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Guide Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir Chapter Four - What Do I Say To Kaori?
Famicom Detective Club tips and tricks
A new character has arrived in Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir, but she's obviously got the memo on "don't say anything useful until you've been asked the same question three times." Sigh. As part of our Famicom Detective Club guide, we're here to help you figure out how to progress. Ask Kaori...
Famicom Detective Club tips and tricks
The nervous, easily-upset maid Akane is not a very useful witness in Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir. She's still not got much to say, even after everything that's happened. As part of our Famicom Detective Club guide, we're here to help you figure out how to progress. Ask Akane about everything:...
Famicom Detective Club tips and tricks
This gosh darn clifftop! It's not the first time you've come here in Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir, but just like every time before, there's nothing to see, right? As part of our Famicom Detective Club guide, we're here to help you figure out how to progress. Examine your surroundings at the...
Famicom Detective Club tips and tricks
Yuri's childhood friend is here in Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir, but now what? As part of our Famicom Detective Club guide, we're here to help you figure out how to progress. Ask Katsuko everything: She'll tell you about a postcard — but she doesn't have it now. Ask her about Yuri again:...
Famicom Detective Club tips and tricks
Stuck at the clifftop in Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir yet again? We got you. As part of our Famicom Detective Club guide, we're here to help you figure out how to progress. Ask him about everything: Kumada really wants to be a detective. Indulge him. Examine that thing on the left side of the...
Famicom Detective Club tips and tricks
Amachi's away, and the clifftop is empty. If you're stuck here, wondering where to go next in Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir, worry no longer. As part of our Famicom Detective Club guide, we're here to help you figure out how to progress. "Remember" at the clifftop: You'll do exactly that...
Guide Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir Chapter Seven - I Have The Postcard. Now What?
Famicom Detective Club tips and tricks
Hey, you did it! You got the postcard in Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir. But now, Zenzou just keeps telling you to "go to Yatsuka", but you can't... As part of our Famicom Detective Club guide, we're here to help you figure out how to progress. Ask him about everything: He's still pretty shaken...
Guide Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir Chapter Eight - How Do I Examine The Body?
Famicom Detective Club tips and tricks
MORE THINGS have happened in Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir! This guy won't let you take a look at the body, though, even though you're clearly a teenage detective. As part of our Famicom Detective Club guide, we're here to help you figure out how to progress. Ask him about everything: Cause of...
Guide Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir Chapter Eight - How Do I Get Akane To Calm Down?
Famicom Detective Club tips and tricks
Akane's having a rough time in Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir, and no matter what you say to her, she's not having any of it. As part of our Famicom Detective Club guide, we're here to help you figure out how to progress. Ask her everything: She's too afraid to tell you. Show her Kiku's mirror:...
Guide Nintendo Switch System Update 12.0.2 Is Now Live
Fancy some more stability?
Last month, Nintendo released its big 12.0.0 update for the Nintendo Switch. This was followed by a stability update, but there was believed to be a lot more going on behind the scenes. Now, it's rolled out its very first update for the month of May, and it's yet another stability update. Yes, who needs things like...
Guide New Pokémon Snap Star Ratings - How To Take 4-Star Photos
Baby, you're a star!
New Pokémon Snap has already proven itself to be the perfect mashup between a relaxing, comfy game and a true challenge. For those seeking to test their skills, each photo submitted to Professor Mirror will receive two ratings: a star ranking and a number score. The number of stars received is based upon the pose of the...
Guide Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games And Accessories For May And June 2021
Clubs and funny trousers at the ready!
We're moving into the warmer months now, and things look to be heating up on the video game release schedule, too. After a relatively quiet start to the year, the release of Monster Hunter Rise and New Pokémon Snap have helped get Switch owners' pulses racing, and there's plenty more to look forward to in the...
Guide How To Find Gardevoir And Ninetales In New Pokémon Snap
The lost woods
Gardevoir was the most elusive Pokémon for us to find in New Pokémon Snap and ended up being the final creature we needed to complete our PhotoDex. You likely guessed they were in the Elsewhere Forest but how exactly do you get to them? Plus, despite Ninetales also appearing in the Illumina spot you can get a much better picture in...
