YesterdaySat, 18th May 2024

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  News AYANEO's Game Boy-Style Pocket DMG Boasts An OLED Screen

  Time Extension Powered by the Snapdragon G3x Gen 2

  AYANEO has just formally revealed its Pocket DMG handheld for the first time. The device is part of the company's 'Remake' line of products, and clearly takes inspiration from the Nintendo Game Boy. It's also a close match to the Analogue Pocket in terms of visual design. The headline news is that it sports an...

  • 7h ago
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  • Game Boy
  • Emulation
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  305

  Guide Best Nintendo Switch Metroidvania Games

  Or 'Castloid' if you prefer

  Updated with Animal Well, a Metroidvania with puzzle-y edge and a Nintendo Life 10/10, no less. Enjoy! <related ids="165354"> The word 'Metroidvania' might rub some gamers the wrong way, but it's a useful catch-all to describe a very specific type of search/action game experience. Combining elements from both the...

  • 10h ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Metroidvania
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  12

  News Fortnite Teases New Fallout Crossover

  Return to the wasteland

  Following the release of the Fallout Amazon Prime Video series, Fortnite has now teased a Fallout-themed collaboration. According to an in-game update, this crossover will take place in Chapter 5 Season 3: Wrecked "courtesy of the Brotherhood of Steel", with the chapter arriving next week on 24th May 2024 (via IGN). No...

  • 11h ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Fortnite
  • Fallout
  • Updates
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  Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (18th May)

  Well, well well

  Oh, weekend! How we have missed thee! The past seven days might not have been the Switch successor-confirming news fest that we saw last week, but there has still been plenty of good stuff happening in Nintendo land. The NSO Game Boy library got a tasty boost with the addition of three new games, we got a first peek at Splatoon 3's

  • 14h ago
  • Features
  • Talking Point
  • Nintendo Switch
  • What Are You Playing
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  10

  News Minecraft Movie Stars Celebrate The Game's 15th Anniversary With Cake

  And a free cape for Minecraft players

  It's a big week for Minecraft with the game currently celebrating its 15th anniversary, and as part of this, all sorts of celebrations are currently taking place. In the leadup to the Minecraft Movie, due out in cinemas on 4th April 2025, two of the film's stars - Jack Black and Jason Momoa - have featured in a...

  • 17h ago
  • Random
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Minecraft
  • Anniversaries
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  59

  News Sony On Zelda Live-Action Movie: Miyamoto Has A Really "Strong" Vision

  "He's a true genius in that world"

  The Legend of Zelda live-action movie has been in the headlines quite a bit over the past few weeks, and now Sony has chimed in, reiterating just how "massive" it's going to be thanks to Shigeru Miyamoto's "strong vision" of this particular world. Here's exactly what Sony Motion Pictures Group chairman Tom Rothman...

  • 20h ago
  • Zelda
  • Nintendo
  • Shigeru Miyamoto
  • Sony
  • Movies
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  23

  News Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Celebrating Launch With Twitch Streams

  Out on Switch next week

  Nintendo of Canada has announced it will be celebrating the upcoming launch of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on the Switch by partnering with a bunch of streamers for the launch of the game. According to an official post on the Nintendo website, the lineup of streamers includes TeaWithMandy, Le Jeu C'est Sérieux, and...

  • 21h ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Paper Mario
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Twitch
  • Nintendo

Friday17th May 2024

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  News Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Online Pre-Orders Are Apparently Being Cancelled (US)

  "Nintendo will only be offering this item in stores"

  Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is out on the Switch next week and there are new reports of online pre-orders being cancelled at Walmart in the US. It's not known how "widespread" this is, but according to multiple stories, customers have received emails mentioning how this particular Switch...

  • 2d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Paper Mario
  • Nintendo
  • Upcoming Releases
  • US
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  18

  News Toby Fox Shares New Development Update On Deltarune Chapter 4

  A release could still be "quite far"

  It's been a while since the previous Deltarune update, and now the creator Toby Fox (who is also known for Undertale) has sent out a "Spring 2024" newsletter, detailing the latest progress. Following on from Chapter 3, the latest news is development on Chapter 4 is "going better than ever". He's hired "a few...

  • 2d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Toby Fox
  • Deltarune
  • Undertale
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  36

  Review Toaplan Arcade Garage: Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli (Switch) - Two Historic Shmups Archived By Port Masters M2

  Easy, tiger

  We're republishing this 2021 import review because, over two-and-a-half years after its Japanese release, M2 has finally brought Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli to the West, surprise-dropping this Toaplan collection on the US Switch eShop on 16th May. There's no word on a European release just yet, but the base game is available on the US eShop for...

  • 1d ago
  • Reviews
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Japan
  • Shmup
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  Random New University Course Helps Students Gain A "Deeper Understanding" Of Fire Emblem

  Alear-ning curve

  Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has opened a new student-taught class which delves into the game design of the Fire Emblem series. Yes, Fire Emblem. At university. And there we were thinking that 'Film Studies' sounded cool. 'Fire Emblem Design and Analysis' will be getting underway at Carnegie Mellon in the...

