Spirited away
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- Nintendo Switch 2
REVOlutionary?
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- Virtua Fighter
News A Pokémon Center Employee Has Reportedly Died After An Attack In Tokyo
The perpetrator is also dead, according to reports
- Japan
- Pokemon
- Pokemon Center
News Fox McCloud Blasts Into The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Excuse me, WHAT?
- Nintendo
- Mario Movie
- Star Fox
News Anime-Inspired FPS 'Mullet Madjack' Hits Switch In April, And It Looks Like A Lot
Sorry, MULLET MADJACK
- Nintendo Switch
- Upcoming Releases
News CRKD's New Premium Controller Is Getting Us Hot Under The Collar
Compatible with Switch 1 & 2
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- Accessories
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TodayThu, 26th Mar 2026
Spirited away
Kena: Bridge of Spirits is an easy game, but it has two near insurmountable difficulty spikes. The first is the compulsion to constantly sit with your companion critters and make them dance around you or kiss you on the cheek, which brings the game to a screeching halt. The second is an overwhelming urge to use the game’s photo mode...
- Reviews
- Nintendo Switch 2
News A Pokémon Center Employee Has Reportedly Died After An Attack In Tokyo
The perpetrator is also dead, according to reports
Warning: Please be advised that this post includes details that may cause distress. A female employee at The Pokémon Center in the Sunshine City complex in Tokyo has died following a fatal stabbing incident on the evening of 26th March 2026, according to reports from news outlets. According to...
- Japan
- Pokemon
- Pokemon Center
News Fox McCloud Blasts Into The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Excuse me, WHAT?
Here's a headline we never thought we'd be writing — Star Fox's very own Fox McCloud will be making an appearance in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Yes, you read that correctly — Fox McCloud will be in the Mario Galaxy movie. No need to pinch yourselves. Shared by the official Mario Galaxy Movie social media accounts, this is...
- Nintendo
- Mario Movie
- Star Fox
REVOlutionary?
It feels like Virtua Fighter 5 has been around for bloomin’ ages, and that’s because it has. Originally released in 2006, it’s been updated several times, remastered by RGG Studios with the Dragon Engine, received the highly-requested rollback netcode, and finally ported to current platforms, including the Switch 2. If I were...
- Reviews
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Virtua Fighter
News Anime-Inspired FPS 'Mullet Madjack' Hits Switch In April, And It Looks Like A Lot
Sorry, MULLET MADJACK
Despite CoD still not being on Switch yet (despite promises), Switch has first-person shooters to suit all tastes, whether you're a modern-era DOOM slayer, a boomer shooter, or you want to throw
- Nintendo Switch
- Upcoming Releases
News CRKD's New Premium Controller Is Getting Us Hot Under The Collar
Compatible with Switch 1 & 2
Accessory manufacturer CRKD, perhaps best known for the Nitro Deck and its range of guitar controllers, has revealed a new premium pad compatible with the Switch 1 and 2. The ULT PRO (for goodness' sake, another pad with the word 'Pr
- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Accessories
News Pokémon Champions Plans To Keep The Stadium Lights On For A Very Long Time
"Basically forever"
The new battle game Pokémon Champions is now just weeks away from release, and once it's up and running, the plan is to keep it going for as long as possible. Game producer Masaaki Hoshino has revealed how the team wants this new title to go the distance, or "basically forever", as long as the series keeps going, and is...
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- Nintendo Switch 2
- Switch eShop
- Pokemon
- Mobile
News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Adds Mega Man In New Season Pass Update
Update: The Blue Bomber follows a major game update
After announcing a trio of new DLC characters for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Sega has now released a new major update for the title. Before we get into this, it's also confirmed the Capcom icon Mega Man will be blasting into Sonic Racing on 25th March 2026 (aka next week). You can see the...
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- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
- Updates
- DLC
News Mario Wonder's 'Meetup In Bellabel Park' Soundtrack Has Been Added To Nintendo Music
Wonderful!
Earlier this week, you might have noticed how Nintendo Music didn't roll out its weekly update at the regular time. It led to speculation about Nintendo potentially holding out for the release of Super Mario Bros. Wonder - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup In Bellabel Park, and sure enough, the tracks for Bellabel Park have now been...