Guide All Legendary Pokémon Locations in New Pokémon Snap
Fantastic Monsters & Where to Find Them
New Pokémon Snap houses 10 Legendary and Mythical Pokémon from across the franchise and while you may encounter a couple over your course of the story, many are quite well hidden - especially Suicune who's a little devil. Some Pokémon may not appear until you reach a Research Level of 3 so it's best to...
Guide Where To Buy New Pokémon Snap On Switch
Snap 'em up
For many years, lovers of Pokémon Snap on the Nintendo 64 (now officially called 'Old Pokémon Snap'... probably) had been pining for a sequel to the first-person snap-'em-up. Offering a change of pace to the RPG battles of the mainline series, Pokémon Snap has you catching Pocket Monsters not in cruelly small Poké Balls, but in the...
Dreaming just got easier, too
Earlier this week, Nintendo announced a new update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Version 1.10.0 has now arrived and as usual, it's a free download. The seasonal events May Day, Museum Day and Wedding Season have all been updated and there are also new seasonal items available. Bug Offs and Fishing Tourneys return,...
Guide Nintendo Switch System Update History - Full Switch Firmware Guide
Every Switch system update since launch detailed
Since Nintendo Switch launched back in March 2017, the handheld hybrid console has received numerous firmware updates. As is standard for any piece of technology these days, these system updates have added new features, refined existing menu and User Interface elements, and provided an ever-more...
Old Leif
The Nature Day event arrives every year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons in the last week of April. Leif the Sloth and his Garden Shop made their New Horizons debut when this event first launched in April 2020 on the island's main plaza. Coinciding with the real-world Earth Day, Nature Day is a celebration of all things natural, leafy and...
Guide Where To Buy The Nintendo Switch Online Nintendo 64 Controllers
Pak it in!
With Nintendo 64 games now included as part of the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack, you'll probably be wanting to play them with the controller they were originally designed for. Fortunately, Nintendo has also brought us wireless Nintendo 64 controllers that are available to purchase by anybody signed up to Nintendo's online...
Guide PAC-MAN 99: Private Matches - How To Play With Friends
No strangers allowed
While the majority of your playtime with PAC-MAN 99 will likely be spent playing against strangers online, you can actually set up a private game that's invite-only. This will let you play with just your friends, your streaming community, or whoever you like, which certainly provides a nice change of pace. Wanna get in on the...
Guide PAC-MAN 99: Custom Themes - How To Get And Apply New Retro Skins
Get themes based on Galaga, Dig Dug and more
Right from the word go, PAC-MAN 99 features plenty of custom themes designed to personalise your experience. If you're seeing other people's winning screens and wondering how they've got cool backgrounds and the like, this is the guide for you. At the time of writing, there are 29 options available –...
Guide PAC-MAN 99: Controls - How To Switch Movement To The Stick And Customise Controls
PAC-Man, personalised
PAC-MAN 99 offers up a fun and interesting twist on the series' usual gameplay, and you can tailor the game to suit your needs thanks to a neat customisation feature. If you're struggling to toggle between all those pesky Power-Up and Targeting modes, or if you'd rather control Pac-Man using the control stick
Guide PAC-MAN 99: Power-Ups - Standard, Stronger, Train, Speed Explained
Power to the Pac-Man
PAC-MAN 99 is the latest battle royale game to hit the Switch eShop as a nice little bonus for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers, but figuring out the best way to win isn't an easy task. If you've already jumped into a few games and feel like you've mastered the basics, you'll want to start making use of PAC-MAN 99's power-up...
Guide PAC-MAN 99: Targeting Options - Random, Counter, Hunter, Knockout Explained
And how to manually select opponents
With PAC-MAN 99 now available on Switch, it's time to put all of our Tetris 99 skills and experience to good use once again. Just like Tetris 99, Nintendo Switch Online's other battle royale freebie, PAC-MAN 99 comes with several in-game targeting options that aren't explained to the player. In this guide, we'll...
Guide PAC-MAN 99: Tips, Tricks And Rules - Everything You Need To Know To Be PAC-ONE
Here's how to win at PAC-MAN 99
With Super Mario Bros. 35 banished from the Nintendo Switch eShop, a new battle royale contender has arrived to dominate our free time and make us shout angry words at the TV. Yes, PAC-MAN 99 is now available on Switch at no additional cost to Nintendo Switch Online subscribers! As with Mario's battle royale debut...