  • 1d ago
  • Random
  • Nintendo
  • Fire Emblem
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  38

  News The Countdown Begins! Splatoon 3's Apocalypse-Themed Splatfest Kicks Off This Weekend

  Apocalypse wow

  Update [Fri 17th May, 2024 13:45 BST]: Set your doomsday clocks, folks, because Splatoon 3's end-of-the-world Splatfest gets underway this weekend. The event will be kicking off on 18th May (17th in North America) and asks the surprisingly dark question, "What would you do at the world's end?". Be sure to head over to the polling...

  • 1d ago
  • News
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Splatoon
  • Splatoon 3
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  35

  News Take-Two Reportedly Shutting Down OlliOlli And Kerbal Space Program 2 Devs

  Update: CEO claims it didn't "shutter those studios"

  Update [Fri 17th May, 2024 01:05 BST]: Following Bloomberg's report earlier this month, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has now shared an update, claiming the company hasn't closed these studios. Here's the full statement, courtesy of IGN: Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick: "We didn't shutter those...

  • 2d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Industry
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  19

  Video Bandai Namco Shows Off One Piece Odyssey Switch Opening

  The Deluxe Edition comes with a new outfit set

  In case you missed the original announcement in April, Luffy and his pirate crew are sailing onto the Nintendo Switch this July in One Piece Odyssey. In the leadup to the game's release, Bandai Namco has now shared the "in-game opening movie" straight from the Switch version. This includes another look...

  • 2d ago
  • Videos
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • One Piece
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  24

  News Sonic X Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings Animated Short Announced

  More will be revealed at this year's Anime Expo

  Ahead of the release of Sonic X Shadow Generations later this year, Sega has announced a new animated short officially titled "Dark Beginnings" starring Shadow the Hedgehog. Alongside this, Sega shared some new artwork, mentioning how the series will shed light on the "ultimate life form". More about...

  • 2d ago
  • Sonic
  • Sonic the Hedgehog
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Shadow
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  30

  Guide Best Super Monkey Ball Games Of All Time

  The best kind of Ai(Ai)

  The years straddling the turn of the millennium were tumultuous for Sega and its fans. The launch of the Dreamcast in 1999 following a series of hardware missteps and company infighting was exciting, but the system failed to gain sufficient traction despite its innovations and array of patented blue-sky software. News in...

  • 1d ago
  • Guides
  • All Time
  • Super Monkey Ball
  • SEGA
  • Best Games
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  News Visual Novels Based On 'The Quintessential Quintuplets' Anime Come To Switch Next Week

  The famous five

  Publisher Spike Chunsoft has announced that it is bringing the popular anime and manga series 'The Quintessential Quintuplets' to Switch on 23rd May in the form of two brand-new visual novels. The Quintessential Quintuplets - Memories of a Quintessential Summer and The Quintessential Quintuplets - Five Memories Spent With You will...

  • 2d ago
  • News
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Anime
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  News The Pokémon Company Unveils Next Scarlet & Violet TCG Expansion, 'Shrouded Fable'

  Pecharunt makes its debut

  The Pokémon Company has unveiled the next Scarlet & Violet Trading Card Game set 'Shrouded Fable' and it's looking... legendary. The newest TCG set will be hitting shelves on 2nd August 2024 and is set to mark the card debut of Scarlet and Violet's Indigo Disk DLC Pokémon, Pecharunt. On top of this, the DLC's 'Loyal...

  • 1d ago
  • News
  • Pokemon
  • Pokemon TCG
  • Upcoming Releases

Thursday16th May 2024

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  News Fire Emblem Meets Superheroes In 'Covert Crew', Flying Onto Switch This Year

  Where is my super suit?

  Solo developer TYB Games has revealed Covert Crew, a superhero SRPG that will be saving the day on Switch later this year. We have seen superhero tactics pop up a couple of times in recent years with the likes of Marvel's Midnight Suns and the soon-to-be-released Capes, but Covert Crew is the most nostalgic take we've seen,...

  • 2d ago
  • News
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
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  105

  Poll Will You Be Getting The Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition - Deluxe Set?

  Go on, tell us

  The Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition was recently announced for the Switch and as part of this there will be a special 'Deluxe Set' released, containing a physical game card, a set of five pins, 13 art cards, and a gold coloured replica NES cartridge. Nintendo has now released a new trailer showing off this 'Deluxe Set' and...

  • 3d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo
  • NES
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Poll
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  Guide What Is EGGCONSOLE? - Full Game List, PC-88, MSX2 On Nintendo Switch, Best Games To Start

  Every EGGCONSOLE game on Switch eShop

  The Switch has been a boon for retro gaming enthusiasts for a while. Hamster's huge Arcade Archives series has felt right at home on the console, but late last year, a new retro rerelease series entered the fray EGGCONSOLE is a series of Japanese home computer games that are being ported to Switch by retro...

