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TodayFri, 19th Apr 2024 News New Nintendo Infographic Showcases Every April Indie World Game Loco for the logos Remember the Indie World showcase from earlier this week? It was sweet, huh? Well, to show just how sweet it was, Nintendo has today taken to Twitter to release its regular infographic highlighting all of the titles that were featured.
Now it's true, this Indie World graphic might not be quite as stacked with icons as those that... Review PowerA Wireless Lumectra Switch Controller - Dazzling, Though Missing Some Key Features Light up your life If you cast your mind back to 2021, you might remember how PowerA set out to light up our gaming lives with the Spectra controller. This officially licensed pad appeared much the same as your standard Pro Controller on the surface but it was capable of putting on an LED light show while gaming.
All in all, it was a pretty neat... News This Essential GameCube Upgrade Is Now Available "For Free" Time Extension DOL-101 Digital Port kit files uploaded to GitHub One of the best things about the GameCube is the fact that it offers a digital port which allows you to get a really good image out of the console, but sadly this isn't the case for all models of the machine.
While the original DOL-001 variant has Digital AV Out, the revised DOL-101 lacks it, which... News Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Looks Glorious In New Footage Please sir, can I have Smorg? Nintendo's marketing campaign for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is well underway at this point (as you would hope, given its 23rd May release date) and that means we are getting to see a lot about what the remake has in store.
A new short trailer shared on Twitter today contains some fresh footage of the game,... News Eiyuden Chronicle Developer Is 'Moving Forward With A Sequel' After Creator's Death "I hope we will be able to carry on Murayama's legacy" Rabbit & Bear Studios, the developer behing the upcoming Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, has confirmed that it is "moving forward" with a sequel after the franchise creator's death earlier this year (thanks, VGC).
Yoshitaka Murayama, who also created the Suikoden franchise, sadly... Review Kudzu (Switch) A Delightful, Leafy Ode To Link's Awakening And The Game Boy It'll grow on you Kudzu came to this reviewer during a significant birthday celebration. The day was filled with echoes of our past. There was the music on the radio - uncanny remixes of early-to-mid-90s techno songs that used to hype up pre-teen candyfloss-fuelled visits to funfairs. And there was Kudzu and its unsubtle similarity to all-time... News Super Nintendo World's Donkey Kong Country Park Delayed To Late 2024 Swinging away from Spring It was right at the end of 2023 that Universal Studios announced the opening date for its Donkey Kong Country park at Super Nintendo World Japan. It was supposed to be this Spring (any day now, we would assume), but instead, the studio has announced that the opening has been pushed back to "late 2024".
The delay was... Video Satisfye's New Switch Grip Should Satisfy Handheld Fans I can't get nooo... ♫ If you're someone who happens to love playing the Switch in handheld mode but just can't get to grips (ahah) with the standard joy-con controllers, then you've probably flirted with a few add-on grips, decks, or even completely different controllers altogether.
One company that's been churning out a few grips is Satisfye,... News Stardew Valley Adds 40 New Mine Layouts In Latest Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes The Switch release is still waiting on the '1.6 Update' Although we're still waiting on the Stardew Valley '1.6 Update' for Switch, the game's creator Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone is already rolling out new updates for the PC version.
In the latest update (1.6.4 update), the creator has added all sorts of new content and features on top of everything... News My Nintendo Store Adds Animal Crossing: New Horizons Item (North America) Available while supplies last Although Nintendo has officially wrapped the development of Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the Switch, it hasn't completely forgotten about this particular entry.
On the My Nintendo Store this week, it's added a New Horizons-themed 'Leaf Bandana'. This item will set you back 500 Platinum Points (shipping fees apply)... News Hatsune Miku's Fitness Boxing Game Is Getting A DLC Update Free costume and music also confirmed Following local classifications for Hatsune Miku's Fitness Boxing game, Imagineer has now announced the Japanese release will be adding an "Editor Mode" in a new DLC update next week.
This DLC will go live on 25th April 2024 and is priced at 990 yen (around $6). This new mode will allow players to create... News Splatoon And Pokémon Join 'Free Comic Book Day' 2024 Lineup The action begins early next month Free Comic Book Day will take place next month on 4th May 2024 and as usual, there will be some video game-themed ones up for grabs.