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- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo Music
- Super Mario
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News Nintendo Alarmo's Latest Update Adds A Wonderful Free Theme
It's Mario time!
If you've been sleeping on Nintendo Alarmo, now is the time to check it out, with a new update available now! This coincides with this week's release of Super Mario Bros. Wonder - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup In Bellabel Park. It's a Wonder-themed update featuring Elephant Mario and other aspects of the Flower Kingdom...
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News Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Has Received A Small Patch Today
Put your new amiibo to use
Although the focus is on Super Mario Bros. Wonder's Switch 2 Edition this week and its new DLC, Nintendo has updated one other game today alongside this release. It's the puzzle-platformer Switch title Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. This is only a small patch, but if you've been looking for an excuse to revisit it, now...
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- Nintendo Switch
- Updates
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YesterdayWed, 25th Mar 2026
News Nintendo To Change Pricing For Digital & Physical Switch 2 Exclusives, Starting With Yoshi
Update: Nintendo confirms "The cost of physical games is not going up"
Nintendo of America has just announced that first-party Switch 2 exclusives on the eShop will be getting a different MSRP (that's manufacturer's suggested retail price) compared to physical releases. What that means is that, going forward, it's very likely that digital games...
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- Yoshi
- US
Now with added Pikmin
After almost 20 years of 'New' games, 2D Mario was in desperate need of a shakeup, and in 2023, Super Mario Bros. Wonder did just that. Equal parts throwback to the glory days of the SNES and something entirely fresh, the platformer was a delight from start to finish, and while it might not have been as memorable or challenging...
- Reviews
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Super Mario
News Sonic Frontiers "Definitive Edition" Has Been Rated In Korea
Super Sonic news
Sonic Frontiers took the series in a new direction when it launched in 2022 with its "open-zone" design, and it seems Sega might not be entirely done with it just yet... As highlighted by Gematsu, The Game Rating and Administration Committee of Korea has recently rated Sonic Frontiers Definitive Edition. Platforms and other details...
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- Nintendo Switch
- Sega
News Surprise! Tomodachi Life 'Welcome Version' Demo Is Live Now On The Switch eShop
Living the demo
A demo version of the upcoming Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream has dropped on the eShop this morning, following previews going live yesterday. The free demo is dubbed 'Tomodachi: Living the Dream - Welcome Version' and is downloadable right now if you're after a taster of the quirky sim game that's coming out on 16th April.
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Hands On Pokémon Champions Promises Top-Tier Battling, But At What Cost?
Put your money where your Meowth is
From the moment that it was revealed, I knew Pokémon Champions was going to be a tough sell for fans like me. You see, the battling has always been my least favourite part of the series — I'm more of a "catch 'em all" than "be the very best, like no one ever was" kinda guy — so seeing a game that promised to...
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- Features
- Hands On
- Pokemon
- Nintendo Switch
Ride on!
Well, folks, it’s finally here. After working through remasters of all the most popular Mega Man sub-series, the remaining question was whether Capcom would then go on to bring back some of the Blue Bomber's less successful major adventures. While our hearts still go out to fans of Mega Man Legends (any day now...), Mega Man Star Force:...
- Reviews
- Nintendo Switch
News Grind Has Brewed Up A Super Sweet Pokémon Collaboration, And It's Out Right Now
Koffeeing
The Pokémon Company is no stranger to a collaboration, and its upcoming crossover is for all those who assumed Minccino can come in a Grande size with cream and syrup. That's right, Pokémon is teaming up with coffee brand Grind on a new range of products. The collection will consist of "drinks inspired" by the world of 'mon — best not...
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- Pokemon
- Merchandise
Round Up The Reviews Are In For Super Mario Bros. Wonder On Switch 2
Worth meeting up again?
With Nintendo next big Switch 2 release landing tomorrow, reviews have arrived for Super Mario Bros. Wonder - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup In Bellabel Park. They're all across the shop, ranging from extremely high to less-than-positive, with our own impressions landing on the lower side of things. New bosses and a ton...
- Round Up
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Upcoming Releases
- Super Mario
Poll Who's Your Favourite Resident Evil Playable Character?