Gallery Every PAC-MAN 99 DLC Theme - All 29 Custom Skins For PAC-MAN 99
Every retro DLC skin available - vote for your favourite!
PAC-MAN 99 is the latest battle royale game on the block, and it's exclusive to Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. Following in the footsteps of Tetris 99 (and the departed Super Mario Bros. 35), this competitive online game takes a classic video game franchise and injects some modern 1v100...
Guide Where To Buy The Gorgeous Limited Edition Fortnite Nintendo Switch Bundle
Update: Wildcat Bundle is now available in North America
What's that coming over the hill? Why, it's a Nintendo Switch featuring exclusive Joy-Con colours and livery from a little game you might have heard of called Fortnite, the free-to-play battle royale shooter that's been a modest success for developer Epic Games over the past couple of years...
Guide Looking For Super Kirby Clash Passwords? Here Are A Few To Get You Started
Get those Fragments and Gem Apples
Update: New codes have been added and old codes shifted to the 'expired' section. Unless you've been living under a 'down-B' Kirby-shaped brick since last September, Kirby fans are probably aware that a free-to-start Kirby game called Super Kirby Clash is available to play on Nintendo Switch. The game has you...
Guide Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games And Accessories For April And May 2021
You find the fun and... Snap!
As we transition into a new season, we've arrived at the month synonymous with fools and showers. Yes, it's April so you can expect an onslaught of springtime rain and people trying to pull the wool over your eyes — at least on the first of the month. Another thing you can expect is an influx of video game releases...
Guide Best Game Boy / Game Boy Color RPGs
Rock and Role
The humble Game Boy was a revolution when it launched at the close of the 1980s. Despite its monochrome visuals, it offered true portable play, and played host to some amazing pint-sized versions of classic hits, as well as all-new experiences which played to the hardware's modest strengths. While the Game Boy (and its successor, the...
Guide How To Improve Your Switch's Internet Connection
WiFi or wired, there's ways to get better
It's been no secret for some time now that the Switch, whilst lovely in so many ways, doesn't have the best relationship with the world wide web. Spotty WiFi, lag, it's far from perfect for many people, but there are a number of things you can do to improve it. Let's start from the top shall we? Five is...
Guide Where To Buy Monster Hunter Rise And The Three amiibo
Rise and shine
Capcom has a host of brand new Monster Hunter goodness on Switch. Monster Hunter Rise combines classic elements of the series with newer conveniences that enable you to traverse the environments quicker and with a touch more style. It's running on Capcom's RE Engine and you can read our review right now (spoilers — we were...
Guide Animal Crossing Sanrio Amiibo Cards - Hello Kitty Items, Furniture And Villager Guide
Hello, Sanrio!
Arriving originally as part of update 1.9.0, support for the hot-ticket Sanrio amiibo cards in Animal Crossing: New Horizons felt like Toy Day all over again for fans of Hello Kitty and the
Guide Best GBA / Game Boy Advance RPGs
Advance to portable adventure
The SNES-like power of Nintendo’s GBA made it the perfect home for a fascinating collection of convenient ports of older favourites as well as enhanced remakes and all-new titles, running the gamut from colourful adventures to carefully woven tales of revenge and war. The list below represents what we think are some...
Dual-screen role-playing
The Nintendo DS is one of the most successful games consoles in the history of the industry, so as you might imagine, it's pretty well-stocked when it comes to RPGs. During its glorious lifespan, this dual-screen wonder played host to some of the best role-playing epics the genre has ever seen – and we've compiled a list...
Guide Pokémon GO Type Chart Explained - Effectiveness And Weakness For All Types
Super effective attacks in Pokémon GO and Pokémon Sword and Shield
Since the very beginning the Pokémon series has depended on a delicate Rock-Paper-Scissors-style balance to its Pokémon battles. Type effectiveness is a key part of building an effective team in Pokémon GO or Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, or Pokémon Sword and...
A quest for the best
The 3DS may have been put out to pasture by Nintendo, but the retirement of a system isn't always a sad occasion – it gives you the perfect chance to look back on its impressively varied library with wonder; along with plenty of standout platformers, life sims, rhythm games, and puzzlers, the 3DS also carved out a particular...
Guide Best SNES / Super Nintendo RPGs
Flame spells at the ready!
