-launching right after the show, so here's There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension to give you some fresh and immediate entertainment. While the Indie Showcase didn't do the best job of telling us what it's all about, There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension...

  • 6 hours ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
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  18

  News Cris Tales Gets Final Release Date And Switch eShop Demo

  Not long now

  Cris Tales has unsurprisingly been getting a lot of attention over the last couple of years, styled as a 'love letter to JRPGs' while incorporating its own modern ideas. After a delay it was recently promised for July, and today that was pinned down to 20th July with a price of £34.99/€39.99/$39.99USD. In good news you'll be able to...

  • 6 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Release
  • Indie World
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  15

  News Aztech Forgotten Gods Blends Mexican Storytelling With Anime-Inspired Action-Adventure

  "There’s such a rich history behind the Aztecs"

  Another title revealed during today's Nintendo Indie World Showcase, Aztech Forgotten Gods is a new "cyberstone colossus fighter" from Mexican studio, Lienzo. Launching on Switch later this year, the game follows soon-to-be heroine Achtli as she joins her archaeologist mother Nantsin on an...

  • 6 hours ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  5

  News Annapurna Interactive Confirms Last Stop Release Date, Unveils Hindsight for Switch

  Something a bit different

  Annapurna Interactive is undoubtedly one of the premier publishers in the Indie space, and it's also been pretty supportive of Nintendo Switch. Today the publisher confirmed release details and a Switch version of Last Stop, and also unveiled a new title called Hindsight. Last Stop was revealed previously for other...

  • 6 hours ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Indie World
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  37

  News The Longing Makes You Wait 400 Real-Life Days To See The End, Launching On Switch Today

  A point-and-click test of patience

  Today's Indie World Showcase was full of interesting new titles, but few games have a premise as instantly intriguing as The Longing. This point-and-click adventure, which first launched on PC and Mac last year, follows the story of a character called Shade. As Shade, you need to wait 400 days for your king to...

  • 6 hours ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  10

  News Aerial_Knight's Never Yield Dashes Onto Switch In May

  Demo out today

  The Indie World Showcase introduced us to some new developers, one of whom was Aerial_Knight, who revealed their rather intriguing debut. Aerial_Knight's Never Yield is being published by Headup Games and looks like a particularly stylish take on the Runner genre, and it's out on 19th May with a demo launching today. It takes place...

  • 6 hours ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Nindie World
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  14

  News OlliOlli World Grinds Onto Nintendo Switch This Winter

  Takes the board out into a bigger world

  The OlliOlli games are certainly among the royalty of early-ish Indie games, with publisher Roll7 also showing love for Nintendo hardware over the years. You may have played the neat combination of the first two games, OlliOlli: Switch Stance, in more recent times. Pleasingly it was confirmed today that an...

  • 6 hours ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Indie World
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  14

  News Oxenfree Gets A Surprise Sequel, Coming This Year

  This one is Oxentwo, the next one is Oxenthree

  We weren't blown away by Nintendo's long-awaited Direct back in February, but it turns out that they were keeping a lot of their Hot News under their hat for today's Indie World presentation instead. One of the biggest surprises - and we know it was a surprise, because they kept it until the very end...

  • 7 hours ago
  • Oxenfree
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Indie
  • Upcoming Releases
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  79

  News House Of The Dead: Remake Shoots To Switch Later This Year

  Heads up

  Announced as part of Nintendo's Indie World Showcase, Forever Entertainment is bringing Sega's light gun horror classic to Switch in the form of The House of the Dead: Remake. Described as "a remade version of the game introduced in 1997 in arcade platform", you can check out the trailer for this arcade on-rails shooter above. The PR...

  • 7 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  13

  News Road 96 Is An Intriguing Procedurally-Generated Story Game Where You Call All The Shots

  No two roads are the same

  Road 96, a new narrative game from award-winning French indie studio DigixArt, has been announced for Nintendo Switch. Opening up today's Nintendo Indie World Showcase, Road 96 has you trying to escape from a country on the brink of collapse. Your goal is to reach the border, thousands of miles away from your starting...

