TodaySat, 27th Jul 2024

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  3

  News Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes Adds A New DLC Fighter

  Welcome, Uzuki

  The Arc System Works fighting game UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes today adds a new character to the roster. In case you missed the previous announcement, it's Uzuki "the witness of all deaths" and "the Black Monger who lurks in the night". The Uzuki DLC will set you back $4.99 USD (or your regional equivalent). This character is...

  • 1:45am
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • DLC
  • Updates
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  28

  News Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns Announced - Story Expansion, New Fighters And "Big Surprises"

  Update: Here's the official reveal

  Update [Sat 27th Jul, 2024 00:30 BST]: NetherRealm Studios has now officially revealed 'Year 2' of Mortal Kombat 1. It's titled 'Khaos Reigns', arrives 24th September 2024, and includes new story chapters, Kombat Pack 2, and Animalities! The new Animality will be available to all players as a free update. The...

  • 12:30am
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Mortal Kombat
  • Updates
  • DLC

YesterdayFri, 26th Jul 2024

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  45

  Soapbox 20 Years After His Last Mainline Appearance, Tingle Deserves A Comeback

  Yes, TWENTY years

  Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Jim is manifesting a comeback for Zelda's most iconic NPC... If you have made it past the headline, chances are you fall into one of the following camps. One: You believe that...

  • Yesterday, 7pm
  • Soapbox
  • Features
  • Nintendo
  • Zelda
  • Poll
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  94

  Poll Do You Prefer Fire Emblem: Three Houses Or Engage?

  Fight fire with fire

  Believe it or not, today marks five years since Fire Emblem: Three Houses launched on Switch. We'd imagine that most of you SRPG fans out there have polished it off by this point — we'd go even further to wager that you have likely done the same for its successor, Fire Emblem Engage, which is now a little over a year old...

  • Yesterday, 5pm
  • Features
  • Poll
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Fire Emblem
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  11

  News Coral Island Switch Port "In A Place Of Uncertainty" Following Publisher Layoffs

  "We'll keep you posted on developments"

  The layoffs at publisher Humble Games — where all staff were reportedly made redundant due to "restructuring" — are having immediate repercussions for some video games under the publishing label. One such title is Coral Island, a farming sim heavily inspired by Stardew Valley. The game is already out on...

  • Yesterday, 4pm
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
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  46

  News Final Fantasy & Persona Voice Actors Are Making A Game Where You Can Date Everything

  And it's called... Date Everything!

  Team17 and Sassy Chap Games have announced a brand new video game that will let you date 100 different objects. Yes, we said objects, that's not a typo. Date Everything is coming to all platforms, including Switch, "soon". Described as a sandbox dating simulator, your character is given a pair of magical glasses...

  • Yesterday, 2:15pm
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
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  13

  Review In Progress The Garden Path (Switch) - A Green-Thumbed Ode To Animal Crossing That Needs Tending

  In the thick of it

  Anyone who's tried to cultivate a garden knows it's hard work. You can't just plant some flowers, water them once a week, and leave it at that. Every single flower, plant, and tree requires a different level of care; seasons and weather affect plants' growth, and some can't survive certain seasons. But, as English poet Albert...

  • Yesterday, 12pm
  • Reviews
  • Switch eShop
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  70

  News AI Generator Scraped YouTube Videos Without Permission, Including Nintendo's

  Uh oh...

  Runway, the multi-billion dollar company claiming to 'move creativity forward' with artificial intelligence (yuck!) has reportedly trained its text-to-video generator by scraping thousands of videos from YouTube, potentially including several of Nintendo's channels. As discovered and reported by 404 Media, the information comes via a...

  • Yesterday, 11:30am
  • Nintendo
  • Runway
  • AI
  • Business
  • Legal
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  19

  Random Zelda: TOTK Meets Super Mario 64 In Latest Ridiculous Ultrahand Creation

  Here we goooo!

  The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom players are still creating utterly ridiculous contraptions using the game's Ultrahand ability, but this latest build that injects a bit of Super Mario 64 into the experience might be one of the best ones yet. Posted to social media by @saiotoko002, the creation is undoubtedly bolstered by the...

  • Yesterday, 10:30am
  • Random
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Zelda
  • Super Mario
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  56

  News Legacy Of Kain: Soul Reaver I & II Remastered Branding Spotted At SDCC

  Switch bound..?

  Branding for supposed remasters of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver I & II has been spotted at San Diego Comic Con, leading to speculation that a re-release of the classic action-adventure titles may be heading to Switch alongside other platforms. Highlighed on Resetera before making the rounds on social media, the branding...

