Category: Nintendo

Has it crafted a space in your heart?

A Pokémon-meets-Minecraft life sim has been at the top of our ‘Pokémon spin-offs we’d love to see’ list for, well, forever, and last week, TPC finally made it happen.

If you have taken one look at any of the Pokémon Pokopia marketing, then you’ll know how adorable it is. This is a game that sees you hop into the shoes of a humanoid Ditto, setting out to rebuild a fallen region by creating creature habitats and making friends along the way.

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Well, good!

If you’ve been frequenting the eShop on the Switch 2, then you’ve no doubt noticed that it’s altogether a much more pleasant experience when compared to the original Switch.

Nintendo has made several moves to improve the eShop, including promoting more well-known games to the top of the discounts page and separating the best-selling charts into Switch and Switch 2 categories. Granted, visibility for genuinely great indie titles is still an issue (as it is on all digital storefronts), but Nintendo is certainly taking things in the right direction.

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Doctor Octopath.

Rejoice, Octopathers! Square Enix has released yet another update for Octopath Traveler 0 on Switch 1 and 2, tweaking some mechanics and squashing some bugs along the way.

The ver. 1.0.7.0 patch was released at the end of last week (thanks for the heads up, Nintendo Everything), and the main focus seems to have been on making things run that bit smoother. There are a bunch of bug fixes to report this time, including impossible bosses, incorrectly-played voice lines and missing items, but the update also increases the number of people you can train, and adds an option to fight a specific boss again.

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Sylvarant ‘n’ rave.

Hello chums, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl!

Before we get into this week’s brawl, let’s see how things panned out last time. To celebrate Pokémon’s 30th anniversary, we threw all major Pokémon generations into the ring from Gen 1 all the way up to Gen 9. In what will no doubt come as no surprise, Gen 1 – consisting of Red, Blue, and Yellow in the West – won comfortably with 37% of the vote. Gen 2 was second with 17% and Gen 6 came third with 15%.

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You’ll need a code and Switch Online sub to visit.

Apart from Mystery Gifts and events, the new relaxing life-sim Pokémon Pokopia for Switch 2 also allows you to visit Cloud Islands, which are separate from the main game experience.

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“Only in theatres April”.

If you’re a popcorn lover and want to make your cinema experience extra special when you go and see The Super Mario Galaxy Movie next month, you’ll want grab this themed bucket.

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You got the kind of sticks that can be so smooth, yeah ♫.

When I first got my hands on Nintendo’s Pro Controller for the Switch 2, I was blown away by just how smooth the analogue sticks felt. The tech is simple yet astoundingly effective: silicone rings were added to the interior, cushioning the movement of the sticks while preventing the caps from making contact with the plastic exterior. Remarkable stuff.

Of course, even with this, Nintendo declined to include Hall Effect or TMR sticks, so the spectre of stick-drift remains a very real concern amongst players (though as we approach the Switch 2’s first anniversary, this has yet to escalate into a widespread issue). Third-party manufacturers have naturally caught on to this worry, and one of the first to offer a real smooth alternative is Mobapad with its new Chitu2 HD controller.

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A Pocket Monster Paradise.

Welcome to our Pokémon Pokopia Full Walkthrough Guide hub! The Switch 2-exclusive is making a splash online, and we’re here to help guide you through every single aspect of the game.

Our Pokémon Pokopia Walkthrough will help you make your way through the main story, from exploring each of the four main towns to rolling credits to the post-game. We’ll also have specific guides on Pokémon skills, Ditto Transformations, building tips and guides, and tons more.

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Creating utopia in Pokopia.

Well, another week is almost done and dusted, and what a quiet one it’s been; just a totally normal, uneventful week in this sane world of ours. Sigh…

Anyway, positive vibes! This week, we boshed out not one, but two Pokémon reviews for Pokopia and FireRed / LeafGreen – the 30th anniversary celebrations are certainly underway. Nintendo also confirmed three new Mario-themed games for NSO; two for the Virtual Boy and one for the GBA.

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Go on, tell us.

Pokémon Pokopia launched exclusively for the Switch 2 this week, and if you haven’t already heard about this new relaxing life-simulation, it’s been getting quite a lot of praise.

The game has already shot to the top of Metacritic as one of the highest-rated Pokémon games of all time, and here in our review on Nintendo Life, we mentioned how it was the freshest Pokémon experience in a long time, bursting at the seams with charm and content that rewards both curiosity and creativity.

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