Nintendo Announces 50th Maximus Cup Event For Tetris 99

Celebrating the release of Kirby’s new game.

To celebrate the recent launch of Kirby Air Riders on the Switch 2, Nintendo has announced a new event for its Switch Online battle royale game Tetris 99.

This event will take place between 4th December and 8th December 2025, and allows players to unlock a special design inspired by Kirby’s new game. This also happens to mark the 50th Maximus Cup event!

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New ‘Sonic Universe’ Movie Spin-Off Announced For 2028

Well that was fast.

Paramount has revealed some of its future movie plans, but for us, the biggest draw is that Sonic the Hedgehog will be getting a brand new spin-off movie in 2028.

Variety reports that this upcoming spin-off is currently untitled, but it’s being referred to to as the “Sonic Universe Event Film”. It will launch in cinemas on 22nd December 2028. More than three years away!

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Random: “Splendid Game” – Shigeru Miyamoto Was A Fan Of Banjo-Tooie

Never too-ie late.

Banjo-Tooie isn’t the most beloved adventure in the bear and bird’s series, but it has its fair share of fans. One of which happens to be Nintendo’s very own Shigeru Miyamoto, which former Rare designer and director Gregg Mayles revealed on social media.

Sharing a fax from the legendary game creator and director (thanks, Time Extension!), Mayles says “Nice of him that compliment (in my mind anyway)” before explaining just what a fax is — to those youngsters online, of course.

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Jennifer Hale Says She Was “Thrown Under The Bus” Amid Bayonetta 3 Casting Controversy

But she’d still “love to play Bayonetta again”.

Jennifer Hale, one of the most iconic voice actors and best known for playing Commander Shepard in the Mass Effect trilogy and Naomi Hunter and Emma Emmerich in the Metal Gear Solid series, has spoken about her experience in playing Bayonetta in Bayonetta 3.

Hale, who took over the role from Hellena Taylor for the third entry in the series, told GAMINGbible (via IGN) that she “got thrown under the bus by that whole thing.”

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Anniversary: Monolith Soft Celebrates Xenoblade Chronicles 2 With A Post, But We’re Desperate For A Switch 2 Revamp

Happy birthday, but also why?

Has it really been eight entire years? Yes, it really actually has, so sit up and pay attention at the back.

Xenoblade Chronicles 2, which as every Xenoblade nerd worth their salt knows is actually the third game released in the series, dropped into existence on this very day back in 2017, and it’s a bit good. We gave it a well-deserved 9/10 in our review, so it’s a bona fide banger as officially ordained by the bona fide banger squad™.

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Poll: Box Art Brawl – Bionic Commando (NES)

Bionic calls.

Get your spiciest takes at the ready, because it’s time to dive into another edition of Box Art Brawl!

It was a special edition affair last time, as we celebrated the 35th anniversary of the SNES by matching up three boxes for the SNES Mini. There was one clear winner in our eyes, and you lovely lot agreed with us! The simplistic Japanese design comfortably walked away with the win, taking 48% of the vote and leaving Europe and North America with the remaining 26% and 25%, respectively.

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Nintendo’s Switch App For Mobile Has Been Updated, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

Includes some small but handy updates.

In case you missed it, this week Nintendo released a new update for its Switch mobile app, bumping it up to Version 3.2.0.

This latest update features some notable changes, including notifications displaying what software friends are playing, and the ability to send friend requests to players you’ve spoken to in GameChat sessions.

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More Switch Games Receive Compatibility Updates For Switch 2

Following a system update earlier this week.

Nintendo released a new firmware update for the Switch 2 earlier this week, and it’s now followed this up with more compatibility fixes for select Switch titles.

Apart from the update for NieR:Automata The End of YoRHa Edition, several other titles have reportedly received compatibility fixes. Here’s the rundown via Nintendo Everything:

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