REmind me
22nd March 2026 marked the 30th anniversary of the Japanese launch of Resident Evil — or Biohazard — on PlayStation. To celebrate, we'll be publishing various articles this week focused on Capcom's quintessential survival horror series. After three full decades of Capcom cooking up brown-trouser-inducing undead encounters in...
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- Features
- Resident Evil
- Anniversaries
- Capcom
Time Extension Kan Naito is bringing 'Lady Stalker 2D' to Nintendo's 8-bit console
It has been announced that Kan Naito is developing a new NES / Famicom RPG called Lady Stalker 2D, and that it will feature character designs created by the late Yoshitaka Tamaki, who sadly passed away in 2023. Both Naito and Tamaki worked at Climax Entertainment on titles such as...
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- NES
Random Breath Of The Wild's Rito Village Looks Incredible In Pokémon Pokopia
Spriga-Rito
We knew Pokémon Pokopia would bring out the creative types in many players — some have spent years practicing in Minecraft and Animal Crossing, after all. And it was only a matter of time until those Nintendo crossovers started to crop up. moyashi, who brings that aforementioned experience with them, has recreated Rito Village and...
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- Random
- Pokemon
- Zelda
News Nintendo Misses Out On Top 10 In Metacritic's 16th Annual Game Publisher Rankings
A big improvement on 2024, though
Metacritic has today released its annual Game Publisher Rankings, which covers the biggest video game publishers of 2025 and ranks them based on the overall quality of their release slate, according to critic reviews. Out of 28 publishers eligible (they needed to have at least five games released in 2025), Nintendo...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
Round Up The Final Previews Are In For Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream
Start "living the dream" next month
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is almost here, and before the game's launch for the Switch on 16th April 2026, we've got one final round of previews from the critics. We've taken a slightly different approach here on Nintendo Life, with a diary of our first impressions. If you haven't already read it, you can...
- Round Up
- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo
- Upcoming Releases
News Super Mario Bros. Wonder Has Been Updated To Version 1.2.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Onward and upward!
With just one day to go before the launch of the catchily-titled Super Mario Bros. Wonder - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup In Bellabel Park, Nintendo has launched yet another update for the Switch 1 base game, to ensure it's in tip-top condition. The version 1.2.0 update is now live on Switch, making a couple of extra tweaks...
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- Mario
Random Uh Oh, Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream Miis Are Already Swearing
No filter here
Oh goodness, trust the internet to figure out if you can swear and say naughty things in a video game made by Nintendo. Within hours of the Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream demo going live, players quickly decided to test the filter out on the game. And it turns out, to live the dream to its fullest, no filters are allowed. We’ll...
- Random
- Nintendo Switch
- Upcoming Releases
News Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition Gets First Update Mid-April, Improves Rewind & Saves
Hands up
Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition may have had a few hiccups at launch, but Ubisoft has announced that a patch is coming sometime in April to fix some of the collection's issues, as well as enhance a few quality-of-life features. Sharing details of the patch on Reddit (spotted by Nintendo Everything), Ubiso
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- Ubisoft
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Interview How An Italian Lunch Led To The New Standard For Competitive Pokémon Battling
Speaking to the champion of Champions
With Pokopia out of the way and Winds and Waves not launching until 2027, you might assume that we're due a break from Pokémon, but you'd be wrong. Pokémon Champions is right around the corner. After being revealed in the series' anniversary 'Presents' showcase last year, The Pokémon Company has drip-fed us...
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- Interviews
- Nintendo Switch
- Pokemon
- Upcoming Releases
News FIFA Returns With Free-To-Play Arcade-Style Football And An Utterly Bizarre Roster
Diego Maradona, Harry Kane, Jordan Pickford, and... Thor?
Things have been a bit quiet with the FIFA series in recent years, due to EA and FIFA failing to reach an agreement over licensing fees. But the series is returning in 2026 with the free-to-play arcade football game FIFA Heroes. Yes, perhaps not in the format we quite expected or wanted, but...
- Nintendo Switch
- Upcoming Releases
ICYMI Pokémon Champions Is Getting A Free Update For Switch 2
It will be available at launch
The Pokémon Company previously announced Pokémon Champions would be coming to the Switch 2, and it's now been revealed how exactly it will be made available. In case you missed it, alongside the release date confirmation this week, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company confirmed trainers on Switch 2 will have access to...