  • 7 hours ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  52

  News FEZ Will Bring A Cool Hat And Gameplay To Switch Today

  Because fez's are cool

  In the ancient dawn of time a few breakthrough Indie games made their name on Xbox Arcade, such as FEZ back in 2012. Just shy of a decade later it'll make its debut on Nintendo hardware, dropping on the Switch eShop today. It was casually dropped in as part of a sizzle reel at the close of today's Indie World Showcase, but...

  • 7 hours ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Indie World
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  81

  News Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge Confirmed For Switch, New Trailer

  Inspired by the Turtles’ iconic 1987 design

  We first heard about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge last month, but today's Nintendo Indie World Showcase has confirmed that the game is indeed coming to Switch. Cowabunga! Developed by Scott Pilgrim vs. The World studio Tribute Games and distributed by

  • 7 hours ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  Chat

  Watch Nintendo Indie World Showcase April 2021 - Live!

  "Fresh and new indie games" to be revealed

  Looking for more Nintendo Switch indie goodness? Well, Nintendo has you covered with a brand new Nintendo Indie World Showcase! Today's show kicks off at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET, and you can watch it live right here. Nintendo says it'll be "roughly 20 minutes long, focused on fresh and new...

  • 8 hours ago
  • Live Chat
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Indie World
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  20

  News Street Fighter Characters Are Coming To Power Rangers: Battle For The Grid

  Ryu, Chun-Li and more!

  In a new crossover that must surely have been concocted in a '90s kid's dreams at some point, Power Rangers: Battle For The Grid is teaming up with Street Fighter for a new DLC pack. nWay has announced that Capcom’s fan-favourite franchise is being treated to a 'Street Fighter Pack', and has also unveiled a Power Rangers:...

  • 9 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Updates
  • DLC
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  33

  News Picross S6 Launches On Switch Next Week, And The Whole Series Is Going On Sale

  Your next puzzle fix

  The next title in the Picross series is just days away from launching on Nintendo Switch, as Jupiter announces a 22nd April release date for Picross S6. Picross, Mega Picross, Color Picross, and Clip Picross modes all feature in the new release, with new puzzles across each category and a bonus 'Extra' mode being included, too...

  • 9 hours ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
• 

  8

  Review Godstrike - A Frustrating Time Mechanic Scuppers This Twin Stick Shooter

  Not quite god-tier

  A little over a year ago, a new bullet hell game called Profane released on the eShop and was swept away almost immediately in the constant stream of other new titles. Due to disputes with the publisher, Overpowered Team decided to have the game taken off the eShop a few months later, while it worked on re-releasing a new version...

  • 9 hours ago
  • Reviews
  • Switch eShop
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  19

  News Pokémon Happy Meals Are Returning To McDonald's In The UK Next Month

  Here's when you can grab one!

  Pikachu, coming soon! (Not as a food, though... That would be horrific.) There aren't many things in life that can beat the good old video games and food combo, so you'll hopefully be pleased to hear that Pokémon Happy Meals are soon returning to McDonald's restaurants in the UK. Special Pokémon Happy Meals appeared...

  • 10 hours ago
  • Pokemon
  • UK
  • McDonalds
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  64

  News The Balan Wonderworld Demo Is Being Taken Down Today

  Gone for good

  The demo for Balan Wonderworld will be removed from the Switch eShop and digital stores across all consoles today, it's been confirmed. The news comes from the official Balan Wonderworld Twitter account, which notes that the demo will be discontinued at 23:59 JST on 14th April; the Steam version will also be taken down a couple of...

  • 10 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Demos
• 

  14

  News King Of Seas Confirmed To Set Sail On Nintendo Switch In May

  Ready to plunder your SD storage

  Pirate RPG King of Seas has been attracting attention for quite some time, which only picked up further when Team17 stepped in as publisher earlier this year. Now it's been confirmed that the 3DClouds-developed title will arrive on Switch - and various other platforms - on 25th May, priced at £24.99 / €24.99 /...