Provided you're located near a participating retailer, this year, you'll be able to get your hands on 'Pokémon Adventures: Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire', 'Street Fighter vs... News Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Introduces Yoshi Ahead Of Next Month's Launch Coming to Switch this May Nintendo has been building up excitement for the return of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door with regular reminders the game is on the way. Just earlier this week, its social accounts introduced the main cast of the game and now it seems to be sharing a slightly more detailed breakdown of each character starting with... YesterdayThu, 18th Apr 2024 Review AYANEO Flip DS - A Great (But Costly) Way To Play 3DS And Wii U In 2024 Time Extension Plus everything else you could mention... When we reviewed the AYANEO Flip KB not so long ago, we found it to be an interesting device with some unique strengths and weaknesses, but we also commented that the more intriguing of the Flip pair was the Flip DS, which has a second screen, just like the DS and 3DS.
Now that we've had the chance to spend... News WayForward Director Says Nintendo Changed The Way He Looks At Making Video Games "It's like seeing a color that doesn't exist" Yesterday, during the latest Indie World presentation, WayForward revealed Yars Rising - a new Metroidvania based on the classic Atari franchise.
Veteran game designer James Montagna is directing this new project and apparently has a new outlook on game design after teaming up with Nintendo for last... Soapbox Where The Heck Is Fallout 3 On Switch? Searching the Capital Wasteland Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, while flicking through Amazon Prime TV, a question popped into Ollie's head...
"War. War never changes."
If this quote sounds familiar to you, then chances are you... Guide Best First-Party Game Boy Games Nintendo-developed Game Boy games, as ranked by you 21st April 2024 marks the 35th anniversary of Nintendo's Game Boy. Over the next few days, we'll be publishing various features to celebrate three-and-a-half decades of the humble handheld. We kick things off with this reader-ranked list.
Remember, this is based on each game's User Rating in our... Japanese Charts New Japan-Only Visual Novel Takes The Crown From Princess Peach And... Mario Kart?! It's time for your latest look at the Japanese game charts from Famitsu (via Gematsu) and after three weeks of ruling over the competition, Princess Peach: Showtime! has finally been knocked off the top spot.
It's a new Japan-only visual novel, Utakata no Uchronia, that takes the crown this week with a debut of 11,553 sales... News The First Third-Party iOS App Store Hosts A Free Nintendo Emulator (Europe) Because of course it does Apple's latest update for iOS on iPhone has enabled something that the company would have most certainly preferred to keep under lock and key: the ability to download apps from outside the official App Store.
The change is a result of the Digital Markets Act in the EU, which is intended to enforce a fairer digital economy... Nintendo Download 18th April (North America) Grounded! Eiyuden Chronicle! Tales of Kenzera! 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!
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Grounded (Microsoft Studios,... Random Latest Fan-Made 'Banjo-Threeie' Trailer Very Nearly Had Us Going It ain't real, folks! For years decades now, Banjo-Kazooie fans have been clamouring for a new entry in the dormant platforming franchise, and while 2008's Nuts & Bolts was certainly likeable in its own way, there's just no escaping that niggling thought in the back of our minds: we need 'Banjo-Threeie'.
We're not sure what Microsoft is... Video New Endless Ocean Luminous Overview Trailer Teases "Limited-Time" Event Dives "A free 7-day trial for NSO is included with purchase" In between some Mario games, a new Endless Ocean game is arriving for Switch next month on 2nd May 2024.
While we've already got a decent idea of what to expect from Endless Ocean Luminous, Nintendo has now uploaded an overview trailer - providing an extended look at this upcoming release. The... Random 25 Years On, Fans Find New Konami Code In Castlevania: Legacy Of Darkness Where were(wolf) you hiding? Believe it or not, it has been 25 years since Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness launched on the Nintendo 64. It has been even longer since the iconic Konami Code first appeared in 1986's Gradius. Basically, you would be forgiven for thinking that we have discovered just about everything there is to know relating to both... News Select Pokémon X Van Gogh Museum Merch Has Been Restocked Online No, the TCG promo card isn't there Remember last year when the Pokémon x Van Gogh Museum collaboration opened and we were all reminded why we can't have nice things? Expectedly, the museum's merch stand was immediately hit by a huge influx of customers, leaving the range sold out after just one day.