- ICYMI
- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Switch eShop
News Marvel Rivals Has Reportedly Been Confirmed For Switch 2
"We're working on it"
Developer NetEase last year spoke about the possibility of its team-based free-to-play title Marvel Rivals coming to Switch 2. In an update, the game has reportedly been confirmed for Nintendo's new hybrid platform. Speaking to IGN at the Game Developers Conference recently, Marvel Games executive producer Danny Koo said the...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Marvel
News Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream Gets Bumper Overview Trailer, And It's Delightfully Weird
Living the life
It's been a big week for Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream news, hasn't it? Following our preview yesterday and a demo drop today, Nintendo has now released anm almost-eight-minute overview trailer for the Switch 1 exclusive. The trai
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News Disgaea Devs Dig Into Spooky Farm Sim Trend This Fall With 'Village In The Shade'
Say Moo!
NIS America has announced that it's bringing Nippon Ichi's Honogurashi no Niwa to the West this fall on both Switch 1 and 2, under the name Village in the Shade. It's a bit of a pivot for Nippon Ichi, who fans most associate with the Disgaea and Phantom Brave games, but Village in the Shade looks pretty adorable. And if you think you've...
- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Upcoming Releases
Tuesday24th Mar 2026
Feature Nintendo May Win Its Case Against The US Government, But Tariffs Are Here To Stay
Winning the battle, losing the (trade) war
Rewind the clock back to early April 2025. Gamers in the United States are eager to get their hands on a Switch 2 and are waiting on tenterhooks to lodge their pre-orders. But, as he tends to do, Donald Trump threw a spanner in the works. On 2nd April, he declared a national emergency over the US trade...
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News Nintendo's Apparently Cutting US Switch 2 Output After Lower Than Expected Holiday Sales
Quarterly productions revised
It's no secret that the Switch 2 struggled over its first holiday period. The console's sales numbers were reportedly down 35% in the US compared to what its predecessor managed back in 2017, and 2025 marked the region's worst November since 1995 in terms of hardware sales. All this is to say, it's hardly surprising to...
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- US
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News The Company Behind Evercade Just Teased A New Console
Time Extension Enter the Nexus
Evercade maker Blaze has just teased a new piece of hardware called the 'Evercade Nexus'. Adopting a similar approach to the one used when the company announced its Evercade Alpha series of bartop arcades, Blazed has teased nothing but a name and predictably triggering plenty of speculation. "Evercade Nexus is coming soon," says...
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UK Charts Pokémon Pokopia Continues To Slip, As A Newcomer Grabs The Gold
Not a lot of tanGROWTH to be seen here
The latest UK charts are in, and for anybody waiting on that big Pokémon Pokopia physical rebound... keep waiting. Despite putting up some impressive digital sales, Ditto's latest continues to struggle on the physical front, thanks to stock issues, and takes a tumble down to sixth place this time. There was a...
- UK Charts
- Nintendo
- Nintendo Switch 2
- UK
News Acclaimed Arcade Racer 'Horizon Chase Turbo' Being Delisted From Switch eShop
As a result of Epic's layoffs
Aquiris Games' fabulous racing game, Horizon Chase Turbo will be delisted from the Nintendo Switch eShop later this year, the developer has announced. From the 1st June 2026, both the original game's release and the enhanced Turbo version — which is the one you can snap up on Switch — will no longer be available to...
- Switch eShop
First Impressions The Diary Of A First-Time 'Tomodachi Life' Player - Am I Living The Dream?
Diary of an Omniscient kid
Dear Diary, I'm not sure if I'm Living the Dream just yet. You see, I don’t think Helga likes me. Not “me” me, but Mii. When I dragged my Nintendo-ified facsimile next to this nice-seeming old lady in the new Tomodachi Life, they greeted each other pleasantly. Helga isn’t anyone I know in real life — I’ve...
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- Hands On
- Previews
- Nintendo Switch
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ICYMI You Can Access Pokémon Pokopia's Second In-Game Event Early
The apple of my Sableye
We're almost at the end of the first in-game event in Pokémon Pokopia. Hoppip is getting ready to close up shop and, hopefully, make a home in your town — wherever that may be. But don't worry, more events are on the way, and if you're feeling a bit cheeky, you can actually access the next one... now! And in this event,...