  • 11 hours ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
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  32

  News New Pokémon Snap Director Explains How They Decided Which Pokémon Would Make The Cut

  “The selection of Pokémon was truly hard”

  Pichu and Grookey confirmed! One of the biggest controversies surrounding the launch of Pokémon Sword and Shield on Nintendo Switch was its incomplete Pokédex. At the time, game producer Junichi Masuda explained that competitive balancing issues and development deadlines were to blame for some of the...

  • 11 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Pokemon
  • Upcoming Releases
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  189

  Soapbox Hurry Up And Release The Switch Pro Already, My Switch Is Dying

  Time of death: literally any second now

  Getting a new piece of technology is a lot like getting a puppy on Christmas Day. The rest of the afternoon and evening are likely to be spent playing with your new present, marvelling at how perfect and new it is, and changing all the settings so it's just the way you like it. Fast forward a couple of years,...

  • 12 hours ago
  • Soapbox
  • Feature
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch Pro
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  7

  News Kingdom Two Crowns To Expand Co-Op In Free 'Never Alone' Update

  Also adds the 'Trade Routes' challenge

  Kingdom Two Crowns is a title that's continued to grow and improve since its Nintendo Switch release back in late 2018; we thought it was rather good in our original review. The latest changes will come in the free Never Alone update, which is due to roll out on Switch and other platforms on 20th April. The...

  • 13 hours ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Update
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  41

  Random Reggie Responds To Yet More Requests For Mother 3 In Typical Reggie Fashion

  So, that's a no?

  Of the many things we'll always remember about Reggie Fils-Aimé's reign as Nintendo of America president, the constant bombardment of "give us Mother 3" messages from fans will forever be right near the top of the list. The game, which is a direct sequel to EarthBound (Mother 2 in Japan), has never been officially translated for...

  • 14 hours ago
  • Reggie
  • Random
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  34

  News Pokémon HOME June Update Will End Compatibility With Select Smartphones

  Will you be impacted?

  An upcoming update for Pokémon HOME will end the mobile app's compatibility with select smartphone operating systems, it's been announced. The new update will arrive in June, with support for a number of Android and iOS smartphones set to come to an end. You can see the full list of the devices which will be affected below...

  • 14 hours ago
  • Pokemon
  • Mobile
  • Updates
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  16

  News Nintendo Unveils Beautiful Animal Crossing Soundtrack Collection

  Update: Now available on Amazon US!

  Update: It appears the Animal Crossing soundtrack collection is also launching in the US, as it's just popped up on Amazon. If you fancy pre-ordering it, you can grab it below. <products id="14908"> Original Article: As you may already be aware, Animal Crossing / Dōbutsu no Mori is celebrating the 20th...

  • 15 hours ago
  • Music
  • Animal Crossing
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  24

  Random If You're Curious About How They Made SNES Music, This Is Worth A Watch

  It was a free-for-all

  Many of us have favourite SNES-era soundtracks, especially as they have that distinct sound of Nintendo's 16-bit machine. Of course, the actual technicalities of how those soundtracks came together can be fascinating, as composers and sound designers were working with resources a thousand miles removed from the range of tools...

  • 15 hours ago
  • Retro
  • Music
  • SNES
  • Random
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  10

  News Smash Bros. Ultimate Hosting Explosive Tournament Later This Week

  It's going to be a blast!

  Following on from the Super Mario 3D World and Monster Hunter Rise spirits, this weekend Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is hosting a tournament. It'll be an explosive one - featuring things that blow up, and fighters who can also detonate this and that. There's Link with his bombs, the Inklings with their Splat Bombs and...

  • 18 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Super Smash Bros
  • Nintendo
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  31

  News Epic Secures $1 Billion In Funding, With Sony Investing Another $200 Million

  Will allow Epic Games to "support future growth opportunities"

  Nintendo's industry pal Sony has just invested another $200 million in the Fortnite creator Epic Games. Epic's $1 billion in funding from Sony and various other companies will allow it to support future growth opportunities, including its "Metaverse". This now also puts the company's...

