Category: Nintendo

Romancing the polls.

The SaGa series is one of the most unique franchises to come from RPG behemoth Square Enix.

Often known as Final Fantasy‘s “weird” cousin — though that’s a little bit reductive — SaGa was created by Akitoshi Kawazu, one of the game designers on Final Fantasy II, which is often considered the odd one among the Final Fantasy titles. On the surface, Final Fantasy II is pretty similar to its predecessor, with one big exception — levelling. Instead of gaining experience points, your party improves depending on the actions they take. So attack will increase the more you attack, and depending on what weapon your character is attacking with, their proficiency with that weapon will improve.

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Truly goated.

Though the peak years of the 3D platformer genre were in the late ’90s and early 2000s, there’s been a bit of a resurgence in interesting new genre entries in recent years. Titles such as Glyph and Lunistice have shown that smaller platforming projects can be just as compelling as the more well-known examples, and now we have BogoSoft’s Corn Kidz 64 continuing that trend with something decidedly retro. Following the adventures of a spunky goat named Seve, this title aims to emulate the spirit of an N64 platformer as accurately as possible. It largely succeeds; Corn Kidz 64 actually feels like a lost game from this era, and even though it has some notable shortcomings, this is overall an enjoyable and fun retro romp.

Corn Kidz 64 is a true collectathon at heart, tasking you with picking up various doodads squirreled away in every imaginable corner of these modestly-sized playgrounds. Your main collectible is a large collection of cubes that grant you “XP” for each one you grab—after getting enough of them, you’ll be able to unlock doors that gate access to harder challenges that hide even more cubes. Additionally, there are other things to do, like knocking over all the trash cans in a level or finding a small collection of bottle caps to exchange for corn syrup, which raises your max health.

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And it was all yellow.

Pika, Pika, Pi! Sorry, we’ve been on Doduolingo for too long. Roughly translated, we said ‘Welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl!’

Last week, we creased up the competition as we put two covers for Paper Mario: Sticker Star head to head. It was a relatively close one, but Europe and Japan’s colourful box art walked away with the win, taking 58% of the vote compared to North America’s 42%.

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It debuted on Paramount this week.

Paramount’s new Knuckles series launched this week and although this six-part adventure is just getting underway, it seems a physical release has already been confirmed.

As highlighted by multiple sources, pre-order listings for a steelbook blu-ray and DVD have surfaced on sites like Amazon and Walmart. There’s no release date but the price is $31.99.

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Deluxe edition confirmed.

After an eShop release in 2022, Rogue Legacy 2 will be getting a Limited Run physical release for the Nintendo Switch.

Pre-orders for the standard and deluxe edition will open next week on 3rd May 2024. The standard version of the game is estimated to ship at some point in October 2024 and the deluxe edition will roll out in December 2024.

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Part 8 – Missed hits.

Welcome back to Part VIII of our ‘Games We Missed’ series. With so many Switch games large and small releasing every week, we’re eager to highlight great ones which slipped through our net — and thanks to you lovely people, this bi-annual feature can do just that.

As always, we asked you to send us nominations for Switch games that you think deserve highlighting, and you’ll find 28 candidates below.

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Jump up, Superstar Saga.

Another week is almost over, which means it’s once again time to kick back, relax, and play some games.

Before we do, however, let’s just do a quick recap of some of the stories from this week. First up, Nintendo expanded the NSO service with two N64 games, which is always welcome in our book. We also got our first proper look at Tales of the Shire, the new Lord of the Rings-themed farm sim for the Switch. It looks… okay..? See what you think.

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Multiple other Capcom titles are also on sale.

To celebrate Golden Week, Capcom’s latest Monster Hunter game Monster Hunter Rise is currently going for its “lowest price ever” in the US.

As highlighted by Nintendo Everything, you can currently get Rise for just for just $9.99 (normally $39.99). The base game and Sunbreak are also available together for just $19.99 (normally $59.99).

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“Thank you for your continued patience”.

Stardew Valley creator Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone has this week rolled out a brand new patch for the PC version and provided an update about the console update.

If you are holding out for the Switch version of the 1.6 Update, Barone has reassured fans on social media it’s “still in progress”. He goes on to thank everyone for their patience. Here’s the message in full via social media:

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The posters were “inadvertently removed” according to Aspyr.

Aspyr released a brand new patch for Tomb Raider I-III Remastered earlier this month which removed the posters from the Tomb Raider III level ‘Sleeping With The Fishes’.

The developer has now issued a response on its official support page, stating the posters were “inadvertently removed” and will be restored in the next major update:

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