Category: Nintendo

Not quite a cowablunder.

Can you ever truly have too much of a good thing? If you’re a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan, this question must have sprung to mind at least once in recent years. Because in truth, the good things have been coming thick and fast.

2022 brought arguably the series’ best beat ’em up ever in Shredder’s Revenge and gave us a trip down memory lane with Konami’s excellent Cowabunga Collection. Then last year saw things were taken in a brave new direction on the big screen with Mutant Mayhem, the Dimension Shellshock DLC brought roguelike action to Shredder’s Revenge, and we got confirmation that a Last Ronin game was in development at THQ Nordic (albeit not for Switch). In short, the phrase “I love being a Turtle” had never rung truer.

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Paper Acrylic? Acrylic Paper?

If you, like us, are looking forward to the upcoming remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on Switch, then you might want to check out this rather awesome-looking acrylic standee from Jay Choi (AKA Jayperior).

Officially called ‘Paper Plumber & Friends’ because, y’know… reasons, the characters have all been handdrawn by Jay and can slot into the main standee in whichever order you see fit.

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Here’s what the critics think.

This week sees the arrival of spiritual Suikoden successor Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes for the Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms.

If you happen to be interested in this one and haven’t already read our review here on Nintendo Life, be sure to take a look. We gave the game 6 out of 10 stars and said it was “a flawed gem”. While it does a lot of things right, some problems are tough to overlook in terms of dated design, and the game’s performance on Switch.

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Download it today.

Nintendo has rolled out its second Switch firmware update of 2024, bumping the system up to Version 18.0.1.

This latest update fixes some wireless access point issues and comes with the usual system stability improvements to enhance the overall experience. Below are the full patch notes, courtesy of the company’s official support page:

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Reader recs.

That’s right, it’s time for another edition of ‘Help, Please Help – Too Many Switch Games!’

For a few years now we’ve been running bi-annual Games We Missed round-ups where you lovely lot nominate great Switch games that we weren’t able to review. We do our best to cover as much as possible, but with so many brilliant things hitting the eShop every month, it’s impossible to play everything we’d like to.

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Does this port come up short?

Listen, if you’re of a certain vintage, one of the standout summer holiday movies of your youth will undoubtedly have been Disney’s excellent Honey, I Shrunk The Kids. Back in those terrible and endlessly cruel times we didn’t have all your fancy CGI smothering the life out of every frame, you see, or superheroes like…er…any of those weird Chris guys to entertain us. No, instead we had to make do with amazing practical effects that added texture and believability to everything, and comedic geniuses like Rick Moranis in lead roles so we were guaranteed a certain level of fun.

Yes, for us old fogies, the reveal trailer drop for Obsidian’s Grounded was a very exciting time indeed. Heart monitors were double-checked and pants were quickly changed as we were shown what looked to be a Honey I Shrunk The Kids simulator disguised as a very cool survival game. And really, having spent hours playing the Xbox version over the past year or so, we can confirm that’s exactly what you’ve got here — an incredibly immersive and atmospheric game that drops you (and up to three pals in online co-op) into a backyard full of secrets, stories, and great big bleddy spiders. There are filters for arachnophobes, do not panic.

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Broom broom.

The Switch is no stranger to an arcade racer or two. While it’s all well and good playing these with a standard Joy-Con or Pro Controller set-up, this latest dock prototype from Far East Pinball has left us firmly of the belief that the likes of Out Run should be played no other way.

Is it a pure novelty? Maybe. But the independent manufacturer’s arcade-inspired add-on at least appears to be the most authentic way of capturing that driving cabinet feel from the comfort of your own home (albeit on a much smaller scale).

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Sullied name.

Embracer Group has announced its intention to split the company into three separate entities going forward in what seems to be a drastic attempt to streamline its operations and rebuild its reputation after months of downsizing and layoffs.

Announced via the official website (thanks, VGC), the company confirmed that each entity will be listed on Nasdasq Stockholm and will be called ‘Asmodee’, ‘Coffee Stain & Friends’, and ‘Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends’.

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And should be.

The Game Boy turns 35 years old today, and we’ve been running features over the past couple of days celebrating the handheld and its games.

Today, Nile digs up 10 lesser-known gems in the system’s remarkable library.

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Following last week’s second major patch.

Last week, Aspyr released the second major update for Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, and while it’s added a new outfit, it’s also supposedly removed some content according to multiple player reports.

Although there does not appear to be any mention of this in the latest patch notes, Tomb Raider fans on social media and elsewhere have highlighted how “Lara’s pinup” posters in the fourth level of Tomb Raider III (titled ‘Sleeping with the Fishes‘) have now disappeared from the first room of this level. Unsurprisingly, there’s been a mixed reaction to this discovery online.

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