  • 19 hours ago
  • Industry
  • Epic Games
  • Unreal Engine
  • Fortnite
  • Sony
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  45

  Anniversary The Animal Crossing Series Is Now 20 Years Old

  And we're still paying off our loans...

  While Animal Crossing still feels like a relatively new Nintendo franchise, today actually marks its 20th anniversary. Yes, the series started out in Japan on 14th April 2001 as a Nintendo 64 title. While Dōbutsu no Mori (otherwise known as Animal Forest) was never released in its original form here in the...

  • 21 hours ago
  • Anniversary
  • Animal Crossing
  • Japan
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  14

  News Lawson Will Offer New Pokémon Snap Photo Printing Services In Japan

  Gotta print 'em all

  If you were around during the Nintendo 64 era, you might remember special Snap Station kiosks in-store allowing you to print out your photos in Pokémon Snap. It was quite a novelty at the time. To make the upcoming Switch release New Pokémon Snap just a little bit more nostalgic, Lawson (a local convenience store chain in...

  • 22 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Pokemon
  • Japan
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  9

  News Nacon Announces WRC 10, Speeds Onto Switch At A "Later Date"

  Wait, didn't we just get WRC 9?

  As you might recall, publisher Nacon released WRC 9 The Official Game on the Nintendo Switch last month. Despite this, Nacon has now gone and announced WRC 10. Fortunately, for Switch owners, it seems you'll have plenty of time to play through WRC 9, as the tenth entry is arriving at a "later date" on Nintendo's...

  • 23 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
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  33

  News Blizzard Arcade Collection Free Update Adds Lost Vikings 2 And RPM Racing

  And a "fistful of new features"

  If you've been on the fence about the Blizzard Arcade Collection, now might be the perfect time to check it out. It seems Blizzard has been listening to fan requests for a little more content and has now added two extra games to its digital retro package. Yes, that's right - on top of The Lost Vikings, Rock 'n Roll...

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

Tuesday13th Apr 2021

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  50

  News Nintendo Actually Responded To A Fan Request Asking For Rayman In Smash

  Says it will send the suggestion to "other departments"

  One of the most popular playable character requests for Super Smash Bros. over the years has been Ubisoft's Rayman. While he's already been added to Nintendo's all-star brawler as a spirit and trophy, the chances of him joining as a playable character seem far less likely - especially now that...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Super Smash Bros
  • Nintendo
  • Rayman
  • Ubisoft
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  25

  News Forager Team Retaliates After Lead Dev Blames Them For Cancelled Multiplayer

  A saga of minimum wage, late payments, and Steam bans

  Don't be fooled: some of the cutest games out there have a dark side, and it seems like Forager - a 2019 "solo dev" project by HopFrog, real name Mariano Cavellero, that fuses Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon - is no different. The game was hugely popular, selling 600,000 copies in its first year...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Indie
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  49

  News Nintendo's President Discusses Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Impact On Future Game Development

  What's next?

  Unless you've been living under a wonderfully convenient Bell Rock for the past year or so, you're probably aware that Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been something of a smash hit. The latest entry in Nintendo's cuddly life sim series has already sold more than 31 million units, challenging Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for the honour of being...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Animal Crossing
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  99

  News Nintendo Unveils A New Blue Switch Lite Console

  And it launches next month!

  Nintendo has announced that its Switch Lite range will soon receive a brand new colour option – and yes, it's another kind of blue. Joining the Yellow, Turquoise, Grey and Coral Pink systems is this new 'Blue' edition (although it looks kind of purple in some of the pics below?), which will retail at the standard...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch Lite
  • Hardware
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  161

  News Nintendo Indie World Showcase To Air Tomorrow, 14th April

  There she is!

