Category: Nintendo

Pain and pleasure.

Hollow Knight: Silksong didn’t need to do much; it just needed to be ‘more Hollow Knight‘. That’s a huge task in itself; a slightly bigger, slightly better version of an already amazing, genre-defining game. But it’s clear that, after seven years of refining and perfecting and toiling, Team Cherry wanted more than just ‘more Hollow Knight’. Hours and hours of love have been poured into every single aspect of Silksong, where the attention to detail is off the charts, and the surprises just keep coming. It elevates map design and purposeful challenge effortlessly, and is an improvement on Hollow Knight in every single way.

I knew from the moment I first stepped into Pharloom and was wowed by its beautiful colour palette and its eclectic mix of bug NPCs, I would fall in love with this game. But the moment that truly cemented it for me was when I was struck with a revelation (very literally) by being hit by an enemy for two masks of damage instead of one. Barbs, spikes, and booby trap benches lay in waiting to catch me off guard. Sawblades and pits are just out of view to punish a dashing Hornet. One time, I stood on a switch that activated a blade that killed me in one hit after a tricky platforming challenge. I couldn’t stop laughing; I owe Primal Aspids an apology.

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But will it make it to the Switch 2 version?

As everyone and their donkey knows by now, Gearbox’s latest FPS extravaganza, Borderlands 4, is shooting its way onto Switch 2 on 3rd October, a few weeks after other platforms, and judging by the game’s reception on the old aggregator sites, we are in for quite the treat.

Indeed, this writer has been playing the game already on PS5, and it’s a cracker thus far. However, the field-of-vision (or FOV if you know all the official lingo) is a bit of an issue, and plenty of folk have been taking to forums and comment sections to complain about it. It’s just too close, it feels a tad claustrophobic.

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Little antique shop of horrors.

In 2022’s Strange Horticulture, you ran a little shop of horrors, dealing plants with an occult edge to the inhabitants of a mysterious dark town. Now, Bad Viking and Iceberg Interactive’s follow-up, Strange Antiquities, takes us back to Undermere. Again, something strange is afoot. Again, you hear residents’ problems and offer up solutions from your range. Again, there’s a cat you can pat (!) who gets startled by the shop bell.

But this time, instead of being plant-based, the solutions are antique-based. If you enjoyed the first instalment for its puzzles and sinister aura, be sure to reach for this treasure, because it’s just as fun. (Either way, the first game is worth playing.)

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Not long to go.

The latest UK charts data is in and the newly-released Borderlands 4 has performed admirably, hitting the number 1 spot ahead of both Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza.

Of course, we still have a couple more weeks or so to wait until the Switch 2 release, with Borderlands 4 scheduled to launch on 3rd October on Nintendo’s new console. It’s difficult to say whether this early momentum spells good news for the Switch 2 release, but we’d wager the game probably won’t sell half as much as it has on the PS5 (which commands 80% of the platform split).

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Update: New Mario Galaxy, Kirby, Metroid amiibo added.

In case you didn’t know already, amiibo are NFC-ready toys which offer connectivity features with games on the Wii U, 3DS, Switch, and Switch 2 but also serve as highly-detailed and very desirable trinkets that look great on your shelf.

While other toys-to-life ranges have fallen by the wayside over the years, the amiibo range has grown and grown, with Nintendo still releasing new figures which are quickly snapped up by keen collectors.

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“It becomes easier for other companies to follow suit”.

Since Switch 2 launched, one of the hottest topics has been Game Key Cards – physical items which unlock digital downloads.

Critics have said Game Key Cards are anti-consumer, and Japan’s National Library has since decreed that they cannot be considered eligible for preservation, which stands to reason, as the Game Key Card contains no actual game data.

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Operation Brawl.

Well howdy y’all, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl!

Last week, we looked at Forsaken for the N64, which yes, we’ll admit wasn’t the most inspiring duo of box art designs. Nevertheless, North America managed to seal the deal with 59% of the vote. Well done!

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Mario’s cosmic adventures return this October.

Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 is returning this October as a two-in-one package on the Switch for $69.99 / £58.99.

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Set sail on Switch 2 with “enhanced graphics” and more.

Fans of the long-running anime and manga series One Piece can look forward to One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition.

The Switch 2 version was announced during the latest Nintendo Direct broadcast, with a brief trailer revealing it will be made available in fall 2025.

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And save data from Switch cannot be transferred.

During this week’s Nintendo Direct broadcast, Square Enix announced it would be bringing Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined to the Switch and Switch 2 in early 2026.

Since then, an FAQ page for this title has gone live on the official Dragon Quest website in Japan, and it’s confirmed there is no upgrade path currently available or planned for the Switch version. Here it is in full:

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