  • 2d ago
  • Guides
  • Retro
  • Switch Essentials
  • Best Switch Games
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  News Splatoon 3 'Sizzle Season 2024' Introduces New Weapons, Stages And Big Run Mode Next Month

  BIG Big Run?!

  Nintendo has just revealed our first look at Splatoon 3's 'Sizzle Season 2024' update, and it looks like it is going to be a big one. Kicking off on 1st June, the annual Sizzle Season will bring with it a handful of new weapons and stages as well as a variation on the Big Run game mode called 'BIG Big Run'. Yes, really. So, let's...

  • 2d ago
  • News
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Splatoon
  • Splatoon 3
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  21

  News RetroArch Is Now On The iOS App Store

  The final frontend

  Last month, Apple slightly relaxed its stance on game emulation. Naturally, the ensuing weeks saw emulators added and taken down from the iOS App Store as developers attempted to feel out Apple's copyright policies and now, there's a new multisystem addition to the pile (thanks, The Verge). RetroArch, a frontend app for game...

  • 3d ago
  • News
  • Nintendo
  • iOS
  • Apple
  • Emulation
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  Review PO'ed: Definitive Edition (Switch) - A Welcome Return For A Weird And (Sometimes) Wonderful FPS

  Out of the frying pan and into space

  Following up the sublime Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster was always going to be tough. Rather than tackle another well-known franchise, Nightdive Studios has wisely chosen to revisit one of the weirdest forgotten gems of the ‘90s with PO’ed: Definitive Edition. Utilising the same principles as Dark Forces,...

  • 2d ago
  • Reviews
  • Switch eShop
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  37

  Video One Year Later, Our Video Team Share Their Thoughts On Zelda: TOTK

  So THAT was the Imprisoning War...

  Last weekend, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom turned one year old. Nintendo released a special piece of artwork to mark the occasion, the glow-in-the-dark Ultrahand keyring was restocked as a My Nintendo Reward and (to

  • 2d ago
  • Videos
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Zelda
  • Tears of the Kingdom
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  31

  Japanese Charts Mario Kart Zooms Onto The Podium, But It Can't Overtake Stellar Blade

  Stellar competition

  The latest Japanese charts from Famitsu (via Gematsu) are in and this week paints a pretty familiar picture. Last week's champion, Stellar Blade, takes the trophy once again and stands as the representative of the only non-Switch title in the running. On the flip side, the likes of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes and

  • 2d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Japan
  • Charts
  • Sales
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  74

  News The Pokémon Games Have Had Tremendous Success During The Switch Generation

  Switch is the "most successful platform" for the main series

  Nintendo's Switch generation has helped a lot of long-time franchises set new sales records and the mainline Pokémon series appears to have experienced a similar amount of success, even if it has had some troubles along the way. In case you haven't been tracking the performance of the...

  • 3d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Pokemon
  • Sales
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  Random Danny DeVito Open To Voicing Wario In Mario Movie Sequel

  "You never know what happens in the world"

  Wario hasn't been introduced to Mario's cinematic universe (at least yet), but one Hollywood movie star who is apparently "up for" the role on the big screen is Danny DeVito. When asked about the possibility of voicing Mario's archrival in the sequel, DeVito mentioned how he was "ready to do a lot of...

  • 3d ago
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  • Super Mario
  • Mario Movie
  • Wario
  • Nintendo
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  News Monster-Catching Roguelike 'Dicefolk' Rolls A New Twist On Turn-Based Tactics Next Month

  Never say di(c)e

  If you cast your mind back to April, you might remember that the dice-based tactical RPG Dicefolk was confirmed to be coming to Switch. One month on, publisher Good Shepherd Entertainment and developers LEAP Game Studios and Tiny Ghoul have announced that this monster-catching roguelike will be heading our way on 20th June. There...

  • 2d ago
  • News
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
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  News Minecraft Celebrates 15 Years With Switch eShop Anniversary Sale, 50% Off

  Time flies in the ultimate sandbox game

  Mojang's survival-crafting hit Minecraft is currently celebrating its 15th anniversary and as part of this, there's a special sale on the Switch eShop. Between now and 4th June 2024, you can get a 50% discount on Minecraft, reducing it to just US$14.99 (or your regional equivalent). Minecraft Dungeons and...

  • 3d ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Minecraft
  • Anniversaries
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  News Free Godzilla DLC Storms Into 'Dave The Diver' Next Week On Switch

  A monster medley

  Dave The Diver's next free DLC is just on the horizon, and you better get running, because a kaiju is on the loose. Godzilla will be stomping its way into the Blue Hole next week, on 23rd May, developer Mintrocket has announced. However, at the bottom of a detailed blog post over on PlayStation.Blog, there's a little asterisk...

  • 2d ago
  • Switch eShop
  • DLC
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  Nintendo Download 16th May (North America)

  Lorelei and the Laser Eyes! Braid! PO'ed!

  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: Lorelei and the Laser Eyes...

  • 2d ago
  • Nintendo Download
  • Nintendo Switch
  • North America