  Nintendo has dropped its latest indie bombshell in the form of an Indie World Showcase announcement. Yes, a new presentation will air tomorrow, 14th April 2021. The show is set to start at 9:00 PT / 12:00 ET / 17:00 BST / 18:00 CEST and will feature "roughly 20 minutes long, focused on fresh and new indie games coming to Nintendo...

  • 1 day ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Indie World Showcase
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  124

  Talking Point Is The New Switch Lite Blue, Or Purple?

  Oh god no not the dress thing again

  On a lovely, sunny Tuesday in Japan, Nintendo was all geared up to announce a new colour for their next Switch Lite model. "How the public will love it," they thought. "It's been ages since we did anything blue, not counting those Skyward Sword Joy-Cons." And lo, the internet did rage. "It's not blue," they said...

  • 1 day ago
  • Talking Point
  • Switch Lite
  • Nintendo. Feature
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  58

  Random Halo Instagram Shows Off Amazing Mario X Master Chief Fan Art

  Hmm, interesting timing...

  Phil Spencer's shelf has become a bit of a talking point over the past week. First, we heard how Hideo Kojima might be doing something exclusively with Microsoft, and now, the latest focus is the Switch on the top run. We've already noted how Jeff Grubb said "pretty much everything" is a reference to something or other,...

  • 2 days ago
  • Random
  • Xbox
  • Halo
  • Mario
  • Nintendo
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  51

  Rumour Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Could Be Switch-Bound, According To New Leak

  Bandai Namco might also port some other titles...

  Remember last month when Bandai Namco showed a trailer of its third DLC pack for Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot and at the end of it was a Switch logo? At the time, the Bandai Namco Instagram said it was a mistake, well perhaps there might be more to it... Adding fuel to the fire, leak group "LeakyPandy" -...

  • 2 days ago
  • Rumour
  • Leaks
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Bandai Namco
  • Dragon Ball
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  23

  News Sword-Fighting Action-Platformer Fallen Knight Slashes Its Way To Switch This June

  Your choices matter

  PQube and FairPlay Studios have revealed that Fallen Knight, a futuristic sword-fighting side-scroller, is headed to Switch on 23rd June. The game sees players jumping and slashing their way through a new adventure as they take on the role of a descendant of King Arthur's close companion, Lancelot. You'll have to face off...

  • 1 day ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  20

  News Cuphead Will Have An Awesome Decade-Long 'Animated' Museum Exhibit

  Off to Melbourne we go...

  Cuphead was quite a boon back in the day when it was unveiled by Xbox as an exclusive, and it was even better news when Microsoft - such buddies with Nintendo - supported what turned out to be an outstanding port to Nintendo Switch. It's one of the defining Indie games of the past few years, and it seems that it's getting...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Cuphead
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  30

  News Ask Iwata: Words Of Wisdom From Satoru Iwata, Available Now And A Lovely Read

  "Most of what he had to say involved happiness"

  It's possible you've seen the advert on these pages, or read about it plenty of times, and like this writer you may have a hardback copy of Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's Legendary CEO on the way. While the book is out fully in some territories, in the UK (for example) the...

  • 1 day ago
  • Satoru Iwata
• 

  19

  News Nintendo Of America Releases Two Commercials For New Pokémon Snap

  Journey to the Lental region later this month

  The big release for the Nintendo Switch this month is New Pokémon Snap. In case you didn't know, it's a follow-up to the original game, which first arrived on the Nintendo 64 in 1999. If you're eager to see just a little bit more of this game in action before its release, Nintendo of America has now...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Pokemon
  • Upcoming Releases
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  15

  Mini Review Astro Aqua Kitty - A Visually Sumptuous Shmup Sequel

  Fur-miliar shoot-em-up gameplay

  Astro Aqua Kitty is the direct sequel to the enjoyable arcade shoot-em-up Aqua Kitty UDX, featuring immediately familiar gameplay and mechanics, albeit presented in a far more ambitious package. Where Aqua Kitty UDX had your feisty felines battling underwater creatures in small, looping spaces, Astro Aqua Kitty breaks...