It was all a bit of a mess — made all the more... News Breathe, Octopath Traveler Is Available To Purchase On The Switch eShop Again Phew! Last month, the beloved JRPG Octopath Traveler was banished forthwith from the Kingdom of the Switch eShop. Okay, if you'll excuse the dramatics, it was temporarily delisted with no official explanation as to why. Well the good news is that it's back, as confirmed by Square Enix itself.
Now, the general consensus as to why it was delisted is... News Idris Elba Hypes Sonic 3 Movie As "One For All The Real Diehard Sonic Fans" The voice of Knuckles has spoken Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is out in cinemas this December, and if you weren't already excited after the recent report Keanu Reeves would be voicing Shadows, Idris Elba (the voice of Knuckles in the movies) is now here to hype up the blue blur's third big screen outing.
Speaking to Collider recently, Elba mentioned how... News It Seems Jack Black Really Is Playing Steve In The Minecraft Movie Scheduled to arrive in cinemas next year In January, there were reports the Minecraft movie had cast actor and musician Jack Black as the famous character "Steve".
Now, in an update, this has seemingly been confirmed by the man himself - who has also recently starred in Kung Fu Panda 4 (reprising his role as Po) and last year's hit The Super Mario... News Level-5's Next Vision Showcase Delayed To Summer 2024 Layton & co. will have to wait If you cast your mind back to the Level-5 Vision Showcase November 2023, you might remember that studio director Akihiro Hino wrapped things up with the announcement of another event in April 2024. Well, that event is no more as it has been announced that the expected showcase has been pushed to this summer.
The next... News Motorsport Eras Collide In 'Hot Lap Racing', Speeding Onto Switch This July Start your engines Publisher Maximum Entertainment and developers Zero Games Studios and Vision Réelle have today announced that the new "simcade" racer, Hot Lap Racing, will be hitting the track on Switch on 16th July.
This is one for the motorsport fans out there. Hot Lap Racing is all about retracing the history of the sport, with real cars on... News Nintendo Releases Princess Peach Hair Clip Crown (Japan) Celebrating the release of Princess Peach: Showtime! To celebrate Princess Peach: Showtime! Nintendo has today made a new item available to fans located in Japan.
It's a hair clip shaped like Princess Peach's crown. You can see it in all its glory in the photos below. It can be obtained at Nintendo's Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto stores or the official... Exclusive Sci-Fi City Builder 'Imagine Earth' Docks Onto Switch Next Month If we build it... If you're a fan of city builders, then buckle up, because we can exclusively reveal that Imagine Earth, a sci-fi city builder from indie developer Serious Bros. is heading to the Switch on 9th May, 2024.
Originally released on Steam and Xbox to positive reception, Imagine Earth combines laidback strategic gameplay with themes of... Wednesday17th Apr 2024 News Splatoon 3 Receives A Fresh New Update (Version 7.2.0), Here Are The Full Patch Notes Get ready, squid kids Update [Wed 17th Apr, 2024 03:30 BST]:
Nintendo has updated Splatoon 3 to Version 7.0.2. As previously noted, this update comes with new terrain in Undertow Spillway, changes to multiplayer, bug fixes and much more. Here's the full rundown, courtesy of the Nintendo support page:
Splatoon 3 - Ver. 7.2.0 (Releasing April 17,... Guide Nintendo Indie World Showcase April 2024 - Every Announcement, Game Reveal & Trailer All games and trailers from the April 17th presentation Nintendo's April 2024 Indie World Showcase was a 20-minute presentation of games from independent developers coming to Switch sometime in 2024, with several previously announced games getting release dates.
It was a fairly low-key showcase overall, although there were definitely some choice... News The First Review For Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Is In SaGa Emerald and new Demon Slayer tag along too We are rapidly closing in on the release date of Rabbit & Bear Studios' Suikoden spiritual successor, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes. Set to land on Switch on 23rd April, this upcoming RPG dazzled us when we went hands-on with it last month and we have been excited to see more ever since.