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- ICYMI
- Pokemon
News Pokémon Champions Nails Down Switch Release Date, And It's Only Two Weeks Away
Battle away
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have announced that Pokémon Champions is coming to Switch on 8th April 2026. The iOS and Android release will follow later in the year. While the game won't be getting a Switch 2 version, we will be getting a free update which will boost the visuals on the newer console (separate from that shiny Boost...
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- Pokemon
- Upcoming Releases
Random Nothing Says "I Choose You!" Quite Like These Pokémon Engagement Rings
Put an Ursaring on it
Pokémon is in all corners of our lives. You can wake up to Pokémon Sleep, brush your teeth to Pokémon Smile, throw on your Pokémon apparel and head out on a walk with Pokémon GO. Now, you can make those days extra romantic by saying "I Choose You" to your significant other, accompanied by one of these Pokémon engagement...
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- Japan
News Epic Games Cuts Over 1,000 Jobs Weeks After Raising Fortnite V-Bucks Prices
Plus $500 million in cost cutting
Fortnite is one of the most successful games in the world, but that hasn't stopped Epic Games being affected by the tumultuous nature of the games industry. Today, the company has announced that it's laying off over 1000 employees due to a downturn in engagement. Bloomberg's Jason Schreier initially broke the news...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Fortnite
- Industry
News Hello Kitty Island Adventure Is Getting Brand-New DLC Next Month
Let's go to the city
After the arrival of the Wheatflower Wonderland expansion last September, Sunblink and Sanrio have today revealed the next wave of Hello Kitty Island Adventure DLC: City Town. The new content update will launch in just a few weeks on 16th April, promising over 30 hours of additional adventures with over 90 quests — damn,...
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Hands On Secretlab Titan Evo Cyberpunk Edition - Johnny Silverhand Would Be Proud
Push Square The netrunner's throne?
Back in 2022, we had a look at Secretlab Titan Evo gaming chair, a reassuringly expensive premium-grade seat that "you're unlikely to regret sinking the money into." We stand by that verdict, save for one key point – if you're tempted but yet to pull the trigger, it might be worth opting for the Cyberpunk 2077-themed...
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- Cyberpunk
- Gaming Chairs
- Secretlab
Monday23rd Mar 2026
The Slime has come
Over the weekend, Square Enix announced a collaboration with Google which will see a generative AI-powered "companion" added to Dragon Quest X. As highlighted in an article by news outlet Sankei Shimbun (thanks, NintendoEverything), Google's Gemini will be integrated into the Japan-only MMORPG and power a conversational compa
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- Capcom
- Square Enix
- Dragon Quest
- Industry
Feature Where The Heck Do You Start If You've Never Played Resident Evil?
Enter the world of survival horror
22nd March 2026 marked the 30th anniversary of the Japanese launch of Resident Evil — or Biohazard — on PlayStation. To celebrate, we'll be publishing various articles this week focused on Capcom's quintessential survival horror series. 30 years is a pretty long time for any game series. But while many —...
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- Anniversaries
- Resident Evil
- Capcom
- Polls
News Mechs And Turn-Based RPG Combat Collide In 'Starbites' On Switch 1 & 2 This May
A Game-Key Card release has been scrapped
Developer IKINAGAMES is dipping its toe into the RPG genre later this spring with Starbites, a sci-fi inspired adventure with turn-based mech combat, which comes to Switch 1 and Switch 2 on 21st May 2026. There aren't enough RPGs with mechs in our eyes, and Starbites is filling in that gap, with salvager...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
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News Japanese Teens Apparently Love Nintendo Switch More Than Pokémon & Disney
Our survey says...
The Brand Japan 2026 evaluation survey results have revealed that Nintendo is still an extremely-popular name with Japanese teenagers, with both the company brand and the Switch console only being beaten by YouTube. As reported on (and translated) by Automaton Media, Nikkei BP Consulting's
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- Nintendo Switch 2
- Japan
Time Extension "We used every card we had"
In the realm of retro gaming news in 2026, the announcement that 70's Robot Anime Geppy-X is getting a re-release certainly ranks pretty high on the 'shock-o-meter', not least because the game is considered to be a cult classic even in Japan, but also because it's getting a Western release for the first time ever...
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