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TodaySat, 20th Apr 2024 News Animal Crossing: New Horizons 'Isabelle' First 4 Figures Statue Announced Pre-orders open next month First 4 Figures is known for its work on all sorts of high-quality video game game figurines, and with this in mind, it's now teasing its next Nintendo-themed one.
More precisely it's an Animal Crossing: New Horizons painted PVC status of Isabelle available in two versions. Pre-orders will open on 2nd May 2024 and sign... YesterdayFri, 19th Apr 2024 Feature Evolving With Pokémon: How The Games Helped Me Navigate A Confused Childhood This coping mechanism was super effective! The Game Boy turns 35 years old on 21st April 2024, and we'll be running several features over the next few days celebrating the system and its games.
Today, Tim thinks back on how Pocket Monsters came to his aid in his formative years, and how the series that started on Nintendo's iconic portable would... 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... Thursday18th 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 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 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 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...