As... News Cowabunga! A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Roguelike Is Coming To Switch This July Splintered Fate incoming Had enough of the heroes in a half-shell? Of course you haven't (unless you have, in which case, you better look away now)! Developer and publisher Super Evil Megacorp took to the Nintendo Indie World showcase to reveal that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate is coming to Switch this July.
Away from the swathe of... News Score Up To 75% Off Select eShop Games In Nintendo's Indie Sale (Europe) A good day for indies Had enough indie game content for one day? Of course you haven't!
Yes, hot off the back of Nintendo's Indie World showcase a brand new European eShop sale has gotten underway, bringing up to 75% off select titles until 23rd April.
While many of the big names that cropped up in the recent showcase won't be making an appearance... News Europa Is A Beautiful Adventure Game With Shades Of Studio Ghibli And Breath Of The Wild Glide me to the moon Novadust Entertainment and Future Friends Games are bringing their stunning open-world adventure Europa to Nintendo Switch in 2024.
Today's Indie World showcase gave us confirmation that this magical, peaceful adventure will be coming to the hybrid console as well as PC. But not only that: players can head to the eShop to... Review Rose & Camellia Collection (Switch) - An Enjoyably Absurd Yet Frustrating Slapathon Slappiness is the truth Certain problems cannot be solved through careful discussion or compromise. Sometimes it isn't enough to give a verbal beatdown to your rival - you must throw hands as well. The Rose & Camellia series was built upon the idea that not only is a good old-fashioned slapfight fun, but it is often the only dignified way a... News Rayman Is Getting A Brand New Board Game Later This Year Rayman returns If you've been wanting more adventures in the land of the Rayman universe, there's a new physical board game coming out later this year.
Rayman the Board Game will allow you to "discover Rayman like never before" when you team up with "your favourite heroes in an epic race" while "dodging dangers and saving Teensies". This new board... Round Up All The Games You Missed From Japan's Indie World Showcase (April 2024) Nine new trailers and announcements Today's Indie World Showcase gave us a rather delightful little basket of release dates, shadow drops, and ports for games we've been wanting to see on Switch.
As is often the case with these presentations, however, Japan's Indie World was a fair bit different from our own. There was some overlap, of course, but... News Atari And WayForward Join Forces For A New 'Yars' Metroidvania All rise! Publisher Atari and developer WayForward have announced Yars Rising, a new Metroidvania based on the classic Atari franchise Yars.
The original Yars' Revenge released back in 1982 for the Atari 2600 and was very much a basic (albeit incredibly addictive) shooter in which an insect-like creature called Yar would go up against an evil being... News Suda51 Explains Shadows Of The Damned Story: "It's Like Super Mario Bros., But In Hell" If you didn't play the original release, now you know A remaster of Shadows of the Damned is coming to the Switch this year and if you haven't played the original 2011 game and are wondering what it's all about, Grasshopper Manufacture founder Goichi "Suda51" Suda has compared it to Super Mario.
"It's like Super Mario Bros., but in Hell" he told... News Little Kitty, Big City Pounces Onto Switch Next Month Out of the bag Kicking off Nintendo's Indie World showcase, Double Dagger Studios announced that the delightful cat adventure Little Kitty, Big City will be pouncing onto Switch on 9th May.
The new trailer gave a closer look at the game's 'Catchevements', gave a taste of the animal-filled world and also showcased a couple of the cat customisation... News Antonblast Brings Explosive Wario Land-Inspired Platforming To Switch In November Demo out today Antonblast lands with a bang on Nintendo Switch on 12th November 2024, publisher and developer Summitsphere has announced. Not only that, but a free demo is available to download on the eShop today.
Shown off during today's Indie World presentation, Antonblast is a Wario Land-inspired platforming that sees you play as Anton as he... News Braid: Anniversary Edition Gets A Small Delay Rewind the clocks! Braid: Anniversary Edition for Nintendo Switch has been pushed back a few weeks to 14th May 2024, Thekla Inc. has confirmed.
The enhanced rerelease of the classic indie puzzle platformer was originally due to launch on 29th April, so we don't have to wait much longer to get our hands on the game.