The expansive software library of Nintendo’s 16-bit powerhouse wasn’t short of any of the most popular genres of the '90s, and perhaps least of all RPGs. Intense strategy, whimsical adventure, tear-jerking goodbyes to characters you’ve spent months with… the SNES has it all. And that makes compiling a list of ten...
Guide Where To Buy Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.
Retrotastic
Much like the NES and SNES Mini before it, the dinky Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. is sure to be a collector's item and hard to get your hands on in the future. Naughty scalpers are sure to have a field day with this one! Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. arrives in stores on November 13th and it includes the following...
Guide Where To Buy The Mario Red & Blue Edition Nintendo Switch
"It's-a me, Mario Red & Blue Edition Switch!"
Update: While this initially sold out like hotcakes, many retailers have seen restocks recently. Pick one up while you can! Alongside the release of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury, Nintendo released a new edition of the Switch which launched on 12th February 2021. As you can see above, the...
Guide Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games And Accessories For March And April 2021
Monster Hunter Rise and lots more
Can you believe its March already? The evenings are staying lighter for longer, the daffodils are blossoming, there are lots of things to be optimistic about in the coming month... not least the upcoming slate of games for the Nintendo Switch. February was a great month with the wonderful Super Mario 3D World +...
Guide Where To Buy Bravely Default II
Buy bravely by default
Bravely Default II, the follow-up to Bravely Default and Bravely Second on 3DS arrived in February 2021. Coming from the same team that made the excellent Octopath Traveler, Bravely Default II has you joining the Heroes of Light on a fittingly epic quest through five kingdoms as you do your utmost to
Guide How To Spot Fake Nintendo Video Games
Keepin' it real fake
Bootleg video games have been plaguing the industry for a while, but as time goes on it's become increasingly difficult to tell the difference between an official cartridge released by Nintendo and a fake. Take these copies of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen on Game Boy Advance. To the naked eye, they look strikingly authentic,...
A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird
Weeks before the dawn of spring, the month of February brings not only Valentine's Day to get your heart pumping, but also carnival season with its confetti, dancing and general jovialness. We could all do with a drop of frivolity, right? The arrival of carnival seasons means it's time for Pavé, the divine...
Guide Celebrate Pokémon's 25th Anniversary With 25 Toys And Plushes From Jazwares
Gotta Catch ‘Em All!
It's been a long and crazy ride for the Pokémon series since it originally arrived on the scene, on the 27th of February it will be its 25th anniversary. To celebrate, we have rounded up 25 products that “trainers” everywhere will not want to miss, including a special 25th anniversary plush Pikachu available for...
Guide Every 2D Super Mario Game Ranked
As rated by you
With the imminent release of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury on Switch, and the Super Mario 35th anniversary celebrations drawing to a close in a matter of weeks, we thought it was about time we tried putting all of Mario's original 2D platforming adventures into some kind of order. We've previously looked at each and every...
Guide Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games And Accessories For February And March 2021
Bowser’s Fury and lots more
We're now one entire month into 2021 and it's becoming clearer with each passing day that this year may turn out to be '2020: Part Deux'. The good gamers of the world are in need of diversion more than ever, and fortunately there are some rather fabulous-looking Switch games coming over the next month or two to lift...
Guide Where To Buy The Monster Hunter Rise Nintendo Switch Console And Pro Controller
Monster mash
With the release of Monster Hunter Rise — a Nintendo Switch console exclusive entry in Capcom's hugely popular series which is really rather good — Nintendo also announced a special edition Monster Hunter Rise Switch console to coincide with the game's launch on 26th March 2021. Yes, it's now out in the wild! As y
Guide Where To Buy Banjo & Kazooie, Terry Bogard And Byleth amiibo
The three amigos
If you are an avid collector of the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate range of amiibo, you won't want to miss out on the Banjo & Kazooie, Terry Bogard And Byleth amiibo which are available right now! These three need no introduction of course, but just in case you are wondering who they are: Meet Banjo & Kazooie, a big, goofy...
Guide Where To Buy Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
Are you feline it?
Announced during September's Super Mario 35th Anniversary Direct broadcast, it may have taken a few years, but one of the Wii U's finest titles is finally making its long-awaited leap to Switch. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury brings the original game's four-player 3D Mario action to Nintendo's current console and adds an...
