August2023
News Genshin Impact Zelda "Clone" Accusations Had Dev Team In Tears
"There were a lot of misunderstandings"
When the gacha game Genshin Impact was originally unveiled to the world, there were a lot of comparisons to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Some even accused it of being a "clone" of Link's new open-world adventure. Now, a number of years later, after the game has raked in billions, miHoYo's...
November2022
Feature Missing In Action - What Happened To These Switch Games?
Genshin Impact, Silksong, Metroid Prime 4, and Outer Wilds
Note: Having heard (finally!) about Pikmin 4, we've updated and added to this article (first published back in June). Enjoy! The media cycle that exists around video games these days can be quite punishing. After all, if you announce a game before it's ready, and then realise that it needs...
October2022
Random Tired Of Waiting, One Fan Got Genshin Impact On Switch Via An Android Emulator
Where's the official port, huh?
When Genshin Impact was first released back in 2020, you would be forgiven for thinking that it would be a dead cert that the open-world RPG (*cough* Breath of the Wild clone *cough*) would be making its way to Switch at some point in the future. You would be right, it will come to Switch at some point in the...
May2022
News Don't Worry, Genshin Impact Is "Still In Development" For Nintendo Switch
miHoYo provides an update
The insanely popular free-to-play action RPG Genshin Impact was confirmed for a Nintendo Switch release at the start of 2020, and since then there have been no official updates about the status of this version. Tired of waiting, the good folks over at GoNintendo reached out to the publisher and developer miHoYo, and asked...
February2022
News Genshin Impact Creator Announces "Immersive Virtual World Experience" HoYoverse
Still no news on the Switch version, though
Genshin Impact developer MiHoYo is creating an " immersive virtual world experience" called HoYoverse. The message was delivered by the Chinese studio's co-founder and CEO Haoyu Cai, who said that HoYoverse will be a cross-media "virtual world" that "integrates games, anime, and other diverse types of...
May2021
Rumour Genshin Impact For Switch Reportedly Delayed Due To "Weaker Hardware"
But will likely arrive "sometime this year"
The popular free-to-play action RPG Genshin Impact was confirmed for the Nintendo Switch last January, so what's the latest? According to Genshin Report - a Twitter account focused exclusively on coverage of Genshin Impact news and leaks, the Nintendo version of the game should finally be arriving at some...
September2020
Arriving on Switch at a later date
Last year, as you might recall, a Zelda fan smashed a PlayStation 4 in rage when miHoYo revealed its Breath of the Wild look-a-like, Genshin Impact. The protests didn't end there, either - with other Zelda owners holding up their own c
Video Genshin Impact Gets A New Story Trailer Ahead On September Multiformat Debut
...but there's still no release date for the Switch version
Despite taking a massive helping of inspiration from Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Genshin Impact is shaping up to be a pretty decent action RPG, with great character design, high production values and (seemingly) plenty of entertainmen
March2020
Video Check Out Genshin Impact’s Opening Cinematic
Setting the scene
Genshin Impact has gotten a lot of attention thanks to the fact that it looks a lot like Zelda: Breath of the Wild, but the game has slowly been shaping up into much more than that over the past few months. The developer behind this ambitious cross-platform action RPG has now relea
February2020
Video Feast Your Eyes On 12 Minutes Of Genshin Impact Gameplay
Taken from the PC version, but still
Genshin Impact has certainly gained a lot of attention lately thanks to its visual similarity to Zelda: Breath of the Wild, but the game is nonetheless shaping up to be quite a cool RPG experience – and