It's not all bad news, however... News SteamWorld Heist Is Getting A Surprise Sequel On Switch This Summer Give it some Leeway SteamWorld returns to turn-based tactics with SteamWorld Heist II, which is coming to Nintendo Switch on 8th August 2024.
The surprise reveal during today's Indie World showcase closed the presentation, and gave us a glimpse at this sequel to the 2015 3DS title.
Ricochet shots are back, but SteamWorld Heist II is expanding its... News iPhone NES Emulator Pulled From App Store "Out Of Fear" Time Extension "I'd rather not have the risk" Apple recently relaxed its stance on emulators on iPhone, and since then we've seen plenty of speculation regarding which retro consoles will become playable on the best-selling smartphone brand.
Earlier this week, a Game Boy emulator topped the App Store charts before being taken down by Apple for breaching its... News Surprise! Penny's Big Breakaway Now Has A Switch eShop Demo Try it out today If you've been wanting to try out the new 3D platformer Penny's Big Breakaway before you buy it, now you can. Developer Evening Star and publisher Private Division have released a demo on the Switch eShop which you can download for free and see what it's all about.
Private Division's head of business development Blake Rochkind... News Potionomics: Masterwork Edition Brews Up An RPG Shop Sim On Switch This Fall Update 2: Now official after accidentally leaking earlier Update #2: The trailer is back up. Enjoy!
Not only that, Marvelous has confirmed that the game will be getting a physical release as well as a Limited Edition Box Set release:
Update: Marvelous (XSEED) has removed the announcement trailer from YouTube, suggesting that today's... News World Of Goo 2 Has Been Delayed To August On Switch "We are pumping so much Goo" Developer Tomorrow Corporation has announced that it has delayed World of Goo 2 on the Switch to 2nd August, 2024.
Originally earmarked for 23rd May, the delay is apparently due to the team "pumping so much Goo" in the game - whatever that means. In layman's terms though, it's likely that the game simply needs a bit... News Action RPG 'Cat Quest III' Gets Purrfect Summer Release Date On Switch No mewtiny here In what turned out to be a fairly cat-focused Indie World showcase, Cat Quest III was given a release date and a brand-new trailer.
The Gentlebros' third entry in its cat-themed action RPG series sails onto the eShop on 8th August 2024 — which is actually International Cat Day. Plus, you'll be able to download a free demo on the... News Shadow-Jumping Platformer 'SCHiM' Leaps Onto Switch This July Out of the shadows One of the sizzle reel entries in today's Indie World showcase was SCHiM, a delightful-looking platformer that will be making the leap to Switch on 18th July.
This one has been on our radar for a little while now (you might remember seeing it at the Future Games Show back in 2022) and that's because of how darn sweet it all... News Cosy Crafting Sim 'Sticky Business' Opens Up Shop On Switch Today DLC also available Revealed in today's Indie World showcase, Spellgarden Games' sweet crafting sim Sticky Business will let you live out your sticker-designing dreams on Switch later today.
Those after something more on the chilled side might want to check this one out. Sticky Business sees you running your own small business where you will design,... News Discover Who You Truly Are In Upcoming Adventure Game 'Refind Self' Decisions, decisions We've all wondered how others see us, right? Well, now there's a game that will do just that *gulp* as Refind Self: The Personality Test Game shows its true colours on Switch this summer.
In this exploration-based adventure, you take control of an android who wants to regain their lost memories and discover who they truly are... Back Page Nintendo Haiku - The Best Of Your Short-Form Game Poems Counting syllables. How many in 'Kyoto'? Dang, I've run out of-- In the magazine business, the Back Page is where you'd find all the weird goofs that we couldn't fit in anywhere else. Some may call it "filler"; we prefer "a whole page to make terrible jokes that are tangentially related to the content of the mag".
We don't have pages on the... News Minecraft Marketplace Adds Kung Fu Panda DLC Po and friends are back Mojang's insanely popular survival-crafting game Minecraft is celebrating the new Kung Fu Panda movie with some new themed DLC.
The DreamWorks Kung Fu Panda DLC can be purchased from the Minecraft Marketplace and is an "adventure map" filled with "action-packed battles, epic showdowns from the movies, and pand-tastic co-op...
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