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Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (April 15th)

Vidya gaemz!

It's the weekeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeend *cough cough splutter*. We made it through another week, folks. Well done. It's been quite an interesting one, hasn't it? With only one month to go until the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo graced us with the third and final trailer for the game, and boy, was it a good one!...

• Sat 15th Apr 2023
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing
• Features

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (April 8th)

Easter gaming

We did it, everyone! We made it through the opening week of The Super Mario Bros. Movie and still live to tell the tale. Yes, this week finally saw the release of the hotly anticipated Nintendo and Illumination co-production and was it worth the wait? Well, sort of. While we certainly had mixed feelings in our review, the stellar box...

• Sat 8th Apr 2023
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing
• Features

Nintendo Download 6th April (North America)

TRON: Identity! Melon Journey! Infinite Guitars!

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: TRON: Identity (Bithell...

• Thu 6th Apr 2023
• Nintendo Download
• Nintendo Switch
• North America

News Metroidvania 'Curse Of The Sea Rats' Drops Anchor For April Release Date

Ratten down the hatches!

Petoons' beautiful hand-drawn Metroidvania Curse of the Sea Rats, which combines piracy, rodents, and platforming, will be pulling into the docks of the Switch on 6th April 2023! The upcoming game takes place in a world set along the Irish coast in the 18th century. After being shipwrecked, you'll have to explore up to 16...

• Tue 24th Jan 2023
• Nintendo Switch
• Upcoming Releases

News Hand-Drawn Metroidvania 'Curse Of The Sea Rats' Scurries Towards 2023 Release Date

New trailer showcases each character

You would be forgiven for forgetting about Curse of the Sea Rats. The self-proclaimed 'Ratoidvania' - a pun which, despite our best efforts, we cannot endorse - had a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign back in 2020 and was quickly confirmed for a

• Thu 27th Oct 2022
• Nintendo Switch
• Upcoming Releases
• Indie

News Curse Of The Sea Rats Smashes Its Kickstarter Campaign, Will Sail Onto Switch In 2021

Break the magic spell

The Kickstarter campaign for Curse of the Sea Rats has officially ended. As you might recall, it achieved its original goal of €15,000 in just nine hours. So how did it wrap up? It absolutely smashed this target in the end by 1600% - reaching all of its stretch goals. Thanks to the support of almost 6,000 backers, it has been...

• Tue 14th Jul 2020
• Switch eShop
• Nintendo Switch
• Upcoming Releases
• Kickstarter

News New Metroidvania Curse Of The Sea Rats Takes To Kickstarter To Secure Switch Launch

Update: It's already a success!

Update (Wed 3rd Jun, 2020 15:20 BST): And just like that, Curse of the Sea Rats has been fully funded. It managed to smash its goal in just nine hours. Original Article (Tue 2nd Jun, 2020 17:00 BST): Indie developer Petoons Studio has today launched its Kickstarter campaign to fund Curse of the Sea Rats, a new...

• Wed 3rd Jun 2020
• Switch eShop
• Nintendo Switch
• Kickstarter

News Curse Of The Sea Rats Is An All-New Metroidvania Headed To Switch

With lovely 2.5D animation

Curse of the Sea Rats, the "first Metroidvania starring rats", has been announced for Nintendo Switch. The game has a tentative release window of 2021. The game is an exploration-focused side-scroller with RPG elements, which focuses on a group of heroes who are transformed into rats by a pirate witch. Players are tasked...

• Thu 15th Aug 2019
• Nintendo Switch
• Upcoming Releases
• Switch eShop