Rumour Buster Don't Panic, Animal Crossing On Switch Has Not Been Delayed
Recent 'delay' video is a big, fat fake
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June2019
Rumour Buster Don't Panic, Animal Crossing On Switch Has Not Been Delayed
Recent 'delay' video is a big, fat fake
Animal Crossing is right at the top of many people's 'must have' lists on Switch, so anyone cold-hearted enough to create a fake video stating that the game has been delayed must surely have no feelings. But that's exactly what has happened; a rather official-looking video hit YouTube today which features...
November2018
Rumour Buster No, Sony Isn't Launching A New PlayStation Portable To Rival Switch
Jumping the gun
The discovery of a new game cartridge patent has added fuel to the rumours that Sony may well be considering a new PlayStation Portable console to rival the Nintendo Switch. Rumours of a potential new PSP started to appear earlier this year after comments made by Sony during an annual financial report. The report included a...
January2018
Rumour Buster That New Switch Firmware 5.0 Leak Is Amazing, But Fake
YouTube! Party chat! Wallpapers! Fake!
You may have seen a video doing the rounds online which appears to show the next firmware update for the Nintendo Switch. The footage shows somebody navigating "update 5.0", which clearly shows streaming apps like YouTube in place, as well as the ability to create chat rooms with friends, group apps into...
November2017
Rumour Buster The Nintendo 64 Classic Mini Game List 'Leak' is a Batch of Old PDF Files
So, erm, calm down
If we were to bet on whether the big N will produce a Nintendo 64 Classic / Mini in the next couple of years, we'd put our money on that happening. The success of the NES and SNES models has clearly got the company's attention, as it's been putting effort into distributing decent stock for the latest system and is preparing to...
March2017
Rumour Buster No, GameSpot Didn't Just Reveal Dark Souls 3 For Nintendo Switch
"Unfit even to be cinders"
There's nothing like a good mistake to set chins wagging, and that's exactly what happened when GameSpot posted footage for the next helping of Dark Souls 3 DLC - and listed it as "Captured on Switch" in the video's opening segment. The footage was quickly seized upon by optimistic fans, who pointed out that not only has...
March2016
Rumour Buster Let's Have A Good Look At That "Leaked" NX Controller
Seems to use "Free-Form" LCD Screen seen in patent
With the run up to E3 and the nature of the internet, it's inevitable that we're going to get some fanciful Nintendo NX rumours floating around. We recently tackled some rumours which the internet got in a flap about, as there wasn't much substance to back them up. Now we've been hit by another...
Rumour Buster No, That Person You StreetPassed Is Not Playing Pokémon Sun
Sneaky homebrew malarky to blame
We get some quite exciting news tips submitted by you, our dear readers, from time to time. One such tip arrived in our email inbox from one such follower who was kind enough to alert us that a person they had recently StreetPassed appeared to be enjoying Nintendo's recently-announced Pokémon title, Pokémon Sun...
February2016
Rumour Buster Let's Clarify Some Issues With Those Recent Nintendo NX Predictions
Hey, Nostradamus!
Over the weekend we saw a lot of chatter about a supposed leak revealing solid NX details from a source known as Geno. Like reputed seer Nostradamus, it seems some of this individual's previous predictions have come to pass, although of course many of them appear to be unfulfilled wishful thinking. In short, there's room for doubt...
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