  • 1 day ago
  • Mini Reviews
  • Switch eShop
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  12

  News Hitchhiker Gives A Thumbs-Up For An Imminent Switch Release

  Here, for whatever reason, is the game

  Gaming is full of off-beat and intriguing experiences, and another that's heading to Switch this week is Hitchhiker, from development studio Mad About Pandas. It's being published by the prolific Versus Evil, which is known on the eShop for bringing us titles like Faeria and The Banner Saga Trilogy.

  • 2 days ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
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  17

  Random The Lead Singer of The Mountain Goats Did An Improv Zelda: BOTW Soundtrack For His Kid

  I am drowning, there is no sign of land

  You may know American band The Mountain Goats from their upbeat, folksy songs about dysfunction and failure, growing up in the middle of Nowheresville, Texas, or that intoxicating feeling of teenage wanderlust and escape. Maybe you even know The Mountain Goats because they sang an alternate version of The Last...

  • 1 day ago
  • Music
  • Random
  • Zelda
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  31

  News Good Job! Is The Next Nintendo Switch Online Trial In Japan

  Good job, Nintendo

  If you've not had the chance to try out the Nintendo published title Good Job! yet, soon you might be in luck. Nintendo has announced the game will be offered to Switch Online subscribers in Japan and will be playable from 19th April to 25th April. These trials are typically offered in Japan first, so something will hopefully be...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch Online
  • Japan
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  21

  News H&M Teams Up With Maisie Williams And Animal Crossing To Promote Sustainable Fashion

  Game of Threads

  Fast fashion is one of the largest contributors to ocean pollution, rainforest destruction, and landfill waste out there. It's a term used to describe fashion that is made cheaply - often at the expense of poorly-paid workers in poorer countries - and shipped across the globe to be sold for low prices in places like Primark, H&M,...

  • 1 day ago
  • Animal Crossing
  • Fashion
  • Environment
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  20

  News Horizon Zero Dawn's Aloy Is Headed To Fortnite

  Another PlayStation star playable on Switch

  Another PlayStation hero is set to appear on Nintendo Switch (kind of), as Horizon Zero Dawn protagonist Aloy is confirmed for Fortnite. The new character has been officially announced for the game by PlayStation today, following a datamine effort which leaked the reveal ahead of time. Aloy drops into...

  • 1 day ago
  • Fortnite
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
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  2

  News Space Grid Tournament Is Bringing Futuristic Fast-Paced Tactics To Switch

  "The most spectacular sport of the future"

  Indie developer Rookiez from Warsaw has announced its latest project, Space Grid Tournament, a futuristic blend of strategy and sports. The game has you taking part in "the most spectacular sport of the future," as you spawn your robotic players and have them fight to take control of every tile on the...

  • 2 days ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  25

  Talking Point What Is A Video Game 'Developer' Exactly? Team NL Has A Friendly Chat

  With a virtual cup of tea

  To kick off this week in the weird world of social media, you may have seen many opinions shared online on the subject of what makes someone a 'developer' in the world of video games. As with almost any topic on the internet, debate got heated — whodathunkit? — and there was disagreement in some quarters as to whether...

  • 1 day ago
  • Features
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  Deals Ring Fit Adventure Is Down To Just £59.99 In The UK

  £10 off RRP

  Picking up a copy of Ring Fit Adventure used to be a challenge in itself, but Nintendo Switch's super-popular fitness RPG is now available in the UK at a great price. At the time of writing, you can grab the game for just £59.99 over at Amazon UK. That's £10 off RRP and you can get free delivery, too! If you missed out on getting...

  • 2 days ago
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  News Capcom Confirms That No Credit Card Info Was Stolen During November's Cyber Attack

  The company's investigation is now complete

  Capcom has shared a statement regarding the ransomware attack it suffered in November 2020, confirming that its investigations are now complete and assuring customers that no credit card information has been compromised. The message – a lengthy read that covers the entire timeline of events from...

  • 1 day ago
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