  • Yesterday, 9:45am
  • Nintendo Switch
  • SDCC
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  6

  News Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Outlines Upcoming Story Expansion DLC

  Three more chapters are coming soon

  Following another game update earlier this week, the Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes social media account has shared a reminder about the upcoming story expansion DLC, which will be released between now and the end of 2024. The expansion content will kick off in August 2024 with Marisa's story: "Adventure...

  • Yesterday, 6am
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • DLC
  • Updates
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  14

  PSA Smash Bros. Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Spirits Now Permanently Available

  Following a limited-timed event earlier this year

  Earlier this year as part of the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate fifth anniversary celebrations, Nintendo added brand new spirits to the game. This included all sorts of franchises and one of the highlights was the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet spirit collection. If you didn't manage to get them back in...

  • Yesterday, 4:45am
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Smash Bros
  • Pokemon
  • PSA
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  33

  News The Pokémon Company Banked $10.8 Billion In Retail Sales Last Year

  One of the "top 10" global licensors

  The Pokémon Company has plenty of huge money-makers from video games to trading cards, and we've now got a look at how it ranked alongside certain other companies over the past year, courtesy of License Global's latest retail report. It made a whopping $10.8 billion in retail sales - making it seventh on the...

  • Yesterday, 2:45am
  • Pokemon
  • The Pokemon Company
  • Nintendo Switch
  • TCG
  • Merch
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  3

  News New Limited-Time Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Distribution Now Available

  New Tera Raid and Mass Outbreak also live

  The Pokémon Company is running a new limited-time distribution event for latest entries in the series Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. This time it's for the distribution of 'Roy's Fuecoco', which is tied in with the recent anime episode. The code you'll need is 909TEAMUP06 and you have until 31st January 2025...

  • Yesterday, 1:35am
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Pokemon

Thursday25th Jul 2024

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  56

  News Super Mario World Lego Set Revealed, Here's A First Look

  Pre-orders are now live

  Update: Pre-orders for this set are now live on the Lego website. It's priced at $129.99 / £114.99. Below is a look: <products id="27207"> <products id="27206"> Original: It looks like another premium Mario Lego set is on the way, and this time it's based on the SNES hit Super Mario World. Following leaked...

  • Thu, 6:05am
  • Super Mario
  • Lego
  • SNES
  • Super Nintendo
  • Nintendo
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  47

  News Zelda Producer Eiji Aonuma Says He's "Really Thrilled" About The First Lego Set

  The Deku Tree is the "first element" represented in bricks

  After ongoing rumours, The Legend of Zelda 'Great Deku Tree 2-in-1' set was finally confirmed earlier this year in May. Lego and Nintendo originally shared photos and price details about the set, and now in a new article on Lego's official website, Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma has...

  • Thu, 4:55am
  • Zelda
  • Lego
  • Eiji Aonuma
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  24

  Review Abathor (Switch) - Retro Fantasy Hack 'N' Slash Is Great Fun With Friends

  Golden axiom

  Pow Pixel Games slices its way onto the indie game scene with Abathor, an arcade-style throwback to fantasy belt scrollers of the '80s and '90s. It’s a pleasingly old-fashioned hack-'n'-slash platformer that will conjure memories of childhood couch co-op. Golden Axe is the obvious influence, despite the side-on perspective, but there...

  • Thu, 6pm
  • Reviews
  • Nintendo Switch
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  213

  Poll Are You Ready To Move On From The Switch?

  It's not you, it's me

  Earlier this year, Nintendo finally caved under the overwhelming weight of customer and shareholder expectations and announced that the successor to the Switch would be revealed "within this fiscal year", aka before the end of March 2025. For many, it marked the beginning of an exciting new chapter in gaming. Although fans...

  • Thu, 2pm
  • Features
  • Poll
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch 2
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  32

  News SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos Switch Physical Releases Announced

  Limited Run and Pix'n Love will be distributing

  Update [Thu 25th Jul, 2024 01:35 BST]: Pix'n Love Games has now shared a first look at the Collector's Edition and Deluxe Edition of SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos. The Collector's Edition is limited to 1000 copies for Switch and PS4, and includes a copy of the game, reversible cover, an official Neo Geo...

  • Thu, 1:35am
  • Nintendo Switch
  • SNK
  • Capcom
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
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  62

  News Capcom's Investors Want Monster Hunter Wilds On Switch, Because Of Course

  Gotta draw the line somewhere

  Despite some glaring hardware limitations with the Nintendo Switch, third-parties have done wonders in porting games to the humble hybrid platform over the years. So much so that "just port it to Switch" or "put it on Switch" have become go-to comments from many fans when it comes to new or upcoming titles. There comes...

  • Thu, 5:45pm
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Capcom
  • Monster Hunter
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  102

  Talking Point Does Video Game History Have A "Nintendo Problem"?

  Time Extension "Nintendo fans live in a bubble"

  Nintendo has a long history – much of it pre-dating its involvement with video games – and is responsible for some of the most famous franchises in the realm of interactive entertainment. For much of the '80s and '90s, even the word 'Nintendo' was synonymous with 'video game' for many people; in Japan, the...

  • Thu, 1:05pm
  • Features
  • Talking Point
  • Nintendo
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  20

  Japanese Charts Nintendo World Championships Can't Outrun The Competition

  Powerful Pro Baseball knocks it out of the park

  We are back with the latest look at the Japanese gaming charts thanks to Famitsu and, unusually, a new Nintendo release has not taken the top spot. Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition winds up in third in its debut week, only shifting 27,391 copies. It's hardly the biggest number for a physical...

  • Thu, 3pm
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Japan
  • Charts
  • Sales
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  36

  News LEGO Reveals New Shadow The Hedgehog Set, Launching This October

  Oh Shadow, what have they done to you?

  LEGO has today revealed a Shadow the Hedgehog bust set, which is set to be released on 1st October 2024. Retailing for £59.99 / $69.99, the 720-piece kit features Shadow's head mounted on a stand with an attachable nameplate. It all sounds rather sinister when we write it out. Fortunately, the set features...

  • Thu, 12:15pm
  • News
  • LEGO
  • Sega
  • Sonic
  • Upcoming Releases
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  22

  News New Pokémon Snap Is The First Official Pokémon Release In China Since 2000

  Albeit with some minor alterations

  After China finally ended the complete ban on the production, import, and sales of video game consoles, in effect from 2000 to 2015, its doors were opened to the official release of Nintendo titles. Although the Switch itself would be subject to several alterations in the country to effectively region-lock the...

  • Thu, 1:15pm
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Tencent
  • Pokemon
  • China
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  23

  News Nintendo Live Threat Culprit Sentenced To One Year In Prison

  All because he kept losing at Splatoon 3

  The man charged with sending threats to Nintendo, leading to the cancellation of Tokyo's Nintendo Live event earlier this year, has been sentenced to one year in prison following a court ruling (thanks, Splatoon Torikara & Nintendo Everything). The 27-year-old individual admitted to his crimes last...

  • Thu, 10:45am
  • News
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Live
  • Legal
  • Japan
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  18

  News Famicom Controllers For Switch Are Now Up For General Sale In Japan

  Switch Online membership no longer required

  Just recently, we reported on the newly announced Official Joy-Con Charging Stand for the Switch (which is totally to allow users to charge their Joy-Con when used as additional controllers with the 'Switch 2' - wait, where are our tinfoil hats?). Amid all the initial confusion, however, we happened to...

  • Thu, 4:15pm
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Japan
  • Nintendo Switch Online
  • Famicom
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  17

  Nintendo Download 25th July (North America)

  Arranger! The Star Named Eos! Bō!

  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: Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure...

  • Thu, 3:45pm
  • Nintendo Download
  • Nintendo Switch
  • North America
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  14

  News Blasphemous Dev Teases A Mysterious Announcement Is "Coming Soon"

  "Listen carefully Penitent One"

  We loved 2019's Blasphemous, a brutally bleak action platformer with more than a little Metroid and Dark Souls inspiration. We loved its 2023 sequel even more so, calling it "an absolute banger" in our 9/10 review. So, you can only imagine our excitement at the discovery that more Blasphemous news is on its way and...

  • Thu, 5pm
  • News
  • Switch eShop
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  News Star Wars: Bounty Hunter Dev Aspyr Shows Off Boba Fett Easter Egg

  "We've brought this new easter egg to life"

  In case you missed it, Aspyr is reviving the 2003 game Star Wars: Bounty Hunter next week on 1st August. Ahead of the game's return on the Nintendo Switch, the developer has revealed the new Boba Fett skin. The story behind this skin was recently explained on the PlayStation Blog by Apsyr's director of...

  • Thu, 3:45am
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Star Wars
  • Upcoming Releases
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  16

  News Switch Online Adds Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Icons

  Wave 1 is available now

  To celebrate the recent launch of Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, a new batch of icons have been released for the Switch Online service. The first wave is now officially underway and will be available until 31st July 2024. NSO Icons Alerts on social media has shared a closer look at what's on offer in Wave 1, with...

  • Thu, 2:45am
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch Online
  • Nintendo